The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-11-28
A FIGHT BETWEEN LAWYERS.
This the Animus OF Famous Marquand
Moose Case.

The Boston Man Gives His Side of the At
fair and states Some Rather Pertinent
Facts-Tho Hearing Behind Closed
Doors None of His Doines.
The following communication from
Philip Marquand, containing some in
teresting Information concerning the
history Of the now famous "mooss CASE"
has been received by the Bangor News:
Bangor. November 20.
10 the editor Of the Daily News:
In your Issue of this NOR ming I notice
an editorial on "The Mysterious Mar
quand Case" upon which l would like
to make few comments. Among 9TH
er things you refer to wealth and in
fuence" .as having possib bly, been i'm
portant factors in the final settlement of
the case.
If I had been able to bring those to
bear, would certainly have had the first
part of the proceedings in the case kept
quiet, and held behind closed doors.
That the latter part of the proceedings
were kept quiet after all the preliminary
noise and after the first statements,
which, 1t seems, were made with the In
tention of putting me ir bad light, was
| through no desire nor influence OF or
preferred to have this part of the proceed
ings made as public as possible.
Your paper does not seem to think that
l have been handled with the same Sc
verify that citizen Of Maine would
have met. Believing that no such opin-
ions would have been given by your pa
per, had you known the facts as they
benefit, to give you a short history of
| this celebrated case" as see ii.
| In the first place the mmissioners
| and warden were not satisfied with my
word of honor, and for that reason re-
CURED deposit Of 800. for which they
absolutely refused to give me any receipt
stating why the deposit was made, When
indignant and threatened immediate
arrest
| On arriving at Kineo, October s, I
learned that 1t was necessary for me to be
in Boston the 7th and 9Th, and not wish
Ing to go back on any promise had
made, / consulted the best lawyer l
could procure at Dover Zone. by the way.
| who was recommended to me by one Of
the com missioners.) This lawyer told
me that 1t was not necessary for me to
appear in person as could be legally
represented by him. Accordingly in
struoted him to plead for me, pay the
fine and send me the bill.
| l hoard little from my counsel, but
when he wrote that the game commits
non-appearanoe and threatened to get
| requisition, Immediately wrote him
| coat they need not go to any such
| trouble ss I would gladly come to Dover
at any time they might select. The
lawyer evidently thought that he would
know If any legal proceedings were start
Ell, and that he ooald bring me to Dover
ho~ snSA
until he saw by the papers that re-
QUESTION had been procured.
The reason that he did not know of tina
req utsition proceedings sooner was. be-
cause, instead of swearing out the neoes-
sary atfidavits In Pisca taquis county, ms
would naturally Ee expected, since the
moose was killed in that county, the
prosecutors came to Penobscot county for
that part of the proceedings. and got the
consent Of the county attorney of Pa-
nobsnot county to approve the affidavits.
They also got a new warrant in this
county although one has already been
procured at Dover on October s.
1t has been intimated in so-called
Noff1cial statement" of the case that Mr..
FOND, my guide, Is such a wonderful
moose caller that he called three moose,
calf, COW and bull, into plain sight
on an open meadow, and all this in
broad daylight at about O'Clock in the
morning of Septsmb er 26. / would say
now that Mr.. Pond no longer claims such
prof ciency in the art of moose calling,
and. moreover. have never corroborated
this, or various other statements of Mr.,
Pond, as has been repeatedly stated in
various papers
Now 1t seems to me that the Maine
game laws have been used as O means of
carrying on a personal quarrel bet ween
my counsel and the game commissioners.
In other words, this has bsen game of
bait ledore and shuttlecock between two
lawyers where the county attorneys of
Piscataquis and Penobscot counties have
been the battledo ores. and your humble
servant the shuttlecock.
PHILIP MARQUAND.