Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-08

| that day when l met him at Western
| avenue. lie was not under influence
| when he got home. We drank four or
| five times. but couple of times he did
| not drink.
The liquor gave out and they want
! ed more. Father put in. % cents and
| Phelps y cents. They wanted me to go
get it, but | was feeling pretty well
| and wanted to go to bed. The liquor
| on the shelf belonged to Mary-no one
touched that. but it got broken in the
scuffle afterwards. Phelps said he'd
| go get the liquor.
There was no noise or swearing
| along about dark. In the evening there
was singing. Sinner sang one or two
songs. There was no noise before l
went to bed. l was pretty full. but !
was able to undress and get into bed
| all right. Never knew a thing until
morning. When l walked up my wife
| was in bed with me. That's the time
| Mr.. Breen and Mr.. Bean came. / heard
| them talking to father down stairs.
Heard them tell father he would have
| to go with them"
Jacob then went on to narrate the
tale his wife told him of what hap
pened after he had gone to bed that
| night. She told him, he said, that her
! bottle was broken in the scuffie which
followed Heselton's attempt to take i'm
proper liberties with his wife, and
| which the old man resented.
After l went to bed" he said, "she
came up also, stayed a while and went
down stairs again. Heselton had gone
| and Phelps was there with father.
| When she went down he began to push
her around and tried to treat her as
| HeseltOn did. She said father got mad
and told him to go, but he wouldn't.
She did not tell me that there was any
violence. Did not tell me what time
| it was. She told me that they had an
other drink together. There was some
swearing.
THE effect of alcohol on father did
| not cause him to lose his senses. Don't
think he gets ugly when drinking He'd
get mad when drinking just as he
would sometimes if he had not been
taking anything.
Cant describe fathers jack-knife.
He got it, last Thursday Snapped
with Ches Hanson and I never saw it,
Knew the old one.
MY wife told me the trouble with
Heselton and how father put him out
through the kitchen and shed and out
| the back door"
Mrs. Mary Granger wife of Jacob. was
the next witness. For some time Mr..
Goddard endeavored to obtain some tan
| gible information from her as to the
| trOnhIa Of Sntn
absolutely in securing any sort of evil
dence. Apparently the witness was in
capable of knowing the meaning of the
| questions propOunGed to her. At all
events she gave no knowledge whatever
| OF the happenings of Saturday night al
though she asserted that she only took,
one small spoonful of liquor during the
| whole night She kept repeating that Hes
elton was botherng her at her work ana
it made the old man cross and they had
a scrimmage.
Finally Mrs. Granger was told to go.
| which she did Not a particle of evidence
of any value on any phase of the affair
was ELECTED from her. She had Phelps
| and Heselton mixed up promiscuously
and charged them both with .'bothering''
| her.
Joseph Phelps was then called. His tes-
| tmony did not vary much from the in
terview with him in Mondays Journal.
| He did, however, give a more detailed
| account of the Scuffie in which the old
man was said to have drawn his knife.
| Went to Changers about or 9 o'clock
I had been down street. where | had two
or three drinks of beer but no hard Ii
| quor. Had no liquor with me when |
| went to Grfnger's. When l got there
found Mrs ay; James: Jacob, his wife
ton before. The old man said he was his
son. They had been drinking. Mrs Day
was pretty full. Heselton was feeling
| well. The old gentleman was talking a
l mo- In hay how Io.S
| drinking hard. Young Jake not very
| drunk then. Mrs. Day staid 10 or Is min
utes after | went in. We all drank Mrs
| Granger drank pretty often She would
pick up the bottle every once in a while
| taking sup out of it. She drank oftener
than the rest of us. If she had glass
handy she'd use that; If not, she'd drink
out of the bottle.
Mr.. Heselton drank often. helped him
self. Mrs. Granger felt liquor most. AZ
ter Mrs. Day went | staid about three
bed and Mrs. Day went home the old
man got hungry. Mary got some soup.
We eat some. Heselton. the old man and
myself.
After a while the old man went to
front room where Mary was. and began
to talk about Heselton following her
about. Heselton was getting cranky then.
He told Granger that he lied and Jim
| called him a strong name and damned
him. Heselton said if he kept God damn
ing him he'd slap him.
| THE old man made push at HeSci-
ton and they clincned. Heselton got the
old man bent over the stove and hit him
two or three times on the head Jim was
bent over and he took out his jackknife
from his right-hand pants pocket and
opened it. saying:
"'Tll cut your God damned heart out.
When | saw the knife in Jim's hand
rushed in and separated them. Got Jim
into dining room and told Heselton to go
and he went out through the shed. and
didn't see him afterwards
| '.Staid Is or 20 minutes after Heselton
went and had drink with the old man.
Went up Glendon street, down State
street to Water street to Chris lunch
room. Went home by way Of Bridge
street and state street. Got home and
my wife let me In, Didn't know what
time 1t was when ! got home"
| In answer to questions by Mr.. Burleigh,
witness said Heselton made no talk after
the scufi1e. but went out Immediately af-
| ter he parted them.
| when they were fighting and / came
| between them the old man said: Let me
fget at the damned sneak and Heselton
said: Let me get at him. l am sure
about that. When he went out had no