Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-12-24
A QUARREL
And 1t Was Over Other
Fellows Wife.
VIM. Bragdon, Smyrna Mills,
Bound Over to Keep Peace
On Comnlaint of 6 p na.a A.IIe..u
On Complaint Of S. p. Dean, HalIowelI.
at Dudley, Me.


Rragdon of Smyrna Mills, was brought
to Houlton. late Wednesday night, and
locked up in the county Jail. On
Wednesday afternoon, Sheriff Martin
Lawlis received word that Bragdon
| had committed a dangerous assault
upon S. P. Dean of Dudley. The sher-
| iff accordingly went after his man,
| placed him under arrest and brought
him to town in the evening. Thursday
morning, BragdOn was arraigned be-
fore Trial Justice H. NJ. Briggs
charged with assault and battery and
was defended by w. S. Lewis. Esq.
| while Hon. Don a. II. Powers con-
| Quoted the case for the State.
| 1t appears that BraslOn had been
suspicious of late. that Dean had been
| keeping company with his wife and
| angered by numerous suspicious. cOn>
| mitted the assault in question. Mr..
| Powers i'll opening the case for the
| State said that if ne thoroughly un-
derstood all the facts in the case he
| would have had the respondent ar
| raigned on the charge of assault with
intent to kill.
The first witness called for the State
was l.. w. Grant. a farmer of Smyrna
Mills. who stated that he was present
at the time of the assault and saw
| Rragdon strike Dean three times with
a large club about four feet long. On
| cross examination witness stated that
he did not know where club came
from and heard the respondent make
L.
| Oscar Elder, who was a passenger
on the train. was the second witness
called and testified that he saw both
parties seated side by side and en-
gagged in conversation but noticed
nothing out OF the way. Witness said
he saw Bragdon deal three vicious
blows about the head and shoulders
of Dean but did not see the club um.
til ii was raised to strike the irsl
blow. On being OSs-examined by
Mr.. Levin. witness said he could 70.
hear the conversation which WAS TAX
ing place between the parties. He had
heard that BraSdon was looking after
Dean and intended to assault him. MIR.
Elder said that he SAW 1raCdon about
one half hour after the assault and he
appeared excited.
Oramadel Clark was the next wit
ness called and his testimony was
nearly the same as that given by the
preceding witness. He saw Dean leave
the car first and the respondent ap-
prOach from behind and make the as
sault. He said ne heard Rragdon say
that day that he ought to shoot Dean
but thought he would club him ana
| put him in State prison.
DR. knowland was the next witness
and his testimony corresponded in
nearly every respect to that of the
other witnesses.
4 l.. W. Stevens, clerk at Tarbeil s
store. then took the stand and proved
| to be Il very interesting witness. He
testified that Bragdon was in the store
that morning. and the following crl-
versation took place. isragdon inquired
if Dean vas about the store, saying
IF | see him, I'll nix him so that he'll
never be with another wife of miEe,
and ut the same time raised his ccat
= showing a revolver in the hip pOckeI
of his trousers. Witrcss said that aftel
the assault the defendant came to the
store and told 4 clerk 10 take the revOl-
I yer as he was afraid he might shoot
| Dean In a few moments he came back
| to the store and took the revolver after
requesting one of the clerks to remove
the cartridges
! Mr., Dean, the complainant, was the
next witness. and said his home was in
Halloweil. Me-. but that he had been
engaged at Dudley for several years IN
The numbering business in connection
With ,'has. II. Milliken and the Malta
I no. Mr.
tha, he was sitting in a seat in front
Iof BragdOn and on learning that tno
latter wished to sec him. got UP and
went to the seat occupied by the oe-
fendant. The defendant wanted to
:; know when he WAS going to settle an
account that was standing between
them, hut he used 70 words to MAKE
him think that he was about to commi'
an assault.
Witness knew Mrs Bra gdon and ad-
mitted that one day. short time ago
: be came to Houlton on the same tran
q or which the lady was riding. On th.;
. o..ra sion Mr.. Dean stated that the VII.
Of the defendant told MIN that she h3o
a had trouble with her husband, pu'
! thought she was in the wrong. where
: uno, the complainant advised her u
!, return to her husband.
6 Later witness said Mrs. Bragoo'
= came 20 him and wanted some none.
with which to go to Woodstock anu
,,,+ he loaned her the money. writhls
h.r . check for the amount wanted
!, The complainant was then subjected
to a severe cross-examination by ME-
t Levin. .;.,ass
= rho prisoner was the last witness
+ called. but his evidence did not disclose
f many new facts. After closing arsu.
= ,ents bv counsel, Trial Justice Brigss
3 nrdered the complainant to keep t .nt
: neace for one year under bonds OF you
"a hound him over to the April tern