The Portland daily press., 1895-09-30
-FOUR ToUGHS.
Baggage Master Percivars Rough
le Experience Yesterday.
UGLY DRINKS ON THE MOUNTAIN
DIVISION FIGHT.

Two of Them Were Arrested at the Union
Station-An Unpleasant Disturbance of
the White Mountain Professionalism
Was the Cause of 1t.
| A drunken disturbance of a very I'M
usual seriousness took place, Sunday
afternoon on the Mountain division of
the Maine Central. There was special
excursion from Portland to Fabyans, and
| it included some men who had drank too
m UGH liquor and were in an ugly mood.
In fact they were looking for trouble,
and as is usually the case they got it, at
least two of them did, and were locked up
| in the police station in this city last
night.
| The story as told by eye witnesses is as
| follows:
Scarcely had the train started on the
return trip when four men, who were
sitting in one of the fir stEclass cars began
to make themselves obnoxious by their
drunken remarks and actions.
When the train left North Conway
Conductor Richards went to these four
men and told them that they couldn't
stay in that car and that they must
follow him. They did SO finally and he
took them to the baggage car and told
them to stay there Then he told Baggage
Master Percival not to allow them to go
back into the first class Car. Mr.. Percival
was acting as brakeman on this special
trip and of cour Sc had to leave the
baggage car. When they got down to
Redstone, Perciyal found one of the four
men whose name is Sears sitting on the
side seat next the door in the first class
car. He went up to him and said 'sWhat
are you doing in heref' The fellow re-
piled with an oath that he had first
class ticket and was going to sit there.
Perciyal told him that he couldn't sit
there and must leave the car. He declared
that he wouldn't and defed Perciyal to
make him. The latter, who though not
large is very quick and strong, seized
Sears and dragged him out OF the car and
across the platforms into the smoking
car. Then he forced himsdown upon a
seat and choked him with his right hand
while Sears had seized the little finger of
his left hand in his teeth and held on.
They were struggling in this way when
somebody shouted:
"LOOK OUT THEY'RE COMING"
and there were three other men bearing
down upon Percival. He let go of Sears
rushed across into the first class Car and
seized flag staff that stood in the corner
of the car. The four came close after and
Perciva swung the staff furiously and
shouted to them to keep back. They
rushed in and Immediately everything
was in confusion. Perciyal was striking
right and left with the staff. Somebody
shouted to him 'sWe'll help you Ed and
several of the passengers rushed to his
assistance Sears was most active of ALL
HE JUMPED UP ON A SEAT
and was punching down into the crowd
viii lie Percival was striking him over the
head with the flag staff. He struck him
several severe blows one of which drew
the blood on his cheek
Orrin Ballard of Sebago big man who
would weigh over two hundred pounds
came forward to help Percival and the
toughs made for him. He grabbed Sears
and another one around the body in his
big arms. At the same time Sears tore
the flag staff from Percival and began
heating Ballard over the head with it and
gave him bad cut.
After this the four men quieted down
and when they reached Conway Centre
Percival sent to get the assistance of the
engineer. He himelf secured stove
shaker which made formidable weapon.
He wired to Fryeburg for a sheriff but
when they got there they found no
sheriff.
On the way down to Fryeburg Percival
had kept watch over Sears and Sears had
said IT want to get at that man, mean
ing Ballard. Percival tried to quiet him
and told him that there was to be no
more fighting on the train. At this big
fellow one of the four toughs came up in
threatening way and it was some time
before he was subdued.
When they reached Brownfeld tele-
gram was sent to the Portland police
station to send officers out to Westbrook
to take charge of the toughs. Word was
sent back by Deputy Sterling that the
police would meet them at the Know
nothing at Union station as Westbrook
Was out of their province.
just before they reached Cumberland
Mills station the big tough came up to
Sears and said that he would meet him in
Portland this morning and then jumped
off. Percival couldn't prevent him be-
cause he was guarding Sears. Between
Fryeburg and Brownfeld a man came
rushing into the baggage car where
Percival was and said "for Gods sake
come into the first class car
THEY'RE KILLING BALLARD"
This Sears who had been kept in the
smoking car had nursed his wrath against
Ballad to such point that he went into
the other car and struck him as he sat i'll
the seat and one of the other men named
Adams went with him. Then he re-
treated into the smoking car.
II was with some difficulty that Ballard
oonld he persuaded upon not to give Sears