The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-04-24

ted at Moscow. Fred g. Mclaughlin
being fatally shot it is alleged b.
Harlan Tupper
Tupper was arraigned before Iudga
II. Il Brazzell of the Western Som
erset municipal court on the charge
Of murder as the result OF the affray
j but he waived the reading of the
warrant, pleaded not guilty and az
ter little of the evidence taken oul
at the inquest the night before had
been introduced by County Attorney
Folsom he was bound over TO await
the action OF the grand jury in Sep
tember and without bail. He was
taken 10 SkoWhegan on the afternoon
train by Sheriff Thompson and Depu-
ty Sheriff Collins and lodged in tie
county Jail
1t had been the original plan To
hold the preliminary hearing IN
Skowheean Saturday baf il was
found that Jude BTazzell could come
up from his home in Fairfield in
time for the hearing so that the Of
fetal could catch the next train out
thus saving a days time The hear
ing was held in Kennebec Hail.
Bingham, AID about 200 people we're
present 1T i o'clock when the pro
ceedings were started.
The tragedy which is being much
talked about in this part OF the
| State occurred just before noon or
the before mentioned date, Mr.. Nc
Laughlm being shot at the feet oi
his aged mother.
Fred Mclaughlin Paul Hebert and
/ Tupper, the men most directly in
volyed in the affair, had been associa-
ties for a number of years. Hebert
and Tupper had made their homes
with Fred much of the time. Fred 5
/ father died about a year ago but his
mother has continued 10 reside on this
old place, and has been cared for b!
her sons, ,Hebert and Tupper. Th'
three men have worked together OF
the farms and in the woods, Tuppe
and Mclaughlin being especially in
innate. Stories are told in the neigh
borhood of how of late these two hay,
not been getting along so well as for
merly. Since the death of Fred
father Tupper has been spending
more time at the home of the eldel
! Mrs Mclaughlin and Fred is said tC
have objected more or less to this ar
rangement While the men have no
been known as teetotalers they have
not had the reputation of being espe-
cially heavy drinkers. Tupper is sait
to have drank more than the other
two but all three have been pretty
| good workers and have been busy
most of the time
Tupper is said to have rather a pc
culiar disposition, being subject 70
fits of pique during which his friends
could do little with him. He has the
reputation of being quick to take of
fense but his method of resentine
what he considered au affront has
been to relapse into stubborn silence
rather than TO offer any strenuous op-
position knowing him as they did
his companions paid little attention
TO him when he suddenly quit work
Thursday forenoon and went on hon,
without a word of explanation. fhe1
attributed this to some unmtertio1a
affront Tn u part i SON one an
expected that Tupper would be bacl
when he got ready.
! Hebert seems to have been tn,
quietest one of the trio and 10 hay,
been a trailer rather than a leader i
their enterprises. He has worked
steadily and has good reputation
among his employers. Whatever
trouble there may have been between
the other two Hebert seems to have
taken the part of peacemaker and Ia
have been equally friendly with both
men. He does not seem TO have any
grievance and they apparently had
none against him.
Fred Mclaughlin, the victim Of the
shooting. seems to have been the
leader of the trio. He was an unusu
ally powerful man physically, having
been of medium height but of heavy
square build. He was Il big man
and strong in proportion. Most peo-
pie who know all three men believe
that Mclaughlin would have been a
match for the other two. He worked
on his farm and in the woods and was
In fairly good circumstances. His
buildings are in good shape and the
place has the appearance of being
reasonably prosperous.
There is no direct evidence that any
of the men had been drinking Thurs
day. No evidence has yet developed
that there was any serious trouble
among them when they started tc
work that day. Ellingford Messer
for whom they were working. says
that so far as he knows relations
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