The Portland daily press., 1893-04-24
CITY OF DEERINe.
Some of the Crowd Who Assaulted the
constables Fined by Judge Elder.

Saturday forenoon, in the Deerinc
Municipal Court, before Judge Elder
Oliver Joseph Carleton, Robert
Copeland and Charles A. Cav
were arraigned charged with com
plicity in the Fast Day riot on
the ball ground. Carleton and Copeland
pleaded guilty, but it turned out that
Gay had been helping the officers, and he
was discharged.
In the course of the proceedings Con
stable Stewart Worcester, around whom
the brunt of the battle ragged, and who
held onto his man with the greatest de-
termination, and let go of him only when
overpowered, told of the beginning of the
riot:
II arrested a man, and had him by the
collar leading him out. 1t was in the
southeast corner of the field, / having
gone there to quell row. 1t was over
when l arrived, but the crowd shouted,
Here's the cop, kill him, put him out .
This shows the spirit OF the mob.
Mr.. Charles E. Woodbury. was next
called. He had not seen Copeland in the
affair with Mr.. Worcester.
Chief of Police Chauncey Berry was
next called, but could not testify that
Copeland struck Worcester.
Copeland was next arraigned on charge
of resisting and striking Constable VIM.
Z. Bennett, and on this charge pleaded
guilty.
Charles A. Gay of Portland, was next
arraigned, charged with resisting and
striking Chief of Police Berry.
Constable Verrill one of the officers on
duty, testified that he was struck from
behind as he went into the melee, but
could not say who struck him.
Chief of Police Berry testified that he
saw man strike Verrill, and that the
man much resembled the defendant Cav.
Dr. w. B. Morrill, of Deering, was
called and testified that he saw the row;
but did not remember seeing Gay there.
Gay, the defendant, was next called.
He said he went out to the game with a
young man named Wolf They say the
row started at the lower end of the field.
Il went to it and found Mr.. Berry bring
ing man along, with great crowd
about. said to him, 4 think the best
thing you can do for yourself and the
interests OF the game is to get that fellow
out He said that was just what he was
trying to do. then took hold of the
fellow on the other side and helped get
the man over the fence. 1 did this in
order to remove the trouble so the game
could go ON
Constable Berry corroborated this
testimony. The arrested man wore
light spring, snuff colored overcoat; but
no one seems to know who he was.
Judge Elder then fined Carleton and
Copeland ten dollars each, which they
paid. Gay was discharged, nothing
having been shown against him.
1t seems probable that the worst often
ders have not been captured yet but
Chief Berry and his men are not through
their work yet
copeland stated that be was not in the
fight at the beginning, and that he did
not know that the man he hit was CON
stable.
1t was tremendous mob that assailed |
the constables, and under the circum-
stances the latter made splendid fight.
The Chicken Thieves.
Two boys named Walter Howard and |
Nelson, together with Chick H. Douglas,
man with police court record in Port
land, were arraigned for stealing eight |
hens from Mr.. Stevens. of Stroudwater. |
They all confessed The two boys were |
fined three dollars each or fifteen DAYS d |
jail. Douglas got five dollars fine or |
thirty days in Jail. All paid their fines.