Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-15

1t might just as well ne TOW
az any time" and with these words
fired at the women. hitting Mrs.
Cole in the back. after which she
cried: You have shot me-" and he
replied i've got you this time, old
lady" After firing the first shot,
Bates paused and then fired FIVE
shots one after the other in the di-
rection Of the two women, said Good
inc. When last seen by the witness.
Bates was on the hill going toward
| his home. with the rifle in his hand.
| Goodine stated that he came to
Winsiow and commenced his work
on the boom in May. and that Be was
! acquainted with MIS-. Cole and MISS
Simpson, and had known Mr.. Bates
for about two months. He said that
when he first noticed Bates on the
evening Of the tragedy that he knew
something was wrong, by the ap-
! pearance of the man. saying that ne
had known him for two months, ana
that during that time he mad seen
him almost every night, ana sA-
WAYS found him the same.
The second shot hit Miss Simpson
4
90 from the gully TO the Roberts
| home where she remained untii we
removal to the Sisters hospital Al
though the wound was not very sefl-
ous. she remained in q nervous con-
diticn.
| Goodine said that when he hearh
the second shot he thought 'hat II
was best for him TO be moving on
and after putting the graphopRcne
down he started on tho run TOWARDS
the hoero Of Mr.. Thibodean, gong
through the field. He said that he
! did not see the last three shots, but
heard them.
He said he did not visit the scene
again until The officers and several
other people were there. After me
first shot, one Of the women sald;
stop that"
| The next witness was CITY Marshal
! HARRINGTON. who, after being notified.
| arrived upon the scene with Deputy
Marshal Lessor
| The marshal said that ne received
call between and SO o clock aud that
he was tod to get doctors an't o'hcer7
and come 10 the scene at once, IN n
very few minutes two physicians. l'rs
| Bower and Abbott, were summoned ana
with the marshal and deputy We're on
the scene Of the tragedy. Fhe marshal
! stated that he found the oody OF Mrs
Edith Cole between the cllv7rt OF the
| two bills. that the body had been 81 y
through the neck. and that the woma"
bled to death. He said that We WAS
| we'll acquainted with the woman, MRS.
Cole, but not with the respondent. Ha
| said that Bates had said that he shot
| the two women and that Miss simpson
| had lived in his family prior to this
time. At the time the officers arrived
on the scene there was no one there.
The marshal had been told to get doc
| tors and officers and went over the
place and found the stricken woman in
the middle of the road, head downward.
! dead, and about 60 feet from the culvert,
| DR.. Boyer and Or. c. W. Abbott ar
rived ard the woman was pronounce
{, dead. Miss Simpson was taken by aU-
| tcmobiIe to the Sisters hospital.
! The news of the shooting was tele-
! Emery Roberts, and several other call;
were received at the local station Gur-
| ing the evening notifying them Of the
occurrence. Bates quietly walked across
the bridge and paid his toll of two cents,
but before reaching the toll Office he
! paused on the bridge as if he were
J thinking intenuy about something. but
! he walked on slowly and went into the
basement of the local police station. into
the guard room, and voluntarily gave.
| himself up to the jantor. who was 1T
the building. He was taken into the
| guard room, where he was seated hu.
rad nothing to say. Marshal Earring
| ton arrived soon after the man hal
reached the station and the man was
put under arrest The marshal Wit,
several others had been searching for
bates. but II was necessary for him 10
leave and to accompany the remains OF
the dead woman to Redirgton's under
taking rooms
Sheriff Edward ITarwood. County
Attorney, Fisher, Sheriff Dignam and
Marshal Pennington were interview
ing Bates in his cell late Tuesday
evening, and Sheriff Harwood said
, that he talked freely and seemed de-
pressed but otherwise normal Bates,
the sheriff stated. said that he did not
know why he did the shooting. only
that no frequently had spells that it
was very hard to resist doing things
il he thought OF them. and at those
times he felt sick. but could not en-
plain how and where
DR.. ". H. Harris. medical examin-
err for the county. was the next on
the stand, and said that he had eX-
amined the body of Mrs. Edith Cole.
and found that death was due TO
paralysis. as the result of severing
thespinal cords by bullet wounds and
loss Of blood. There were two bull
let wounds in the back OF her left
shoulder blade. and the other be-
lieved TO be the first wound, was in
her spine. shattering her spinal coli
umn. coming out the right side Of
her mouth. There was also flesh
wound near the top Of her shoulder.
Tho wound on her spinal column
was sufficient to cause death. The
wounds were made by high powered
bullets, or something with great ex-
plosiva force.
The respondent was committed
and ordered held without bail for the
September term OF court on the first
Tuesday at Augusta. He was TAX
70 Augusta on tho of