Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-20
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Milton C. Tarr, the Lewiston young
| man. who is accused OF embezzlement by
| raigned before Judge Mitchell in the Au-
| burn police court. Monday. He pleaded
| not guilty. waived examination and was
| bound over to the grand jury in $1,000
| Sail was furnished by Gen. John Harpe,
and the young mans father. +. c. Tarr
In the Journal of Saturday was an ac-
count of the arrest of a prominent man,
| made by Wallace Berry, deputy sheriff
Of Winthrop and the collecting of Il 500.
fine for Illegal fishing. In this article We
said that ii happened recently. This is a
mistake; it was some three years ago,
ana the money collected went through the
court in the legitimate way. This eX-
PLANTATION is due Mr.. Berry. lest there
should be any misunderstanding.
Monday afternoon. the corner stone of
the new St. Lawrence Street Congrcga-
lional church, Portland was laid with
this programme: Invocatory prayer.
Rev. George ID. Lindsay; responsive read
ing. led by Rev; Rollin 7. Hack; poem.
Miss Marion c. Merrill statement of the
lamin Thompson: address. Rev. Abel IL.
Wright; laying of the corner stone. by
pastor. assisted by Albion Blackstone,
George Smith and George Rider, builders;
prayer. Rev. Dwight NJ. Pratt: addresses.
Rev. William f. Fem, ID. d.. and Rev
jonathan L. Jenkins. =. d.: benediction
Rev. Asa Dalton. ID. ID.
Captain Cole of the schooner Caroline
Knight. recently had a little trouble on
board his vessel. When he was preparing
to leave this city for Boston with a cargo
of lime. a big negro. who gave the name
of Godfrey came aboard and begged the
captain to take him to Boston. Captain
Cole had his full crew aboard and de-
INJURED, but the negro begged so hard to
be allowed to work his passage that the
captain finally consented and Godfreys
name was placed on the ships papers.
The weather was bau after leaving Rock
land and Captain Cole ran into Boothbay.
-hlra h, r,.li, ,a1 Il..rn
stated that Godfrey tried to stir up
trouble with the crew and failing, turned
his attention to Captain Cole. He grew
saucy and refused to do his duty. While
at anchor at Portsmouth Godfrey wished
to fight with the captain. who came to
the conclusion that charity did not pay in
all cases, and summoning assistance
from the city officials, had Godfrey re-
moved from his vessel-Rockland Star.
Mr.. d. d. Merrill of Auburn, was an
official at the State Reform school when
George Arlington. alias Ira Hatch, whom
the Portland papers have called "a thief
by nature was in the school Mr.. Mer-
rill has kept track of the young man ever
since. When Arlington struck Auburn.
early in the present season he hunted up
Mr. Merrill. insisting that he had re-
formed and requesting that he would not
so out of his way to give me away"
Mr. Merrill says that he would never
when ne came and told him Arlington's
history came plainly before his vision.
Mr.. Merrill made no promises. neither
did he lose any time in speaking to the
police of the presence in town of the
young man. Mr.. Merrill isn't so sure but
Arlington was concerned in some of the
breaks in Auburn and Lewiston. this last
summer He is a daring young fellow.
anu he is such an innocent looking chap
that he succeeds very well as an impos-
tor. He came to Auburn direct from the
Massachusetts state prison. where he had
been serving a sentence, and was imme-
diately taken into one of the best families
in Auburn and given the freedom Of the
house. He was fed and clothed and
treated with the utmost kindness. He
worked in the shoe factory by day. but
it was noticed that he had business which
frequently kept him out very late nights,
though jest what it was the police were
unable to find out. Since being in Port
land Jail, Arlington has written. to his
Auburn friends to come down and go his
bail. Arlington was in the Reform school
when years of age. He is 20 now and
most of his life has been spent there and
in the State and county prisons. Lewis
ton Journal.