The Portland daily press., 1896-02-25
THREE EORE CARoNS
Charged With Completely In the
.RObberies
AND HELD FOR SUPERIOR COURT
BY JUDGE HOPKINS.

When Father, Mother and Brother We're
Committed the Sister Cried-Her Hus-
band and Another Brother Were AL
ready in JaiI-A Miserable Family.
The Deering municipal court was
crowded yesterday morning, the people
being attracted by the statement that
three or four other members Of the Caron
family were to be arraigned on the charge
of complicityin the numerous rohberies
in this vicinity that have astonished and
alarmed everybody.
These prisoners were there in the
court room.
There was the old man, Pruden Caron.
the head of the Caron family. He is
small and bent and dirty and hairy, his
face being largely concealed by bushy
beard. He wore round Astrachan cap.
He looked seventy years old, though we
understand that he is much younger He
seemed more like Russian moujik than
Frenchn,an.
His wife, Philomena Caron, is large
we'll, preserved woman, of about 30 years
preston and doesn't look like woman
who wou d try to cut her throat.
She is rather good looking woman and
must have been handsome in her younger
days. The youngest son Almond Caron.
is bright looking young man about 20
years of age
Beside these three persons, there was
Il 1p iIxy
the wife of Carrier. She ia rather pretty
young woman, with quick intelligent
manner. She was very solioitous for
her father She indicated to Officer Ben
nett that her father felt sick and wanted
to walk. He was allowed to walk back
and forth. He certainly looked sick and
was apparently in some distress.
The proceedings began with the ar
raignment of the old man. charged with
receiving on the 18th of last mo nth goods
that he knew to be stolen viz. one dag
ger, belonging to 1. B. Moore; one tool
chest valued at $40, belonging to L. e.
Emerson, and two pair of Douglas shoes
tine property Of S. Meserye & Son, Of
Bar Mills. The Gold man is very deaf
and cannot speak English. The Judge
experienced good deal of difficulty in
getting him to understand the charge.
At first his daughter, the wife of William
Carrier, attempted TO act as interpreter but
was unsuccessful in making her father
understand. Therefore the son, Almond,
made the attempt. He speaks excel
lent English but couldn't say much in
French. AT last he succeeded and the OLD
man pleaded not guilty.
Philr mena Caron, the mother of Joseph
Caron, the woman who attempted to cut
her throat, was charged with receiving
stolen goods, viz: dishes and household
articles to the value of $40 the property
of Lucy Anderson.
Appare ntly she couldn't understand
her own son. AT least her son couldn't
seem to say in French what the Judge
wished him to, but as she frequently ex-
pressed denial, it was judged that she
pleaded not guilty.
Almond Caron was charged with steal
ing from the Emerson house one chest of
tools. He pleaded not guilty.
Judge Hopkins said that they were en-
titled to hearing. He told Almond that
his brother had said he drove the team
when they looted the e merson house and
that there was much evidence against
them all. 1t would be better for them to
have it carried to the higher court.
Mrs. Caron declared in French, through
her son, that she preferred to have
hearing then. At this point French
man, 1hos. D. Arno, stepped forth from
the audience and offered his services as
interpreter, her son not having been very
successful. Through him Mrs. Caron de-
clared that she had understood that she
couldn't have hearing there. She de-
clared that she wanted hearing.
q After much difficulty in explaining the
meaning of waving an examination and
being bound over, Almond Caron de-
clared that he wanted a hearing then.
The fact that they must go to jail,
if they were bound over seemed to be
about the only thing that they under
stood. 1t was decided to have hearing
and City Marshal ST. John testified that
In examining the Caron's house he found
tall hat in Almonds trunk which he
knew to have been stolen from the Elmer
son house. He also found chest of tools
which Joseph Caron said was made by
Almond and that Almond said ho made.
This chest was stolen from the Emerson
house.
Marshal St. John also testified that be
found the dagger under the lounge on
which the old man Pruden Caron sleeps.
Fruden Caron plead not guilty to having
received it, knowing that it was stolen.
Marshal St John testified that he
found dishes in daily use in the Caron
household that the Misses Anderson iden-
titled as their property.
Mrs. Pbiiomena Caron in response to
the charge of receiving those dishes