The Portland daily press., 1896-09-19
ALL OVER MAINE.
4 Regular Cowboy Raid in the Tow
Of Midway. :
ONE MAN DANGEROUSLY SHOT IN
AN ATTACK ON THE HOTEL.

william Hunters Battle With the Deer
in Mr.. Libby's Park-state Topics of
Interest-Notes on Mai ne's Industrial
Activity.
The Bangor commercial reports that
on Tuesday night in Midway, James
Dority. well known by the police of Ban
gor and by the county officials, was shot
by John Burrows. an employe at the
hotel In that town; 1t is thought that
Dority will die.
On Tuesday Dority and q party Of Med
way men went to Mattawamkeag and
got lot of liquor which they brought
back with them to. the former town that
afternoon. Then they commenced to
celebrate. They made lot Of noise
about she streets and d 10 turbed citizen
generally.
In the evening they ran out of liquor
and went to the hotel for fresh supply.
They got 1t, and proceeded to continue
the celebration with undated vigor.
Soon that instalmeut of Refreshments was
gone, too.
Again the gang approached the hotel
and demanded more liquor. The house
was closed for the night by this time, &C
hoy got no response to their shouts fol
admittanoe. Then somebody proposed
storming the hotel. which was done in q
disorderly manner, which nevertheless
brought havoc upon the structure and
disturbed the slumbers Of the guests OF
the house. The men broke in several
windows and were at work upon door
when they were ordered away by ths
proprietor Of the place. They went of
for time.
Still later in the night they again
marched upon the hotel and another riot
commenced. They were smashing in the
is employed at the house, made up his
mind that their presence in the place
would be dangerous. He accordingly
got out his revolver and fired three shots
through the side-;ight of the doorway
Into the crowd.
Dority stood BY the door with the 9th.
ers. As the second shot cracked
be gave start and clasped both hands
10 bis face.
s'Ssop, boys" he said, "Im shot p
Dorify had been hit in the face just
under the check bone, by one of the
bullets from the revolver. The ball had
glanced against the bone and gone of
into his neck, the physician, who was at
once called to attend him, could not find
it. he regards Dority's wounds as very
serious and the man was thought fatally
injured at the sine when the CONNER
cial was advised of the occurrence.
Judge Vose, of the Bangor municipal
court, who has Jurisdiction over Med
way, has issued a warrant signed by the
proprietor of the hotel in that town,
where the shooting,occurred. 1t is directed
against five young men who were sup
posed TO have been in the crowd on the
night Of the shooting; the charge is riot
ing and unlawful assembly. Thus the
case WAL be aired in this city soon.
Dority is by no means unknown In
Bangor, where he Is familiar and An
unpopular figure amongst the policemen
and the county officers. He has done
several terms in jail. the last time this
summer, when he was in for 80 days for
being q comm IN drunkard. He has
threatened to kill the Bangor policeman
who arrested him last. It Is proper to..say
that he is always under police surveil-
lance when in this city, owing to the ma
tare OF his record.
Nothing is known here Of Dority'f
companions.