Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-15
STATE HOUSE.
Another Attempt to Get
Pardon for Graves.
Railroad Commissioners on
woodfords Trolley Accident.
A Lobster Story With State House
Man for Hero.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council,
Friday Dec. IS, at 4 p. N,

Next Meeting Of Governor and Council.
Friday Dec. Is, at 4 p. N.
AT the meeting of the Governor and
Council, which will be held in the conn
Gil chamber at the State House. Friday
| afternoon, among other matters which
| will be brought up for consideration
| Will be a petition for the pardon of CAL
vim +. Graves, formerly of the town of
Hancock, in Hancock county. but who
| is now serving a life sentence at the
| State prison at Thoma ston, for the
| murder of game Wardens Lyman 0.
Hill and Charles Niles, Nov. 8, 1886, at
Township Sc, in Washington county.
The petition will be presented by Hon.
\ John b. Redman of Ellsworth, counsel
| for the petitioners. AS will be remem-
bered, the shooting of the wardens by
| Graves was. at the time, alleged to
have grown out of an attempt on the
part of the wardens to take a dog be-
longing to Graves, on the grounds tina.
| Graves had the animal in the woods for
| Illegal purposes. At the time of the
| shooting, Graves and a man named
James Mcfarland, were on a hunting
| trip, and We're in camp in the Fletcher
brook region. in Township Sc. where
! they were found by the wardens. and
in trent of which the shooting oc-
Cured.
! Petitions for the pardon of Graves
| have been presented to the Governor
| and Council on two previous occasions,
the last time being just two years ago.
Dec. 49, 1902. on which occasion as in the
present instance. Judge Redman ap-
| bob - ..
the first occasion of a petition being
! presented, the case came before Cover
nor Cleaves and his council, the pre-
sentation being made by Hon. A. NJ.
| Spear, now justice Of the Supreme
| court Of Maine.
| All three of the railroad commission
ers and Colonel Harrington, clerk Of
| the board, were in Portland, Wednes-
| day, in attendance at the hearing on
! the accident on the Lincoln street
| crossing of the Boston & Maine rail-
road, at Woodfords, last Friday night.
! The hearing commenced at O'Clock,
| Wednesday afternoon at the common
council room in the city building, and
| from the amount of testimony to be in
troduced. it was thought, Tuesday, that
! the hearing would occupy two days.
The commission on inland fisheries
and game will hold hearing at the
| Simpson & Sylvester store, at Etna, at
| S o'clock. Monday morning. Dec. 10. for
| the purpose of acting on a petition to
! close Etna and Parker ponds to winter
| fishing. 1t is claimed that much fish
| ing is done on these ponds, for the
market.
| According to the gossip which is 60
| ing on in the forecastle' at the State
House. which name is applied to the
small room adjoining the employees
room. certain pickerel story which
was printed in the Journal a short
time ago. has excited marked symp-
toms of rivalry between the gentleman
who is alleged to have secured four
bushels of the fish through the agency
| Of a piece of red flannel and a stout
club, and another member Of the force.
who is said to have more ups ana
| downs in life in the course of year
than any other mortal in the building.
1t is said that the latter has been
busy ever since the fish story was pub
lished, thinking over his past life, in
an endeavor to find some experience
that should eclipse that of his fisher
man friend and judging from the tale
which he confided to other ears. yes
terday morning he has succeeded.
The occasion for his telling the story
was afforded by handshake. Incl
dcntally, il might be mentioned that
he has somewhat of a reputation for
shaking hands. and seems to enjoy it.
His shake is not of the 1904 model.
which consists of raising the hand to
| about the level of ones necktie. ana
then, when the other party's hand is
grasped. imparting to both feeble Ia
| teral motion. covering an area OF per-
haps three inches. but one of those
hearty grasps. which is accompanied
by a glad to see you feeling, and
firmness Of grip that is noticeable at
first contact
| 1t was this firmness, yesterday
morning. that caused the other party
| to remark that for a man OF his years.
the State House man had some pretty
strong muscles in his fingers. This
seemed to please that Individual, for
he smiled one Of those smiles which
sometimes emanates from the good
feeling which follows a compliment
| Justly bestowed, and then said in
confidential way:
do you think SO? Why, you should
have seen me when I was a boy. had
a pretty strong grip. then, but 1t IS
nothing to that, now. Do you know,
when was a boy. and used to be down
around the seashore, l frequently went
down where they were catching lob
sters, lust for the sake Of taking them
by the claw. OF course. when would
grab hold of a claw. the lobster would
close it. and some of the big ones
would pinch pretty hard. but could
squeeze, too, and I would grip so hard
that the lobster would be obliged to
open his claw. to prevent my crushing
it. Some Of those Holsters were big
ones. weighing Is or 20 pounds, mon
sters compared with those that are
caught nowadays and But here
the story stopped. for the sound of a
bell called the narrator to another part
of the building.
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