The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-10
WOODBURY. FINED.
Testimony Tended to Show He Was the
Aggressor in the Trouble at the Bruins
wick Restaurant With the Militia.

Brunswick, September 9.-The trial of
Woodbury. of the Brunswick station, for
aggravated assault, came off this morn
ing. The authorities of the National
Guard of this state, as result of the in
vestigation they have made and of the
testimony at the trial of the case OF
Woodbury. against Polk, which took place
in Brunswick last week, have become
convinced that the officers and men of
the Lewiston companies were justified in
what they did on the day of the fight and
even that they acted with discretion and
self control, and they are therefore deter
mined to support their subordinates. The
testimony at the two trials was substan-
TALLY the same and was in substance as
follows:
Corporal Polk entered the restaurant
and ate, as he claims, piece Of pie and
one sausage. The waiter claimed that he
ate two sausages. Polk rendered fifty
cents in payment and the waiter took out
pay for two sausages. Polk then re-
marked that he would have another piecs
of pie and they would be square. Pro
prietor Woodbury. then came up and afJe1
some controversy, grabbed the Corpora!
room, where he knocked him down and
jumped on him. Woodbury. had mean
while ordered two of his subordinates to
stand guard at the door, one with an axe
aid the other with butcher knife.
Sergeant Bailey now appeared and
started to the rescue OF his corporal.
Bailey was thereupon assaulted by
Reynolds, one of Manager Woodbury's
forces gentleman who is estimated to
tip the scales at something like 240
pounds, In return the heavy weight re-
ce1yed glass tumbler on the side of his
head, from the hand of Sergeant Bailey.
The commissioned officers of the COM
pany then put in an appearance and re-
fused to give up Polk to Sheriff
Despeaux, who was requested by Wood
bury to arrest him. Despeaux concluded
that discretion was the better part of
yalor and allowed the man to depart with
his comrades. What looked like much
more serious affair thus ended there, for
the soldier boys were getting ready for
rescue should Polk be detained; Inc
authorities believe that Mr. Woodbury's
recollection of the wrecking of his estab-
lishment by the Montgomery Guards,
during a similar controversy, some years
AGO. together with his confidence in his
pugilistic abilities, in which he is said to
take much pride, has led him to put him
self entirely in the wrong ID the matter.
At all events the restaurant man plead
guilty to the charge of assault this
morning. and was fined S. by the court.
Hon. Frank L. Noble appeared for Polk
and Weston Thompson for Woodbury.. 1t
is understood that the end is not yet. for
Polk is to bring a civil suit against
Woodbury. for damages in the sum of
S2000
The state lays special stress on the fact
that the testimony on both sides show
that there was no drunkenness to which
to attribute the difficulty. The case of
Woodbury. against Sergeant Bailey occurs
next Saturday before the Superior
Court at Portland On ii at occasion Ad-
jutant General Connor, Gen. Choate, Col.
Philbrook and other officers will be pres