The Republican journal., 1910-09-08

type. machinery, etc. was said to be
the property Of member of the man
ayers family, and was later sold out
piece meal by Hanson. The press, which
was under attachment for coal bill,
was sold to parties in Waterville and
shipped there, regardless Of the attach
ment. Sheriff Norton went to Water
Vile and collected the amount of the coal
bill and costs from the parties who
bought the press and the matter was
allowed to drop there. The stockholders
and credit RS of the Cream Publishing
Co. received nothing.
In 1902 Hanson went into bankruptcy
in this city, with liabilities of between
SIG, 900 and $17, 200, and with assets that
realized only sufficient to pay the claim
of the tax collector and the fees of the
trustee and referee: The assets includ-
ed ''One' gold filled watch, one share in
the Name Coast Club, petit Manan)
and one share in Eastern Importing and
Breeding Co." The watch sold at auc-
ton, May IA, 1902, for 81, the Maine
Coast Club share for SIS, and the Belgian
hare share for 81. His discharge from
bankruptcy at that time relieved Han
son from the payment of note for
$1,000 for money obtained from the
Searsport National Bank, and his en-
dorsers are now called upon to pay it.
In 1905, after thorough investigation
a fraud order was issued by the Post Of
flee Department against the Nutriola Co.
of Chicago of which E. F. Hanson was
manager. In review of the case the
Assistant Attorney General for the Post
Office Department said: "Much of the
literature used by Hanson in promoting
this scheme was obscene and indecent
and for wrongfully mailing such matter
he was indicted, convicted and sentenced
to pay fine of SIS, 900 and to imprison-
ment for term of one year. The case
was tried before jury and Hanson was
defended by the ablest lawyers money
could secure. He appealed and was
finally granted new trial, and there the
case stands today. An official of the
Department of Justice in Washington,
with the record of this case before him,
said to the writer that it was one of the
worst cases of the kind they had ever
had before the Department.
And this is the man who accuses some
of the best known and most respected
officials and citizens of this city and
county Of grating and dishonest practi-
ces! Not content with his unwarranted
attacks upon individuals he has done,
and is doing, his utmost to injure the ]
community as whole. He has repeat
eddy declared through his newspaper
organ that there is no market in Belfast
for what producers have to sell and that
they can buy cheaper elsewhere. He
has published with approval the state
ment of correspondent that people
who come to Belfast to trade are sure to
be cheated. He has threatened to bring
outsiders here to do business in COMPETE
ton with local concerns, and in one in
stance has dore SO. 1t is not merely
crusade against individuals, but against
the business interests Of Belfast, the
evil effects of which have already been
felt; and those who contribute, directly
or indirectly, to the maintenance Of this
vehicle of defamation and destruction
are not only aiding in the war against
their fellow citizens but must suffer
themselves in the general disaster it is
seeking to bring about.