Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-20

lay which marked the place where
Harvey met with the accident, care
full search was made, but none could
be found 1t was the firm belief OF
John Harvey that the two rocks which
he found were the identical ones which
figured in the unhappy event.
During the day, going to and COM
ing from the scene of the shooting
John Harvey told the story OF the
accident in every detail. He was ques-
| toned by capt. Hartnett on every
point having a bearing upon the mat
ter of how Butler happened to mis-
take George Fl. Harvey for deer. and
he answered every question in a
straightforward and honest manner.
He said that Butler and himself
stood at the rock together when the
former saw what appeared to him to
be a deer and fired twice: that when
Butler fired the first shot he heard
George shout not to shoot his way.
but the voice seemed to come in an
opposite direction from the place where
George really was. When George was
hit by the second bullet and screamed
out to that effect he and Butler rushed
down through the woods as fast as
they cOulG and found George sitting
on the ground close beside the big
rock. already fully described. He bent
down and saw that George had been
badly wounded below the right knee.
He wanted something to bind around
the wound Butler pulled off his shoot
ing jacket, then the jacket underneath
| and tore the Innings and used them in
binding the wounded leg.
After little while the two men be-
gan their task of getting George home.
Alternately carrying him upon their
| backs and Juggling him they managed
| to make their way out of the woods
| through the swamp to the brook and
reached the barbed wire fence spoken
| of above To this point they believed
| they could bring the horse. So the
animal was unhitched from the wagon
and brought across the rough pasture
land. George was put upon the horse
back one holding him on while the
other led the animal. 1t was trylnS
and tedious journey across the marsh
es. over the brooks and uD the hill to
| the place where the wagon was.
Georges leg was in painful condl-
| ton and he suffered greatly, but ne
maintained his courage and aided ana
directed the other boys in making the
| trim across the wild country place.
When they had the team hitched up
the Journey home was more quickly
made
John thought the accident must have
occurred sometime about 1.3O or
O'Clock in the afternoon. While ne
could not remember with any degree
of accuracy. he thinks it must have
taken them two hours to get George
from tn rock in the woods to Poulin S
camp. Then he got there. he says.
nc thd it to look at his watch, AMI
it way hist $50 o'clock.
When the investigating party reach
ed Peftfngiis Corner. Tuesday after
noon. Capt Hartnett secured the
shootjng coat which George Harvey
wore that day and took it to the Of
fee of County Attorney Leigh. TINS
coat is made of tan-colored canvas.
William s. Butler was seen by capt
Hartnett. Tuesday night. and yester-
day morning he came to Mr.. Leigh
office and. in the presence OF that gen
tleman. Capt Hartnett. the journal
representative and Mr.. Leigh's stenog-
ropher. Butler told the story of the
shooting as follows:
III was somewhere about o'clock In
the morning when we started. III might
have been q little past 4. we grove
ont to what is called Poulin's camp. we
nut our horses up there and went over
through the woods in an easteriy di-
rcction. Went right east. we We're
separated more or less OF the time- l
think we came together the first time
after we left the camp-Poulin's camp
then we went down across the stream
fvou know where we crossed the
stream, Mr.. HartnetD then we separ-
ated George told US to take any d.
rection we wanted and he would go the
other way so / went southeast. john
ME went east and George went north
- I.,..> 90; ,rr hctween George and l.