Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-10
STATE HOUSE.
Governor and Executive Council
Meets at State House.
Two New Pardon Petitions--He arings
Ordered for the Next Meeting.
Land Agent Ordered to Sell Small Island. Snow
Pond to Oakland Man.

| nc regular meeting CT the GOVCrnO
and Executive Council convened a
the Council chamber. shortly before
+. Nj. yesterday, and quite an amour
| of business was transacted
a large number of committee report
! and orders We're presented and tn
| election leturns from the 18th Congress
| sional district We're canvassed an,
| Hon. Llewellyn Powers of Houlton, de
| clared elected representative to Con
| SreSS. The vote was as follows
Powers. $3.50; White. 559S; scattering. y
| Councillor VIM. /. Haines read
| communication from William y. Blak,
Of Oakland, offering the State $50 70
| the conveyance to his son OF Blake.
island. situated in SNOW pond. The OF.
fer Was accepted and the land agen
was ordered 10 make and deliver t
Glenn =. Blake Il quit-claim deed in The
name ana behalf OF the State.
The communication stated that un-
der Gov. Clravcs' administration h,
tried to purchase the island. That il
has been used as Il part of his farm
for half 4 century ANA no one else ever
made any claim Of title to it except
ing the writer ana his grantors. Mi
Blake stated that nc was unable Il
find deeds or conveycnccs through
which the title came 10 him ana hC
believed it to belong u the State He
has already given by deed over one
half IF tie farm to his son Glenn p.
Blake ard his win provides that the
other half shall 90 to him at his de-
cease. He stated that there is no par
there have been times in the past
when rowdies from Oakland came 10
the island and made disturbances ANA
this was one of the reasons why h.
wished to be sure of the title of the
island. He had driven them off the is
land in the past and his authority had
nevc. hem questioned, but he was
afraid suCn might not be the case. in
the future.
The resignation Of Elmer T. Spofford
Of Deer Isle. as representative to the
LEGISLATURE was read and accepted.
\ petition FOR pardon from Jessie
Hudton, now serving a six months
sentence in the PenohSCot county Jail
for cruelty to her child by neglect. No
tee was ordered for a hearing at the
No XII regular meeting.
\ petition asking for the pardon Of
Ahncr y. Thorne Of Paris. was pre-
scented ana notice for a hearing order
"A at tie next meeting.
Thorne was tried and convicted Of
murder in the second degree at the
February term OF the supreme judicial
court at Paris in 1895. Among the petit
toners are IL Of those who served as
jurors at his trial. the 18th being dead.
Others are citizens Of South Paris,
West Paris. Bethel. BUchfield, Sumner,
Hartford and Woodstock.
The petitioners state that Th0rne had
entered the store Of Hutchinson &
Newell at Paris Hill in the night
v here he had been seized by Mr.. New
ell. In the struggle that ensued re-
voiver went off and one Harrison a.
Whitman. was killed. 1t is claimed that
Thorne had no intent to kill. Both ne
and Newell fell on the platform OF the
floor and Thorne's revolver was dis
charged. Other shots were fired by the
! officer. While it appeared from the cyl
dencc that the bullet came from
Thorne's revolver, the petitioners be
! lieve il was accidental and that there
was no malice.
! Thorre is now serving life sentence
| in state prison.
! Ten thousand dollars from the appro-
| Dr.ation for TIE University OF Maine
was authorized to be drawn by war
rant. Treasurer I. X. Stetson requested
that $500 be paid by May - and 5000
by June Is.
| The pardon case of Joseph Gabriel
! regular
meeting. as Gabriel's brother is in the
| logging regions and wished TO appear
as Il witness.
The Council adjourned TO meet al
| , p. NJ. June IL.