The Portland daily press., 1895-05-18
NOT GUILTY.
The Jury's Verdict in the GooId
Trial.

| wood of the St. Julian and Did Believe
Ex-Liquor Sheriff Harold f. Goold-
| The Testimonies and Arguments.
The trial of Harold E. Goold, ex-
Deputy Sheriff, for bribery took place in
the Superior Court yesterday forenoon.
Carroll W. Morrill,, Esq. conducted the
case for the respondent.
County Attorney True addressed the
jury and stated that, briefly, the charge
again st the sespondent was that of re-
ceiving IS at two different times from
Richard W. Underwood, in the nature OF
bribe, he being at that time special
deputy sheriff under Sheriff Cram, for
the enforcement of the liquor law. MIR.
| True rehearsed the duties OF such
special liquor sheriffs and he stated
the nature of the .offense with which
respondent is charged.
| While he was such deputy sheriff on
the 5th of March 1894, he visited Rich
ard ". Unerwood, proprietor of the st.
Julian hotel and agreed with him, for
the payment OF money, not to enforce the
liquor law against him and to protect
him from such enforcement as much as
possible.
THE RUMSELLER'S TESTIMONY.
Richard W. Underwood was the first
witness for the State. He testified that
he had kept the St. Julian hotel fol
nine years. When asked if he knew
Harold E. Goold, ne replied II did
know him."
On the fifth of March, 1854 Goold came
to the hotel and talked with him in his
private Office. He asked him il he was
keeping bar and witness replied that
he was not. Goold said:
| 81 should run bar i. was in your
place. I guess you can stand $5 a
| month";
81 didn't want him shadowing the
house," said the witness, and SO / paid
him IS that night"
| Goold also said that if warrant was
issued against the witness he would
notify him in advance.
| Some time later the witness hotel was
raided by the liquor deputies, Goold and
Chase, and Goold called in at the wit
ness' private Office and returned to him
$40. the witness having sent him the
second S. by third person.
Cross examined by Mr.. Morrill, The
witness had never met the respondent
before he came to his office on that
evenin of the 5th of March. He had
seen him before. Nobody was present at
that interview. Witness had no personal
knowledge that the second S. reached
Mr.. Goold. Witness was not at the hotel
at the time the seizure was made. 1t was
made byDeputy Sheriffs Goold and Chase.
Witness was ordered before the NUM-
cipal Court on that seizure. Witness was
convicted and paid the fine.
On the day of the seizure. Goold tele-
phoned to the witness and ordered him
to appear in the court. Then he went
down to the witness Office and told him
that he was no man to do business with,
and that he didn't wish to do business
with man like him and then he gave
him back the $40 that mad been paid by
| Underwood.
This closed the testimony r the prose
cution
THE RESPONDENTS TESTIMONY.
The respondent took the stand. and
testified that he was 25 years of age and
had lived in Portland all his life. was
married and had one child. Previou,
to being deputy sheriff, he was in the
Office of the Portland Company as 6
clerk.
He had known Richard W. Underwood
for or years, sufficiently we'll to speak
to him. He had been at his hotel priol
to March 5th, 1894, at least five or sil
times.
In Fregard to Underwood's testimony
| as to the payment of IS on two different
| occasions the witness made a fat denial
| Sometime in the spring Of '94, witness
went to the St. Julian hotel witt
| Deputy Sheriff Chase and liquors wer,
| found. Witness executed the warrant
| On the afternoon of the seizure, Under
wood was not there. That night wtnes,
went to the hotel to see Underwood
and told him in the Office that he'd hav,
TO como to the court. Underwood OBJ
| iected, said that he thought Goold wa.
| d
| that he must come to the court. Under
wood Objected very earnestly and offered
witness $50 to suppress the case, bu
| witness refused, and continued to b,
inexolable till Underwood became yer,
angry and exclaimed, "If you dom
settle this case I'll make it hot for you
I'll soak you"
witness said. "You go ahead ant
soak"
/ Then he left him and hadn't spoken t.
him since.
It was not true that the witness palt
| Underwood $40 on that occasion.
| Cross examined.-A complaint has {,
he sworn to before warrant can b.
issued to search place. Witness dit
not swear to a complaint. 1t was Office
Chase. They two went together most o
the time.
care you better penman than Mr.
chaser"
II may be-"
After the warrant is issued and yot
have served it can you settle the case?n
ave have 10 right to-"
"You are obliged to account for ever.
warrant" II
"We are"
"Did the warrant demand that 70,
al ,st Mr.. Underworld"