The independent-reporter., 1910-01-06
GRAND JURY FINDS
INDICTMENTS
First Sentence to Labor
In County Jail.
Buzzell sent To state Insane Asylum 10
Await March Term.

Ivory Buzzell who was arrested
December H. 1909. on a charge Of
numbering his father. John Buzzell In
East Skowhegan, was indicted Friday
by the grand jury Of the Somerset
Supreme court. The case will not be
tried during this term of court su-
preme Court Justice Whitehouse or
dered that Buzzell be taken to the
State Insane Asylum in Augusta TO
March term of court.
1t is anticipated by many that Buz-
zell will be declared mentally de-
ranged. Judging from what is known
of the facts of the murder and OF the
character of the man as shown by
the little that is known of his rather.
secluded past life it appears that this
forecast is logical; yet it remains
for experts to determine whether
Buzzell murdered his father because
he was crazy, or is crazy because he
murdered his father, or is and Was
of sound mind.
Others are of the opinion that the
respondent is sane, and should be at
once tried and sentenced that il is
a mistake to delay his trial by send
ing him to the State Asylum until the
March term. However. if Buzzell is
sane, no miscarriage of justice can
result from his being examined at
Augusta. for If the experts there find
him of sound mind a plea of insanity
in the trial at the March term would
be absurd; while, on the other hand,
If ii is declared that the State Asylum
is the proper place for him. he can
be recommitted there forthwith
Other criminal indictments returned
by the grand jury were as follows;
State VS.. Michael Welch, Livermore,
larceny; State vs.. John Krozorsky,
Anson, larceny; Daniel McAllister.
Sydney, larceny; Sylvest Talbot, vio-
lation of the game law; Frank Will
liams, lockwood, single sale; Napo-
leon Bernier, Jackman, common sell
er; Theodore Pooler Jaekman. nuis-
ance, common seller and single sale;
William Swinski, Fairfield, nuisance;
Clifford Blair, Jackman, single sale;
Joseph Paradis, Long Pond. nuisance
and common seller; George T. Me-
serve, Madison. nuisance.
The first man ever to receive SEN
tence to labor in the county Jail here
is Michael Welch, who was given
sentence Friday for larceny TO serve
four months The work house con-
nected with the county Jail here is
new institution recently completed.
The work at present will be saving
wood
Daniel McAllister was arraigned be-
fore the court Friday afternoon on an
indictment of larceny. He pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to five
months in the county Jail at hard lab
or. McAllister is now serving a SEN
tence of sixty days on a similar Of
fence and has about 80 days nnre to
serve Oh this sentence. McAllister
was arrested about a month ago OH
the charge of stealing chickens from
parties in Athens.
John Krozorsky pleaded guilty TO
an indictment of larceny. He was
sentenced to so days in Jail. Krozor-
sky was indicted for stealing money
to the amount of $40 from one Col
Inns.
Joseph Paradis was arraigned Fri
day afternoon before the court OF the
charge OF nuisance. He pleaded
guilty and later was sentenced to
serve 60 days in the county Jail and
fined $4,000. In default of paf-
ment he was given 20 days more
The case of Walton & Walton, at
torneys, vs. Hill heirs, which was put
on the trial list for Saturday, was
settled out of court 1t is under
stood that the defendants made the
plaintiffs an offer which is little less
than the amount decided upon by the
auditor, which was $5.505.99.
The jury returned verdict for the
plaintiff in Ne case of Harvey VS. the
North Anson Lumber Co, to the
amount OF $354.99.