The Portland daily press., 1895-11-01

to Right What She Considered HeI
! Wrongs.
After the usual number of inebriates
Tad been disposed of in Judge Robinson E
court Yesterday morning, the trials OF
some larger cases began.
First appeared an aged man named
Bradford Stetson, who, in journeying
| from Lewiston down to Saco, fell among
thieves in Portland Union Station. He
had ten bills, each of the denomination
of ton d ollars, in his trousers pocket.
The testimony showed what happened
to him.
Charles L. Staples of 30 Federal street,
chief car inspector at the Union Station
testified that he saw two young men ap-
parently endeavoring to help an Ola gen
tleman. Their attentions were SO solicit
tous that they seemed strange. They
dragged him on to the front end OF Ca
madam Pacific parlor car in such way
as to arouse my suspicious. l went ana
asked him where he was going. he SAID
he was going to Saco. directed him to
the official who announces the train.
Soon after I found the old gentleman
with the young men between them. And
one of the young men had his hand In
the old gentleman's pocket. The witness
then went to the old gentleman and ask
ed him if he had any money in his peck
et The old gentleman looked. and found
that his money was gone. Then search
10 Eos, +ha who had
fled, and one of them was found seated in
car That young man witness recog-
nized by the peculiar figure in his coat
1t was the respondent, James Ryan,
In the defense Mr. Soldiers called Mr..
Stetson to the sta.d and asked him to
identify the money. which had been
found on Ryan person. There was but
one ten dollar bill in this lot and Mr.
Stetson could not identify this.
Mr.. Soldiers adduced this fact as. tending
10 show the prisoners innocence
Judge Robinson said that as the respon-
dent had been caught with his hand in
the old gentleman's pocket there was un-
doutedly probable cause and he put Ryan
under $1,000 bonds to appear before the
grand jury.
Ryan is a smooth faced young fellow,
apparently about % years of age.
The next case related to the unusual
actions of Margaret +. 6. Forrest at the
home of Thomas E. Forrest, on Brackett
street. Margaret E. 6. is the predecessor
of Margaret j. as the wife of Thomas E.
The first witness was Mrs. Margaret j..
Forrest, the pretty young:bride of Thomas
E. She related how on Wednesday after
noon Margaret E. G. Forrest made sud-
den incursion into her home, breaking in
the door and making hostile demonstra-
tions Thereupon little Mrs. Forrest fled
in greatest terror to find her husband.
When she returned with him the house
was all torn up, the curtains rent,
chairs and desk broken, lamps smashed,
books torn to pieces, pictures broken and
torn from their frames, one picture frame
being left in twelve pieces, as her hus-
band afterwards testified.
The husband corroborated the tale of
woe and devastation.
The judge cross questioned Thomas E.
Forrest as to the matter, finally asking:
"Was there any troubled between you
and Margaret E. G. Forrest?
stOnly divorce" replied Thomas.
Carroll W. Morrill,, Esq, counsel for
Margaret E. g., Brought up certain
question as to property belonging to the
former wife, which was 10 have been re-
turned to her by the terms of the divorce.
Thomas said there was certain property
of hers which was to be returned but
none of this was included in the goods
destroyed. Some of the property had been
bought by his first wife, but paid for by
him. The day after the divorce he had
written to her offering to send the goods
wherever she might direct; but she had
sent back word that she did not care for
it.
the house when he arrived. He said he
never saw such looking place.
Margaret E. G. Forrest was called to
tell her side. She said she supposed she
was the divorced wife of Thomas E. For
rest, but did not know whether she was
ulfOICou inSu coAudlJ dS BIG ufau D6foI
had any notice. The crockery, draperies,
lamps, ETC., she had bought with money
earned by herself doing washing and
working out. They had got along very
we'll until he broke her ankle and sent
her to the hospital, during which time
he procured the divorce.
Among the things which she tore up
was an encyclopaedia which she bought
for her husband by instalments at the
Sunday Times office. Sometimes the
money was hers and sometimes his, but
she went to the Office each week to buy
it.
Mrs. Forrest, the first, then related how
the other things that she had destroyed
were hers
Mr. Carroll ". Morrill,, who appeared
for Mrs Forrest, claimed that Mrs. For
rest went there to get her own property !;
and that she had destroyed certain arti
Giles because as she had bought them or
paid for them, she thought she had u
right to do SO. She is charged with ma