Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-01-17

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shall bleeding as much - they-at the mouth
and nose. did mot zee either Of them abused
by the marshal, or BY any person, At the
lookup. The resistance It the lookup was
BY the smaller one. White bled At the mouth.
i Geo. Doughty, sworn, testified: Saw the
marshal wrestling with the man that after
wards died. and Brown had the other one
down. White and his man at first seemed
to be holding each other at arms length. and
the tramp seemed to have the longest arms.
l thought by appearances that be had the
marshal by the throat Shortly after that
Will Potter came along and helped get the
man onto his back; and that is all saw OF it
| on account of the crowd. Did not see the
marshal strike the larger man. Saw no scar
on the larger man. The smaller man vas
bleeding at the mouth or nose No idea
what caused it.
| Z. NJ. Boynton, sworn, testified: This AZ
fair occurred in front of my place of business
First saw White having clinch with man
and some one took hold with him and threw
the man on the sidewalk. Al first the fellow
was irving to strike White in the face, and
did, think, and then they threw him on the
sidewalk, and White struck him three times,
think, in the side of the face, and then
reached round and got his twisters and put
onto him and let him up. Brown had
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store. After the man was thrown onto
the sidewalk he still continued to struggle
with White. think he hsd hold of the mar
shars collar with one hand, and the man
helping White had hold Of the other arm
holding him, and he would break away and
strike at White. He was a very powerful
fellow. He tried to strike White while on
| the sidewalk, but of course he could not be-
cause they held him fast. But he was strug-
Cling. The marshal did not strike him after
he got the twisters ON him. The man did
not give in at all after he was struck: he
seemed to have as good courage As he had be-
fore to fight it out. When he got up he
threatened the marshal He said he was not
drunk. Don't consider White used more
force than was necessary to arrest him, I'M
der the circumstances. Don't know as he
needed to strike hin. The man was fighting
as hard as he could when he was struck.
Don't know as the marshal was justified in
striking him when he did. Think he could
have taken him without striking him. He
was fighting and trying to get his arms at
liberty when White struck him. Don't know
but that l should have done just as White
did. Don't know what should have done
if had been an officer. The man did not
promise to behave. l heard q man in the
crowd say to White that there was help
enough there so as not to abuse the man.
Think it was Mr.. Sprague who works in the
railroad shop. That was at the time of the
striking. Did not hear the marshal call for
any assistance, I saw the larger man strike
the marshal. 1t was in the face / think, not
a very hard blow. Saw blood on the mar
shal's face, and also on the other man. The
man got round we'll enough after he was let
up. The marshal struck him on the right
cheek. and once perhaps q little higher.
Rather think he would have got away from
White if he had had him alone. The blows
BY the marshal did not seem to stun or daze
the man.
Invitation was again extended to any citi-
zen who knew any facts concerning the mat
ter to come forward and state them, and
Thomas Tibbetts came forward.
Thomas Tibbetts, sworn, testified: He tes-
tilted that he saw Brown secure the smaller
man. and then he passed along to where the
marshal was. Saw the marshal and man in
the street. Had hold of each other and there
was some striking. The marshal called for
assistance, and some one rushed to help him,
and the man was forced back and thrown
down on the sidewalk on his back, and they
were trying to hold him. They finally got him
well secured, as l thought, so he could not
struggle hardly any at all. His hands were
held down fast, and didn't see him kick.
His legs were hanging over the curbstone.
The marshal was somewhat in q kneeling
position in the street at the time, and saw
| him draw off and strike the man twice. pretty
| full blows, on one side of the face below the
ear-the way it looked to me-pretty much
| in the same place. Then he put on the
twisters, and the man got onto his feet. The
man went few steps and turned round and
appeared to he looking right at me, and said.
II am not drunk" Then he was carried to
the station. l could not see him put on the
sled but heard it. He seemed to be thrown
onto the sled with considerable violence. l
saw blood on the marshal. did not see the
man strike the marshal. This man strug-
ged when they had him on the sidewalk at
first. There were two holding the man when
he was struck. Think the prisoner did not
have hold Of the marshal at the time of the
striking. did not see him, at all events
Did not see him resist after they got the
twisters on. Think he was not drunk. al
though he might have been drinking. Think
he was fighting ugly. Don't think saw any
blood upon the prisoners face. / think
White struck the man after he was under con-
troll 1 think it was unnecessary at that
time.
Ellery Folsom, sworn, testified that Just
before the occurrence he saw the two men in
question near Aliens block, drinking from a
bottle; that they went to Dearborn g
barber shop where the marshal undertook to
arrest the smaller one, when the tall one in
terfered; that the marshal took them along
and they were lost to his view in the crowd
in front of Hotel North.
VIM. II. Libby, sworn, testified: As coro-
ner held an inquest over the body of this
man Shean. 1t was the next day after this
affair happened on the street that you are in
vestigatine. went to Gardiner on 10 o'clock
train and held the inquest. Went to the
place where he was found. He had not been
turned over even. Made pretty thorough
examination Of the man. He was lying face
downward where he seemed to have fallen.
Examined him quite carefully. We did no,
discover any blows about him or any evil
dence of a serious character that would cause
DEATH There was q little breaking of the
skin think on the right temple. if ] recol'
lect right; may be wrong in relation to that.
There was something down by the right ear.
They looked to me as though he had received
a blow. had learned that this was the man
who had trouble with the officers in being ar.
rested, and think / informed the jury OF
! the fact, and suggested that probably those
! blows were the result of the arrest. And the
! doctor and,the rest of the jurors examined
them quite carefully. But neither of them