The Portland daily press., 1894-10-18
RESCUE OF MRS.HUTCHINS
How 1t Was Done and What Came
Of Ii.
WHY E. y. BURBANK is SUED FOR
$4,000.

Remarkable Results of an Episode at the
West End Hotel-Letter Carrier Muir
ray Defies Judge Walton's Authority
and Is Threatened with the Jail
Scenes and Incidents of Notable
Trial.
In the Supreme Judicial CourtFyester-
day forenoon the remarkab BILE and sensa-
begun before Judge Walton. In the
court room there was only the usual at
tendance of officers, attorneys and report
ers. The complainant is Mr.. Elroy
Davis, train announcer at the Union
Station; the defendant is Mr.. Nv. Bur-
bank, seed merchant of Fyeburg, Me-,
aged about fifty-6ve years. Mr.. Davis sues
for ten thousand dollars damages on
account of stories alleged to have been
circulated by Mr.. Burbank, charging
that improper relations existed between
Mr.. Davis and Mrs. Kate G. Hutchins, of
Fryeburg. The array of counsel was
large, Messrs. Hamilton e. Cleaves and
Max l.. Lezotte of, Biddford, appearing
for Mr.. Davis, and Judge Joseph W.
Symonds, of Portland, and Seth W. Fife
of Fryeburg, for Burbank.
Mrs. Hutchins, stout, good looking
brunette of about thirty five years, was
present as one of the principal witnesses
in the case. The story which Mr.. Cleaves
set forth in the opening for the plaintiff
is very extraordinary. This story, par
tial outline of which has already been
published in the PRESS, is to the effect
that onlthe evening Of May 3lst last Mr..
Davis was at the station in uniform
mountain division. A woman alighted
and coming directly to MIR. Davis
ASKED HIM TO PROTECT HER
until she could get to hotel, as a man
had been following her all the way from
Hiram, threatening her in all manner of
ways. She pointed out an elderly man
standing near as the one who had
threatened her. Mr.. Davis took the wom-
an, who was Mrs. Kate C.. Hutchins of
Fryeburg, across to the West End Hotel,
to engage room for her. There being
rush of arrivals in the Office the clerk
gave Mr.. Davis the key to Room CD, up
two flights. AS Mr.. Davis went back to
the parlor he was surprised to find the
man already seen at the Station, talking
loudly and earnestly to Mrs. Hutchins.
So violent was the stranger that he
caused some children, who were in the
parlor. with another woman, to cry. Mr..
Davis beckoned to Mrs. Hutchins and she
followed him to the room. He opened
the door and lit the gas. Mrs. HUI chins
protested that sheswas afraid the man
would attempt to enter the room; but
did, and then left her. Mr.. Davis ex-
planned the situation to. the clerk of the
hotel, who went to see what the man
was doing. He found the man in the
hallway, who at once declared that the
woman was a relative of his and that
she was in Room 60 with man. The
stranger wanted to get into the room
and take her away. The clerk at once
went down stairs and told Mr.. Davis,
who had waited. The stranger soon fol-
lowed the clerk to the office. Then after
consultation, Mr.. Davis and the clerk de-
cided 60 change Mrs. Hutchins to an
other room, and give her Room So. This
was done, Mr.. Davis Immediately leaving
the hotel. Soon after an outcry was
heard on the floor above, and the stran
ger was found outside a door correspond
ing to the door of the room above which
Mrs. Hutehins had first taken The man
had evidently made mistake of one
floor, and was trying to gain admittance
to
THE WRONG ROOM,
much to the alarm of woman and
children who occupied it.
This man, it is charged, was NEW.
Burbank, well known citizen OF Fry
burg.
That evening Mr.. Burbank was elected
from the West End Hotel on account of
his disturbances at the doors of guests.
The next morning he was waiting when
Mrs. Hutchins came out to go down
town. She boarded car, and he fol-
lowed her, troublingeher and
NAGGJNG her ALL THE WAY.
He had abundant facilities for this,
as there were no other people on the car.
When the conductor came around for the
fare, she had no change aud offered bill.
Mr.. Burbank, who saw it, said:
"You made that last night, didn't
you?"
Thereupon Mrs. Hutchins moved away
from him to another part of the car.
When the car arrived at Lincoln Park
she got out and crossed the park to
avoid him: but he followed her. meet
ing her on the other side. Then she told
him she should call an officer if he did
not desist. She then went to several
stores to do some shopping. At each one.
as she came out the doorway, she found
Burbank awaiting her. Then she de-
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