Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-11-06
VAUDEVILLE.
SPICY HEARING
On Recent Seizure by En-
forcement Deputies
In "Park Hotel Room," Prov.
Ing to Be in Williams House.
Fields and Booth Bound Over to
September Term Of Court.

| clDdl court IOf some Tune was trlcu
Monday afternoon, when Albert Fields
and Edward Booth We're arraigned
on the complaint of the enforcement
deputy commissioners. The trial was
| the result of search and seizure Sat
urday forenoon, when Il quantity of
| iqdor was found by the deputies in Il
room which was reached by the depu-
ties in IL room which was reached by
the deputies from a corridor in the
Park hotel, but which proved to be
room L in the Williams house.
Fields was first arraigned. He plead
| ed not guilty of the charge of having
| liquor in his possession for unlawful
| sale waving hearing and trial, ANA
was sentenced to pay Il fine of 800 and
costs, or in default Of payment, 60 days
| in Jail. He appealed and furnished
bonds for appearance before the Sep
temper term of cOurt.
Booth was arraisned charged with
Ike, ping and maintaining Il liquor nUis-
ance. He pleaded not guilty and the
| trial proceeded. John f.. Nelson. Esd.
| was counsel for the enforcement dep
uties and Dana i. Foster. Esq, ap-
pearcl for the respondents. He was
|
| September court.
The ease against Booth was then
head. John T.. Collins and Deputies
| Stackp0lt, ToWnc and Pare We're
| sworn.
| John r.. Collins testified that he IS
the proprietor of the lodging house on
Main street known as the Williams
house. \ room in the house. No. l.,
| l,.t to 4 JHia1lc b.a yt.itp
| testified that Fields said when lie hire i
the room that he would take care of it.
| Ths rent on the room had not been
pale for four weeks. Witness did not
| remember Of having seen Fields about
| the room afterwards.
| Obed Stackpole. enforcement deputy,
| testified that he had a complaint
| against the Park hotel Aug. l. He
| watched The hotel. and saw Mr.. Field
| and other so up the outside stairway
and go in at 4 point which indicated
to him that the room in the Williams
| lodging house was being entered.
Deputy Towne was called to the
blackboard by Attorney Nelson, and
drew a plan of the premises. Deputy
Stackpole had watched five or six
times. A corridor passed through the
Park hotel separated by a door made
out of seven-eighths sheating.
The witness described the search and
seizure last Saturday. and descibed
the liquors found in room y. The room
contained opened boxes and barrels:
packing and excelsior We're strewn
about the room. Asked whether any
liquor was found in the Park hotel. the
witness said that liquor was being
poured out of bottle. Questioned as
to the name of the person. Attorney
Foster objected. Attorney Nelson got
at it in It slightly different way, AMI
the witness stated that the man who
poured gu the liquor was Edward
Murphy.
The witness had seen men and
women going up the back stairs. The
corridor turning to the left led to Room
u in the Williams house and to anoth-
or room.
Cross-examined by Attorney Foster.
the place.
Questioned as to n door to the COW
cred portion of the rear stairway. the
witness reiterated that there might
have been a door, but he had never
seen it closed.
"Are you sure about your evidence,
Mr. Stackpole 2"
Il never testify to anything am not
sure Of. I've been in this business too
long retorted the witness
Booth said to the witness that he had
nothing to do with it; that it belonged
to the cher house.
Mr.. Collins was recalled. He testified
that he had never seen Mr.. Field going
or coming through his part Of the
house. Witness was in the room Satur-
day for the first time since it was
rented to Mr.. Field.
Enforcement Deputy Towne said he
knew Mr. Booth and had seen him
around the place. The witness told of
the seizure of Saturday. He went
through the bar and looked down Gel
lar. Going upstairs he unlocked the
door between the Park hotel and the
Williams house. in company with Dep
uty Pare.
The witness description of the en-
trance to room T. by the deputies was
breezy. He opened the transom and
jumped up. What he saw was suffi-
GENTLY 'satisfactory' to warrant his
breaking in the door to Room T. Here
the liquor was found.
Cross-eXamined by Attorney Foster
the witness said that he could not fix
the dates when he watched the Park
hotel. but thought he had been there
half a dozen times. Witness had seen
Mr.. Booth there at night.
Questioned by the court the witness
said that the key given the court fitted
room II in the Williams house.
Deputy Pare was then called and told
of the seizure. The witness saw sawdust
and excelsior on both sides of the door
between the Park hotel and the Will
liams house. The prosecution rested its
case.
Attorney Foster moved that the pris-
oner be discharged. The court denied
the motion.
Mr. Booth testified that he was clerk
at the Park hotel and that he worked
for Eddie" Murphy. Witness testified
that he never worked after $50 p. NJ.
and was never on the street after $50
The witness had no knowledge of any
liquor for sale in Room II of the Will
li3mc houca