Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-19
FERMENTED APPLE JUICE
Causes Large Amount Of Discord on
Bond Brook Road Sunday Afternoon.

From the cvidtnc" which was given
IN at hearing before Judge Andre W..
al the municipal court room Monda z
evening II would seem that there was
something doing up ON the 6ond brook
road sunday afternoon which was not
exactly IN accordance with the pfoyi-
SlonS of the city ordinances, and that
me sabbath atmosphere of that partic-
ular precinct must have been disturbed
to a considerable extent
The cause of the trouble which cen
tered in that locality for period of
half an hour more or less was accord
ing 10 the testimony of some of those
who occupied the inner circle Of the
scrap, was a half pint of whiskey and
two quarts of old cider POI ton of
which was later absorbed by thos.
present. with the result that a Warlike
spirit % marked postivrness pt gan to
assert itself and when the curtain h..i
been rnng down on the final act. Placid
Gilbert. one of the participants. came
out of the Scrimmage with one eye
draped with sombre tints and one
thumb which bore the imprintS of hu-
man teeth
1t was because of these reminders OF
mans inhumanity to man that the
hearing was held last evening. Mr. Gil
bert SWore out a warrant against Pc
ter Gagne and his brother, Gideon
GagEe. for assault and battery. and in
consequence thereof Peter appeared in
court at the time specified for the
hearing. Gideon would have appeared
but for the fact that he went fishing
yesterday morning and had not return
ed at the hour of the hearing. Mr.. Gil
bert appeared az complainant and was
accompanied by a young man named
81. Pierre, who was with him at the
time that the alleged assault was
made by the Gagne brothers.
The testimony was in French and
was transmitted to the court through
the medium of an interpreter. Janitor
Bison Of the City building officiating
in that capacity. Mr.. Gilbert's testi-
mony was to the effect that he and ST.
Pierre were coming down the street
with the jug of cider and met the
Gagne brothers and the trouble was
brought about by a refusal to give the
Gagne brothers any of the contents of
the jug. 1t further leaked out that there
was some diScOrd in one Of the neigh
LOring houses. He also alleged that
while he and the younger Gagne We're
having some trouble, Peter Gagne came
into the melee. with the result that Gil
bert got the black eye. AS near as
could be learned Gilbert attributed his
chewed thumb to Gideon Gagne. Gil
berts inference was that the Gagnes
had been drinking.
Peter Gagne's testimony was a denial
Of what Gilbert had said. He said that
he did not have anything to do with the
trouble until the latter part of it. He
had been sitting by a window at his
home. and did not &C out into the street
where the trouble was until the women
in the house made him go to the assist
ance of his brother. He said that he
was entirely sober and in fact was the
only sober one in the bunch and the
trend of his testimony was an evident
intent to impress upon the court the
idt a that he had gone into the mivup
with the intention Of acting as a peace
maker.
The evidence Of both parties was not
wholly satisfactory and the court final
ly decided that in order to get at the
true inwardness Of the case it would be