Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-17
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Edmund Grant Gives Of
tissr Exciting Chase, !
Finally Captured red. d |! Answer |ll'ylIeI'l 10
Charge Of Pocket Pedd|lng.
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Death Of B. :. Fairbroths r..-FunsraI
OF Late Effie bodweIl.

Main street was the scene of quite an
| excitement about $50 o'clock Saturday
| evening when Get him. and Catch
| him. could be heard and men and boys
We're running in all directions The
| cause of the excitement was the es-
cape of man named Edmund Grant,
| who lives in the south part of Detroit,
| from Deputy Sheriff j. D. NJ Foster,
who attempted to arrest him for pocket
peddling near f. 0. Spauldngs mar
| ket and Park street. Before Mr.. Foster
| could get at him he ran down Main
street, through the alley beside the
Plttstield National Bank building, into
| Park street, down Mill hill and into
| the settlement known as Scotland,
where ne was overtaken by officer
Foster and a large number of follow
ers. With difficulty the handouts were
placed on him but at last he was safe
| ly taken to the lookup. This is the Sec
| ond time Mr.. Foster has arrested the
| man.
The death OF Benjamin T.. Fair
brother Il respected citizen of Pitts
| field occurred Saturday at his home
| in West Pittsfeld. Death was the re-
suit of a shock which he suffered last
January and after which he constantly
| failed. Mr.. Fairbrother was born in
Palmyra and spent nearly all his life
| in this town. His age was 10 years. Be
sides the widow, Hannah p, (Squire),
| five sons, Benjamin, of Palmyra, Ros-
| well, Eben, George and Walter of this
| town, and two daughters, Mrs. Jose
phine Gardner of Pittsfeld, and Miss
| IN iv,I1r r6n hn n vs..
lived at home and who is now at the
Lewiston City hospital for treatment,
survive. The funeral services will be
held at the nome at / o'clock this at
ternoon.
The funeral services of the late Miss
| Et1ie A. Bodwell were held at the home
of her father, Andrew ]. Bodwell, Sat
| urday, Rev. b. w. Russell of the
| Methodist church officiating. Vocal Sc
lections We're rendered by Mrs. Eva
Atwell. The bearers were f. S. Cowan,
Heman Cowan. John r. Bennett and
| Mr.. Byther Interment was at the VIII
| lage cemetery
| Miss Marion Damon, who has been
operator at the local telephone eX-
change for the past four months. fin
islled her duties Friday and on Sunday
went to Boston to visit friends. Miss
Hilda Lilly, a former operator at the
local exchange, will take the place of
| Miss Marion Damon.
Deputy United States Marshal c. b.
Haskell and family, who with Deputy
United States Marshal B. S. Smith and
Mrs. Smith and son of Portland have
been occupying a cottage at Moose
pond, returned to Pittsfield Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith and son Paul left
| Saturday for Togus, where they visited
his father, who has position there,
| until Sunday, when they returned to
their home in Portland.
| Prof. G. M. Robinson of Bates College
was in town Saturday, a guest Of Mr..
| and Mrs. William Mcneil of Cam
bridge, Mass, who are spending sew
eral weeks at the home of her mother,
Mrs. D. w. Libby.
The 12-year-old son of Mrs. Emma
Green is sick with typhoid fever at the
home of Mrs. Green's sister, Mrs. Mabel
Douglass.
Charles Coleman is confined to his
bed with rheumatism.
John erie, who is 81 years of age and
who has been quite ill at the home of
Daniel Hodgkins, is reported as being
somewhat better.
Horace Bennett, who has been spend
ing month in Bangor, returned to his
home in Palmyra Saturday.
A game of baseball was played on
M. C. /. campus Saturday between a
team made up of young Pittstie!d boys
and a team from Newport. The visiting
team won, Is to 5.
4. G.. I.ancey left Saturday for Por-
tage lake to join his family, who are
spending the month of August at Oak
Camps.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. E. Getchell and son,
Master Daniel, and Mrs. l.. NJ Robin
son, returned Friday from q two
| weeks outing at Isle of Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Shaw went to
Oakland Saturday for an over-Sunday
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Thomp-
son.
Mrs. George Pettngill went to Ken
duskeag Friday and will return the
first of this week with her household
effects. She will do light housekeeping
in tine Cathcart house.
David Clark of Corinna was in town
Saturday to attend the funeral of mis-
niece. the late Fife A. Bodwe!l.
Miss Ethel Chase of Monroe is IN
town, a guest of Miss Azubah Myrick
at the home Of H. A. Morrill,.
Mrs. Il. j. Taylor, who has been
visiting in Everett, Mass, returned
Saturday.
Leon A. Luce of Dryden is a guest
of his uncle, DR.. F. J. Taylor.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Blake of Port
land, who are enjoying vacation trip
in their touring car, were guests Fri
day and Saturday of Mr.. and Mrs
l.. l.. Libby.
Mrs Annie M. Frost is enjoying an
outing at Ocean Park.
Mrs. J. H. Crosby of Levant was In
town Saturday.
f; r. Chadwick of Augusta, who has
been visiting his brother Clyde, return
ed home Saturday.
Mrs r. B. Hillman of Unity, who
has been visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Ernest Thompson, returned home Fri
day, accompanied by Mrs. Thomp-
son.
Attorney r A. Anderson was n,