Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-30
KNIFE AND REVOLVER
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| had been stabbed?" was asked.
mo. l did not know it until we
| picked him UP carried him into the
store and out again upon the grass.
| Then we took him to the boarding.
| house. ! did not know until this morn
| ing about o'clock, when Ney came to
| himself that it was Donahue that
stabbed him."
| Timothy Finnegan, who was in the
store but not in the row, tells the
Journal that he was standing in the
| front store when the row began in the
room in the rear used as bar-room.
| He thought that the fight was getting
| to be general and he went to the door
| to look in, when out came Donahue,
knife in hand. Finnegan, fearing that
| he was going to be cut, struck Dona-
| hue blow that knocked him down and
| Finnegan took the knife away from
| him. In the time that Finnegan was
| having his inning with the man, he
| received a cut behind, on the right leg
and a swooping cut at the breast, the
latter cut however making no wound
but cutting his coat Open
James Carouthers, a weaver says that
| he was present at the time the fight
| occurred but does not know what
| started it. He thinks there were at
| least a dozen men mixed up in the me-
| lee, Carouthers also claims to have
| struck Donahue two heavy blows in
| the face when he saw that the man
had knife. Carouthers says he found
| the knife the next morning on the
ground near where Ney lay when dis
covered by the police. He gave the
knife to Deputy Sheriff Colby Getchell
| of WaterVille, who had been called into
the case.
| Dan kalberg says that he was in the
store but does not know what set the
| fight going. He says that they had
| been in there but a little while when
| Donahue took out his knife and said
! that it was not very big but it could do
| the work all right. Donahue went
around from one to another of those in
| the bar-room and with the knife open
would make a motion to stick the
smaller blade into them. 1t is thought
| that this action on the part of Donahue
| maddened some one of the men and
| that Donahue was struck. He then
made wild swing at anything and
everything in sight, caring little whom
he hit.
| The Journal representative went in
| to the clearinghouse to see the
wounded man, and found him sitting
UP in a rocking chair and doing. Al
| ter a few minutes Ney opened his eyes
stared about and then spoke to the re-
| porter. The following conversation
| took place between the reporter and
| the wounded man.
Can you recall what started the
| fight at Simpson's?'
mo sir | have no idea what started
| it. | don't remember much about it.
| know that l had sung one song and
| was going TO begin another when the
| row occurred. The next thing that
| knew about was when they We're bring
| ing me in here"
Had all hands been drinking to
considerable extent, during the even
| ing?"
| Yes, we were all pretty fun
did you drink there at Simpson's?'
Yes, several times"
| What was it you drank"
1T was some of Simpsons hop been
You had been drinking other liquors
| during the evening"
Eyes, l had been drinking what you
cali split
! Can you not recall anything that
| Donahue did, that would be apt to ex-
cite or madden any of the men there?
mo, | do not think of an thing thai
he did, any more that the rest did.
You did not seen Donahue approach
and strike you with the knife"
mo, sir, l saw no knife anywhere
Were you and Donahue goo,
friends?''
Yes, as far as ] was concerned. !
had known him but little while
How long have you been here n
worll?"
Il have been here about a week, tint
time. but | worked here once before
Have you a family?"
Yes. have a wife and two chill
dren"
Where are they?"
II don't want TO say anything abou
| {hem''
Ney's family reside in Providence, I
l. Ney himself is called quiet peace
able fellow He has drank for year
but was never known to be quarrel
| some when in liquor.
The journal conversed with JOIN
Averill, the proprietor of the boardin'
| house. where most of the men engage.
in the row board. Mr.. Averill has thu
reputation of keeping an orderly hous
and being particular regarding the dc
| pertinent Of his boarders about III
| premises. The Averin boarding houi'
is the second house south of the Simp
son store. MI. Averill has been her,
| several years. He said to the Journal
Il don't know anything about how
| the fight started. They got at it over
there and it was wild time. l can tel
you for few minutes. Thomas Don
anue is an ugly little chap and IL
should not have been allowed to ESCAPE
| Tom Ney is one OF the most peaceabl
fellows | have ever met. He drinks a
a good many otner men do, but he i.
never quarrelsome. Donahue, / think
had been here about seven weeks. J
never liked the fellow"
Deputy Sheriff Getchell of Waterville
arrived here, early This morning, having
been called from an outing at Great pond
He stlIDOSed he would find Donahue in