Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-01-23
he door to see that washau did not

the door to see that Washau did not
escape.
Returning to the house he found
both the outside door and the one
leading from the entry into the kit
chen open. He went through the first
door and started to go through the
second when out Of the corner of his
eye he saw the figure of man hold
ing an axe, and as he realized what
Jumping backward the deputy man.
aged to avoid the swing of the axe
but he later found that the pocket Of
his coat had been cut by the axe. The
respondent then, according to the wit
ness, ran back across the kitchen and
said "Shoot me Harry, shoot me If
you want to-" Pinkham told him that
he did not want to shoot him and
then Washau, making animal like
noises and gritting his teeth advance
ed with the axe appraised. When
within about four feet Of him the
deputy told Washau that IL he came
any closer he would have to shoot.
| Washau stopped.
| Struck Washau Down
l. Mrs. Washau came out of an ad-
| Joining room, crying and a boy, thir-
teen years of age followed her. Going
to place near his father he asked
Harry not to shoot. Washau looked
around at the boy and lowered the axe
somewhat. upon, which Pinkham
| dropped the revolver and jumped at
Washau. hitting him under the chin
and temporarily knocking him uncon-
ScfouS.
Pinkham took off his overcoat and
sat on the edge OF a table waiting for
yUo cfay IN roxyiUo which LA
Both the gun and the axe had disap-
peared by that time, although Pink.
ham did not know where they had
gone. When Washau recovered con-
seriousness he began to mutter again
and rising started for a sink where q
| bread knife and some case knives
were hanging. Pinkham sprung at
him, whirled him around and knocked
him down. Washaw got up and
Pinkham knocked him down again. In
all Pinkham estimated that he knock
/ ed the defendant down four or five
times more before he finally knocked
him unconscious again. Then he call
ed to Cole and received no response.
y minute later Moses entered and
when they tried to put the handouts
on Washau, 1t took all three of them
to do it and it was necessary to hit
. him again.
| Seemed Demented
The witness said that Washau act
ed like a maniac, that he was in a
terrible rage and made animal like
noises He had said Get out of here,
I'll kill, I'll kill' when he first attack
ed Pinkham. He had not smelled Ii
quor on Washau's breath.
I, On cross examination attorney B.
) F. Maher appearing with Attorney
Arthur Crafty Of Waterville for the
defense. asked:
"How many times did you knock
him out?.'
| The answer was Twice"
| After further cross examination he
| was asked:
1 Were you afraid?"
! "Not at that time" Pinkham an
swered, Il didn't have time to be-"
! In answer to a question by County
Attorney Frank Southland as to. the
time that he was scared he declared
that that was after the ARRAY was
over. W
Deputy Sheriff Cole
| Deputy Sheriff William Cole was
then called to the stand. He testified
| that he had gone to the rear Of the
| house to watch the rear window and
| that as he got there he had seen
| Washau in the house with an axe in
his hand. He had Immediately gone
to tell Pinkham and had seen him
near the automobile. He called Look
| out, he's got an axe" and after hur-
rying up stairs in the house to cali
| Deputy Sheriff Moses to the scene
with gun and some handouts. hur-
rieed back to the rear of the house
When next he saw Washau he was
standing beside the sink in the
kitchen and was bleeding from the