Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-04

BOY SHOT BY
HIS COMP ANTON
AT NO. BELGRADE
Inquest Deemed Unnec-
essary AS Shooting
Was Accidental

Waterville, Me, Aug. s.-(Special).
George Hutehings, aged Is, of Bel
grade, died in the Sisters hospital.
here. late this afternoon from a bullet
wound received when a % caliber re-
yolver was discharged about 10
o'clock this morning in the hands Of q
companion. Wilbur n. Judkins, also
Is, of North Belgrade. when the two
were alone in the kitchen OF the homa
of w. J. Foster, North Belgrade.
The bullet went in on the left side
between the eighth and ninth ribs, en-
tered the plural cavity of the lung.
ana lodged itself in the liver. Several
arteries We're severed and hemorrhages
. resulted The boy was taken at onca
TO Waterville, and although no attempt
was made to extract the bullet, he
died from the loss of blood and shock
coroner s. L. Berry took charge of
the body and went to North Belgrade
IN the evening to investigate the af-
ia1r. No arrests were made,
Young Hutchings had been visiting
Tor few days at the home of NJ. J.
Richardson, and in making prepara-
ton for the walk back to his home
at Belgrade, strapped his % caliber
revolver in holster to his belt. ana
then went to the home of w. ]. Fos-
ter, where he frequently visited ana
went into the kitchen. A few min
utes later young Judkins also entered
the kitchen. He lives nearby ON thu
Iarm of II. J. Richardson. who en-
IN ncofr
Both boys have been friends for sew
erai years Albert Palmer Of Oakland,
watch and clock repairer, was in
lhe kitchen with the boys, and after
stepping into the pantry to get
drink or water. heard revolver shot
ne turned back into the kitchen and
saw the Judkins boy with a smoking
pistol in his hand.
Hutchings grasped his side and went
INTO the next room, where Mr.. ana
MRS. Foster were seated He told them
20 cail a doctor. DR.. v. 8. Totnan OF
oakland was summoned. When he ar
rived he recognized the severity Of
the case and telephoned to Augusta
for DR.. A. H. Sturtevant, and when
the latter arrived the boy was hurried
to the hospital in watervilIe. An CD.
Grafton was performed at o'clock and
at the boy died.
Judkins, when he saw the revolver
In the new holster, asked IL he might
examine it, and while Hutchings was
busy doing something else took it.
from the case. No word had been
spoken about it's being loaded. and
almost as soon as 1t was in his hands
Judkins pulled the trigger. without the
slightest Idea Of there being any car,
tridges in the cylinder.
Soon after entering the room where
the Fosters were seated, the wounded
boy fell unconscious, but later he rail-
lied and said to those who had gath
cred about: IF anything happens,
don't blame Judkins, for was al
much to blame as he" In his conscious
moments he kept repeating the SEN
tence, entreatipg the people not to,
hold the Judkins boy responsible
After Coroner Berry had viewed the
body at the hospital, 1t was removed.
to Redington"s undertaking rooms,
and will be kept there until Tuesday
to await direction for burial from thss
boys father, Charles Hutchings, who.
has blacksmith shop at Belgrade. In
the evening the coroner went to the
Foster house and investigated the at.
fair. Mr. and Mrs. Foster and the JUDI
kins boy were questioned closely and
from the evidence obtained it was,
deemed unnecessary to hold an In
quest, as the shooting was purely &C.
cidental. Judkins Is the son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Judkins of Auburn.