Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-01-15

helping White had hold of the other arm
holding him, and he would break away
land strike It White. He was q very
powerful fellow. He tried to strike
White while on the sidewalk, but OF
course he could not because they held him
fast But be vas struggling The marshal
did not strike him after he got the twisters
on him. The man did not give in at all after
h was struck; he seemed to have as good
courage ~ he had before to fight it out.
When he got up he threatened the marshal
He said he was not drunk. Don't consider
that White used more force than necessary
to arrest him, under the circumstances.
Don't know ~ he needed to strike him. The
man was fighting as hard Is he could when
be was struck. Don't know a. the marshal
was justified in striking him when he did.
Think be could have taken him without strik-
ing him. He was fighting and trying to get his
| arms at liberty when White struck him.
Don't know but that should have done just
As White did. Don't know what l should
have done if had been an officer. The man
| did not promise to behave. l heard man
in the crowd say to White that there was
help enough there SO as not to abuse the man.
Think it was Mr.. Spragle who works in the
| railroad shop. That was at the time of the
striking. Did not hear the marshal call for
L
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 well enough after he was let
up. The marshal struck him on the right
| cheek and once perhaps a 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 cuncer ming the mat
ter to come forward and state them, and
Thomas Tibbetts came forward.
Thomas Tibbetts, 81 orn, testified: He tes-
titled 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 kneeling
position in the street at the time, and saw
him draw of 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 around and
appeared to be looking right at me, and said,
II am not drunk Then he was carried to
the station. could not see him put on the
sled but heard it. He seemed to be thrown
onto the sled with considerable violence.
I saw blood on the marshal. | did not see
the man strike the marshal. This man strug-
gled 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 ugy. Don't think l saw any
blood upon the prisoners face. L think
White struck the man after he was under
control. 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's barber
shop where the marshal undertook to arrest
the smaller one, when the tall one interfered;
that the marshal took them along and they
were lost to his view in the crowd in front of
Hotel North.
VIM H. Libby, sworn, testified that as
coroner he held an inquest on the dead body
of the man with whom the marshal had the
encounter. The body had been found on the
ice in Gardiner the next morning after being
put in the lookup here. He gave detailed
account of the investigation. and of the
bruises found upon the remains, and said the
:, (tar N inv rpudprad
a verdict that the deceased came to his death
BY drinking and exposure.
DIR. Alden Sawyer, sworn, testified that he
was of the coroner's jury; that the deceased
was found on the river with his head in
crevice of the Ice, lying upon his face; that
he bore no marks of violence except a small
cut over the right eye and a confused ap-
pearance ON the neck behind the left ear.
The man had frozen to death.
Geo. Wentworth, sworn, testifie! that he
was city marshal of Gardiner. He testified
as to the condition in which the deceased was
found; also as to the bad reputation which
the two men bore as fighting characters in
their native place, Manchester, N. Fl.
E. F. Pinkham testified: | saw Marshal
White when he arrested the tramps. Saw
the tall tramp strike the marshal. Both went
down, and saw the man clutch White by the
coat collar with his left hand. The marshal
pulled the hand away and put the ''twisters'
on. This tramp was not thrown into the
pung but stepped in. The man did not ap-
pear dazed I heard him make threats. Said
if he got his liberty he would fight six men.
City Marshal White came forward and
made statement in regard to the affair, as
follows:
On Friday afternoon, Dec. 2Sth, about
quarter past one, just rs l 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 now dead had
been drinking but was by no means drunk.
knew they were tough subjects and liable at
at any m Iment to become dangerous. / had
ARE sted them before. therefore concluded
to put them in the lookup. l had arrested
them and got them portion of the way
toward the lookup when the little one refused
to go further and caught hold of a store door
knob or handle. Of course it then required
me to use some effort to dislodge him ! 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 a vicious on
slaught on me. He was one of the most pow
erful fellows ever met and held me at arms