Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-29
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evidently in a very bad condition.
Mr.. Austin AT once aroused the peopl
in the house. Among them. fortunatel
for the injured man. was DIR. r..
Meeres, who had recently returned her
from Lowell, Mass, and who boards wit
Mr.. Austin.
badly wounded. perhaps fatally, and com
menced prompt treatment to stop TIL
flow of blood n to restore strength |
possible.
called and with DIR. Meeres attended K
Ross injuries.
He was found to have a terrific gun
shot wound on the point of his chin, Jus
shots had plowed their way through tn
skin and muscles. badly fracturing tht
jaw. and several of them lodging some
three to four inches back in close prox,
unity to the jugular vein and the carotio
artery, so that it was deemed inadvlsaoi e
to attempt to remove them. There Were
also two or three shot holes on the
cheeks and above the eye. "a.
The man had but one hand. the ieit
having been amputated, above the wrist.
evidently some years ago. he Is nov
also minus another thumb, for that mem-
Der of the right hand had been 1rlgntiunry
putation of the entire thumb.
He also had a bad bruise on the nose
and a blackened eye: showing .ha' wi WI
Blaisdeli's story of his shot IN the lark
with the pail was undoubtedly correct;
He refused to give his name, tell who
was with him. or where he got ms lnJu,
ries. so that the mystery was ueep Of me
terrible assault at BlaisdelTs came IN.
Then he began to talk a little, giving
his name as Charles Phillips ana LOUIS
Philjins. Through the day he told many
stories. many contradieting each other
and some plainly false, but IN every case
he refused to give away his companion;
though he admitted being IN the blalsdell
affair. raa
that the party with him. and ne sal9
there was but one, was Wen acquainted
with the locality and haa long DEN
stories Of Blaisdelrs money. he sad that
the other man did the shooting. and then
he half admitted that he did it..
In one case he said that he fired the
three shots and that his companion was
lighting a match dixie a d 1901, as ne
expressed it, so that he could see to get
n bead on the old fellow. 1t was then
as he stood there with his revolver lev
eled. peering through the darkness for
his victim. that the victim got the drop
on him and fired.
One of the bullets struck the revolver.
glanced along the barrel. caromed off the
cylinder. fixing it so that it will not re-
volve. and carried away part of the han-
die. incidentally taking with 1t the most
of his thumb. TIL balance OF the charge
hat escaped him went through the win
Oficer l.. A.. Bartlett of Belgrade De-
pot. was summoned and placed the mar
Deputy Sheriff Blake and others We're
soon at work on the case. and Detective
Ira M. True of Hallowell. notified. When
Mr.. True was given the description of the
given his name as Charles Morse of Au-
gusta. he said. "Oh. no and spelled
back through the telephone the name
'Phillip Ross"
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right. as usual. He knew the man be-
cause he had once hunted him down and
saw him safely landed in the State
prison.
entered Room is at the Central house.
late this afternoon. the wounded man
looked up and with difficulty muttered
through his swollen lips and the band
sHello, Ira"
Hello, Phillip Ross replied Mr.. True.
and that settled it.
Ross has a prison record. In 1856. NOV.
he was sentenced in the Lincoln
court for assault with intent to
kill. having shot at and wounded the
keeper of the toll-bridge at Wiscasset.
that ummer
The State prison gives the following as
his record: No. 1896. Alfred l.. Ross.
age So. native of island of Corsica, SEN
fenced. Nov. 8. 1855, for six years, from
Lincoln county"
While awaiting trial in Wiscasset jail,
he, with n Reed. in for horse stealing
at Bath. and one Jones, overpowered
Tailor Patterson. locked him in a cell and
escaped.
Mr.. True captured Reed in Lynn. Jones
in Waldoboro. and Ross in Bangor jail,
where he afterward said he secured COM
mitment purposelv moving he would be
caught. and hoping that by the time his
GO days were up he would have been for
gotten.
Ross refused to talk to reporters and in
fact was not very pleasant in his remarks
to others than the officers. and rather
non-committal to them. He declared to
Mr.. True that he was no squealer' and
should not betray his comrade. How
ever. Mr.. True may be depended upon to
work every clue to an end. and something
may be heard to drop. In the future.
Ross's wounds are very serious. At one
time in the day he was in a state of col
lapse and it looked and many thought he
would not live through the night. but
during the afternoon he seemed to gain
strength. and with the use of stimulants
he seemed much better. He suffered in
tense pain and even the cause that put
him in his condition could not prevent the
%onlookers from plying him. and they
could not but admire the grit that
would bite off the groans as he laid there.
Once. as he rolled and twisted. and the
journal man and keeper sat there alone,
he was seen to hold his injured hand be-
fore his bloodshot eyes. and as he saw
the blood-stained b~andages. and realized
the mutilated state of his only hand. he
turned on the pillow, swung the STUMP
of his left arm alongside the other. and
groaned deeply and long. VIA sounded
like a muttered curse passed his lips. but
when the keeper asked him what he
wanted. he only said: I'm tired. l want
to rest
In the evening he was turned over to
the charge of Deputy Sheriff Greenleat
of New Sharon. in which town the shoot
ing occurred. He will be kept at the
Central house to await the outcome OF
his wounds. and. if able. will later be
taken to Pennington for trial.
During all this time. Charles Gage was
searching for his stolen team. Word was
Mr.. Gage went to N~orridgewock anf
Skowhegan. and arrived here soon after
6 o'clock. tonight.
The robe which was wrapped abou'
piazza. was described by him and those
who saw it are positive that it belongs t.
him. as they noticed particularly severe
points in it's appearance that no othel
robe would be likely to have.
The whereabouts of the team is as We
nknow At between 2 and go thi!
morning. an unknown man called at tn,
house of George Bragg. who lives abor
two miles from Belgrade Depot, on tn,
augusta road. and inquired If that wa:
the way to Augusta. and what the dis
lance was. Mr.. Bragg is quite sure tina
the man drove a grayish horse. No fur
Their clue has been found. though severa
persons on the same road are said TO hav'
heard a team rapidly driven in that direc
ton early in the morning. The follow
ing description of the team has been sen
out:
Team ~Stolen-S25 Reward.
Stolen from the barn of Charles Gage
in New Sharon. on the night of Sept. q
1896. dappled gray mare. 5 years old
wright HMM mounds. one white foot he