Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-19

wanted to go away.
Q-When you went UP in Derus-
sey' s lane for the reason that you
! give what, if anything, did you dc
with the mule?
! A-Oh, l went way far back and |
: tied her back there
Q--Do you know what you tied
! her to?
Ayes. two little cedar trees and
| there is stump there, too.
Q-As you went up this lane tina,
! you describe, did you go right in the
| lane itself. or parallel with it in the
| field?
| A-No, / did not want to go in the
lane. | wanted to go in and tie my
mule way back.
Q-Where was that, in the field:
Ayes, in the field.
! Q-Now> after you tied your mule
10 the cedar tree. did you get off the
mule?
A--Oh, yes: l had to get off to tie
| her.
Q--Then after YOU tied her, where
did you go?
Al walked slowly to DeRussey's
Lane. / was going to look for the
wagon and follow him on foot
Q-Iou thought he was ahead of
you?
Ayes, ! thought II Jenny bray
ed back there he would not think
| was close by
Q-As you came down the lane
did you hear anything?
Al got to where there Is a big
cedar tree
Q-Look at this picture. Does this
! look like picture of the cedar tree
that YOU were at?
A-That is it. there
Q--As you got to that cedar tree.
what, if anything, did you hear or
see?
al heard mumbling voices to-
ward the left of me.
Q-Men's voices?
A-Men's voices and women's
voices.
Q-What did YOU do then? Still
keep coming?
Al stood still They were COM
ing closer all the time
! G--The voices seemed to be COM
ing closer?
Ayes. Then they went over
!, that way and came back again.
Q-When you say that way do
you mean away from the cedar tree
or toward the cedar tree
A-Toward the cedar tree. They
were coming from DeRussey's Lane
right over toward the cedar tree.
Q-Were you able TO make ont
any words when they got closer to
YOU?
Ayes.
Q-What words?
A-Well. the men were talking
and a woman said very quick: EN-
pam these letters
Q-And what did YOU hear the
men say, if anything?
A-They were saying "G-d-it,
and everything else.
GOOD damn it?
A-Yes, all that kind of stuff.
Odd you hear more than one
man say anything?
A-Somebody was hitting, hitting.
hitting. could hear somebody's
Wlnd going out and somebody said:
eh Then somebody said: c.
t. it, let go," a man hollered
Q-What do you mean. man or
woman? a man hollered God
Damn 1t, let go."?
Ayes
Q-And Immediately after that
what did you hear?
A-Then somebody threw a fash
towards where they We're hollering.
GA fiashlight?
Ayes, and 1 see something gilt
ter ana | see man, and / see anoth-
er man like they We're wrestling to-
gether.
Odd you see any faces there
Ayes, | see two faces
Q-Have you identified those two
faces since?
Ayes.
Q-Who were they?
A-One was Henry Stevens.
Q-1ou need not identify the other
one, Did you see Willie Stevens
there?
A-No.
Q-You did not see his face there?
A-No
Q-But there was one man that
you saw, and Henry Stevens?
Ayes.
Q-After you saw Henry Stevens
face did you hear aything?
Ayes. The light went out and
heard a shot.
hCu WI uIu YOU near
A-Then / heard like something fall
heavy. Then l run for the mule.
Odd you hear woman say any
thing?
Ayes. There were two women.
Odd you hear woman's voice
after you heard the shot?
A-One said, ooh, Henry" easy,
very easy. and the others began to
scream, scream. scream so loud: "Oh,
my, Oh, my! Oh, my!" SO terrible
loud.
Q-After you heard the shot and
heard the woman say ooh, Henry"
in a soft way and the other woman
scream very loud did you hear any
thing in the way of shots after the
firshs
Al ran for the mule after the
first shot. but that woman was
screaming, screaming, trying to run
away or something: screaming.
screaming, screaming. and I Just
about got my foot in the stirrup
when, bang! bang. bang, three
quick shots
Q-Three more shots?
Ayes. three more shots.
Q-Then what did you do when you
got your foot in the stirrup?
Al slumped over a stump and l
ran home.
q Wi.en you say you ran. do you
mean that you rar or that the mule
ran home
A-The mule ran home
hen YOU got home what hap
y got off the mule and then got
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