Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-04-25
,,aiiv Ksnnsbec Journal
AWFUL TRAGEDY.
Continued from page L.

Snr flrtnel DuiitNS. lht ioS PCilNttAS
o,uet and closed his eyes as though he
,as dead. He saw Brainerd come over
., tho head of the stairway and reload
,hs revolver and start towards the
s,osa. in which Lane had taken shelter
pra,nerd went to that closet apparent
=. with the deliberate intention of kill
t,c Lane and although he did not kill
him instantly he inflicted wounds
,.nich the physicians believe will prove
fatal.
,ore made Il game tight FOR life. but he
=, sank to the floor with Two bullets in
~, ho5v. In the meantime BuNton hat
seemed 10 the lower floor and was taken
roarhv office where he was carct.
.or pntil removed To the hospital.
prainerd was then alone on the fourth
az with his three victims. but he i'm
.a,diotely ran down to the third .lour.
.rhers the operating room is located.
.hopting. send for the police"
according 10 some Of the clerks in tn
.rarat;nz room. Supt j. ID. Stanford o
,he Maine Division. at this point proved
h,r.slf a hero and probably prevented
.ho sacrifice Of several more lives. When
ho heard Rrainerd's cries he rushed out
!, ,ba h2u and met Braincrd running
,,,,r III, stairs with a smoking revolver
IN his hand. Brainord was frantic and
was calling Tor the rol.ce, Mr.. Stanford
,os warned that Brainerd'S revolver was
,ooded. but he persisted in barring the
entrance To the crowded operating room
oso,nst the crazy man, and demanded
,bot he return 10 the floor above. Go
hook. We will fix il with the police" ne
saia and Rrairerd went back. Mr.. stan
,ora then broke down completely ani
when informed that Mr.. Farnham was
dsad he cried like a child.
IN tbe meantime n telephone message
had been sent 10 the police station and
nsnurv Firth with Turnkey Massure ana
pa,roln1an Frank responded. When they
entered the building the deputy was IN
tho lead. ana at the foot of the stairway
roo,i,o to the fourth floor he encountered
proirerd coming down. With the utmost
sa,f-control Brainerd greeted Deputy
Firth pleasantly. shook hands with him
and then turned as if to so up stairs.
A. he turned the deputy saw the revo.-
YER in his hand and. realizing that tn
man before him had apparently shot
someone the deputy determined to over
mower him and secure the revolver. As
Mr. Firth attempted TO seize the weapon
Rrainerd turned to meet the attack. At
tha same time leVelling the revolver AZ
the deputy \ desperate struggle tollow-
ed. during which the revolver WAS DIS
charged. the bullet glancins the officer
side. Here the other officer took hand
and club was freely used. an ugly Sash
being cut in Brainerd's head.
This ended the resistance and Brainerd
was taken TO the police station. He ap-
peared very much excited and ugly and
The handcuffs were allowed to remain on
his wrists after he was placed in the cell.
His collar. shirtfront and coat We're sat
urated with blood. He paced up anI
down the cell, occasionally pausing TO
press his hands on his head and eXclaim
"Oh, my head
In the meantime q number OF sur
geons had been called to the scene OF
the tragedy and We're caring for the
wounded preparatory to removing
them TO the hospital.
Wadsworth was found to have re-
ceived two bullet, one through the leit
arm ard the other in the bowels. he
was thought to be fatally wounded.
Lane was shot in the throat but MS IN
juries We're not considered dangerous.
Buttons wound, bullet through the
body. was considered the least danger
Gus of the three. The men We're fin
ally removed to the Maine General
Hospital and, tonight, it was reported
that both Lane and Buxton had suf-
fered internal hemorrhages and prob
ably would die.
During the entire trouble, although
the sound Of nearly a dozen shots
echoed through the building and the
murderer at one time stood demanding
entrance to the operating room, the
work of the exchange was carried on
unnterruptedly.
One of the most pathetic incidents IN
the whole said affair was that while
Bfalnerd was dealing out death to ms
Fellow Workmen. his wife was making
purchases for proposed fishing trip
Planned by herself and her husband.
While the woman was still in the store
the report of Brainerd's terrible deed
reached there, but none of those pres
ent felt that the duty of breaking the
news belonged to them.
Five minutes after the shooting oo :
CURED Mrs. Brainerd went to the office
IN the store and asked if she might use
the telephone. The request was grant
ed and she called for her husband to
ask his advice about some purchases.
She was told that Mr.. Brainerd was
not at the telephone building and final
~ walked out of the store and down t.
the exchange to hear for herself that
her husband was not there-that he
mad been taken to the police station as
murderer
lhere were numerous reports current
tonight regarding Brainerd's mental con
oi'ion, one being to the effect that severa!
years ago he fell against pole while
stringing wires in Bath and was Sc Sc
Nereiy injured that he laid off for nearly
year and that for six months of that
ume ne was insane. This report was no.
substantiated, however.
j. l.. Colvin, who of the crew of II men
empioyed in the work mere has known
nraiherd and been associated with him
'he longest. was one of the two men shot
at and not hit by Brainerd. He said lie
mad known Brainerd and had worked
win MIN for IS months and of late had
"o'iced that his usual peculiarities were
"iuch more pronounced
had