Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-02-20
LONG HEARING.
The Testimony.

.s.,,., On Lo,er Lincoln street before b
-. .pvoirsei special deputy sheriff 70
..,o,e. the liquor law. Before tbs depe
-. vs,s sy ointed liquors were openly
Ia ard we're hauled On the streets. Sine,
.1.,usy. be sDd Larrsbse AID siterWs'd
ota,sn had searched 81 places. AID the,
...,chsa nors but what were reEuted to b,
.,..s. ,hsre iis1or Vas sold. He repiie<
: ,n,,,, to question from Savage thu,
-. Mace, tia. the record showed the con.
,,.uls. t,at. searched lately. that they
.,,. ,l.ces rspu.sd to be liquor saloons.
n. .l.o ts,.issd - 70 the condition thu,
,,.v.ilsd 4, the stations, more especially
=. Crra Trunk ststisn, in regard 10 the
..,,u,s Of liqaor. He said that there vas
,osd ass! Of competition among the Of
s..,, In .eiztng the packsg!s. Some Of
N, time the tso SPECIAL coast.bIes would
:. there, the tso srecisl depuaes and the
,.n, ,o,lcemen assigned the dosy Of en-
,o,c,,z the Eqaor Law. There had been
,us, ,hen he though. the special consts-
,,.. had turned oyr liquors to parties
.,s, they had no right 10 do so.
ia ,s.taed also as to the use OF the wsg-
on,o, the Erprem Company by the con-
,.bl,, for transporting their Ia lo's.
a When sou we're police eff Ter and
80, l,azor OPENLY sold and carried through
III, tusst,, Gid not you have the power to
seize II
A .is ordered by the city msrshal
m, 10 leave my beat for the purpose ef
airing Ia Tor. When the new city marshal
..m, in he ordered the police to stize
.,.,v,blug and the ne Z. night ordered Us
10, to make ,tizures until he notified US
70 doso.
m, c,o,, elimination he said be had
Ian. some work a. private de-
,.o,,vs rnce be held the office Of
.,sci.l deputy, and on one or two
,ce.,iop, had gone out Of town. Re-difece
ss ,.id be had known Of the wagons Of the
Ma, Engl,nd Dispatch Co.. going over to
,bs freight depo, ard hauling away pack
,,,, fer the consab!ss-
oss o, the council Asked him Why it WAS
thu. Nme places be had searched III or IL
lima, spd found nothing, and the reply was
that the ram.elIers were too smart or the
,fsne,s and he told how the doors were
haired and the means employed by the rum
ssIls,, to avoid seizure.
In the course Of this testimony ~ inc!-
a.otv., related Of two rumse!lers pl aiding
,nIlt, ,hile The )ury Was out but when that
.hsn the Jury came IN they reported disa-
Ussmsn!-
Had lived in Lewiston sbout3G years. Was
an The police force for u or 20 years And
h.d been deputy sheriff Was appointed
State constable in D;I. 1859. Stated on
m,ny oecs.ions he had searched places with
out warrants
O. Have you devoted your time to the
prosecution Of your duties
A. have.
o. How long since the county commits
siouers have paid you per diem pay
A. For the past five months, think.
Have never been allowed any pay for Sun
day work, i
Cro,s-Name one place that you sesfchs d
and found liquor without warrant?
A. donG exactly remember. There
Vas one place on Chestnut street that we
10, Daaor. c, nldn't It me- moer The nams
Of the party IN chs'ge Of the place
Rs'chei
0 DoLg you lhirk you could have
made mole than three seizures in the month
Of January:
A. We did the bsst we could.
C0uncil,u. Wedgewood questioned him
With regsrl TO several sso ms and asked
him how msny times he had visited them,
and il he dId1'tkn0v they we're notorious.
10 regard to the Ds WIZ house being
notorious a, rum shoD witne.s said be had
heard tbi z. said soou. the house but diiRt
Know /: was notorious Had no reason to
think so
q Hive you encaed thefeI
A. believe nave bu. don't remember
eIsc,ly when.
Geo. A Drew VA, called and said that as
torn kres n, constsbles hsd done
their duty. Ga Denomination said he
thought thee Vas more rum drank IN Lew
ston nov ,ha1 during the frs: three months
ofls9l.
Ell SherG SmIh WAS then called. He
uld both Of the consisbles had served I'M
der him as ofiicers, tut be knew much
more Of Philips than Of Stubs ard he
considered Phillipr one Of the best officers
be ever had.
City Marshal McGrswl,y Of Lewiston,
when on The witness stand sfforded con-
siderable interest. As far as he knew, the
deputies we're engaged in enforcing the
Av. He had Instructors fr I'M his superiofs
got to take special pains for enforcing the
law while the tp2cial officers were op
When Questioned as to whom he considered
his supsriors be said the city government,
the committee on police.
EI-Specisl Deputy Lsrrsbee said he
though, the copstables might be termed
flcient. He saw them on duty 10 course
Of hi. dulles a. an officer. He had found
in his experience that il WAS best TO have 3
warrant for searching a pace. There
vas business enough to occupy
the attention Of two special
constsblss and two special deputies.
lie vas closely eros questioned on bis
statements to the county commissioners be-
fore be resigned as deputy. when be told
them the cons,ables were hindrAnce to the
work and that they had not always, he
thought, done ihsir duty. They had re-
turned liquors he wouldn't have returned
Personally he knew Of no disbonorsbie
Transaction
Marshall Mc3twley was recalled.
Councillor Smith Couldn't Won put on
fierce to stop the sale Of liquor;
A. Doat kuo. but what | conld
Succeeded in stopping it pretty we'll during
State Fair week
Q. II you coull stop it that wei
couldn't you every week the year!
The marshal admitted he didn't know
bu, VIA; it could te done. He was asked
II bis oaih wasn't to enfoice the law. and in
reply sad be acted q. told by his supsfiors.
Timothy Subj, VAS called but nothing
new vas tic et He had tried, he sad, to
DO b, duty. Councillor wsdsewood asked
him II he knew Why ore Of the worst rum
sellers in Lewiston had come to him the
councillor and s-ktd him TO u.e bis no
ence to have Stubs retaine d. and the reply
vas that he dido. know Of such thing oi-
rs done. lie had searched many places
without goiog to the expense Of setlipg GU
avairaDt.
The Council hen &C ;urned till : p. M,
When the Arguments were made,
Considering Nominations,
After the lewiston matter had been laid
On The table the Couucil went into executive
semion to consider the nomination OF Au-
sustus W Gilman Of FoIcroft ~ State
assessor. After b. i1g in session more than
an hour they t. c'ed the uom nstion BY >
vote OF 5 to 2 Smith of Kenreoec And
Bfscksu Of York voted for the conf una
ton.
The nomination Of Fred A. TArbax Of
Biddesold As State detective WAS also re-
lscled The o,her nominations we're coz
Timed.
Hearing had been assigned on the petition
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