The Portland daily press., 1897-09-17
WILBUR M. WAITE INDICTED.
Grand Jury Finds 80 Counts Against
Alleged Fire Bug.

List of Fires Claimed to Have Been Set by
Him observation-disclosures List Long
One including Many for Various Forms
of Stealing.
The grand jury returned long list of
indictments yesterday morning of which
one of the most important was that for
arson against Wilbur NJ. Waite. There
are 80 counts in the Indictment relating
to the Sc tting of fires in the following
places in Portland: December H. 1896,
Clapp block, corner Elm and Congress
streets and the store of L. d. Austin, 191
Middle street; December 10, Franklin
block on Congress street, owned by Sarah
Stevens; December 10, Salvation Army
barracks on Federal street; December 81,
J. H. Pines building on Congress street;
d ecember ~, block owned by the Lynch
heirs at the corner of Temple and Con-
gress streets; December 81, Cumberland
Banking building; June s, 1897, Far
rington building on Middle street; June
IL, Cushman building on Congress street;
June IA, Harrington block, Congress
treet; June 16, Friends church, Oak
street; July Is, Thompson's fruit store on
Middle street.
Other indictments brought in were as
follows: Samuel W. Sleuman, larceny
from Sarah Inness of Peaks Island AZ
different larcencies from the Milliken-
Tomlinson Co; William Clancy, larcen-
cyt from Pickett & Milliken's store at
Stroudwater; Fred Gilman, larceny Of a
bicycle from Bernard E. Foley Ut this
city; James Wilmont, larceny from AL
bert Tomlinson Frederick J. Heaslip,
Lewis Langley, and David Liska of Lynn,
Mass, breaking and entering store of
George G. Shaw & Co.; Joseph U. Cayen-
augh, breaking and entering and larceny
from the store of Simon Miller; Frank
&. Groves and Walter S. Ames of Br uns-
wick, breaking. and entering dormitory
at Bowdoin college, and larceny of cloth
ing; John J. King larceny from the
person of Thomas Ring; Edward F.
King. larceny from the person of Charles
H. Hubbard; John Flynn, Michael Han
ley, William A. Sawyer and JohnJ. An
derson, breaking and entering Boston
& Maine railroad car; Marshall Dyer of
Basket Island, assault with a dangerous
weapon on Sherman M. Hamilton and
Charles H. Goud; Herbert G. Adams,
alias Charles Stewart, and Jennie S.
Harper, alias Jennie 5. Stewart, adul-
terry; William M. Clifford of Brunswick,
rape and attempt to commit sodomy;
Charles d. Mclean, assault and battery
two indictments for malicious mischief.
The following traverse jury was i'm
paneled: Emery L. Getchell, Brunswick;
Grin W. Brackett, Freeport; George W.
Coffin, Portland; John Cousins, Port
land; Charles M. Elliot, Windham; John
Fits, Portland; Edward A. Gibbs,
Bridgton; Albert f. Hannaford, Cape
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brook; James Lawrence, North Var
mouth; Charles f. Libby, Scarboro;
George W. Pierce, Baldwin; Josiah
Strout, Harrison Supernumeraries,
George W. Verrill, Gray; William E.
Watson, Deering; Josiah P. Wescott,
Gorham.
In the afternoon the prisoners Were ar.
raigned with the following Eleas:
William Clancy. Larceny; plea guilty.
Herbert G. Adams, alias Charles Stew
art. Adultery; plea nolo contendere.
George D. Knight. Malicious mischief
plea not guilty.
Samuel W. Sleuman. Larceny; plea not
guilty:
to commit sodomy; plea not guilty.
Wilbur M. Waite. Arson; plea not
guilty.
Frederick J. Hearslip, Louis Langly,
David Liske. Larconcy; plea not guilty.
James Wilmont. Larceny; plea nolo
contendere.
Kate Mitchell. Larceny; plea not
guilty.
Joseph Lavavier alias Joe Rivers, ! and
Louis Perry. Breaking, entering and
larceny Plea not guilty.
John Flynn and John j. Anderson.
Breaking and entering; plea not guilty.
Joseph A. Cavanaugh. Breaking, en-
tering and larceny; plea not guilty as to
| breaking; guilty as to larceny.
Frank e. Groves. Walter S. Ames
Breaking, entering and larceny; both
plea not guilty.
guilty.
Edward f. Quinn. Larceny; plea not
guilty.
John W. Yale, the man who was ar
rested charged with robbing City Clerk
Dyer on board thu U. S. S. New York
during New England fair week, was not
indicted. He has been in Jail ever since
his arrest. He was called into court yes
terday afternoon and on motion of Coun-
ty Attorney Libby was discharged. He
thanked the court briefly and taking his
hat departed and went thereof with
out day"