Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-05-14
POLICE COURT.
Walter Mills Quits the
City by Request.
Shoe Shining ParIors Were Too
Popular With Fair Sex.
Other Matters Made Busy Session for
Judge Andrews Saturday.

AS the result of Il raid on the shoe
shining parlurs of Walter Mills. color
Cd, on upper Water street Friday night.
by Deputy Marshal Parmcnter and
Night officer Colgan, Mills, Cassie
sherman and John Souchcrcau. a Span
ish war veteran from the National
Home, were before the municipal court
Saturday morning, Mills being arraign-
cd on the charge of keeping a house
Of i'll fame.
The arrest was made at the instance
of city Marshal Donovan. i'll response
to complaints which had been mad. to
the effect that things were not be
ing conducted at Mills place as they
should be in a respectable neighbour
hood, and also from his own obGcrya-
ton. He according caused the officers
who made the arrest to watch the
place. and on the night above men
toned they saw the man Souchcreau
ana the sherman Sirl so in. After wait
ing about IL minutes the officers enter
cd the chop and on going to the bed
room 1T the rear of the room saw
enough to warrant them in taking the
trio iIito custody.
~ hearing Saturday morning Mills
was represented hy Frank g. Earring
ton and entered i plea of not guilty.
nut from the testimony of the mar
Shhl and his subordinatcs the court
found probable cause. to hold Mills in
the sum of 5000 for the September term
81 inc superior court. AS Mills prom
is"d to get out of The town ana out of
ht.
and to keep out, it is probable that the
case against him will not come before
the higher tribunal. Souchcrcau was
allowed to 80. ana the Sherman girl
also, she being allowed her freedom on
condition that she should leave the city
Saturday and stay away. 1t was her
second appearance before the court
within n short time. as she was taken
in with the bunch that was captured at
the time Of the Dam House" raid.
Two other cases were heard in the
morning, one of them being that of an.
other member Of tho gang Of youthful
burglars who made the recent break at
the StOr" of Herbert Fairfield and at
the Williams Grammar school guild
ing. Elc vas held i'm the sum of 500
for tn" September term Of court as
were his compa nions who were UP be-
fore the court Friday morning, and
was released on furnishing the sccuri-
ties
Later in the forenoon the marshal ana
the deputy marshal. in response to a
telephone message that there were
|<"ihc suspicious looking characters
about barn out on Western avenue.
made trip to the locality mentioned
and gathered in four young mon who
had establish. headquarters in the
barn and tn1"I them i'm the
station. They gay" their names as
AShi"'d =. ,'Hh":uu nf Portland Ed
ward j. Gal"nt. George Byru and Fred
Lambert Of Lawrence. Mas $. The men
came in on a freight Wednesday night,
and under The guidance Of SAMPSON.
wh" formerly belonged in Augusta.
sought ont The barn ana gained an en-
trance. They had Il novel way of get
ting in ana out, which was arranged by
l""S"niu% two boards about ten feet
from the ground and leaving them
hanging at the top s" that thcy could
he swung to one side. From that
point to tn" ground they had a rome
ladder mad" by tvine knots IN a piece
Of double rope. When they We're Eat
home" the ladder was pulled ,;n and
Y" on" would notice that there was
anything unusual in the swinging
boards.
IN" men W"r" arraiEncd before Judge
Andrews in Tn" afternoon. on the
chHrE" of forcing an entrance 10 the
barn ana occupying it without the con
%"nt OF IN" owner. and they were fined