Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-28
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BITS OF MAINE NEWS.

In the United States court, Wednes-
day forenoon, Judge Webb denied the
motion of Wallace Wilson, Braintree,
Mass, for an order compelling the
Wiscasset & Quebec Railroad Company
to deliver to him $4,000 worth of first
mortgage bonds, according to agree
inent with z. D. Lancaster of Pittsfield.
A. NJ. Spear of Gardiner, appeared for
The petitioner, c. T.. Littlefield, Rock
land, for the company. The company )
defence is that the agreement with
Lancaster had expired by mutual con-
sent.
There was quite little excitement at
the South Portland house, Sunday
night. Two men, one an employee of
the cycle factory and the other man
employed on the Notifications at Fort
Preble, became engaged in a dispute
when the latter, who is said to have
been under the influence of intoxicants.
drew a pocket-knife and stabbed the
bicycle man whose name is Babb, twice
in the chest and as many times In the
back. Constable Fowler was sent for
but before he could arrive the fellow
who did the stabbing had taken leg
bail and could not be found. Young
Babb was not badly injured for the
cuts were not deep nor Of a dangerous
nature. The Fort Preble man has no.
been heard from as yet, but If he re-
turns to town his liberty will be short
for some time. The matter has been
kept very quiet.-Argus.
Just after the clocks had struck s
Wednesday evening, Capt. Fahey and
Patrolman Mackie, of the night polic-
force, who were standing at the cor
rer of Exchange and Washington
streets, heard a man who had come
across the draw bridge shout Fire
Capt. Fahey told Patrqinan Mackie to
hasten to the rear of the old Pearson
lumber building, where the fire was,
see if it was necessary to pull in an
alarm and if it was to shout to him and
he would pull in a-box. Patrolman
Mackie quickly saw there was blaze
in a pile of boards on the wharf at
Kenduskeag stream and shouted to
Capt. Fahey, who pulled in box Is. The
fire department speedily responded,
line of hose was laid and the fire was
soon extinguished. The boards be-
longed to Clayton & bennett, of this
city. The early discovery of the fire
prevented any extensive damage. but 1t
might have been quite blaze under
other circumstances. At about IL
o'clock William Looney, of this city,
entered the police station and re-
quested a nights shelter. Capt. Fahey,
who had seen Looney loafing about the
neighborhood of the fire a number of
times in the past, accused him OF hav-
ing set the fire and Looney owned UP
that he did it, He said that early in
the evening he procured some birch
bark at yard on Front street left
his coat at Patrick Dougherty's on that
street, went to the pile of lumber,
placed the birch bark around 1T and set
it Oh fire. To see if his statement was
true an officer went to Dougherty's,
found the coat there, as stated. and
took it to the station. the pocket
was found some birch bark. Capt.
Fahey asked Looney why he set the
fire and he said 1.-THE car wheels made
me do it," Up to that time he had
been talking entirely nationally, but
this remark showed that his mind was
not right He had not been drinking.
I.oney has been at the State insane
asylum twice and it is evident that he
has not been cured. He was locked up
in a cell.-Bangor Wing. Looney was
examined by physicians, Thursday. and
at a meeting of the municipal officers
was committed to the State asylum for
the insane.