The independent-reporter., 1910-09-29

held 10 the front door. Nr. Addition
said: Who is the man, who did the
shooting? and oue of the men said,
pointing TO Buzzell. There IS the
man.
Coroner Addition and Dr Stinchfield
found scratches on scalp and on face
over LETT eye There must have been
heavy blow They found that a
bullet had gone through the body of
the man and had entered the back
telow the right shoulder blade and
come OUT through the nipple on the
same side, the course of the bullet
being horizontal Examining physi-
clans showed that cause Of death was
b. bullet and not by blows. The
wound produced hemorrhages from
which he died. Harris then arrested
Ivory. Buzzell made the remark: Il
Want this to be kept quiet"
The officers had inquired about the
rife. Buzzell said his father had
come upstairs and they had had
scuffle and he, Ivory, had stepped into
his room. grabbed his rife, and shot
his father. The officers found in his
trunk a bag like sling. He told the
officers that his father had come at
him with sling shot
Mr.. Philbrook in closing said The
State contends that out of the mouth
of the prisoner the death OF his faith
er was caused by him.
The following witnesses were
sworn to testify for the State Judge
Buswell. surveyor, Solon; c. T. Huff,
photographer, Skowhegan James
Barrett, Canaan; Richard H. Harris.
deputy sheriff; L. J. Addition. coron-
o. lyf,Hr+ b5ag N
sheriff, Skowhegan; Scott Lord. un-
Canaan Fred Holt, Canaan; George
Ames. Canaan; DR.. ". S. Stinehfeld
medical examiner. Skowhegan.
Deputy Sheriff Harris testified TO
what he had to do in the case which
was practically what Philbrook said
in opening. He said that he had lived
in Canaan all his life and that he had
known Ivory Buzzell for a number of
years. The mother of young Buzzell
died in 1854. He said that when ar
rested Buzzell wore a full beard and
appeared calm. His hair was long. He
did not visit people much and as a
boy did not associate with other boys
much.
Coroner L. J. Addition said he had
.
known Ivory Buzzell before Deem
ber II. 1909 He said he went to the
Buzzell place December II with DR..
Stinchfeld, arriving there about 8
, clock in the afte1 noon They enter
ed the front door and went into the
living room. He said When | first
went into the room | saw four or five
men | asked who had done the
cbootipu ap6 cor,apua r,piufad tn
Buzzell and said. There is the man
| asked Buzzell if he was the man.
He said he was | asked him 10 tell
me the story He said: l was up
stairs and father WAS out in the door
yard. and father hollered up and said
TO me. 1 would like 10 take your pic
ture' Father came up and we had a
seuftle and | shot him Young Buzz
eel then said that his father then
went down stairs. out through the
door snd back again and then fell
Coroner Addition continued. DR..
Stinchteld and | examined the body.
We removed the clothing from the
dead man. We saw bullet hole in
the back. indicating th.t the bullet
vent through from the back. We
found the bruise on the temple Later
| hCd further conversation with Buzz
zell in mis- cell in Skowhegan Jail. |
asked Inn TWO questions. Whether
81 not Your father was facing YOU or
back to YOU when you shot him| He
said He was back to- The other
question was What did your father
have in his hand when he c,me up
stairs?" A stick, he answered.
Scot Lord, undertaken testified: He
said he lived 112 miles from the Buzz
zell place. He had known the Buzz
zells for sometime. He went to their
place on December II about three p.
m. When he arrived Mr.. Harris and
, Mr. Goodrich were there. Before go
/ !ng into the house heard a conver-
sGtion between Mr. Harris and Buzz
zell." said Mr.. Lord. MIR. Harris
asked him what he wanted a coroner
for Buzzell said he had had a hom-
il ;de there and his father was in tbs
house.
When I went into the house
went in the side door AS went in
saw the body of John Buzzell lying
on the left side partly downward.
! Ivory Buzzell told us in the room not
10 touch the body | went to tele-
phone and summon the coroner In
f al SWGT ~ Il NuSSllOi ds " " nat MnN
under the dead man. Mr.. Lord said he
found a coat under his head.
Sheriff Mooers in testimony said in
part: | did not know Ivory Buzzell
prior TO December II. | went to the
Buzzell place previous to the funeral
of John Buzzell. l removed a piece
Of board from the wall at the foot
the stairs in the house which was a
part of the partition. 1t was the up
per edge of the board. Where the bull
let had gone into the wall was about
2l5 feet from the floor. The stairs in
the house were old fashioned and
steep. | made an experiment |
called for a man about the height OF
John Buzzell. The man stood on the
landing and | picked up board and
told him to run down the stairs as
| was going to shoot and the man
went down. He stopped and | decid-
ed in my mind what pc sition Buzzen
was in when he went down. There
were no cartridges in the gun
brought to me which W 8 claimed TO
be the one that Buzzell had shot his
father with Mr. Mooors said he
saw Ivory Buzzell on the night of
arrest about 730 o'clocl-. From time
to time thereafter | had eonversa-