Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-18
a DANGEROUS FELLOW.
Attempted Burglary b. Party Whs Calls
HimssH Frank ciiAtoa.

Frank Clinton, whose arrest vas noted
il Saturdays JorssAL, was before the
municipal cour. on Saturday forenoon and
pleaded guilty Of drunkenness and disturb
ins the peace and was given 30 days in the
county jail.
Neither the officer who arrested him. the
citizen who made the complaint. nor the
psrty be attempted to assault were present
Il the bearing.
I, is probable that far more serious
charges may be preferred asaips: him than
he anticipates. He appears to be a danger
Gus fslou, and certainly his performance
Of Friday evening Is sufficient to secure for
him a fairly extended resiience 1t the
Thomaston State prison.
An August citizen was attracted to him
.bou, II O'Clock. Friday evening. He IVES
in 4 state Of drunken frenzy, Vas pounding
on the door of Hop Lung's laundry and
loudly demanding sdmittance. The China
man was frightened and refused to open the
door, whereupon Clinton, With . torrent Of
osshs, declared he would kill him, would
Gu, his ihros, If be did not do a. he told
BIN. Hop Lung persisted in his refusal TO
let him in, vhereupon Clinton smashed out
the glass panel Of the door, and would IN
deubtedly have effected an entrance had
not the citizen in question put in an sp-
pesrsnce.
He had listened to all of the conversation
and thought it high time to take hand in
the matter Clinton started to run and
when the citizen in question grasped him by
the arm and pulled him about, looking him
,quarely in the face. Clinton said, For
God. sake let me 20 now" and started on
the run up Winthrop bill. An officer was
quickly secured and he was arrested Just
A. he reached the top.
Who is this man Clinton, where did he
come from, what is his record? Is he in
the habit of breaking and entering. and
threatening to cut the throsts If peaceable.
Law abiding people, or is it simply another
case Of rum did it,; In any event one
thing j. certain there 10 no room in
Augusta for A man of Clinton's Characters
ties We have altogether too many of
that class already. II is to be hoped that =
thinning out process will shortly be insugu-
rated, that will relieve Us of some of them,
The decent people Of the city are beeom-
ipg thoroughly disgusted with this class Of
persons and the opinion is freely expressed
that the time has come for a little heroic
treatment and a few '.horrible examples"
When seen by Journal reporter, Sat-
urdsy. Hop Lung in his broken English,
told the following story of the Clinton AZ
fair He had retired for the night. Abont
II O'Clock he should say. he was
aroused by kicking upon his door
lie asked what was wanted, and
voice on the outside replied"my Laundry.
Lung ssked him if he had his ticket and
received negative answer. coupled with a
demand that the door be opened immediate
IL. The stanger said that he was cold and
wanted TO sleep there all night and would
pay for his lodging in the morning. This
confirmed Hop Lungs suspicion that the
fellows claim to have laundry was only a
ruse to gain admission to the shop and so ri :
fused TO admit him. Then the panel was
smashed in and the door would, doubtless,
have been forced had not the would 2
burglar been frightened away before he
succeeded in accomplishing his purpose.
Clinton stated in court thst he
formerly resided in this city and that he
had served three years enlistment in the
regular army and had recently been dis
charged lie has, uuquestionably, been
guilty OF State prison offence, ard 1t Is
to he hoped that this community may get
well rid of him.