The Portland daily press., 1900-01-19

was naturally greatly excited and he ~
oncs made haste 3, 90 TO HE brothers
houss. Fred Emery was told the story By
his brother and then proceeded to the VII
iags 10 hunt up the physicians and two Of
the ssIsctmsn TO t,ll them that . man
had been murdered ct the home OF his
brother. Reuben.
DR.. W. 8. Thompson and DIR. Leon ard
0. Buzzell were the first TO arrive on the
scene 10 examine the dead body and they
were soon Joined By Deputy Sheriff Dem
mis- W. Stanley, who is one OF the mem
bers Of the board Of selectmen, and Lewis
W. Moulton who IL the chairman Of tie
board.
al reached the house Of Reuben Emery
at about $50 O'Clock In the evening""
said DR.. Thompson In speaking Of the
affair yesterday. Before We had got
there Fred Emery told me that Jim
Adams had been killed. 1 did not care to
have any thing TO do with the case when
iven this startling news. but finally
consented 70 60 down and make casual
examination of the body. looked at tbs
wounds and saw that the charge Of shot
had gone completely through the head
from the left to the right side. There
were no evidences at all that there had
been any struggle and / do not think
shat any of the men at the place had been
drinking liquor or that they had otherwi
been osrousing. 1 remained about the
premises until early this morning"
Reuben Emery, who lives alone on the
small place and who leads the life Of
hermit, was for some reason or other
rather reticent when asked about the
case. he at first doggediy declined to
give the least satisfaction about the
affair. refusing to answer the most ordi
nary questions. He would not even tell
what his brothers. name was. After some
time, however, he consented to make
few remarks. at was u sad case, he
said. az am very sorry that 1t happened
here at my house. We were together and
none Of us had been In any arguments.
Adams was shot by the gun and l don't
see how II occurred. One of the walls OF
the kitchen was all covered with parts OF
flesh and blood, as was also the door lead
ing Into the kitchen. The door, as you
see, 10 also covered with little holes made
by the shot. say shat Adams was shot
through the head from the right side to
the left He was to have gone out chop
ping tops today. The gun was one that
| borrowed from Clinton Smith of Buxton
last spring to shoot crows. never
thou sht that IL would do the damage that
It did and wish that 1 never taken 1t.
Elueli told me after the accident that he
did not know that the gun was loaded"
DIR. Thompson and DIR. BuzzeIl went to
the home or Chairman Moulton OF the
board of selectmen at about 1890 O'Clock
on Wednesday evening and said that a
m an mad been shot at the house OF Reu-
ben Emery. Then Chairman Emery
called upon Deputy Sheriff Stanley and
with him went to Emery's remaining
until early in the N orning. They left at
the house Reuben Emery, young Cousins
and Elwell The selectmen gave orders
to Reuben Emery to look after the body
until the proper authorities should arrive
frou Portland In the morning. Chair
man Moulton took the gun with him.
During the forenoon yesterday Deputy
sheriff Stanley and Mr.. Moulton again
returned to the home of Emery with
Sheriff Oren 4. Despeaux and Coroner
Eben N. Perry who had arrived from this
city on the morning train to take charge
of Affairs. Sheri Il Despeaux and Coroner
Perry, after remain ing at the houss dur
ing the forenoon, returned to Portland on
the afternoon train. No arrests wers
made. In the morning Elwell and
Cousins, both of whom had remained at
the home Of Reuben Emery, were allowed
TO go their respective homes. Elwell Ia
man about 80 years OF age and has a
family Of four children in West Buxton.
His wife died only a few months ago.
Adams was man of about the same
age as Stanley and he had been quite a
we'll known character In Stsndish and
Sebago Lake. He had never married.
For few years he drove a fish team
about these towns and In their Vicinity,
and since thsn had been farming out
ana doing odd turns at almost anything
which happened to come In his way. Last
spring he worked at house painting with
| two or three men in Standish, and in the
su INNER he was employed as one Of the
hands In the grist mill of Allston Whit
ney, two miles from the village. He had
no regular home and would spend the
nis hit with any of the families Of the
town who would be willing to take him
10. His father is living in Buxton Cen
Adams. Mrs. Adams Ia dead. There are