Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-01
NoRrAy CASE.
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after they had been talking sometime
| Won come I'D TO the house, TueSuay'
| NV husband is going to Bath and we
will settle up our affairs Now l dld
not think anything of this at the t,i'io
hit 7 did notice them talking tosether
and Northy apparently making ~
response more than an occasional hou
| of his mead. / knew him pretty wen,
but Mrs Cooper I did not, ana asheu
| someone who she was. They tolu iiio
and I watched them leave the clurcn'
Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper had their team
| hitched next to mine and they lelt
| soon after the service. Northy joined
Miss Cary and they. too, went away
together, driving out on the road on
the right from the church and gong
toward Whitefield.
II understand, Mr.. Hisler," said the
reporter, that you drove PACK 10
Windsor the following day, behind
Mrs. Cooper, in team.
well, no, won't say that for GER
tainty. but came to Augusta on Mon
day morning (Oct. 81. driving out alone
and in my list of purchases I found
something that l needed in a hardware
store and while there | saw Mrs.
Cooper buying revolver. hearu
something of what was said in gen
eral way but l could not repeat the
conversation.
You are sure you saw her buying
this revolver, you are sure 1t was MIS-.
Cooper" asked the reporter.
Eyes. sir. never was more sure of
anything in my life
"You know" said the reporter. that
Mrs. Cooper bought cartridges at the
same place she purchased the re-
vover?"
Yes. | read that in the papers but
DO not remember distinctly seeing her
make the purchase"
What is this report that you drove
home back of team driven by Mrs
Cooper and saw her fire several shots
from a revolver" asked the questioner
II won't say it was Mrs. Cooper,
said Mr.. Hisler, "what l say was this.
1 was driving along the road out near
the Togus pond and in front of me was
a team driven by two women. One
was rather stout built and the other,
the one that was not driving. was rath-
er a shorter and smaller woman. AS
to their identity l could not swear, but
" hen we neared the TOgus pond, this
smaller woman fired a revolver. twice
in my best recollection. into the bog
there on the left of the road.
They continued along the road ahead
of me as far as the Windsor Four
Corners and trcn l turned off toward
Somerville and went to my home there.
Now as far as swearing to the identity
of these women goes, l cannot do it. al
though am positive one of these Wo-
men was Mrs. Cooper.
"rnose are the facts as far as | know
them and it is only what | saw, and
what / tell you about the church af-
fair my son Arthur saw too. and told
him after | heard of the tragedy that |
wished that we had not gone to the
church that night on account of what
happened
The above in substance was the story
Of Mr. Hisler and shows some founda-
ton for the report circulated here, al
though like all stories it has gathered
much during the course of circulation.
Mr.. Hisler is a Well-to-do farmer, liV-
ing about a mile and half from the
Somerville postoffice on the road to
Cooper's Mills and Whitefield, is mar
ried and has large family and is evil
IDENTIFY most sincere in what he stated
to the reporter.