Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-05-30
BRUTAL ASSAULT
Upon Mrs. Fred Hussey Of
Skcwhegan by Husband.
Beaten and Bruised by Drunken Man
She Will Recover.
Deed Seen by others-Husscy Now
Under Arrest.

SkOWhegan, Me, May 29-(SpcciaD.-
Although the surgeon attending her
does not think death will result from
her injuries, yet Mrs. Fred Hussey lays
in a critical condition at her home in
the rear of Water street near the end
of the railroad bridge. Mrs. Hussey is
suffering from injuries received at the
hands of a brutal husband on Il lonely
country road several miles from this
village. According to the statement of
Mrs. liussey the following appears:
Huss"y and wife and small daughter
went driving. this forenoon They called
at Il farmhouse about two miles from
this post Office and took dinner. uussey
had been drinking for two days. This
afternoon, the two, with the child,
started for home, but when they ar
rived at the forks of the road, nuSsey
turned onto what is known as the new
NorridgcWOck road. Along that road
to the McIntire section the party went,
Hussey finally becoming abusive to his
wife. They drove in and out of several
country roads and finally entered upon
what is known as the Bigelow hill road.
On this road they passed schoolhouse
where Il religious meeting was being
held.
AT this point Hussey was seen by Ell
win ID. Packard, w. H. Paine and Phil
lip Lecase, to beat his wife in the face
with his hands. A little farther on
Hussey got out of the carriage and took
a drink of beer from n bottle which he
found in the back of the carriage With
the empty beer bottle Hussey struck
his wife on both knees.
Then the man dragged the woman
from the carriage, she falling between
the wheels. This act frightened the
horse and it started up dragging the
carriage now containing only the child
over the body of the woman. Hussey
seized the horse and backed it, car
riage and horse over the body of the
woman and again started the animal so
that horse and wagon again passed
over her. Then Hussey got into the
carriage and drove along He was over
taken by the men named above and by
Frank Mitchell, Il farmer, residing in
the vicinity.
The men noticed the woman was not
in the carriage ana notified Mr. Mitch
ell. who declared his intention of find
ing her They saw the man hitch his
team, but few rods from where the
struggle occurred, as they afterward
ascertaincd. Mr.. Mitchell saw indica-
tions which led him to believe the
woman had been taken into the woods
or had dragged herself there. He en-
tered the woods for Il distance of 10 rods
and found Mrs. Hussey lying close be
side n log. Mr.. Mitchell carried the
woman to the road and afterward
brought her iii his own team to this
village where she was attended by Dr.
Taggart.
Paine, Lecase and Packard informed
Sheriff Lang and the latter with Officer
Clifford. went out to the Bigelow hill
road and arrested Hussey. Hussey was
found beside the road. He had a graph
aphone with him and had taken it from
the carriage and operated it for several
records. He said he had enjoyed quite
Il good concert. The officers also found
/! bottles of beer in the carriage.
Dr. Taggart says the injuries are not
necessarily fatal as far as he can dis
cover now. The woman's face is badly
bruised, one eye being entirely closed
the temples discolored and the lips
pounded to a jelly. Bruises appear
where the wheels passed over the
woman's breast and both knees are
badly bruised as well.
Hussey told the officers that his wife
was drunk, but the surgeon states pos
itively the woman had not taken any
liquor. The prisoner will probably be
arraigned, Tuesday morning, unless the
injuries prove more serious than ex-
pected now.