Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-07-28
The Suspected Parties.

| Friday, the 23d, by Deputy Sher.f Wormell or
| suspicion of being connected with the Winthrop
Bank robbery, were arragned before Judge True
in the Jailor5 Office yesterday afternoon at :
o'clock.
The court and witnesses met at 10 o'clock a.
per adjournment the previous day, but on &C
count of the absence of witnesses from Water
vile, the matter was postponed till afternoon.
Mr.. Pillsbury appeared as counsel for Levi. The
indictment was read and charged, lst, that the
and I'd, that they accessory to the robbing OF
said bank To these charges each prisoner plead
| ed Not Guilty.
| Witnesses were then called upon 10 testify lela-
tive to the case.
| AP. Benjamin, cashier OF the above named bank
estifed to the fact Of the robbery. The funds
we're kept in Morses safe, with "burglar-proof
vault" About $4,000 in legal tender notes was
taken in one package; $4,000 in another package,
and $1,000 in third A small amount Of coin
was taken, and also large amount of bonds be
longing to the Savings bank; several private pack
| ages of money were also taken. The full amount
Of the robbery has not been asccrtained, as the
books have not been balanced since the affair.
Cyrus NJ. Wolmell of Bethel, Deputy Sheriff, tcs-
tilted that he arrested the defendants at 10 80 Fri
day, at Bethel, in the Montreal train from Portland.
A Mr.. Brown, an insurance agt was also arrested,
but was recognized as an acquaintance by res
pectable citizen of Bethel, and discharged. None
Of the defendants would give their names al the
time of their arrest, but later in the day gave them
| as they appear above. Mr.. Wormeli searched
| them, and found about 50 in money in their
possession they claimed they were travelling for
pleasure, that the day previous they got upon the
wrong train, and went to Wateryille, but returned
| to Yarmouth, where they took the train on which
they were arrested. They had hand satchel and
| a small paper bundle their baggage.
The night Waterman at the Grand Trunk and
NJ. c. stations at Yarmouth Junction, testified that
these parties reached that place the down Pull
man night train, and loun .ed in the station until
| morning.
James ConCannon, clerk at the Williams House,
Watcrville testified that the defendants arrived at
that house on the 5 80 train from Augusta; that
they registered their names as Lewis CORTLAND,
William Perry, and Thomas VI. Cook, all Of Bos-
| ton. The leaf Of the hotel register was prodnc-
ell in court. They engaged room for the night,
but changed their minds, and at about 9.3) paid
their bills and left.
Charlie, +. Gray Of Wa.eryille, real estate deal
err testified that he purchased of the defendants,
three NJ. e. Il. Il. tickets from Portland TO Bangor,
that part of the route from Waterville to Bangor
. being uncancelled; he paid Sl.jO apiece.
A. {. Carr of East Winthrop, Deputy Sheriff,
testified that he reached Bethel abou, p. NJ. on
Friday, in response to telegram from Sheriff
Wormell that he at once saw the defendants
were not the actual robbers, and sent word to
Winthrop not to give up the chase in the least.
The arrested parties finally gave their names as
Louis Lewis, l0s East 5Gth ST.; Thos. II. Clark
a Jones St; Geo. b. Levi, II Second Ave, New
York City. sheriff Carr examined the prisoners
clothes thoroughly after they had gone u bed in
the evening, and found about S26 in money. The
prisoners were taken to Winthrop the next day.
The above is the substance Of the testimony
elected Yesterday. At about 0 clock Mr.. White
house, who conduct the examination for the gov
ernment, moved an adjournment until Q O'Clock
this "wednesday morning, which was ordered by
Judge True.
SO the case will be continued at 9 \. NJ. to-day.
The objec, Of the adjournment, as stated by the
County Attorney was 10 ascertain the author of
| a certain associated press despatch from Boston,
| published saturday morning. The despatch stated
that the Chief of Police of oson had teleglaphed
| to the City Marshal of Bangor to look out for
| three suspicious characters who hal left Boston
for Bangor. 1t is proved that no such disr atch
was sent or received by the officers named, and i.
is supposed by the prosecution that the real rob-
bers caused the Associated Press agent al Bost on
| to be imposed upon and to send such false re-
port, in order to attract public attention to the
three defendants whose part in the robbery was
/ to be that of decoys.
1t is surmiscd that the discrepancy between the
| sums of money found by Sheriff Wormcll and
| Sheriff Carr on the persons of the defendants,
must be accounted for by supposing that about
| half the amount hastily counted by Mr.. Worm
ell, was counterfeit and that it was destroyed b.
| fore it was examined closely.
The defence makes no explanation thus far, OF
| the suspicious movements Of the parties after
reaching this State, of the false names assumed
at Waterville, and written on the hotel register.
Mr. Lewis claims that his greatest distress in th,
| case is ON account Of his wife in New York, who
is in delicate condition, and who needs his i'm
mediate presence, and who ought not to be sub
ectcd to such terrible news as the papers will car
ry to her Of his arrest on suspicion of a crime.
The three prisoners were returned to their cells
in the Jail after the examination. The brother of
Lewis made an Intellectual effort to bail him out
| until this morning, but the sum named by Judge
| rrue-S500O-was too large, and could rot be
| procured.
| Farmingdale Locals.
| Among the operatives at the Browns Island
| Boom tor week or two past, are the men of the
Franklin Land and Lumber Company. We I'M
derstand this company was incorporated in Boston
| about two years ago, and bought the township of
Jerusalem, in Franklin county, on the Seyen-mile
brook. which empties into the Kennebec at North
Anson and cut about fifteen million spruce beside
a large amount of sleepers, wiater before last.
They failed to get their logs into the river last
year, but This season they have made complete
success of it, and got them all down. They are
quite small, and sawed partly into deal for ship
ment to Europe. They will also ship to Boston
/ and New York. The MeSsrs. Mkcn will saw a
part for them at llallowell, and the Bath Manu-