Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-27
Geo. ". Darling, Hudson,
Will Die from Injuries
Inflicted by Philip Leary, Glen
burn, at LatteT's Home.
Darling Drunk and Abusive.''LeaFy
Hits With CIubbed Rifle.

| of Allen DaFHnS, soicihi " i''''| -
nobscot county, and Deputy Sheriff
r W. Perkins of Kenduskeag arrest
| eo philip Leary of Glenburn at noon
TODAY The arrest was made in cOnse-
auonce of an alleged assault by Leary
| upon George w. Darling of Hudson.
sometime Sunday night, which result
cd in injuries. from which il is stated
| py the physician that he will surely
die Leary was brought to Bangor this
afternoon.
Icary states that sometime Sunday
night, Darling. VINO was about 80 years
Of age, came to his deary's) mousse III
an intoxicated condition. After TAX
ing several drinks which he brought
with him, he became abusive. Leary
claims that he urged Darling IN every
possible way to leave the ho"se anu
finally taking a rifle, reversed II anu
struck Darling over the mead with IL.
He then removed the man, VINO was
unconscious, to the neighbrrln% mead
ow, where he lay during the remainder
of the night. The next morning Leary
sent for aid and physicians arriving,
removed Darling to his nome.
Darling is suffering from very bad
| fracture of the skull and physicians
state that he cannot possibly survive.
| Sometime Sunday night George w.
| Darling, who is about so years of age,
arrived at the home of Leary in an in
| toxicated condition, it is claimed, and
demanded admission. Entering the
house he talked with Leary for some
time, finally becoming boisterous and
proceeded to create a disturbance with
Leary and his wife. Leary tried to per-
suade Darling to leave the house, but
the latter would not, and taking a rifle
which stood nearby, Leary, it is stated,
threatened TO shoot Darling unless he
quilted the premises.
Still Darling would not go and accord
ing to the story told Sheriff White.
I.eary reversed the rifle and STRUCK
Darling across the head, Knocking him
to the floor. He then dragged the nm
conscious man from the house to the
meadow nearby. Early in the morning
Lcary sent his 15-year old boy out for
help and the lad found Il young man by
the name Of Strout whom he asked to
help carry the injured man home.
stances, at once, instead of waiting to
give help. went Immediately for the
first selectman, Mr.. Cowan. Cowen
started for the Lcarv home and on ms
way took in John Flagg They found
Darling lying in the meadow where they
saw he must nave been for a good many
hours He was cold and moist and felt
| TO the touch almost as the surrounding
t,, 0f
| blood rhe man was unconscious. Cow
on and Flagg lifted Darling into the
express team and drove with him to the
home of his father. about five miles
away.
Dr. w S. purrinton of Kenduskeag
was sen; FOR and he arrived at the
Darling home at about O'Clock, prop
aly II hours after the man had re-
ccived the blow.
DIR. Purrinton found a deep cash on
Darling's head on the right frontal bone
about two and one-half inches above the
eve The cash was about three inches
long and had evidently been made by
sharp object. At this point the skull was
badly fractured, being one OF the worst
fractures the doctor ever saw in the case
of a man who lived even moment. Inc
hole made by the object with which the
man had been struck was about the size
of a 50-cent piece. Through this the doc
tor could see pieces OF the skull resting
directly upon the brain, and these he re-
moved, smoothing off the ragged hole as
much as possible. The whole front part
of the skull all across the forehead was
loose. and on the right side of the head
iar
Purrinton believes that the blow that
Darling received must have been an ex-
tremely heavy one. in fact he says IL
must have been sufficient to stagger an
OK.
The physician thought the man mad
evidently been hit another clip on the
right eye for it was badly disfigured and
bruised. Up to o'clock Tuesday after
noon Darling has been in an unconscious
condition, but during a few minutes OF
seni-consciousness the doctor had asked
him how he felt and the man replied that
he felt badly. His only other words dur
ing consciousness We're: Have they ar
rested the man." Since that time he has
been in a comatose condition.
When seen by the Commercial reporter
Tuesday, Leary made the following
statement:
II live with my family on the Marston-
Moore place, taking care of 1t for Nell
Moore of Bangor. Darling came to my
house Sunday night drunk and repeated
~ drank from a jug which he carried.
growing more intoxicated. He started to
run the house and my family. l pleaded
with him and urged him in every way to
leave the house and he would not. Then
struck him with the gun, but l am sor-
ry hit him as hard as l did. I did not
realize at the time how hard | hit him.
| Ii was case of my driving him from
the house some way or else surrendering
the house and my family to him to do as
lie pleased | was expecting the officers
ana intended to go to Bangor and give
hlFseii up Just as soon as | got the car
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