Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-03
BOUND OVER.
Paul Lambert Denies Be-
ing Madison Burglar.
But He Is Held in $500 Bail for
Next Session Of Grand Jury.
Seen in Town, Day of BursIary-stout.
ly Denies Guilt.

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raul Lambert of Waterville. son of Pc
yer Lambert of that city. was brought
mere thursday morning. by Deputy
sheriff Charles f. Duren on :, warrant
charging him with the break AZ the
station of the Somerset Railway at
-hdoison, Friday 81 last week. Lambert
was given a hearing before Judge
i'acn"ldei. Thursday after noon. and
thousn both the court and the county
attorney considered the evidence ir-
Suficient to warrant a conviction.
there Wc"e circumstances of a suspi-
clouS nature to warrant holding thc
respondent for the December term of
th"s ulr"me court. He was held in the
sum OF $500 for his appearance before
IN" grand jury.
The complaint was signed by Ebcn
q. Emerson. the agent of the American
Express 60. 1t charged the breaking
ami entering of the station in the night
time ana the larceny Of Il revolver. the
pi ope:ty % The company. The respond
tnt was represented by F. w. Clair
Esq. of Watervillr. He pleaded not
guilty
The facts as disclosed by the evil
dence We're that Il revolver. with belt
and holster, was left in the ticket Of
fee 1t the Madison station, last Fri
day night. The next morning the re-
volvcr was gone, the belt and holster
being left. The window of the ladies'
waiting room WAS unlocked and the
TN. 1,t
ticket office broken and pushed up The
money drawer had been forced open
and l. cents. all that it contained.
taken.
Friday afternoon, Lambert and an
other man We're seen at the station
after the arrival of the up train. or
about $50. by the baggagemaster. They
We're there again about 5 o'clock, when
the baggaeemaSter went in to nil the
lamps and one of the men, not Lam
bert. followed him into the ticket Of
fee. making some passing remark
aLout it being fine office. He could
see the reVCiNtr in a chair. The bag
@agelnastrr thought nothing strange
of it. and his suspicious We're not
aroused.
That night Lambert and cOmpan-
ion asked for lodging some four miles
below Norridgewock. bur were refused,
end finally silent in "A schoOlhOuse. The
next morning they took the train at
Sawtolle's Siding and went TO Water
vile, LanIbert's companion paid the
fares of both from the siding to Oak
land, ANA from Oakland to Watcrville.
Reaching Wut.rvillc. they got of the
ran on the west side. opposite tn"
depot. 1t appeared. however. that
Lambert lived i'll that direction and
that would be Il direct route for him TO
20 home. When they alighted, Cephas
Nj. Hilton of Madison. who came down
on the same train with them noticed
4 revolver i'll the hip pocket of Lam
herts companion. He was unable to de-
scribe it. otherwise than to state that
il had Il dark handle.
Lanbert's story as told to the off
GERS is that h. went to Madison 70 gel
work. but found the pulp mill locked
and he walked TO Norridgewock thH.
night. He said he did not know tht
man with him, had never seen him be-
fore. and left him as soon as they got
70 Wateryille Knew nothing whatever
about the burglary.
The officers have a grave suspicion
FRAT the man with Lambert was Mil
ford York one of the recently escaped
prisoners from the SkOwhegan Jail. 1t
is known that York has been around
Fairfield and Watervilie. but so far tn"
officers have been unable to lay hands
on him. A description of the man with
Lambert talles closely with that OF
York.
Lambert is in jail. pending the pro-
c,lrrment of Il bond.