The Portland daily press., 1900-05-05
DRANK A WATCH.
story OF Two men who Cam. from
Boston.


The major portion Of ysstsrday's SESSION
In the Municipal oeurt was consumed By
the comedy OF two sailormsn from Boston
and watch.
According to the prosecution. Morrill,
White Of South Boston met Edward
Ferguson OF chelsea In Boston Monday
evening as they socially gszed over u
bar. They became rapidly soeiimatsd to
each otter, and Edward invited Morrill,
to 90 to Portland with him. He was GO
ing to assume charge OF his brothers
large business there and bad plenty Of
work with plenty Of money for all Of
Boston's unemployed. 1t seemed rofests
TO Morrill, aud he embarked with Edward
on tho Portland boat that night, OCCUPY
ing adjacent berths.
"In the early norn," Morrill, said, 81
saw him taking out my watch from my
vest pocket. thought he wanted to see
the time. and didn't pay attention"
Edward Just kept the ticker In his
rocket and altar landing he invited Nor
rill to q restaurant where they ate
and Merrill paid. Next they
went to a boarding house. and for
the next two days Morrill, fol-
lowed Edwards ''iaggy" career, result
ing In his expulsion from the house. He
endeavored to get bis watch back again.
When he preached ths matter to Edward,
he simply said: 81 showed 1t up and We
drank it, Go away with you or I'll get
you arrested" Then Morrill, had Edward
arrested.
Edwards GROSS examination CT Morrill,
was exceedingly intense, something like
this: "Didn,t we get drunk togstherS"
81 o ,see?"
"Diun't tell you when we got drunk
together that You was swallowing your
watchF
"Nsvsr. SseH'
"Don't you lie?''
''No. It's Gods honest truth"
Here the oratorioal cross fire became so
suiph urous that the court had to sit on
the valve.
'Beuny" Mack testified that the watch
exhibited in court and identified by White
as his property, had been pRwned with
him by Ferg uson, and Officers Hanson
and Skillings testified relative to the ar
rest Of the respondent and recovery Of the
watch.
Ferguson said White gave him the
watch to keep as security for his Passage
on the beat, which ne had paid, and that
b. had pawped 1t with Whites knowledge
sfter they etarted on q "bsnder." He
saidhe was not guilty Of the stealing or
guilty Of pnWning," The court thought
there was a chance TO differ and Edward
has sixty days In jail In which to draw
his dissenting opinion.
Mabel Jones, q trim young mulatto,
was before the court on the charge that
she spent too many moonlight hours in
wearing out the city pavsmsnts. Omcer
Henderson said he discovered her last
night fast asleep on doorstep. Mary
said she had ssen In q newspaper
chance to work, and was afraid she
nal ght lose 1t IL she had to do time. On
this account and in view CT the fact thst
che had been steadily employ ed tor several
months, she said the court ought to be
easy with her. When asked who she
worked for, she ruminhted for several
minutes, and then rsokoned 1t was man
named Sampson who lived on the same
street with the Portland tavern. Consid-
ering her previous engagements with
court records, she was given thirty days.
William Tennsy, Daniel Brown and
Daniel Swinton, were "three little lambs
lust ont for play" on Forest avenue,
where they undertook to perform the
DioGene's pilgrimage at an early hour
Yesterday morning, with several lanterns
left to mark highway repairs. The arm
OF the law interviewed, and today they
were fined i've dollars and one-third
costs, each.