Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-03-25

Stephenson and Kenneth C.. Quincy of
Norway, for having deer illegally in pos
session, was mol pressed. 1t appeared
to the county attorney that although the
men did have six deer at the time the
complaint, and Game Warden Bassett
was justified in making the seizure. still
two of them belonged in fact to enc Ben
nett, who accompanied them from the
lake region. and that these deer were
left with Stephenson and Quincy only
temporarily and for convenience, and
that the parties were all acting in good
faith.
DIVORCES.
The following divorces were decreed,
additional to those reported last week:
Frederick A. Brooks, libelant, vs.. Almeda b.
Brooks. Cruel and abusive treatment. Custody
Of minor child to mother.
Swasey. Perkin,.
Elvie L. Taylor, nbelant. VS. John James Tay.
lor. cruel and abusive treatment.
Swasey.
Eva A. Wentworth, lbelant, va. Enoch H.
Wentworth. Gross and confirmed habits Of In
toxication.
Davis.
Auule d. J0ruan, uDelant, w. herDert IL. JOE.
dan. Cruel AMI abusive treatment. Custody Of
minor children to mother
Swasey.
Eunice II. French. lbelant. vs. David A.
French. Cruel and abusive treatment and gross
and confirmed habits Of intOxcation Custody
of daughter to mother, two sons to father.
Dyer.
Isaphine Russell, nbelant. VS.. Fred A. Rus.
sell. Cruel and abusive treatment
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Clara Hengle, lbelant, vs.. Edward S. Hcugle.
Ii. II. Hastings.
Angle Simpson. nbelant, VS.. Samuel s. P.
Simpson. Cruel and abusive treatment.
Swasey.
Willis Z. Kicker. nbelant, va. Ora Frances
Kicker. Adultery.
Eugene Hamm, libelant. VS.. Sadie d. Hamm.
Impotence.
Stearns.
Lillian s. Conley, libelant, VS.. James W. Con.
ley. Cruel and abusive treatment.
Stearns.
Hattie E. Brown. libelant. vs.. Charles E.
Brown. DesertiOn.
Stearns.
Corydon t. wyman. libelant, vs.. Lucy Wy.
man Desertion.
Stearns.
sar III N. Russell. Hbelant, vs.. Charles s. Rus.
sell. Desertion.
Herrick & Park.
Ezekiel w. Burbank. Hbelant, vs.. Abbie A.
Burbank. Desertion.
Hastings.
Lulu-Mille Nbelant. vs.. August c. Miller.
Cruel and abusive treatment and gross and con.
flrmed habits of intOxication. Custody Of chill
dren to mother.
Wright.
Annie W. Watson. libelant. vs. Lee n. Wat
son Gross and confirmed habits of intoxica-
ton. Custody Of child to mother.
Wright.
Roxanna Bean. libelant, vs.. Ira W. Bean.
Cruel and abusive treatment.
Wright.
Minnie r. Thomas, libelant. vs. Elmer +.
Thomas. Desertion. Name changed to Minnie
+. Wormell.
Wright.
Mary E. Buck. nbelant. vs. Orville G. Buck.
Cruel and abusive treatment Custody OF chill
dren to mother.
Benson, Swasey.
STATE VS.. TwITCHELL.
The only jury trial of the week, and
the only criminal trial of the term, &C.
cupied the day Wednesday, and was
given to the jury Thursday morning.
This was the case of State VS.. Theodore
NJ. Twitc,ell, indicted for the larceny of
two twenty. dollar bills from Melvin
Churchill. Twitchell is named in the
indictment as of Paris, but on the stand
he stated in answer to a question, that
"My residence is generally where Istop."
In the fall of 1901 Twitchell and
Churchill built and occupied small
hunting camp few rods from the house
of Riley McKeen in Stoneham. On
Saturday, the 2lst of December, Mr..
Churchill came to South Paris for few
days. In a small trunk in the camp, to
which each of the men had key, he
left bank book and two twenty-dollar
bills. In the middle of the Friday night
following Mr.. McKeen was reused by
the shouting of Mr.. Twitchell, who said
that the camp was / afire. Going to
the camp, Mr.. McKeen threw water on
the fire, which was in the loft of the
camp, and finally dragged out bed
which lay on the floor of the loft. This
bed was partially burned, and the floor
DSSIu6 IL was CudIICu oOhOWhoe.
After the fire was out it was found
that the stove funnel which went up
through the loft was separated at one of
the joints. During the time that Mr..
McKeen was extinguishing the fire, and
until he dragged the bed down, Mr..
Twitchell had not been upstairs at all,
but had busted himself with carrying
out the bed clothing in the bunk which
he had occupied downstairs, and other
articles from the lower room.
OF the little trunk which contained
Mr.. Churchilrs money, nothing has been
seen since, except the lock and one hinge,
which Mr.. Twitchell says he picked up
near the foot of the stairs and laid on a
shelf. One of the neigbors, Austin +.
Warren, testified that while he was at
the camp on the Sunday before the fire,
Mr.. Twitchell opened the trunk and dis
played bank book and two twenty-dol-
lar bills as his property. Another neigh
Dor, William Adams, testified that few
days before the fire he changed twenty
dollar bill for Mr.. Twitchell, and Mr..
Churchill testified that shortly before he
left the camp, Mr.. Twitchell, according
to his own statement, had in his posses
sion between thirteen and fourteen dol
lars only. The theory of the state is
that Twitchell took the money and set
the fire to cover the theft. The day
after the fire, Twitchell left the camp
and went to Norway.
No witness for the defence was put or
except Twitchell himself, the defence
resting upon his testimony together
with the suggested absurdity of a mar
setting fire to a camp worth something
like SIPS, of which he owned half, IL
order to secure forty dollars in money
Mr.. Twitchell told straight story
having an explanation for every suspi
cious circumstance. He utterly deniet
displaying the money as Mr.. Warrel
testified, and while he admitted getting
the twenty-dollar bill changed, he SAT-
lit was two or three weeks before tn
fire, and that he took the bill as part pa
for some furs which he sold, as was tes
, titled to by Mr.. Churchill. While b
had key to the trunk, he had not use
) ~ .;rce thew opaned the camp. and di