Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-04-20


fore the rest Of us. Merrill said to
Williams unbotton his pants, and Mer-
rill was lighting his pipe, and he put
the match down. not anywhereS near:
but he says: Boys, come and see
Up to the time he had fallen from the
chair Merrill rad given him what he
wanted to drink. He had given no
body else any because Henry was tax
ing it all. This might have been about
$ O'Clock. Merrill then shifted Henry
round behind the counter because Gus
toners might come in. After that the
pail of corn brought in was upset be
hind the counter where Henry was.
heard it and turned round and said:
You rascals. YOU have split my corn. I"
Think the pail was in Merrills hands
They We're all round the counter and
laughing, not behind ii. but near H.
Henry's head just showed by the end
of the counter. Mr.. Thomas. the CON
stable. came TO the door ana Merrill
let him in and he walked round the
room. talked with Merrill ana went
out Then we all went out and went to
Wheeler's store and We're there about
20 minutes. Then Wheeler said he had
got TO shut up, and we went out and
over as far as the barber shop, Mer-
rill says: Homer. will you help me
take BuShby home?' | says: John, /
had rather not. Go and get Mr.. AXon."
He says: He can't stay in there to-
night: the fire will soon be down and
he will freeze to death. 1t is a terrible
cold night" And upon that Bert said
he would go with him. We had reach
ed the barber shop then. We went in
and found Henry in the same place
They lifted him mp and Priest took him
on his back, the upper part of his back
against Priests back and Merrill car
rying the legs over his shoulder. |
carried his hat at Merrill's request.
They went onto the sidewalk. | saw
them go about rods and then some Of
them must have slipped. | saw them
pause there quite a while. | was in the
road.
Odd you see anybody go down?
Al saw Merrill am pretty sure, and
think | saw later as though they We're
all pretty we'll down. l saw them
make slip and they kind Of lost their
holds. Then they came right through
the snow into the road and went right
along. They did not drag him into the
road.
Odd you hear Priest say: IF |
cant lug you along you have got to
come along any way" Collected TO
and admitted as in the nature of cross
examination). Al heard Priest say:
We will take him any way, not to
drag him: | will put that out. We had
all been taking a little but knew what
was going on. | went with them clear
to the house and they laid him on the
doorstep and | laid the hat on him and
walked away. They laid him on his
back. Merrill gave the alarm a the
door by knocking or ringing. and |
came away ahead of them. | ran, but
don't know how they came away. |
might have told you (Mr. Heseltonl
that they ran. but | am under oath
now. | meant what | told you, yes
terday. that it was | who ran. | saw
Merrill after the hearing at NaSSa.-
boro. There was no agreement that
we should say that Bushby had only
two drinks. / may have stated out OF
court that Merrill said il had been
agreed that we would testify that he
only had two drinks.
on cross-examination the witness
stated that when Merrill first held the
| linuor out TO BuShby he reached as II
he wanted to get it quick, the quicker
he got il the better it was for him. He
reached out the same as | DO now !
| think he said he wanted ii when 1T
was passed to him, but | would not he
| IA tnnl the dinner III ms
own hands and drank the contents.
Bushby took the dipper in his hands at
| the second time he drank. He was just
| like a dead man after he iell from MS
chair. and never spoke again.
on redirect the witness said he
| might have stated out of court that
Merrill poured the liquor into Bushby,
| but he never said he poured the con-
| tents of two pint bottles into him. J
NAV have stated that Merrill took es-
necial delight in getting Henry drunk
| that night. Cannot say whether mat
| is true.
Charles Goodson testified that he went
| IA Merrill's barber shop about 95o on
the evening of Dec. 10th ana FOUND the
door locked. Merrill let him in. Hen
~ Rushbv was lying on settee at
| that time. While l was there Prlest
took him up and put him back OF me
| counter. Did not know what the mat
ter was with him. Somebody SAID ne
was drunk. Think Merrill SAID ne had
had a fit. Nothing was said about
having a physician. was tnere ~ OF
4 minutes. Saw pail of corn there
Aftarwards saw the corn on the moor
Don't know how it got there. Did no'
look to see if any of it went onto BUSH
bv Merrill said he had given Bushoy
! drink to stop his coughing. mat
heard him say in court afterwara
Thomas the constable came in l dlo
not cali his attention to the fact tha'
Rushbv was either drunk or in lit
nor did anybody else. Thomas staye'
about five minutes and went our. WV
all won't to wheeler's confectioner!
shop and heard the srapnoph III
1Vbe Wheeler said he had got to loci
m we vent out and Priest ana Mer
r iii " Went into the barber shop am
brought Henry Bushby out ana ,h ne,
c p,pI1 him on their shoulders down tn