Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-28

remains of Patrick O'Brien before Cor
oner DR. Gore. at Calais, Monday and
Tuesday. resulted in the jury. COM
posed of George Budd. Andrew Smith,
Edward Dougherty. Jesse Bartlett,
Hugh Hill and w. J. Mcfarland with
James Scallan of St. Andrews. fore
man. bringing in verdict of death by
accident"
Robert Headley of Portland, was in
Boston, Monday. He became ac-
quainted with man. and the two had
few drinks together. Then they
strolled around India wharf. While
there. Mr.. Headley claims that the
newly made acquaintance managed to
relieve him of his gold watch, which
cost him $50. To the police of Station
2 Mr.. Headley described the stranger
as man about 3s years of age and
5 feet, 10 inches in height. He had red
hair and one of his arms was gone at
the elbow.
John d. Myers of Freeport, lost his
life on the Grand Trunk road. Friday.
at East Deering. near the Casco Iron
Works He was employed as a brake
man on a gravel train, which was at
work in connection with the steam
shovel not in use in East Deering. He
was going down the track and waited
to get a ride on the locomotive. He
stood in the middle of the road as the
locomotive approached him slowly.
When the heavy machine reached him
he undertook to step on the plank
which serves in place of a COW catcher.
In some way he missed his footing and
fell over under the locomotive. which
passed over him before it could be
stopped. Myers was instantly killed
and his body was considerably man.
sled, Coroner Perry was called and
viii hold an inquest. Myers was Il
years old and had a young wife. His
parents live in Yarmouth.
A serious cutting affair occurred at
Harry N. Paine's sardine factory at
Passport, Monday morning. Among
the youthful cutters in the shed. where
the heads are severed from the body.
We're Ray Hayman and Furgeson. aged
about ard 10 respectively. The little
fellows were working at the same
table and became engaged in a warm
discussion which attracted others near
by. Hayman put his right hand out
on the table to gather up the herring
to cut. when without a word, Furge-
son raised his keen edged knife and
brought it down quickly on the small
wrist of the former. The blade went
almost through. making an ugly
wound from which the blood flowed
rapidly. and when the injured lad was
brought into the city later. he was very
weak. DR.. II. V. Jonah dressed the
wound. The Furgeson boy did not
take the affair seriously and was sent
from the factory after the cutting. bur
not until he had threatened to "cut
up" an older brother of Hayman, who
interferred.
The repeal OF the Winnegance bass
law by the last session of the Legis-
lature throws the creek open to all.
so far as the law is concerned but the
mere fast that fish wardens will be
absent this year, will not do away with
warm times on that Stream, however.
if the opinion of many is correct. For
years the fishermen have defied the
laws and although the vigilant ward
ems, Bailey and Bates. have kept them
guessing. they have nevertheless sue
ceeded in doing good deal of illegal
fishing. 1t has been currently reported
that many fishermen from a distance
are preparing to assemble on the
waters of that little stream as soon as
the ice comes and try bass fishing but
the general opinion is that if they come
they will find only trouble for their
pains. for it is often said that if people
from other towns come there that they
Will only lose their nets and that the
men who have been fishing there will
make it SO warm for them. that they
will have to leave. Few streams of
water in New England have been the
scene of so mary exciting events as
has Winnegance creek and many peo-
pie are of thefopirion that the hottest
times are yet to. come.-Bath Enter
prise.