Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-09-07
SUPERIOR COURT,
Alleged Liquor Dealers Ar
raigned--So Go to Jail.
Grand Jury Will Complete Its Work
Sometime Tuesday.
Number OF Divorce Eases on Docket for
This Term.
Augusta. Sent 5.


agaist whom the indictments had been
found has been apprehended. Capiases
are in the hands of the officers against
a number of alleged violaters of the
prchibitory law who could not be
found, they evidently having business
in other parts ct this particular season
of the year The following were ar
raigned, plead mot guilty and fur
nisheG su,eties for their appearance
from day to day.
Peter Bolduc Waterville, five indict-
ntents, one each for common seller.
drinking house and tipping shop and
liquor nuisance, and two single sales,
bail $500: C. G. Rancourt and Samuel
King sureties.
John Burns, Jr., Hallowell, three
cases. one each for liquor nuisance,
common seller and drinking house and
tipping shop, bail $500; Thomas Nc
Lauehlin and James Leonard sureties
Isaac Bennett, Augusta, one case
liquor nuisance. bail $500: Samuel w.
Tibbets and Amasa NJ. Bennett sure
ties.
Arl Walmon, Gardiner hotel pro-
prietor against whom three special in
dictments were returned by the grand
jury, Friday, and who passed Friday
night in Jail being unable to secure the
necessary sureties, gave bail in the
sum of $500, Saturday morning, and
Vas released. The Sureties We're Will
liam Levine of Waterville and Charles
II. Douglass Of Gardiner.
Cephas NJ Hilton, proprietor of the
Bay View hotel of Waterville was ar
rested in Madison, Saturday morning,
by deputy Sheriff Colby Getchell OF
Waterville, on an Indictment for liquor
nuisance. He was brought to Angus
ia. and late Saturday afternoon, after
the adjournment of the court. furnish
ed bonds in the sum of $500 for appear
ance from day to day before Lewis A.
Burleigh, bail commissioner The sure
ties were iCharlcs f. Horne and George
II. Rogers. i.i ! -. . f..
Joseph A. Greenwood and John A.
Brennan Of the Togus region, against
whom three indictments, one each for
common seller, liquor" nuisance and
tipping snopi were returned, were APP
Jail in default of BAIL in the sum of
$500. r" '''' tf.i l''T q
Four, Indictments, ono each FOR
common seller, Iiduof nuisance and
drinking house and tippiing shop, and
Il single sale to George Goodwin, were
found against Joseph Medley Of .Gardi-
ner, ana he too went to jail, not fir
nshinS the necessary sureties.
Three indictments, one each for
comm on seller drinking house and
titpling shop and liquor nuisance, We're
found against LOUISE IIrich of the
Togus localitY. The papers were given
to Deputy Sheriff Ames for. service,
and Mr.. .trnes Friday night. went to
the abode of Ulrich finding him i'll in
bed. Saturday morning, Mr.. Ames went
to the house and finding it locked en-
tered by way of a window. Ulrich was
found dead i'll chair, having passed
away sometime during the night from
4 cancer. Coroner j. F. Bean of Au-
gusta, was called but deemed an in
quest unnecessary. Ulrich formerly
conducted sporting camps at Togus
lake, was a member of a New York
regiment during the Civil war, was for
many years member Of the police
force in New York City, and has a son
who is a member Of the New York
Assembly.
Bondsnen for Charles II. Douglass.
proprietor Of Hotel Douglass of ,iardi-
ner. appeared at the court house. Sat
urday afternoon, after court had adj
iourned, ready to furnish bail, but us he
would be obliged to so before q bail
commissioner before he could get his
liberty, and as it would cost $45 for the
fees Of the commissioner on nine cases
against him, Douglass concluded to
remain in Jail until Tuesday. The
nail in DOUGLASS cases, $500 for each
of the nine indictments, is $500, which
is said to he the largest ever known in
the county in liquor cases.
4 sensational report appeared in a
Boston paper, Saturday, dated Water
vile, stating that. Friday afternoon,
Sheriff Ham entered hotel in Water
willie, went to the bar. bought q bottle
of liquor and then placed the bartender
under arrest. and that one of the per-
sons who was indicted in that city es
escaped in a hack from one of the
deputy sheriffs. Both reports are false.
Sheriff Ham was not away from the
court house or Jail all day Friday, and
the person whom the account stated
escaped from a hack was in court,
Friday afternoon, and gave bail for his
anrearance from day to day.
The single sales indictments against
Watervil.e men were made to the fol-
lowing persons:
Peter Bolduc-August I. two drinks
of whiskey to Richard White; August
I, one pint of whislley to Andrew
Lawrie
Joseph Ferland-August ., three
drinks of liquor to Richard White.
Vital Vigre-August S. three drinks
Of liquor to Richard White.
Joseph Huard--April Is, five drinks
of liquor to James Sterling.
Asa Murray-August Z, one drink oil
iio,ior to Richard White
Reney Burgoyne-April p, two
glasses of liquor to James Sterling.
Joseph Carriveau-April Is three
drinks Of liquor to James Sterling.
Augustus Runnells-August I. one
mint Of vhiskey to Andrew Lawrie.