The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-02-06
A MOB IN MONTVILLE.
By ALLEN GOODWIN.

,r+v mOOOeu Jooopu H. Ao'oo VI Do
at Marshall Springs in Montvllle
". tnp night of September 5, 1915.
y,nr correspondent a short time ago
LAX the narrow gauge from Palermo
~ ,y,,casset for the purpose of copy
" ..,. court records of the case for
''s ...umns of The Journal. Mont
I'll. WAS then part of Lincoln coun-
Massachusetts, Liberty and Mont
wv. re a part of the Twenty Associ-
has land. Joseph H. Pierce was an
.,.r for the Proprietors. After Mont
W.. Was incorporated into town
..- IS now Liberty was then called
,utation of Montville. Upon all
+.-r lands were settlers who had
....d and and built buildings with
4nsent or purchase. Mr.. Pierce
,oarding at Marshall Springs
where Thomas Aver now lives.
Y. ..gIce notified those settlers OF
4r.e.e Plantation NOW Liberty
..t.-.eg must pay the sum of one dol
ia. a fifty cents per acre for the land
.,uuld drive them off of their pos
......-. The poor settlers protested
.u.-. lis unreasonable terms of set
-... bat fiuaII y offered to pay one
..l,r acre for the land, which was
.... am for the land, as it was in a
.. If nature, but the offer was re-
t.. \ large force of the settlers
ID become enraged against Mt.
.... decided to mob him, thinking
.-. ..Lht scare him into their terms
... ameut. They decided upon the
... September >, 1915, as the time
.,. attack upon him, and sent
.r.. man by the name of stephen
..... 10 the hotel where the man
ma. miJding, as spy to learn if Mr..
u.... MAS still there and to learn
..-. NE had his room.
I- mob dressed in disguise as In
I'D each had a small chip in his
,.. tu disguise his voice. They were
,--,I Nth guns, bayonets and swords.
n .u Ghdden acted as their leader
aa slped at the door, Mr. Spring
s->a-.td the call. On seeing an armed
tag re became alarmed and swung
FL. oor to. Benjamin Tibbetts put
ri. .u.t ia the door. They then forced
.. aay into the house, entered Mr..
..-, room, dragged him from his
n the hair of his head into the
al, where they handled him
,.- Doty Richards, who was one
PARTY, finding that they were
,... g., kill him, took up for him, say
.. Don't hurt the man, Don't kill
.r. 1..H'T KILL HIN" thereby saving
t-o.u's life.
-a, cold night and Pierce asked
.. ID allow him to 90 into the house
. r,s himself The mob told him
'.r rs never should dress unless he
.e... one to their terms of settle
... Which was that he should sell
-.. line land for one dollar per acre
mise them that lie would not
81 lrp them for their crime. He
I-... consented to their terms, but as
.,Hay he got away from them went to
q set and indicted a part of them
the grand jury. The mob de-
I'd that they would not be taken
ny the sheriff They fled to Pa
- where they hid on the shore Of
r Moose Pond at the foot of the great
.- cr, where they were fed by John
rs. They finally became tired of
04.,. Joel Clark and Doty Richards
gs Themselves up to the sheriff, but
ers fled. Some went off to sea
oo r0prs fed to Canada. Seven were
,c.-a, others turned States evidence.
.. ark and Doty Richards were the
mg no who were tried, as the others
Lad -d from justice.
The following court records give the
8ur, Of those who were indicted and
t-amuunt that was stolen from Pierce
4ue mob:
September Term of Court, 1916,
CommonWe alth against
Joel Clark and others.
'umonwealth of Massachusetts
a. Joel Clark of a place called
.Auglie Plantation without the
sga.s Of any Town but within the said
lH'y IF Lincoln, yeoman. DOty Rich
aos NJ the same place, yeoman; Will
s.a hidden of the same place, yeoman;
|6m Lewis of the same place, yeo
OAR Mark Tibbetts of same place, yeo
-sl Benjamin TlbbettS of same place,
A--4, and Stephen Branch of same
r yeoman, minor and iaborer.
a. Indictment found against them
tr Grand Jury at this present term.
|h-tNdt on the fifth day of September
'it wear, 1915, with fourse and arms
Il Ayutyille i'll the County of Lincoln
.Gr.aid in and upon one Joseph ID.
/ 'sTcr in the peace of the said Common
| @.tu then and there being felonsly
/ make an assault and one russell
/ Qgel pair of saddle bags of the value
lour dollar; two shirts of the value
sx dollars; one white cotton un-
Nalstcoat of the value of two
at,; three neck cloths of the
#t of two dollars; three pocket
/ -4aprchiefs of the value of two
us. one pair of hose of the
4 u IF seventy-fve cents; one black
F stock of the value of three dollars;
/ = rI morocco tumbler case and one
i marr OF the value of three dollars;
worry handled razor of the value of
'a,, .. alb, r.. one razor StrOn bnx and