Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-29
STATE HOUSE.
Physicians Appointed to Exam
inc Insane ConviCts.
Railroad Commissioners Held Month
ly Meeting Yesterday Forenoon.
Weymouth of Biddeford, Resigns From
Maine Legislature.

! In accordance with order passed by
the executive council on Monday au-
thorizing the Governor to appoint a
commission of two or more physicians
to examine into the sanity of certain
convicts at the State prison, Governor
Hill yesterday appointed the following
physicians: DR.. N. ]. Wedgewood OF
| Lewiston, member of the Governor
council; DIR. Il. T. Sanborn, superin-
tendent of the Maine Insane hospital
at Augusta, and DR.. A. r. Smith,
physician at the prison. The physicians
| will meet at the prison on Monday June
2, and will proceed to the examination
Of seven prisoners, as follows:
Charles Morris, Louis Boushay,
George White, John Smith, Frederic
Smith, Bradford knight and Elmer
| Maxwell. Morris was sentenced Sept.
Is, 1896. to 10 years for assault with in
tent to kill; Boushay is in for life for
murder: Maxwell has served two years
| Of an eight years sentence for man.
slaughter; Frederick Smith got a SEN
| tence of five years for burglary;
| White and John Smith have long SEN
fences hanging over them, and Brad
ford Knight was sentenced to life with
| in the past year. All of these persons
are regarded insane by the officers of
the prison, but none of them have as
yet been declared of unsound mind.
| The case of Bradford Knight is re-
markably fresh in the minds of Kenne-
bee county people; for it was in Gardi-
ncr that he shot and killed Mamie
| 4 i taI
his attentions. He was tried before
Justice WihtehOuse and his defense was
insanity. Regardless of this plea, the
| verdict was murder i'll the first degree
| and the court sustained the verdict on
| the ground that he was criminally re-
sponSible for the crime he committed.
After the commission finishes the eX-
animation a report of it's findings will
| be made to the Governor.
Recorder George l.. Emery of the
I1iddeford municipal court has resigned
from that position and Governor Hill
has accepted the resignation. Gorham
n. Weymouth of the same city has re-
signed his seat as representative to the
| legislature and is being recommended
| for recorder of the Biddeford court in
place of MI. Emery.
Hugh T.. Chaplin, ESD, of Bangor,
was il visitor at the Capitol, yesterday.
| The fish and game commissioners
have appointed Il hearing at Phillips
hotel. Phillips, at P. NJ, Friday, June
lie, on the petition of Fletcher Pope and
| 12 others. praying that it be made I'M
/ L.. f,,1 =. Ee.I, in, obi svtn
the township of Remington, except be-
| tween sunrise and sunset and that only
Is fish be allowed to any one person on
| the same day.
| The railroad commissioners, Hon. j.
| r. PeakeS, Benz. +. Chadbourne and
Parker Spofford We're in session
Wednesday and had a very busy ses-
sion They approved changes in the To-
Ca ton Of the Fish River Railroad
made decree determining the man
ncr ana conditions of crossing Royal
river, by the Portland & Brunswick
Hallway, finding that the Portland &
| Brunswick Railway shall make all
| necessary repairs, strengthening the
| same according to plans and specifica-
| tons on file, and at their own expense.
| The railway is to keep in repair that
part Of the bridge covered by their To-
cation. The town of Yarmouth is to
keep in repair all parts Of the bridge
not covered by the railway location.
| The State of Maine will not send
| rifle team to Sea Girt this year, al
| though an earnest invitation has been
| received from Governor Franklin
Murphy Of New Jersey. The governor
| is not only chief executive of the state,
but he is the president of the New Jer-
sey State Rifle Association. The fol-
| lowing is the invitations:
| State of New Jersey, Executive De-
| partmcnt:
| Trenton, May 20. 1902.
/ Hon. John f. Hill, Governor of Maine.
! Augusta, Maine.
4 Sir:-The next annual meeting of the
| New Jersey State Rifle Association in
| con junction with the National Rifle
/ Association of America, will be held on
the range of the National Guard Of New
| Jersey at Sea Girt. from August 20 to
| September 6, 1902.
| 1t would give me great pleasure to
welcome to this state a rifle team from
| the organized militia of the State of
Maine to compete for the Hilton
Trophy and for tie Interstate Trophy.
| In addition to these, championship
| trophies will also be offered for regi-
mental, squadron. troop, battery and
| company teams of the army and Ma
| tional Guard, shooting with rifle, car
bine and revolver.
The competition Of representative
teams of expert riflemen from the
| United States army. navy and marine
| corps and from the organized militia.
| of the various states will increase the
| interest in this essential part of a SOL
dier's duties, and very cordial invita-
| ton is extended through you to any