| Show Mother Faces Charge harge in Forced Killing COLUMBIA Me Jan 23 UP UP-A UP A rn manslaughter a n s 1 a ugh t e r charge against Mrs MM Alice Drinkwater 42 who said her husband forced her to shoot him to death with the same gun he used to kill two relatives relatives rela rela- tives thes was was was' dismissed In municipal municipal mu mu- court COLUMBIA Me Jan 23 UP UPA UPA A A year 50 50 year ld mother w whose ose husband fo forced ced her to shoot him to death under threat of ot slaying her herand herand herand and her baby with the same gun he used to kill two relatives faced arraignment on a manslaughter charge Friday Police termed the charge a Ua technicality and said they a ac accepted accepted ac- ac the story of Mrs Alice I Drinkwater who wh-o tearfully told them that I 1 Just couldn't let him shoot the child Mrs Drinkwater said she was in bed with her year old daughter All Alice e when she discharged the gun r r The frait frail white-haired white woman said her e e st r a a. p n a g c d husband an Thomas a 62 oh Bangor butcher apparently was was' crazed as as result of their domestic quarrels when he came caine Thursday to the farmhouse where she had moved following their separation Before he reached her bedroom he shot and killed Harley HarJey Worcester ter 79 his law in and Mrs clenice Ellingwood 25 a roomer and his own stepdaughter by a previous marriage He raced upstairs to his wife's room and from a window crItIcally critically critically cally wounded state trooper Maynard Maynard Maynard May- May nard J. J Lindsay of Harrington hi his cousin who was answering a frantic frantic frantic fran fran- tic police appeal telephoned by 11 Mrs r s. s Ellingwood's h husband a. a n d Harry 22 Then his wife said he turned to her extended his 32 caliber rifle and said Im not going to spend the rest of my life Ufe in jail Finish me She said she protested but he warned Either you shoot me or It will wIil be you and the child both child both bothof of you Take your choice He pointed the gun at me Mrs Drinkwater said Well I just couldn't let him shoot the child I took the gun and he said Here point it right at my chest I 1 did arid and pulled the trigger |
