Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-10
The coroner's Inquest.

coroner RUNNER, Friday morning,
empaneled as jury, George Mother
well, John A. Buckley, f. NJ. Mower,
G.. b. Murphy, John Cogan and Ev-
erett Shaw. George Motherwell was
chosen foreman of the jury and at 10
A. M. that body viewed the remains of
the victim of the murder at Plummer's
undertaking rooms and afterwards in
speeted the scene of the shooting.
The afternoons session for the ex-
animation of witnesses was held, at
go F. NJ, at the grand jury rooms a.
the court house. and occupied the
greater part of the afternoon.
Among the witnesses examined were
City Marshal Fletcher, officer Cor
bett, who arrested Norton. as he was
feeing from the scene of the murder
George Fl. Curtis, who identified the
man arrested as Punk Norton of
Concord. n. H.; Asbury L. Haskell,
an eye witness of the murder; Green
wood Flagg and Edward Barrett, who
heard the shots and We're near the
scene of the shooting; and o. B. Hun
newell. the clerk at Brooks hardware
store, who Informed the police that
he sold to Norton the revolver with
which the killing was done.
The verdict returned by the jury
was that Patrick Lucy. alias Wilt
mantle SLIM came to his death BY
shot wounds from a revolver in the
hands OF Punk Norton, alias Willie
ellis. at the Maine Central Railroad
station smoking room at Augusta, Mt
about p. NJ, Aug. 8, 1912. and that
1t was wilful and premeditafed muir
der by the said Punk Norton. alias
Willie ellis.
Remains Sent to WiIlimantic.
The remains of Patrick Lucy were
sent to Willimantic on the 1912 P.
| NJ, train, Friday, for burial, the body
| having been claimed by his uncle, Jas
Lucy of Main street, Willimantic. AL
though the murder victim is said by
| the chief of police at Willimantic to
have had criminal record, he comes
of a respectable family and his uncle,
who claims the body. is a man of good
| standing in the community.
How Shooting Was Done.
| Detective Fred ]. Weyand, who has
been doing special work in this city in
connection with several other matters,
has made an investigation of the lit
| tie smoking room, where the tragedy
occurred, and has made some eonclu-
| sions, which may have an important
| bearing upon the case.
| A short distance from the door of
| the smoking room a shot was found
| imbedded in the floor and from that
point around to a seat in the extreme
| northwest corner of the room spots of
blood, about as big over as ones
| thumb nail, were found upon the floor,
| at Irregular intervals, while on this
| section of the. settee itself were sew
| eral larger splotches of blood.
| According to Weyands theory, the
first two shots were fired at close
range before Lucy realized what had
happened and as he staggered to his
feet and started unsteadily across the
| room, Norton fired the last shot, which
| was found in the floor, and fed, i'm
mediately after which the wounded
man staggered out of the door and fell
upon the platform, where he was pick
| ed UP.
Another Eye Witness.
| Another eye witness to the tragedy
has been found, Charles w. Anderson
of Is Winthrop street. Says Mr.. An
derson; Il was sitting on a truck with
| Green Flagg and saw the short. thick
set man fire the last shot When Of
fieer Corbett brought the man he had
captured 10 him the wounded man
either said. He did do it, or He
didn't do it, his voice was so far gone
couldn't tell which,
Plea Of Self Defence.
1t is believed that Norton may put
up plea of self-defense. when the
case comes to trial. as no one seems