Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-09
TAYLOR ARRESTED.
Feared That Charles Stewart
Is Morta||y Wounded.
Mrs. Wilbur and Brother Tell About
RangeIey Shooting Scrapc.
Evidently More in the Affair Than Mas So Far
Seen Told.

= -" ito'' Nc, Aug. S.-A Ranrclev
dispatch to the Journal saws Charles
Stewart. who was wounded in rros
day Evenings shooting affair If i
fsateE is MOI tally wounded. He j.
suit unconscious.
Last evening, the Journal man in
coinpsffy. with Deputy Sheriff Geo. NJ
Esty Visited the scene of the shooting
and isitefs iewed the several parties
connccted~
The partics live on a cross-road lead
ing from the kenncbago road about
ttree mites from this village.
The Taylor place is q log hut located
in a large field some quarter of a mile
off the travelled road and is the first of
the three log houses located in this To-
caiity.
r. When the reporter and Nj Esty ar
rived at the Taylor place. everything
was III darkness, but a shout brought
Mr.. Isaac Taylor. father OF Dennis. to
the door and the officer was at once
asked inside.
Here he found young Taylor, a man
from p to 50 years of age and who was
quite willing to talk. and here is his
story in nearly his exact words:
Tuesday night. my sister. Mrs. VIII
bur. and my mother went out to the
village to sell some plums and returned
about . o'clock. My sister lives down
below here about half mile and after
leaving my mother here, continued on
toward her nome.
"A short time after she left here |
heard a noise in the woods below and
fearing that it was bear l got up
and dressed, for / had gone to bed,
and took my Winchester. with the in
tentions of going down to see that she
got home all right. l cut down across
the field and upon reaching the house
| found no one and l called her name
several times. | got no response and
l started back up the road. In the
road | found her wagon where she had
embarrassed the horse and turned ii
into a pasture. a thing she was in the
habit of doing sometimes.
continuing on up the road I heard
what | thought was a team and al
though l did not know how far ahead
it might be or who was in ii. l shouted
for it to halt. | got no response ana
shouted again. This time someone re-
piled with Il shot from q revolver. i'm
nediately followed by another which
made A skin wound on my leg. ] at
once opened fire with my Winchester
and not getting any return. | hurried
up to the wagon to see what | mad
done
Il saw my sister there and she said:
He's gone | asked where and she re-
piled she did not know. In walking
around the team stumbled over the
form of q man and upon examination
| found il was Steward. My sister had
run away and was left there alone
hut nv father soon came and We took
Steward to his home.
Il asked him if he was hurt and he
replied No but investigation showed
that the bullet had entered his left hip
and come to the surface just above
the knee on the upper side of tn" leg
That's AL | can tell you about IT,
said Mr. Taylor.
The reporter then went to the Stew
ard place some distance beyond where
Mr.. and Mrs Wilbur We're found.
The Steward place was much Ike
the Taylor house and here was fouho
the entire family and on" or NV"
friends sitting around the bedsidc OF
the wounded man. who lay UNCONSCIOUS
as he had been all day, and breathing
heavily.
His head which had received serious
injuries. was bandaged ana both eyes
seemed badly bruised ana very niach'
Mrs Wilbur. the only eye witness TO
the affair. was very willing To ten
what she knew of the affair. He" story
ran much like her brothers, regarding
the trim to the village and the return
to the Taylor place She said:
after | left my mother AT her nome
/ drove to the gate just above mere
Indicating with her finger the diree-
ton Of the Taylor place.. ana un-
hitched my horse, turning MIN INTO t"c
pasture. | started to go home but
heard a noise in the WOODS ana "as
fearful that it was a bear. turiieo
about and was going to my m"ther >
when met Mr. Steward who mad also
been out to the village ahc WAS JUST
returning with his team.
Il asked him if he would not turn
about and drive me to my mothei :
and he turned and took me in.
I'VE had gone but a short distance.
when someone from BEHIND caiieu
Halt" Mr. Steward turned arou'io
and asked what was wanted. Again
came the command. and Charies otcW
his revolver and shot toward the SCUM
of the voice. His second shot ana thc
shot of the rifle We're so near toSethei
that | could not tell which came 'hS',
l realized that Charles was shot anu
asked him it he could run. He rep!ieu
Yes. and got out of the wagon "ue
fell before going a great way.
Mr.. Taylor then came up ana ashTu
Where is that -? He hit me III the
leg I told him that he had gone ou.
just then he stumbled upon nm an"
began beating him fearfuliy. whe'ner
with his fists or with the butt OF ms
gun l do not know. I ran away '"eh
and went to my grandfather's.
The older members of the fahi'i!
knew nothing about the affair. ana u"-
til Mr. Steward regains CONSCIOUSNESS
his version of the story cannot DE
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