Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-09
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The editorial board of the Kents Hill
Breeze for the ensuing term, was duly
, appointed, Tuesday, as follows: Editor
in-chief, alberta BLACK; assistant editor
in-chief Mary Scarles; locais Mabel
Smith alumni George Kirkpatrick; per-
sonals, Edward stone, athletics. Merton
Pierce: exchanges, Byzantine Miller; bust
ness manager, Charles Austin; assistant
business manager, Roscoe Tarbox.
BY the death OF Mrs. Henrietta l.. But
terieid from the effects of a shock at the
! home of her sister, Miss Ann NJ. Sampson
in EoWdOiHham. Saturday afternoon at
the age of "a years. the Bath enterprise
is reminded of former robbery case
Mis-. Butterield WAS the widow of the
late Robert Butteriicld, for many years
cashier of the Village National Bank. and
! is The last survivor of the family who
were quietly sleeping in their home in
Bowdoinham the night of June l6. 1866,
when three men entered the house and
with revolvers in hand bound and gagged
thc Inmates. They succeeded in securing
| the KEYS Of the bank but being unable to
open the safe returned to the house. took
Mr.. ButterHeld from his bed and carried
1 him to the bank and after inilicting tor
ture upon him forced him to open the
vault and they took therefrom nearly
$1,000 in cash and bonds During their
on guard at the house and at the plead
/, in&s Of Mrs. B. the cords which bound
the little boy, causing him great pain.
were lo0sered and after the robbers left
near morning, he was able to free himself
and assist his father so an alarm could
lie given. 1t will be remembered that
about year later David Bartlett. Roy
Sims and Edward Mcguire were arrested
in New York City for this crime, tried at
Path convicted and sentenced to Is years
az Thomaston. Bartlett died in prison.
Sims and Mcguire served out their term.
were released and returned to New York
From what / learned at the time and
have heard since, | am convinced that
Berry, the man we ran over at Pejepscot
the other day. intended TO take his life."
says Conductor Cobb of the lower Maine
Central. Il hear Il from reliable sources
that he has tried 10 take his life before.
Speaking about the accident reminds me
that We made remarkably quick stop.
I've been railroading for . years and /
never saw anything that would come up
with IL. You see. we were probably run
nirg Is miles an hour. Berry was on the
side track. and our engineer, Mr.. Leavitt.
says that he couldn't have been over 30
feet ahead of us when he suddenly
stepped over between the rails of the
main line. LeaVitt sprang for the emer-
gency brake-a brake which we never use
except in case of danger. We had on
three cars. that afternoon. the baggage
car and two passenger cars. II is seldom
that train i brought to a standstill I'M
I'll passing the object struck. but in this
case the forward wheels of the third
car had passed the unfortunate man
when We stopped. Some Of the passen-
gers who had had long experience in rail-
road travel said that they never saw the
beat OF it, and am sure | never did. But
l shall never forget Engineer Leavitts
couutcnanCe when he came down from
the cab His face won't be whittier when
he's in his coffin than at that minute. 1t
was as white as the driven snow. 1t was
q trying moment for Leavitt. for he knew
before he pulled the brake that it was too
late. The knowledge that your train IS
about to end mans life and you are
powerleSs to prevent must be something
awful He said afterward that he could
not have acted quicker or done any more
If it had been his own child on the track.
In my opinion. Leavit; is one of the best
engineers on the Toad.'-Lewiston Jour-