Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-03

At Benton, yesterday morning had II
cents and bought sometime to a,t
That WAS the last money 7 had
started 10 walk to Portland to get a
new supply OF cash and see if / could
get something to do. l never stopped
until | was arrested. 1 never left the
track 10 go 70 any house and did not
commit any burglary"
y livery conversation ensued between
Mrs. Chase, Mrs. Written and Revnolds
but the judge interfered ana dis
charged the accused. The women rot
angry and made some loud talk. The
judge ordered them to leave the court
room. And they made their exit
Reynolds took his departure from the
city a happier man than when he made
his entrance within the portals of the
police station the previous evening
At one o'clock Thoms and HYDE
were again brought into court on q
charge Of larceny. The a warrant al
legged that the two young men took a
cocOanut from the store Of the Aurusta
Fruit co.
At the morning session Of the court
the charge was disturbance. It was
then alleged that on the evening
previous, Hyde and ThoTas were guilty
of insulting certain persons on the
streets. among whom were Billy
Smith and Sprague Mace, two young
mon from Fairfield
Smith ana Mace came down on the
Pullman 1T 1910 and stopped off here
until the next train for Portland.
From the train they went TO the lunch
room conducted by Chris Gonnella for
a lunch. When they came out thew
were met by Hyde Thoms and several
others, who made various remarks of
an insulting nature. Smith and Mace
started toward the City Hotel but
we're followed by the crowd. They
then turned around and started down
Water street toward the Cony House.
Their tolmentors followed them. When
they reached the Cony House they
went in ana according to The story
which they told the police were afraid
to come out as the crowd hung around
in that vicinity.
The court did not see fit to hold the
accused on this charge.
At the afternoon session. when they
were arraignCd, Leslie II. Young. night
Waterman ut the Granite National ana
the k"nnebec Savings banks, was the
principal witness. He said that he
saw three boys at the store Of tho Au-
2u5ta Fruit Co, one Of whom he
recognized as Hyde and the other he
thought was Thoms. He was not
positive If the latter but of the former
he was quite certain. He did not know
the third. The three took n cocoani,t
from The lot displayed at the store of
the company mentioned and went to
the doorway of Sherburne & Dailey's
store. Here he lost track of thcm.
Patroiman Ward said that he found
a coc0anut shell in the place to which
Mr. Young saw the boys retreat
Later N company with Patrolman
White he arrested the two who were
in court for the offence.
The court announced that he would
fine Hyde s. and give him as an alter
native, so days in Jail on the charge of
larceny. The prisoner paid the fine.
The judge released Thoms with the re-
mark that it was a very close call for
him.
Judge Andrews further said that he
should give the officers instructions to
arrest the two whenever they We're
seen together after 8 o'clock in the
evening. He was convinced, he said,
that the trouble came largely from
their associations with each other. He
called their attention to the fact that
they had on various occasions threat
ened people and that they must be