Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-02
Mayhem Hassam Held For
Chelsea Shooting.
jams G. Moore Also Gets
Taste Of The Law.
Affairs In Carson neighborhood
All Fused Up.

Last night was chelsea night at
the Augusta municipal court and the
court room was occupied during the
evening by personally conducted par
ty of the citizens from that part OF
Chelsea which lies in the vicinity of
the National Home. TO some of the
party who appeared in the capacity OF
witnesses the evening was evidently
source of pleasure, but to those VINO
occupied the inner circle, 50 to speak,
and were up against the strong ana
far-reaching arm of the law, it SEEM
ed as if they had struck a spot in llfe'5
highway where the travelling was pref
ty hard.
It was not one case with which the
court had to deal but symposium
of cases although it might be said that
they all grew out of one case ana tlldt
was the Hassam- Moore affair of last
Sunday night, and which eliminated IN
Moore getting 32-callbef pullel
through his leg. This was not a very
complicated affair in Itself but IL set
the Hassam and Moore families talk
ing about one another, and when TINS
condition Of affairs develops some
| things are apt to come to the surface
which had better been left unsald rms
was what happened in the above m
| stance and it proved to be the source
| from which the several cases OF Inc
| evening had their being.
The first event on the card was the
hearing of Mayhem Hassam ON the
| charge of assault with intent to Kill
upon the person of James G. Moore
This hearing was opened in the after
| noon but before it had been carried
far an adjournment was made until
evening. a. NJ Goddard appeared for
the State, while Hassam was repre-
scented by Joseph Williamson and by
his advice entered q plea of not guilty
| When the hearing was resumed IN the
evening the court ruled that Hassam
! he held in the sum of $500 for appear
| ance at the September term of the
superior court, and he furnished the
| bond.
AS soon as the above case had been
| disposed of continuance OF the pro-
gram was guaranteed by the arrest OF
James G.. Moore on complaint OF Rach-
81 A. Hassam, who alleged that he mad
called her vile names and had threat
| ened at divers times to burn ner
| buildings Moore pleaded not guilty
to the charge but from the nature OF
the evidence submitted the court held
the man guilty and ordered him to
recognize in the sum of $500 to keep
the peace for all time, and in default
of bail to serve one year in kennebec
| Jail He was committed.
| In the course of the above hearing
some interesting developments came
out in the testimony of Mrs. Moore, the
| wife of the respondent, who claimed
| that Hassam had sold her husband five
pints of liquor two weeks ago
! Wednesday, (mcaning June 100, at q
| place called THE Twin Pines, on the
government reservation, where the
| sheriffs could not touch him. She also
claimed that Hassam had sold her hus-
band a pint Of liquor in her presence,
| and in Hassams own dooryard.
The last case Of the evening was that
| of Mrs. Cora T., Moore (nec CarSon),
who was arraigned on charge OF
| drunkenness on complaint of City Mar
shall Fletcher The woman pleaded not
guilty but some of her neighbOrs tcs-
tilted that they saw her in that con-
dition on the date alleged in the war
rant, June IS, and as She had no evil
dencc to prove that she was not drunk
| on that occasion the court imposed q
sentence Of 80 days in jail, from which
an appeal was taken and bail furnish
| ed in the sum of 5000 for appearance
at the September term of court.
| In addition to the above cases Joseph
IcCIair was arraigncd before the court
| in the afternoon on Il charge of search
and seizure He was represented by
| M. t. Sawtcllc and pleaded not guilty
but was fined 800 and costs and 60
| DAYS in Jail. with an additional SON
| tcncc of 50 days in default Of payment
| Of fine and costs.