Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-17
MARQUAND'S STORY.
Has Not Been Trying to Avoid
the Maine Officers.
Called Away by Business--ls Boiling
Over With Indignation.
That Doesn't Seem to Make Naine Officials
Abandon the Case.

| iu WhoHi the now famous requiSition
was obtained by Maine game wardens.
on the charge of having killed a moose
in close season. returned to Boston. to-
| day. and makes statement which
entirely clears him of any intention of
avoiding being brought into court. and
rather reflects on the methods which
has apparently been pursued by the
wardens in obtaining his requisition.
Mr.. Marquand was indignant at the
| supposition that he had taken him
self out of the way. He said he never
had the slightest intention of fleeing
from justice, either in Maine or Mas
sachusetts. file said he had been i'm
| peratively called away on important
business involving the closing of a
| large contract, and it was impossible
| for him to be in Boston at the time at
| which the requisition was granted.
| He continued:
| Il am sorry / happened to be out of
town at the time. as. had | been here.
| the whole thing would have been east
ly settled. | would say further, if the
game commissioners or their wardens
| had sent me postal card asking me
TO come to Maine or had notified my
| lawyer-who by the way. had agreed
to bring me there if necessary-it
would have been quite unnecessary for
| their Excellencies, Governors Cteaves
| and Wolcott, to have troubled with
| this matter.
| Il would state that / paid 500 to the
wardens as surety for my appearance
at Foxcroft. October s. This, my law
yer states to me- is the maximum pen
t..a, r.
| peatedly stated that the fine is 500 to
$500, or 30 days Imprisonment, or
both; but this is not so. The moose
was a bull. and the penalty of $500 APP
| plies only To killing n COW. There is
no penalty of Imprisonment for kill
| ing a moose, unless jacklights or dogs
| are used.
Il found that it was important for
| me To be in Boston, Oct. S. and, on
| consulting my lawyer at Dover, he ad-
vised me that in misdemeanor case,
such as this, it was quite unnecessary
for me TO appear. and that he could
plead for me and pay the fine. which
I requested him to do. On October s.
he did appear. and informed Mr..
| Carleton that he was ready to plead
| for me when called.
| 1T seems that this angered Mr..
| Carleton, and he tried to get a requisi-
ton from the Governor to bring me to
Dover. which he knew we'll he could
do without any requisition by simply
| asking me to come. Evidently he pre-
ferred to make trouble.
| Knowing he would have to have the
! consent of the county attorney, and
| not believing the Governor would is
sue requisition under such circum-
| stances, Mr.. Peakes, my lawyer. ar
| ranged with the county attorney to
notify him if any requisition were ap-
Piled for. which he assured Mr.. Peakes
he would do.
1T seems that in order to avoid my
lawyers knowing what was being
done. complaint was sworn out be-
fore the Old Town municipal court.
and the consent of the county attorney
Of Penobscot county was obtained 1t
may be on account of this state of
| things that Governor Cleaves has in
| terfered.
| There is another peculiar thing in
connection with this moose. Frank
Pond of Old Town. my guide. is
charged with killing the same moose
at the same time in a different town
ship. Moreover. it must have been
killed with the same bullet. as the
moose was hit with but one
| Commissioner Carleton said to a
| Lewiston Journal reporter at Water
vile, Monday, after detailing the
catching of Marquand red handed with
moose head and meat on the shore
of Eagle lake by himself and Commits
sioner Oak
The guide told us the story of the
| killing, that on Sept. 26th in Soper
brook they called the moose and that
he and Marquand both shot at and
| killed the bull, sunk most of the car
cass in the brook, took the head, hide
and some steak to camp. Soon Mr.
Marquand and wife returned to camp
He admitted the facts and begged
very hard not to be arrested then and
| taken out of the woods. as it would
subject his wife to great inconvenience
and spoil his vacation. He appeared
very gentlemanly and frank and his
/ wife joined in the appeal. l advised
the officer with me that if he was con-
tIdt MdIuudnu WOulu appear
in court on Oct. Sth and have his case
tried. not to arrest him.
Mr. Marquand. as guarantee of
his good faith. deposited 800 with the
officer, to be surrendered to him on his
appearance at court Oct. Sth, at Do
Yer, and we left them. They expressed
a great desire to retain the moose
head, but l informed him that under
the laws of Maine it was forfeited
On Oct. Sth went with the officer to
Dover fully believing that Mr.. Mar
quand would be there, but he was not.
Instead an attorney informed me that
he had been retained by Marquand
and that he had advised him not to
stay but to go to Massachusetts as
that was the safe place for him.
Il then told the attorney that I would
consent to his appearing for Maruuand
and plead to the complaint and pay
such fine as the court ordered, and that
the 500 the officer had. was available
towards paying the fine. This the at
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