Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-10

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lingwood's store and on the street and
have always spoken with him when
have met him. He frequently passed
my house with Mr.. Ellingwood's team
hauling goods while working for him.
| lived about two miles from Filing
woods Corner. / was chairman OF the
board of selectmen of Winterport for
four years before coming to. Belfast
and in that capacity knew every man
in town and l think every man knew
me.
Mr.. Perkins statement that did not
go out of his house to get Mr.. Filing
wood but that Mr.. Ellingwood came IN
while | was present and some ~ MIN
utes after my arrival is not true. l
left Mr.. Perkins house to get Mr.. Ell
lingwood with Mr.. Perkins knowledge
and consent. Mr.. E1lingwood lived less
than 20 rods away. He came back with
me and we entered Mr.. Perkins house
together.
The facts contained in my first state
ment are true. The statements in Mr.
Perkins affidavits wherein he contra
diets mine are not true.
Mr.. Harmon says that my statement
IndJ / Uclu Tic Uduh OOOh oo oCSoAAIy
is nonsense, because NO one could
draw the money except Mr.. Perkins or
on his order" He fails to note that
for that reason it would be useless to
me for any other purpose. because
neither l or Mr.. Ellingwood could draw
the money He either overlooks that
fact in his blind anxiety to convict me
of wrong, or else he undertakes the in
telligence Of his readers. Mr.. Perkins
himself could not draw the money from
the bank without the bank book. l
held the book as security that he would
not draw the money and get it out of
reach Of the trustee writ which l had
in my pocket. The writ was served on
the Bangor Savings Bank before Mr..
Ellingwood and l returned the next
morning. and then returned the bank
book according to agreement as set
forth in my first statement.
Mr.. Hanson says that the writ ]
had was worthless because of the
omission of the middle initial in Mr..
Perkin' name. Mr.. Hanson must have
known better. The able lawyer whom
Perkins name. Mr.. Hanson must have
told him that the omission of the mid
Of criminal indictment does not in
validate it. The writ was good against
Joseph P. Perkins and was sufficient
warrant for my presence there.
He further says that the date of
the writ cuts no special figure and
that writ can be dated hack. He
ignores. purposely or otherwise. the
date of the officers return of service
that 4 writ can be dated back. He
which is April 18th, 1910. Mr.. Hanson
went to Hampden. where Mr.. Per-
kins now is. to get this new affidavit
written in Mr.. Hanson's own melo-
dramatic, dime novel style, and If he
had hal any desire to know when the
writ was served on the bank he could
easily have taken an electric car and
gone to the bank where he would have
learned.
Somewhere In Mr.. Hansons state
m"nts he says that MIR. Perkins has
not worked for Mr.. Ellingwood for
several years. This statement is not
true. Mr.. Perkins worked for Mr..
El,inswood one year on salary and
aftcrward whenever Mr.. Ellingwcod
needed him. until sometime in the
spring of 1909.
Mr.. Hanson complains that l did rot
swear to my statement and claims that
l did not dare to do so. The good
lawyer whom he consulted might have
told him if he did. that an oath to
statement made only for newspaper
publication, is not under any circum-
stances perjury and is not punish
able as such. A man who can not
tell the truth without taking a use
less OATH will not tell it with one
However. to satisfy Mr.. Hanson's
scruples will swear to this statement
and also that my former statement is
true
AMOS F. CARLETON.
Belfast, September 8th, 1910.
WALDO, SS.
Personally appeared Amos
F. Carleton and made oath to the
truth of the above affidavit and also
that the former statement by him
signed and printed in the Republican
Journal of Sept. 1st and on Sept sth