Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-13
Prisoner shaokled to officer.

The prisoner, who had been preVl-
ously arraigned, came into the court
room 1T 2.4c p. NJ. handcuffed to Of
fieer Corbett aud took his seat upon
the prisoners bench.
County Attorney Williamson then
read the warrant, which was sisT&d
by Coroner Plummer. charging Punk
Norton, alias Willie ellis, with the
murder on tine night Of Aug. 3, at the
Maine Central Railroad station at Au-
gusta. of Patrick Lucier, alias Will
mantle Slim"
The county attorney outlined brief
" the circumstances leading TO the
tr@ Sedy The two men Were employed
in some capacity a. Hanks races The
respondent, earlier in the evening,
purchased a revolver at tie Brooks
Hardware co. store, and was after
wards seen to fire three shots at his
victim at the Maine Central smoking
room Norton was arrested and the
revolver. still warm, was taken from
his pocket. The victim died without
making any pertinent statements IN
regard to the shooting.
William Il. Corbett. police officer of
the city of Augusta, testified that at
about 7.0S on the night of Thursday,
Aug. 8, he heard three shots fired. Nor
ton passed him. Witness heard some
one cry. Get HIM" Thought this must
DE the man connected with the shoot
ing. Arrested Norton and found a re-
volver in his hip pocket. 1t was the
same revolver in the hands of Coroner
Pltmmer. Three shells had been ex-
ploded and the pistol was what you
call warm. Witness took Norton back
to the depot and tried to get a state
ment from the dying man. but was I'M
able to do so. Lucy was lying between
the smoking room and the toilet room.
Mr.. Bates, who was close by, started
for an ambulance.
Witness, on cross-exa mination by
Attorney BENEDICT F. Maher, counsel
for the respondent testified that Nor
ton was not running but walking when
arrested by him near the Augusta
Trust Co. building.
Witness asked Lucy If this was the
man that shot him. but he didn't hear
Lucy say word The revolver was
not hot but you could tell that it had
recently been fired. Respondent asked
what he was arrested for. Witness told
him he had shot a man. Nation did
not make any reply then, but when he
got to the Kennebec bridge told Cor
bett that if the officer was not so big
a man he would start something"
officer Corhett was asked on cross
examination III there was anything in
the reported statement that the respon-
dent had told Joe Mela on the way to
the police station that he (Norton)
had shot man. The officer said that it
was not SC. for he would have heard
it and arrested the man Norton had
made such conversation to. To his
knowledge the respondent had made
no confession to anyone
Did anyone call you back after you
had arrested Norton and say to you,
this is rot the man. :" asked Atty.
Maher.
Il don't recollect that they did; a
number of people were shouting at the
time" replied the officer.
Sale of Revolver.
DIN y. Hunnewen Of Bangor street,
clerk at Brooks hardware store, testi-
fled that -on Aug. s. previous to the
murder, he sold a revolver to the young
man.
Atty. Williamsburg you recognize
this MANI (pointing to Norton).
Witness-'T do"
Hunnewell stated that the revolver
was the Richardson & Harrington
make. He gave the young man a box
of cartridges with the revolver.
Witness opened the box with a knife.
In his Judgment the box of cartridges
taken from Nortons pocket was the
same. The box holds so cartridges, .32-
caliber, center fire.
Witness fixed the time as about 5.45
p. III. He had begun to take the goods
in front of the store off the street.
Norton asked witness if he would
throw in n box of cartridges and wit
ness did SO. Respondent apparently had
some idea of loading the revolver ir
the store and witness told him he had
better not. Norton paid s. for the re-
volver. Witness did not see him again
until at the police station
Witness admitted on cross-examina
tion that the part of the store where
he stood when the sale took place was
dark Tho revolver was of common
make lie had hut two reviewers of thai
make in the store on TINT day. Hat