Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-02-01
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The infant daughter Of Franchise f,di,
( llili street, Blddeford. WIS fatally burnsi
/ in the cradle Friday Tho child VS..
alone with some boys who were srpokin,
cigarettes. il is supposed cigarette asbes
. dropped into the cradle.
While pressing hay at Nor,hnort
| Thursday, Otis Hssnlin Of Brooks. hroks
| his left leg Just below the knee A. he
WAS at work on the press, the haxser on
tho drum parted and struck the nnforsu.
nate man. causing painful injury. NJ,
| Hainlin was carried 10 his home /,
| Brooks. before the leg was ret
Five stores al Bar Mills, Buxton. verp
| broken into sarly Friday informing A,
George +. LAng'a barber shop and con.
fectionfIy store, Tazois were taken. Al
/ 4. W Kenrey's general store yarieus
| articles were stolen and at the postoffee
| in Mfservc e. Son store small quantity
Of stamps was taken. Two other stons
owned by the Meserves We're also ran.
lacked, the total amount Of booty taken
being valued at s200.
| Thomas Lancaster, who is under arrest
At Yonkcrs, n. Y. suspected Of the mur.
der Of woman. last Monday night, left
bis home in Dexter only SIX weeks ago.
He has 10 immediate relatives. and moth
ing was heard from him after he went
away until the receipt Of the news CT hin
arrest. Lancaster has always been a quiet.
inoffensive industrious man, and Dexter
people believe that the charge Of murder
against him must be unfounded
There have been rnmors Of foul play In
connection with the death Of Dennis
O'Leary Of North Carmel. who had Jus.
taken big dose Of essence Of checker
berry, detective was sent out from Ban.
gor To investigate. The Bangor News
says it was learned that o Leary took two
doses Of oil of chcckerberry and alcohol
and had also drank considerable hard
cider, and there is no question but the
mixture was the cause of his death.
One b. T. Plummer, who claimed to be
from Gardiner and who has been reported
as travelling about the state paying his
bills with bogus checks, was in Belfast,
recently. claiming that he was landlord Of
hotel in Richmond and vas away from
home To- evade the courts on liquor cases.
He got into fast company there and Dor
rowed $40 from a friend. for which be
gave a check on a bank in Gardiner The
check was forwarded. when the bank
officials replied that the man never had
deposit on that bank.
Linwood T. Porter was, Friday, before
Judge Robinson, at Portland charged
with defrauding Porter's Express
to the amount Of 800. The
charge was brought by Howard H.
Porter Of Freeport, the proprietor Of Por
tcr's Express. For some time past the
profits of the express business have fallen
off considerably, and the proprietor has
been looking about for the cause. Finally
Dc decided that the blame lay with Lin
wood +. Porter, his cousin. who was re-
Gently in charge of the Portland Office.
1t appears that it is customary for Free
port people TO get the Express Company
70 make purchases for them, and dealers
here have been IN the habit of allowing
the Express Company ) per cent commits
sion upon all goods bought of them.
Howard Porter charges that LinwO0d
Porter embezzled these commissions,
thereby lesseuing To a considerable extent
the profits of the Express Company. Lin
wood Porter denies that he took any
money belonging to Howard Porter. and
brought many witnesses from trscport to
testify to his previous good character.
The case was continued 10 Saturday. :