The Portland daily press., 1897-09-06
ATTEMPTED MURDER.
Campbelps Partner Arrested in This
City.
HE MAY BE IMPLICATED IN AMIR.
DER.

His Name is Artisa--A Clever Capture Rv
Officers White and Hans Smith-Arttsa
Wanted at Livermore Falls.
Officers White and Hans Smith made a
clever and important arrest Saturday
morning at the Union station when they
captured one of the two Italians who are
wanted in Lewiston for the ATTEMPTED
murder OF Edward Emery of Livermore
Falls.
Sunday afternoon Aug.29, Thomas Kelley
Patrick Kelleher and Edward Emery of
Livermore Falls and John Kinch of Lew
iston, called at a saloon in Livermore
Falls, kept by Thomas Campbell and an
other italian and ordered beer. After
some time had been spent in drinking
Campbell ordered the party out and as
they were slow in obeying pushed
Kelleher through the door. Kelleher en-
deavored to re-enter the place, whereupon
Campbell drew his revolver and fred at
him, the ball striking Kelleher's forehead,
CHANGING off but stunning him momen-
tarily.
Campbell's partner then took hand in
the fight and with club knocked Kinch
down just as a second bullet from Camp
BELLS revolver pierced the air where Kinch
stood. A third shot from Campbell's
weapon entered Emery's shoulder and
lodged in his spine.
After the shooting Campbell and his
partner made their escape.
AZ soon as the news of the affair was
heard in Livermore Falls Deputy Sheriff
Dwelley of Androscoggin county started
were supposed to have taken to the woods
A description of both men was sent to
Portland and the police in this city were
on the lookout for them. Untilj Friday
night nothing was learned of the where
abouts of the two men, but on that night
Officers White and Smith learned that an
Italian answering to the description of
Campbell's partner in the crime and the
man who had taken hand in the row
| and knocked John Kinch down with q
club after Kelleher had shot Emery, was
| in the italian quarter in this city. Cir
cumstances were such that 1t was i'm.
possible for the officers to make the arrest
Friday night SO they waited until Satur-
J day morning when they knew that the
Italian would start for Boston. Just be-
fore the O'Clock train started for the
| west two Italians arrived at the Union
CTS tior and opa Of +hoyr, xra MOD iot
recognized from the description given by
| the Livermore Falls officers as the man
the officers were looking for. They put
| the fellow and his companion under ar
rest and took them to the police station
in the patrol wagon. Here the man who
assisted Campbell in the commission of
the crime gave the name of Giuseppe
Artisa. His companion having proven
his identity was released. Artisa could
not speak word of English and another
italian was called in to act as interpreter.
Artisa told several stories, among others
that Campbell, who fred the shot that
wounded Emery. had taken to the woods
as soon as the shot was fired and had
started for Canada. Later Artisa said
that Campbell had gone to New York and
afterwards he told the officers that the
would be murderer had been in this city
on Wednesday and had started to walk to
Boston.
AS soon as the arrest was made the
officers at Livermore Falls were notified
and Sheriff Dwelley came on here to
| identify the prisoner. No sooner had the
sheriff seen Artisa then he at once recog-
| nized him as one of the men he was look
ing for. After long talk with the man
under arrest Dwelley learned that Camp
bell had gone to Boston and the sheriff at
| once took the night boat for that city and
hopes ito find Ethe much WANTED man
in the Italian colony in that city. 1t
seems that Campbell came to Maine from
Boston originally and it is believed that
this is the first place he will try to reach
in hopes of losing himself in some of the
dives so that the officers cannot find him.
Artisa said that Campbell hoped to STAY
in Boston for time until the excitement
over the crime had died away and then he
would try and go home to Italy.
| A11O A<lfOIllOIO u hlAo OiiSSA dOuDUS GQlS
statement about Campbell's going back
to Italy. He said that it is rumored in
Livermore Falls and Lewiston among the
Italians that Thomas Campbell is a bad
man and that he has committed more
than one crime of this kind. The Italians
say that Campbell once killed man in
Italy and had to come over to this
country to save his life. Soon after he
landed here he got into another fight and
killed or badly wounded another man
and SO he had to come east to escape ar
rest.
| Emery the man who was shot, was taken
to the Maine Central hospital at Lewiston
and an attempt made to remove the ball.
The man is in very critical state and if
is extremely doubtful if he lives. The
bullet entered his back and penetrated
the spinal column so that even if he lives
Emery will never be able to move off his
bed without assistance and will always he
a cripple.
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