Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-29
Governor and Council Hold
June Meeting.
Joseph D. mcOonough, Port
land, Is Granted a Pardon.
Fire Loss for Month OF NAV
Shows Increase,
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting of Governor and Council
Friday, July 20, at 10 A. m.


, nor and Council which was held Tues
day afternoon, a pardon was granted
/ TO Joseph D. McDonough of Portland.
who is serving a sentence of four
years in the State prison at Thomaston
for assault on an officer. because he is
affected with tuberculosis.
The Governor and Council also COM
muted the sentence of Albert w. Bean
of Portland, who at the May session
of the Cumberland superior court in
1909. was given five years in prison
for forgery, so that he will be released
Jan. |. 1911.
In the case of Bean. ex-Judge Enoch
Foster of Portland stated that he had
not been employed as counsel in the
matter but he had voluntarily come to
Augusta to plead for the liberation Of
the young man whom he had never
seen.
Judge Foster read letter from John
Il r Proctor, Portland real estate deal
er, whose name to a check for S14 was
forged by Bean while he tBean) Was
under the influence of liquor. in which
Mr. Foster said he hoped that paf-
+ don would be granted to Bean. Let
tiers favorinS a pardon for Bean were
also read from other Portland citizens.
Including Senator Percival r. Baxter
and Representative Edgar E. Rounds
Mrs. Smith of Portland. the mother
of Bean. testified that her son was 81
years of age and was her only sup
port
In closing Judge Foster said he
hoped that a pardon would be granted
IL. 4,
chance.
William A. Comedian of Portland
appeared as counsel for Joseph A. Nc
Donough of Portland. who is serving
q sentence of four years in the State
prison for an assault on Officer SNl-
vestsr,
Attorney Comedian argued that Nc
Donough was under the influence of
liquor at tie time of tho commission
of the crime and that he was dying
in the state prison with consumption
No one appeared in opposition to the
granting of the pardon.
Mrs. McDonough of Portland. the
mother 81 the prisoner. told the C"uh-
Gil that her son could not live very
long and she hoped that he would be
allowed to die ut home
pardon was granted McDonough
to take effect Immediately. while IN
the case of Bean the sentence was re-
duced from five years to three years
so that he will be liberated Jan. l, 1911.
G. w. Bates of New York appeared
in behalf of the pardon of his BROTHER
OR" Ebert NJ. Bates of Richmond.
who is serving d sentence of five years
in the state prison tor manSlaushtef
in causing the death of Richmond
girl by means of an illegal operation.
No one appeared in opposition to the
pardon and the matter was tabled for
executive session.
The next regular meeting OF the
Governor and Council will be held Fri
day, July %, at 10 A. NJ
From statistics secured at the OF
flee of Hon. Beecher Putnam of H'ul .
ton insurance commissioner TOR the
State of Maine and taken from the
Standard an insurance paper pun
Ijshed i'm Boston. it is learned that the
fire losses for May. 1910, were nearly
81 0000 900 heavier than for the sa'i'e
month last year. although the mum
Der of fires shows a material feuuo-
ton. There We're three HreS "ui '"S
the month on which the combined ioSS
was upwards of s3.5500o0. which ac-
counts for the increase in the month
total.
Regarding the fire loss il Maine
during the month of May it Is learhe"
that the number of fires which oc-
cured in the State during the mohtH
where the resulting loss was 5000" or
over was three, the total loss tnere
from being $115.000. In May, l9o''
the number of fires of the above Grass
which occurred was four ana the '"sS
was $4,000. a comparison of Whlch
with the loss OF May. 1910. shows an
Increase of $4,000 in the losses OF the
latter month Compared WIN the
fire loss of the State for the month Vi
April, which was $4,000. that OF the
month of May shows an increase Oh
$4,000
According to the figures given III
The Standard the total fire loss IN the
United States during the month vi
May reckoned on the 10000 basis.
was S15177O 900 while in May 1909. IL
was S14.324 900. acomparison of whlctl
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