The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-04-24
TUPPER IN COUNTY JAIL TO AWAIT THE
ACTION Of The GRAND JURY
Plead Not Guilty at Preliminary Hearing Friday
at Bingham and Claims Self Defence

reason ohs fQpase letf for hon .
suddenly.
The fact thar Mclaughlin was tsr-
fibly enraeed.s as his mother test!=
fed. when he reached her home and
seemed TO b. looking for Tupper has
made the stories thai there was a.
old grudse between the men sen
more reasonable The fereeness Rith
which Mclaughlin attacked Tupper
at the start seems 10 indicate taae
it vas The result Of NOR than a pass
; ing quarrel and that when he onee
starfed all The pent-up resentment
from SOM Old trouble broke looss
II appears thai Tupper had ma8e
, arrangements 10 meet some men IL.
latter part of this week regarding
some lumber business and that h
had planned 10 eur across the woods
10 keep his engagement. \ day oe
two aso he had borrowed a 49,
Wincha-tsg afe OF Hebert and haa
taken i - - home of the cider Mr..
AIeLauehlite LIS reason .or 8aut.as
the rifle a. this season OF the year
being that h. wished To take il aloHg
When he weul through the woods o.
his proposed business trip. Nhea
Mclaughlin arrived al his mother
home Taaper nas sitting on the doof-
Step films LIS pipe with tie rife b.
side him. Ills iateanoa il is said.
WAS to eleaa the gun The thres
shots that 4ere afterwards frea
seem to hay ben IL the magazine
al the time Two %. the shells were
found near III lody and the thu
. in the chamber Of the rife, not haA-
ing been elected after the last She
As near a. can be learned. after
few loud words Mclaughlin tackled
Tupper in the dooryard and when He
j bert reached the scene they were hay-
ing a fierce struggle He attempted
to interfere but could do little with
Mclaughlin. apparently gettin-
knocked ont Of the way whenever h
got in range The three men rolled
around the yard some together bur
Tupper bears no visible marks as the
result of the struggle Mclaughlin
idea seemed to be to manhandle hin
and SO far as can be learned did not
TO have had in his hand when the
strike either with the club he is sail
trouble started, nor with his fists. He
bert said at the hearing that whe1
he reached the scene the men were
down with Tupper underneath AMI
that Tupper called for help. CON-
planning thai Mclaughlin was biting
him After the men had been down
several times and the clothes had
bees torn from Tupper came tn
shooting and no one remembers
clearly just how that happened.
1t was evidently the third and last
| shot that tore through McLaughln's
chest and caused almost instant
death. Neither of the other two
would have needed prompt attention
TO prevent serious results but the
whole arm was badly shattered b.
the mushroom steel jacketed bullet.
The wound in the right leg was net
particularly serious. The heart WIS
torn to pieces by the bullet that ell
tered the chest aud it was evidently
not until this WAS fired that Ne
Laughhn WAS knocked down.
After tie shooting the body waa
left whore ii fell to await the arrival
OF the officers. When the official
party arrived from Bingham about 5
O'Clock in the evening it was loaded
into an express wagon by the lieat
Of lanterns and hauled over 10 tn
home OF Fred Mclaughlin, whefs
there We're better facilities for hole
ing the autopsy and inquest Will
the body WIS being prepared for r..
moYal Mrs. Fred Mclaughlin ard
Yrs. Matilda Mclaughlin were sob
bing Historically and continually
passins in and our of the house. When
the body had been loaded places were
found for the women in the teams
and on the trip across to Fred
home the only sound heard above ths
noise of the wheels were the cries ana
sobs of the grief stricken womt u.