The Republican journal., 1870-06-02
AN OUTRAGE IN BANGOR,
From the Bangor Democrat

| On Monday afternoon, of this week, Officers SAM
nei ID. swcetser, William Weymouth p F. r.
i Clark, and Fred Mclaughlin, with all the preca,l-
ton and strategy requisite in hunting down and
capturing Il murderer, coming from different quar-
tiers. closed in on the private dwelinghonse Of Mr..
Timothy Sullivan, on York Street. Mr.. Sullivan is
one of the most esteemed and worthy citizens of
Ward One-a gentleman of the highest integrity
and honor-a trader who has the entire confidence
| of our business community.
| When these officers made their descent upon his
house, Mr.. Sullivan was attending to his business
at his store. There was one At home except his
wife, servant girl, and infant child Without stating
their business or purpose they proceeded to make
a most thorough search of every room, closet, bll-
reau cupboard, drawer, nook and corner in the house
from ccl,I to garnet.
The avidity with which they seized Il little phial
of eyewater, wrenched the cork from it, tasted and
smelled of it. indicated that they were in search of
liquor. The meanness of the conduct of these Off
GERS, on this occasion, has no parallel, not even in
the ontrages perpetrated years ago by Weaver and
his pimps and spies They opened Jugs, whether
| containing molasses, vinegar, cider bottles,
whether hold pcpper-sace or catsup. They pulled
the cloth from the piano. They entered Mrs. Suli-
vans nursery and searched the cradle; and then.
to crown their intamy, went to her bed wherein
her infant child was sleeping, and searched that.
1t is needless to say that if it was liquor they
were in search Of they dit nat ind one drop, and
they departed as they came, empty -tanded
We would that we could arouse this whole COM
munty to realizing of the intamy and cruel
" of this dastardly outrage, committed under the
sanction of 4 l0n. Let our citizens bring this mat
ter home to themSelves-any dweller on Broadway
State, Ohio, or Court Street. Let them imagine
their Orn houses thus invaded in the broad day by
ruthless and insulting police, on the same errand
Let them imagine their wives and infant children
subjected to the insult and wrong to which Mrs.
sullivan and her infant child were subjected last
Monday The police found 40 liquor there. How
many houses are there in the streets we have lust
named, in which there would not be liquor found
if subjected to-day, TO the same rigid search to
which Mr.. Sullivan's house was subjected?
l,n,.n nlrn Ixr
officers seized and examined little phial of eye
water Surprising that little phia had contained
brondy, who doubts but that Mr.. Sullivan would
have been dragged before the Police Court and
there fined occoriing to custon2
There is anofher circumstance which adds pc
cnliar poignancy to this outrage. Mr.. suvan's
house was house CfmonlWing. Only last week
his aged and revered mother was borne to her last
home from beneath that roof.
There was Il time once when every mans house
was his castle There was time once even in this
State of ours. when the declaration in bill of
rights, -"The people shall be secure in their per-
sons, houses, papers and possessions, from all IN
reasonable searches and seisures." There was 4:
time once when the chamber of the young mother
and her infant child sacred from the invasion
of brutality Screened by la,r. But that time is not
now.
Quebec has been visited, as was briefly announce
ed by telegraph, with one of the most disastrous
| conlaeations ever known in the history of that
city. The area over which the fire swept was
covered with wooden dwellings, and the flames
spread with such tierceness as TO drive hundreds
of people from their houses to places of safety.
The sight in some case, was most appalling.
Women, with barely stitch of clothing, We're met
at every turn most of them carrying their children,
and rushing about in wild and insane-ke man
ner. AS the wind rose the flames gathered strength
and intensity, leaping with fearful violence from
one building to another, sweeping before them
everything of combustble nature The wind,
blowing strong from the east directed the tendency
OF the flames towards King and Queen streets
through which they swept with terrible force en-
veloping at one time over fifty buildings. These
streets in some places exhibited most awful ap-
pearance, perfect whrlwind of fire being obser-
vabie in every direction. Fortunately, at o'clock
A. NJ, rain began to fall, which soon checked the
flames, and this, with the almost superluman eff
the tire-fend. 1t is estimated however. that five
hundred buildings We're destroyed Two shins
were also burned to the waters edge and several
persons severely injured by falling walls.