Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-17
INTENT TO KILL.
Frank {. BayIes Held on
Serious Charge.
Fired at Eugene Parker at Home on
Arsenal Street.
Also Threatened Ills Wiic With Whom M Mae
Not Been Living.

/ Rumors Of all sorts We're afloot nm
Water street, early yesterday morniny
1t had been reported that someone bod
fired Il revolver ut a man on Arsenal
street. Some Of the stories greatly ex.
agScratcd the incident and told NJ tho
shooting of whole family while others
made it all n joke and that no roaI
shooting had occurred. 1t is n fact
that man fired n revolver on tho
street about GO yesterday morning
Frank l.. Haylcs who Is now stoppinr
in the Jail for the shooting claims that
/ 1t was only to scare Eugene Parker
and that he had no intention of iniur
ing him. while Parker, who was no
doubt scared. thinks that something
more than scare was intended.
! 1t seems that Parker has been
boarding ut Bay!cs' house for some
thing over a ycsr. and about q month
ago Mrs. Bayles applied for n divorce.
ct the same time ordering her husband
from the house. He was angry and
jealous of Parker and has been hang
ing about the place for some time.
breaking into the house at one time.
Mrs. Eaylcs had applied to the police.
she says. to keep him away. and they
warned him not to go near the house.
but he had disrega rded them and still
continued to hang about the premises.
He was seen by various people about
the place until about II o'clock
"Wednesday evening, and early yester-
day morning when Parker came out
and went into the woodshed he fol-
lowed him into the shed, and drawing a
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to kill him. Parker bolted through
door and just as he closed it Bay.cs
fired at him. the bullet passing through
the door. Parker claims that he heard
the revolver click again as he snapped
it and that it missed fire. After this
Bayles went round back of the shed to
window. but rs soon as he left,
Parker made a break out of the door.
He still held the axe in his hand which
he had not dropped, and it is said that
the speed he made toward the police
station has never been equalled in the
history of the city by man or beast.
He arrived at the police station just
as Deputy Marshal Hanks was leaving.
and he asked him to so at once to the
scene. Mr.. Hanks went with him and
found Bayles there Bayles said at
first that he had not fired revolver at
all. that he threw a torpedo against the
door, which made the noise, but after
a little talk he admitted that he did
fire the revolver. and went back with
Mr.. Hanks and showed him where he
had hidden it in a wagon. 1t is of the
ordinary type of IS ealibre and only
one chamber had been fired. He said
that the revolver was purchased at j.
II. COgan'S hardware store last Sat
urday evening. Inquiry at the store
confirmed this. and it was learned that
he bought just cartridges enough to
fill the chambers. taking no extra ones.
He was tried before Judge Andrews,
and little was brought out there more
than has been given with the exception
that after the departure of Parker for
the police station Mr.. Baylcs left the
house TO see what the trouble Was and
he then threatened to shoot her. He
was committed to Jail under the charge
of assault with intent to kill. and bail
was placed at $1,000 for his appearance
at the September term of court.
Parker was required to furnish bonds
to the amount of 5000 to insure his
presence as a witness. At noon. yes
tcrday. Mr.. Bayles had not succeeded
in getting anyone to become surety for
his appearance, though he hoped that
his brother or sister would do so.
\ journal man visited Bayles at the
Jail about noon. yesterday. and there
obtained his version of the affair. He
said that Parker had boarded at his
house for some time, that he had had
no trouble with him until short time
ago when he admitted that there was a
little trouble. About a month ago his
wife began proceedings for divorce
and ordered him out of doors. Parker
had boarded there since that time, and
when he had been there and tried to
see his children both his wife and
Parker had prevented him from OBJ
tanning access to the house He was
naturally indignant. and obtained the
revolver with the express purpose OF
frightening Parker so that he would
leave. while he had no intention Of
shooting him.
He said that he went to the house
early Wednesday evening. and hung
cboUt the premises until about III or
a little later when he went into the
shed and slept until morning. He told
the story of the shooting about as it
has been given by the others. but
claimed that the revolver was not fired
at Parker at all but merely discharged
with the intention of giving a thor
ough scare.
When questioned as to why he had