Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-30

loan of money. which he had sought
for several days. It is supposed that
they quarrelled upon her refusal No
person heard any shots, but her bodv
was later found in the house, pierced
by several bullets.
Heading for his brothers placn Of
business or Penn street, Restell met
BENJAMIN Bishop, and having some
words with him, pulled his revolver
Bishop grappled with him and man
aged to secure the weapon. only to
nave tho maddened italian draw an
oth"r and fire several shots, two of
which took effect IN Bishops body
Leaving Bishop FRUSTRATED with
wounds, and firing several shots at a
brother. Edward Bishop. W no appeared
Relste'li made his way to the grant o
manufacturing establishments of his
brother, GaSparc. Details of their en-
counter are not known, but when the
crazed assailant once more left his vic
tim, the latter lay writing on the floor
OF his office. suffering from wounds
which it is feared will result in death.
Gong out of thr granite Yards of
his brother, Louis Rcstelli coolly got
into buggy which was standing near
ny lie drove at an ordinary pace to
his own plant on Common street, where
he left the buggy. Without entering
MS place ne went into the Office of the
liardWick CO.. and asked of Henry F..
HardWick, as he had often before ask
ed, if he might use the telephone An
sWered IN the affirmative, he made no
movement toward til" instrument but
instead drew his revolver, which he
aimed at Mr.. Hardwick. firing five
shots. Hardwick died within a few
minutes. Standing over the body OF
his victim. he fired two shots at C.
Theodore Hardwick. also a member of
the firm. who had rushed into the Of
flee at the sound of the shooting Only
one took effect, tha. splintering Hard
Wick's knee pan so that it is believed
he will be a cripple for life.
ReStelli walked leisurely out of the
Office. meeting no resistance and start
ed towards Adams street He was seen
by teamster. who said he held re-
vClver in his hand, beating the bushes
which skirt the sidewalk. The team
ster supposed he was looking for q
cat or some other small animal and
noticed nothing unusual about the
man. whom he knew quite well.
After being seen by the teamster
Restelli is not known to have en-
countered any person who recognized
him. as at this point the police lost
track of him. The search tonight
which was begun within a few min
utes of the shooting of Mr.. Hardwick,
was apparently without definite oh
jective point Miltamen. members of
CO. *. 5th Regiment Of bingham.
thrashed the bushes and searched
quarry holes in the surrounding hills
and in the broken and rugged Coun-
try in the quarry section. The police
were busy following up occasional
"clues''-first that he had been seen
by friend boarding trolley car at
Newport avenue for Boston. next.
that a shirt supposed to have been
worn by Restelli had been found at
the edge of an abandoned quarry hole.
wlich led to the belief that the muir
derer NAV have committed suicide and
again that he had been seen skuikIng
among bushes in this or that part OF
the city None of these clues led to
any result,
IT was the belief of the local police
tonight that Restelli made his escape
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