The Portland daily press., 1898-03-25

but would see Une GfuStetS aleSI uL0 1ehlI.
ssThe witnesses picturesque description
of the fair occasioned considerable amuse-
ment and he was led to reprove his near
ers telling them that it was no laughing
matter His answers on cross-eXamina-
tion were delivered with vigor, and not
withstanding his statement as to the
gravity of the occasion there was re-
newed burst of laughter when he declared
that the reason he did not arrest any
body himself was that Mr. Hamilton had
gone down to the Legislature and got
law through so that a constable could
not make an arrest outside OF his own
town. "And that added the witness,
His why the liquor law is violated in
York county"
'sAre you sure, Mr.. Kane, asked Mr..
Bradbury, "that you have not exag
gerated in the slightest degree what you
saw at the fair?"
81 could not exaggerate it; language
would fail"
"Then we understand that the Eng
lish language is incapable OF exaggerat-
ing the conditions there?''
"If had the pen of a Dickens might
describe them, but as | haven't will
not try daughter
Mr.. Kane also told how no had come
into Portland and had seen the oappers
dividing their spoils in the offices OF
Swetts hotel and the Durant house.
MIR. Albion Palmer, the elderly farmer
from the town of Hollis. gave in sub
~; Of hp learned
what capper is. Mr.. Palmer has long
gray beard and dignifed air. He spoke
In tone of mingled sorrow and humor
as he said: They pushed me right
| through the crowd and up to the board,
and man said, ''Here, l don't have
no luck at all, just throw the ball at the
hole for me. He was capper, but L
didn't know it then and began to
| throw. T had pretty good luck and the
first thing l knew 1 got a liutle excited
aud then all my $33 was on the board.
They told me there would be a jack pot
later and If I could come back with $25
I could open it and get my money back.
Well, l went out and met Dana
Beacham, and said, Dana, this is a hell
| q L
thought he ought to do something,
but they told me ought to have kept
my money in my pocket, and | guess
| had. l borrowed $25 and went back
with two friends to get my money back
when they opened that jack pot. My
friends were good honest mon, and when
the capper said, 1 should have to roll
the ball again to see if the money in that
| jack beloned to him or to me, they said
I would be cheated again and wouldn't
| let me play. suppose if it hadn't been
| for that 1 should have lost the $25, too.
Notwithstanding the fact that the loss
of S33 is not trifing matter and that
the ways of the oapper are ways of
evil, Mr.. Palmer's tale of his misfortunes
was not received in solemn silence.
Even the Governor joined in the mirth
and the narrator was the only man in
the room whose face was set in serious
expression, but then he was perhaps the
only man in the room who had lost $33
on that occasion.
Several other gentlemen from York
county towns told much the same story
of the practices which they saw at the
fair. All the witnesses said that they
saw officers of the association on the
ground.
The witnesses called for the association
| were S. S. Andrews the secretary, John
NJ. Deering, one of the trustees and Con-
stable Dollitf.
Mr.. Andrews read from the record of
A. ~,
1896 that no liquor selling or objection
able fakirs be allowed in the grounds. In
regard to the Objectionable advertising he
stated that he had it called to his atten
ton and objected to it, but then it was
too late to do anything. In regard to the
LIQUOR advertisements in the premium
| lists, he said that the society had con-
| tract with the printers to solicit part of
the advertising. He did not grant per-
nit for wheel of fortune. He didn't see
Annabelle the dancing girl. He said
| that the society decided not to have pool
selling and that Mr.. Morse the pool seller,
was not at the ta1r.
| On cross-examination he said that he
new of no pool selling on the gronds.
Wlen COulfOuUcu WIUu LIS UCScliuOuy 1U
the Barrett hearing in which he said that
he knew of Mr.. Barrett buying pools. He
explained this by saying that he supposed
the pool selling was not on the grounds.
He knew about the advertising to give
away S3O, 900 with the tickets sold and
objected to it. He said the society still
had it's grounds and buildings.
| Trustee Deering told o story similar to
Mr.. Andrews's. He said he was busy
about the cattle and saw none of the
things that had been testified to. He saw
no pool selling. He told Marshal Burns
to keep.things straight in 1897.
| The deposition of A. j. CARL was put
in.
The arguments were made by Mr. Spear
for Mr.. McKeen and by Mr.. Bradbury for
the society. Mr.. Bradbury scored Secre-
tary Mex cen severely and said that he
had tried to usurp the province of the
governor and council. He wanted the
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