Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-21

Immediately got up from the table. and
preceded by Sam White, went into the
ped room where witness found Everett
with his body resting upon the floor.
MS head upon the edge of the bed. his
rlsht arm raised over his shoulder, and
ms Wife by his side kissing him and
calling him her baby She said: "Hc
has shot himself, 0, he has shot him
sen. Saw revolver lying upon the
i1oor, a little over two feet from the
BODY, or his feet, and toward the door.
Witness took the revolver and gave
1t to Mrs. Carson who had previously
told him it belonged to her. Two
days previous to that time Mrs. Car
son had given him the revolver to keen.
He had it in his possession about the
house when Mrs. Carson came and go,
IL. Inc prisoner cried for help and
wanted somebody to help Everett out
OF there. and he was moved to the
~--oN 80 LIZ hitSIlSI. Ole asked some
BODY to go for doctor. A doctor came
IN about an hour. His wife was with
him all the time until the doctor came.
lie was unconscious. He died about
midnight. The next morning the pris-
oner said to witness:
Now there will be an inquest about
this thing and we want to agree on one
story" Witness said: Yes. that It
SO, it wont do to tell different stories. .:
The prisoner then said: "Well, there
was nobody here but you and mother
and !, and she and were in the kitchen
and he shot himself during that time. >
There We're people in the house at the
time and l called her one side and
said: Now. Rozie, that won't do.
You We're in the room wrangling with
that man at the time the shot was
fired" or I might have said, lat the
time he shot himself"
l din't know but he did shoot himself
then, and don't know now. She says:
II was not in the room, Johnnie, |
was standing right by the side of the
door. right outside of the door. and
then rushed in The shooting took
place about a quarter before 8. and it
was just getting duskish. While Ever
EFT and his wife were in the bedroom
sam White was on the lounge in the
kitchen and there was nobody standing
by the bedroom door.
Samuel White, an ex-member of the
Soldiers home, testified that at the
time of the death of White he was liv-
ing at the Peanuckle place, about a
quarter of a mile from the prisoners
house, and on the afternoon of the day
of the shooting took the team to Ever
etts place. Officers Ames and Rollins
were then in the yard. Everett was
pretty wild and running about The
prisoner came out and got into the
team, and as she drove away said to
her husband: Go into the house and
stay there. See. what a id scrape
you have got me into He made no
reply, but went into the house.
Was at the house from that time I'M
til the shooting except about an hour
when he went home to supper Ever
EFT was drunk and during the after
noon was running around the yard
fooling with a man named Henry
Stickney. Everett was in his shirt
sleeves. The sleeves of the shirt were
pretty we'll torn. Prisoner and her
mother came from Judge Stevens.
about o'clock, and witness took
the horse and carried it to Pea
nuckles and then returned to the
prisoners house. Prisoner and her
mother We're getting supper.
Everett was on the lounge and Ra-
gan sat there in the kitchen. Everett
soon got up and went out doors and
remained until he came back, which
was in about Is minutes. He was
stupid from the effects of drink. When
he came into the front door his wife
came out through the door of the bed
inside into the sleeping room and she
stood with her back to the door. Ever