Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-08-28
FARMER SLAIN
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which ended by ThOrnc rushing fob,.
room for Il revolver. Williams ~,
from the house and through the W,
dow saw Thorne threatening his W..
with 4 revolver. Williams ran rear,,
all of the way to the house of M,
named Newell, got his gun which va,
there and then ran back To ,bo
Thorne house. He took several brs,
sacks from the house Of i ncjcbho,
and using these bags as bed r..
passed the night in the open near ,Ao
Thorne house.
According to his confession abop,
! o'clock Saturday morning. Williams
from his place in the bushes. saw
ThOrne driving his cows To pasture
The pasture is along a cross roql
about n half mile from the Thorro
house and Williams hurried 10 The
pasture, reaching there before Thorra
arrived and without the latter know.
ing that he was there. After Thorn.
had let the cows into the pasture, he
went to a pig pasture which va.
nearby, and Williams crawIed TO ths
shelter of a small Clump Of spruce,
nearby. 1t was but n short distance
from the clump of bushes TO the pc
pasture and from the cover Of the
bushes he shot Thornc, using a .3;l
Vino hester automatic rife. Thoms
was 1T the time standing side 10
Williams.
The first shot, which hit Thorne IN
the head, did not knock him down and
until told by the officers. Williams
thought he had missed Thornc. Thors
turned toward Williams and as be
latter fired again, hitting him in the
right breast.
The slayer then attempted to carry
the body away but finding that 1t was
heavier than he had expected, he Ind
it in nearby Clump of bushes. tbs
had all taken less than Il half hour and
by half past seven Williams was on his
way to the Thornc house. He finished
the chores on the farm and remained
at the house until about 10 o'cIoc&
when he took q butcher knife from the
house and went to the woods where
tho body was hidden.
With the aid of the knife he removed
tho legs, arms and head from the hodr
and place the body thus dsmombcred
in one of the bran sacks upon which he
had passed the night. The legs h
placed in another sack and the arms
and head in a third. TIL" sack cor
tanning the legs he carried about %
feet from the other two, later el1Hi
as his reason for this act that he
wanted to make the body less consp'
uous. lie then went TO the Neyet
house, taking his gun with him. H.
arrived here about l O'Clock, accord
ing to Mr.. Newell.
When Williams took IN" hnif" IRON
the Thornc house he and Mrs Thor"
had a quarrel which ended with WE
liams leaving the house with the hnii"
Mrs. Thorne then went to nciChborS
house and said that Williams had done
something to her husband. Oth"
ncighbors were notified and about /
o'clock search was instituted when
,o.,,,,o., - ,no r,di,,c ~ tho hays
.,oi,i ,l,o rod,. ,,,,t tho arms and
,, A, ol,orire ". p,,,.to, Sms.
could not be reached County Auorn"
Curricr c. Holman of Pennington was
ca11od
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- ,no sco,o or ,ho ,racol,. aud vn.s
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1iars s,othor search f,r tho MISSING
n.r,s or tho bodv vae made wht%
brourbt Then, +, Iiobt . ehor, d;s,aao
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