The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-11-03
THE WALDoBoRo MURDER.
Particulars of the Shooting of Edwin Mink
by His Brother.

A Waldoboro despatch to the Kennebec
Journal gives the following particulars
OF the murder OF Edwin Mink by his
brother Orrin in that town, Friday after
noon:
In little one story white house on the
Jefferson road, about one mile from the
North Waldoboro post office, lives Jutham
s.. Mink, with his wife and five children.
just across the road in still smaller
house lived a son, Edwin d. Mink, with
girl named Cora N. Green.
The Minks are apparently not over
| blessed with worldly goods but general
| ly speaking were about average people.
The father has small farm and the boys
" orked in mill near by, and by this
means earned their living
As far as could be learned inquiries
about the neighborhood, the M1nks were
quiet and we'll disposed people as gem
eral thing, but the boys were addicted to
the use of liquor, and whenever they
would get Intoxicated there was sure to
be trouble, more or less serious, and it is
10 this source that the tragedy of Eriday
afternoon can be directly traced.
On that day Mr.. and Mrs. Mink were
away and the children took advantage of
their absence to have good time. There
| were present Orrin, Edwin, Leroy and
Willie Mink, their sister Cenia, and a
young fellow named Simon Dana Storer
They had plenty of cider and there was
barrel of cherry WINE in the cellar.
The fun was fast and furious, and as
| usual when intoxicated Orrin and Edwin
had fight, and Edwin though younger
| than his brother, got the best of him.
The scuff1e took place in the kitchen and
continued with more or less violence un-
til Orrin told his brother that If he did
not 60 home he would shoot hin.
The sister, Cenia, then ran across the
road and told Miss Green to come over
and get Ed home, for Orrin had threat
ened Go shoot him. She did as req uested
but was unable to induce him to go with
her and returned across the road. The
trouble continued and she again went
over, with no better results than before.
Meanwhile the boys had got hold of the
gun, and were struggling for possession
OF it, Orrin threatening to shoot Ed If he
did not go home. Finally Orrin got the
gun, and pointing it at his brother,
pulled the trigger.
The entire charge of shot struck Edwin
In the neck and left side and he fell on
his face on the floor of the porch, near
the door leading to the kitchen, expiring
almost Instantly. The shot cut the
arteries in the neck and broke the collar
bone and the first rib.
strange feature of the case is that no
oAAo c@W eAu 0co0 AC ouASAS
In the house happened to be somewhere
else at that particular moment. Hudson
L.. Fr1nk, cousin, living near by, said
he heard the gun, like slamming door,
and as he knew the boys had been rails
ing rumpus at the house, ha ran over
TO see what had happened and found
Edwin lying On his face in the porch.
That he turned him over and he gaspea
once and died.
DR.. A. A. Jackson Of Jefferson and
DIR. l. W. Sanborn were both summoned
TO the house, but their services were or
course useless. An examination OF the
body was made and the shot were found
to be large and nearly all received in the
left side and neck. The heart and large
blood vessels received the larger portion
of the charge.
After the shooting Brink went up
stairs and remained there until taken
into custody. Word was sent to Select
man byron L. Burnheiccor and on MS
order Constable VIM. f. league went to
the Frink homesead and placed Orrin
under arrest.
Mank Pleads Not Guilty.
Wiscasset. Novemb ber 2.-Orrin G. Mank
the Waldoboro murderer, was arralgned
today before Justice G. E. Knight,
pleaded not guilty and was committed
90 wait the action Of the grand jury at
this term of court now in session.