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

those circumstances 1, a. an officer, cel
tainly should have struck the man. If 90,
anybody that could help me should call up
on them. If . man had me by the throat o
coat should strike him. have had consid
cradle experience in arrestiag criminals.
do not think White used more force than va
reasonable and necessary, under the circum
stances. All three of these men belonged II
Manchester. The one up 10 Jail 10 - bad .
the others they say. Shean's sister told m,
that they were all three in the reform schoo
together.
E. Pinkham testified: saw Marsha
White when he arrested the tramps. Saw
the tall tramp strike the marshal. Both wen
down. and saw the man clutch White by tn,
coat collar with his left hand. The marsha
pulled the hand sway and put the s'twisters'
on. This tramp was not thrown into ths
pung but stepped in. The man did not ap
pear daxed. / heard him make threats. Sale
if be got his liberty he would fight ak men
City Marshall White came forward ant
made statement in regard to the affair, q:
follows:
On Friday afternoon. Dec. asth, about
quarter past one, just as I came from dinner
and just after my deputy, Henry Breen, had
gone to dinner, saw two men at the lower
end of Water street; the little one was stag
gering; the large one who is nov dead. had
been drinking but was by no means drunk.
knew they we're tough subjects aad liable Al
anv moment to become dangerous. I had
arrested them before. therefore concluded
to put them in the lookup. had arrested
them and got them . portion of the way
toward the lookup when the little one refused
to 60 furthur and caught hold of . store door
knob or handle. OF course it then required
me to use some effort to dislodge him. l had
neither handouts nor billy with me.
no sooner made an attempt to re-
move the hold of the little one from the
door than the big one pitched into me,
catching me BY the throat. He also
tore on my badge and made q vicious on.
slaught on me. He was one of the most pow
erful fellows ever met and held me at arms
length and choked some. His arm was not
90 long Is mine, however, and l finally
got him by the throat. crowd gathered
and some of them took the little one
and secured him. I struck the big one
with my fist and staggered him, and tripped
him, and we both fell to the ground together,
he still holding me by the throat. l struck
him twice after we fell and made him loose
his hold Of me. did not strike him after
he let 60. If had had my billy / should have
which is twisted around the wrist) onto him,
and with help got both men into pung and
into the lookup. The big fellow was not
abused, and 1 should certainly strike any man
in the same circumstances again as hard as
did that one. The man was not hurt any ex-
cept slight bruise on his cheek where
struck him with my fst. l did not pound the
mans head on the pavement. When we got
to the lookup the big one went to his cell
without trouble, but the little one stuck his
feet out so we could not shut the door. He
would not move them, and some one handed
me an instrument of some kind with which I
put his feet into the cell and locked it.
In relation to the escape of the tramps from
the lookup: The outside door to the lookup
is not locked, Is no prisoners other than
tramps and those arrested for drunkenness %
are kept there, others of more importance
being kept in the Jail. the county havins
given the city the use of the jail for Lookup
when required. The door to the cell where
the prisoners were confided was secured by .
hasp passing over a staple through which wa,
hooked q paddock not locked. The first
knew of the escape of the tramps was com
ing over from supper between and o'clock,
and met my brother on the bridge who in.
formed me of the fact. Previous to this
my brother, who is policeman, was granted
permission to 60 to Pittston on the II o'clock
train. Before going l instructed him to
make inquiry for the tramps at Hallowell.
He did so. The Hallowell officers knew
nothing about them. At Gardiner he wen
to the police station and saw two tramps who
had been arrested, but could not identify
them as the ones who had escaped from the
Augusta lookup, ~ he had not seen them
My brother then went to Pittston and re.
manned over night, coming back to Gardiner
in the morning, and stopping there most Of
the day.
At this point Mr.. White made a statement
in connection with the allegations Of the New
Age, in regard to the enforcement of thu
liquor law under his administration. Some
further facts we're presented by one of the
Aldermen. 1t was shown that during Mr.
Whites official career of four years and ter
months he has served 7l6 search warrants
and found liquor in 316 cases. The whole
number of search warrants for liquors, under
the administration of City Marshal f. L
Harrington. for FIVE years from March 10
1873, to March 10 1878, was 4l3; number o
seizures, l26.
Deputy Marshal Breen being sworn testi
fled: Saw the tramps Is minutes after thei
arrest. Called the large one out. Could Sc
no wounds on him except slight confusion
on one cheek. Saw them several times durinl
the afternoon. The last time saw them wa
at O'Clock when Mr.. Grover was talking
with them. They made no complaints @
being hurt, and there was no blood on th
big one.
Officer Grover testified that he last saw tn
tramps in the lookup at 6 o'clock, when the
were all right. They made no complaints (
him and he could see no scars on them.
At 6.15 o'clock the meeting adjourne
until Z. 80 o'clock this evening. when furthe
testimony will be received, if any is presented
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