Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-30

wagon and reaching my hand up over
the side boards found that the wagon
was loaded with sacks of potatoes. ]
had little satchel in one hand and
my fur coat wrapped up in a bundle
in the other hand. I dropped the coat
upon the road and began tying my
satchel to the wagon with d small
piece of rope. The driver of the wagon
who had told me his name was Ken
nedy and that he lived up the road
about five miles, then said that |
couldn't ride on his wagon. l saw him
fooling about with something under his
feet but paid no attention to him I'M
til he swung at me backward with a
stick about three feet long and struck
me by the side of the head, at the same
time calling to his team to start up.
Il ran to the head of the horses and
took the nigh horse by the Bride I
said to him that it wasn't a time for
lighting but q matter of business; that
I 1 was armed and that he had better
not make things any worse for him
self than they We're already l threw
the light from my pocket lamp upon
the man, holding it in my left hand
and at the same time pulling out my
revolver with my right hand and hold
ing it out so he could see it.
1.-THE driver of the wagon stood up
on the end of the wagon with the
club in his hand. - you I'll kill
you he shouted and was in the act
of springing upon me where l stood by
the shoulder of the nigh horse when
fred at him. I don't know positively
| r Iii L; k,,t lo,,
since told that l did. may have fired
two shots as he struck me on the right
side of the head and on the right arm.
| l went down in the road. He struck
me again as 1 went down, my revolver
| falling from my right hand which had
i lost all feeling. l threw no my left
hand and fell over under the belly OF
the horse.
THE man had his club poised above
me again and I cried out: For Gods
| sake don't kill me- I was then on my
| knees, crawling out from under the
| horse. 7 suppose he struck me again
| tor 1 Immediately lost consciousness.
My right arm was broken, l had three
| or four bad cuts on my mead, my left
arm was broken and my body was
covered with bruises where l had been
struck or kicked as I laid insensible
| in the road.
when 1 came to myself l was lying
on the ploughed ground about 40 rods
away from the road. My fur coat which
| [ had dropped in the road by the side of
the wagon was rolled up in a bundle as
[ had left it and was placed by my side.
| I had bled n good deal and was in great
pain and weak from the loss of blood,
| I was afraid l might perish in the cold
and tried to get my coat out of the roll
and to throw it over my shoulders. Be
cause my right arm was useless I could
only partially do this. Then I crawled on
my hands and knees toward the house
| of Charles Green. This was 1900 feet from
where 1 then was. How 1 got there I
don't know. I laid down in front of the
| door and cried out for help. There were
| only women in the house and they
wouldn't let me in. I rolled over on my
| back and kicked at the door with my
! feet, but they wouldn't take me in.
| Then crawled on to the house of ia
| cob Terrll, 1900 feet or so further up the
| road. Mr.. Terrll was at home and took
me in the house. The doctor was called
to attend me but 1 don't remember any
thing about it. was unconscious for sew
| eral days and for six months was con-
| fined to the house as a result of my in
| iuries. I lost the hearing in my right ear
because of the blow l received on the side
! IF the head and have suffered much in
other ways from my injuries"
| who was the man who committed this
assault upon your" asked District Attor-
ney Whitehouse.
1T was William !. Kelley, who sits
there" said Mr.. Burns pointing out the
prisoner at the bar. There was no hest
| tation on the part of the witness in max
| ing this identification. The witness sad
| that he didn't know Kelley at the time
| of the assault but that he saw him in
Woodstock, n. B., six months afterwards
and recognized him. He had never seer
him on the American side of the line
since the night of the assault until he
was arrested the last time.
DIR. Harry l.. Putnam, a physician OF
Houlton, testified that he attended Burns
and found that he had broken forearm
three broken ribs and deep cuts on the
head and face that required about 3
stitches.