Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-10-01
STATE HOUSE.
Commissioner Carleton Returns from
Trip Into Aroostook County.
Large Number Of Applications for Guides
licenses Being Received.


ms "Trip INTO Aroostook in the interests o
the enforcement of the game laws, Thurs
day ana he brought with him a story o
the moose meat that was the cause of tn
augusta woman's Incarceration las
week. The whole affair has been site,
ana the guilty parties found.
tame Warden Nichols went from Au
susta last week to the northern border
ana there did some good detective worl
winch resulted in his landing a pair o
prisoners in Jail at Houlton.
On thursday afternoon, September q
warden Nichols came down from Piscat
auuis ana got on the Aroostook train a
MILO junction. There he found a suspic
lous looking box, which, on being opened
ne found to contain moose meat. TIL.
box was addressed to RENT Morian, Au
gusta, Me. Warden Nichols seized thu
box and stopped it in Bangor.
On Friday he came to Augusta in cues,
Oh hemi Morian. At the express Office he
learned that Morian had called for his
ooA Oh moose meat. The warden Their
sent TO Bangor for the box to be forward.
cd and had Morian notified as soon as II
arrived. That gentleman, however. had
heard of the seizure and concluded that
II would be safer to send his wife for the
pox, while he took the opportunity to
make his whereabouts unknown.
On Saturday morning, Mrs. Morian
came for the box and ordered 1t sent to
the MORAN domicile, whittier Warden
Nichols Immediately followed it.
MRS. Morian would not divulge any
knowledge concerning where her husband
was hiding and was consequently herself
arrested on the charge of having moose
meat IN her possession in close time.
Arra1gned before Judge Andrews in
the municipal court. she was convicted on
the charge and sentenced to 30 days in
Jail, with the understanding that she
should be released if she would give in
sformation that would lead to her hus-
bands arrest.
Warden Nichols then went to Caribou.
from whence the box of contraband meat
was shipped. There he learned that Isaac
Morian, father of Remi Morian, lives in
Van Buren,. and that he had brought his
son and the box of meat from Van Blu
rem to Caribou by team on the day on
which the box was shipped.
Going on to Van Buren,, the warden
soon unravelled the whole web of mys-
terry. He found that Remi Morian had
visited his father the week before, and
that in company with his uncle Rafael
Morian, and Octave Cyr, he had gone
hunting. The party secured a COW moose
and Remi departed for Augusta with his
share of the plumber.
Rafael got the hide and a portion OF
the meat for his share. The hide he sold
across the line for 50.
AT the home of Octave Cyr the warden
found pot boiling on the kitchen stove
Mrs. Cyr told him that the contents was
mutton stew or as she expressed it
sheep"
Mr.. Nichols was skeptical, however
and went fishing in the mixture with
stick. He soon brought out hunk OF
meat and bone that settled the question
The bone was far too large to ever have
been part of the anatomy of a sheep and
the scent of the meat was unmistakable
The piece of meat was taken for evil
dence.
Warden Nichols arrested Cyr, Rafael
Morian and Isaac Morian and took the
trio to Caribou where they were ar
raigned on Wednesday. before Trial JUS
tice Charles T. Littlefield.
Isaac Morian, who appeared less in
fault than the others, was convicted on
the charge of Transporting parts of a
moose in close time, and sentenced to pay
a fine of $40 and costs, which is the
statute fine in such cases. On payment
of the costs the fine was RENTED and
Mr.. Morian was allowed to return to his
home in Van Buren,.
Octave Cyr and Rafael Morian were
both convicted of killing and having in
their possession a moose in close time
and were each given SO days in Houlton
Jail.
Remi Morian is still at large though the
same punishment is in store for him il
he is ever caught. ~.
Game Warden Walter Neal has been