Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-04-26
WAR TO BE WAGED.
Chief Bowen Of Bangor After Alleged
Road Houses.

Bangor, Me-. April 25.-The Com
mercial says, tonight:
Two women to Jail for 60 days each,
| two given suspended sentences for the
same length of time and placed in the
custody of IL religious institution, two
more railrOaded out of town and cases
| of search and seizure and liquor nai-
sance over the 7roprietress was the
manner in which Judge Bailey disposed
of the principals arrested in the raid on
| the Serena Miles road house on the up
per end of Forest avenue. Saturday
night The men in the party were re-
leased but the police do not expect to
be obliged to take them into custody
again on a similar charge.
Prepared for the task and with blood
in his eyes. Chief Bowen started out
Essex street. Saturday night, at 10
O'Clock, having in mind the place Of
Serena Miles. where, rumor has it. dull
cares are thrown away in twinkling
of the eye and where the wine flOweth
| in abundance with a peculiar color to
| it that charms and fascinates as well
as enlivens those who partake thereof.
With the chief were Capt. Fahey, In
| spector Knaide and Patrolman Crow
Hey. They would never have been mis-
| taken for Il coaching party. There was
| no blasting of trumpetS or noise Of
any kind. The only thing to break the
stiffness of the night was the stealthy
tread of the trusty gray horse of the
patrol wagon. and even he seemingly
| entered into the plot and stepped as #
on mischief bent. Chief Bowen's horse,
| leading the charge of the blue brigade,
was also light of foot.
On the arrival at the Miles house the
blue-coats Immediately went in without
the usual fornality of a rap. 1t was
perhaps d little impolite of them to do
it, but in they went. To say that the
people Of the house weer surprised is
but stating it mildly. They were dunn
founded and knew not which way to
turn. Turning would have availed them
not however, for the chief had seen that
all avenues of escape were safely
guarded. The party unwillingly SUBJ
| mitted and took choice seats in the con-
veyances. That nothing should be left
undone, the officers searched the house
for intoxicating liquors which resulted
in the finding of two jugs of whiskey,
and several bottles of beer and ale,
which were taken along in the patrol.
When noses were counted it was found
that the party, which had been gay and
festive but a few moments before the
officers arrived, consisted of the chief
respondent Mrs. Miles and six women
and hVe men guests, all, with one eX-s
ception, belonging in Bangor.
Chief Bowen led the return with two
of the women in his team, closely fol-
lowed by the patrol packed to the limit
of its capacity and public carriage in
charge of one of the officers which had
been pressed into service.
Tie news of the arrest of the parties
saturday night brought out crowd
Monday morning that was all out of
proportion to the size of the court room.
by O'Clock the court room was filled
to overf!owing with men, young and
old. 1t was with some difficulty that a
pathway was cleared in the corridor
that the officers might get the respon-
dents from the lookup to the court
room
Immediately the usual number of in
toXicaticn cases were brought in the
crowd closed in on the doors and chok-
ed the corridor again, making a scene
such has not been witnessed in City
Hall for many months. The air in the
court room could be cut with a knife
SO heavy was it,
The cases OF intoxication were dis
posed of shortly but they were not of
enough interest to the hungry and ex-
pectant crowd bent on seeing something
out of the ordinary with perhaps a
trace of raciness to it. In this. however,
a tod for Iy,;Io
tention Of the crowd was thus taken
up, Deputy Baker quietly took the four
women to be arraigned in the clerks
room by back route and after the
disposal of the routine business Judge
Bailey retired to that room and their |
cases were heard in u star chamber ses-
sion.
All four women pleaded guilty to the |
charge preferred against them The two |
older members of the quartet were each
sentenced to 60 days in Jail from which !
they said they wished to appeal, but no |
friends appeared to furnish the bonds |
necessary for their release, their pleading
looks cutting no ice in the judicial pond |
The other members of the quartet, girls |
hardly out of their teens. had their cases |
continued for sentence at the request of |
Rev. =. II. Slke of ST. Johns Catholic |
church. who informed the court that ar |
ranGements would be made to have them
taken to the Home of the Good Shepherd |
in Portland If the sentence of the court |
was suspended. They were committed to 1
the care of Chief Bowen for few days /
while the arrangements are being made. |
The other two women of the party were /
not brought before the court but will /
make themselves scarce in the vicinity of |
Bangor TIE five men of the party were /
released, no charge being brought against !
them.
Mrs Serena Miles, the head of the |
house, was sentenced to 60 days in Jail |
and 800 fine on the search and seizure
process and held in $1,000 bail on the nuis-
ance charge. She appealed on the search |
and seizure. furnishing SEQ bonds on the |
nuiSa nee charge.
Chief Bowen says the war is on against |
this class of houses in Bangor and the
proprietors will do well to see the hand
writing on the wall and get out of busi-
ness. The chief has no sympathy for this
class of people and will leave no stone
unturned toward Kidding the city of their
presence.
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.