Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-02
Our Letter Box.
Sheriff Carleton's Defense.

To the people of Waldo county:
The Waldo County Herald has seen
fit to accuse me of a gross violation Oh
official duty 1t is due to the people OF
my county that they should promptly
know the essential facts.
Horace d. EllingwoOd on March ~.
1910 caused a writ to be issued from the
Office of Dunton & Morse against Jo-
seph P Perkins of Winterport contain
irs grave accusations IN money mat
tiers between them. The Bangor say
ings Pank was named as trustee in the
writ The writ was placed in my hands
for service.
From my long acquaintance with Mr.
Perkins | was DESTROYS of giving MIN
an opportunity to avoid publicity and
quietly settle charges affecting his in
tegrity. | met him at his house and
discussed the matter with him pleas
antly AT my suggestion Mr.. Filing
wood was called in. We parted with
an agreement to meet again. At my
request Mr. Perkins left his handbook
with me as security for the claim. to
be returned to him when we should
meet as agreed. When we met the
bank book was returned as agreed.
Thereupon Mr.. Perkins, under the
advice of his son-in-law. Mr.. Little
field, declined to further consider the
matter of settlement. A few days al
forwards | received a pleasant letter
from Mr. Littlefield explaining in detail
why he thought the charges in the writ
We're unfounded.
These gentlemen are engaged in a
that the courts have been
called upon to settle. They now have
much fcelin over it. Mr.. Hanson has
procured from Mr.. Perkins and Mr..
Lttlefeld afiidavits highly colored and
exaggerated by the feeling that grows
out of all law suits. He makes them
the basis of charges that the people of
my county will never believe.
I was invited by Mr.. Perkins to en-
ter his house. as he knew me well. l
went out to get Mr.. E,llingwood with
the consent of Mr.. Perkins. They dis
cussed their dealings in my presence in
a fair and friendly way. l suggested a
compromise through an order on his
bank deposit That demanded that he
sign the order or said or intimated that
/ would take Mr.. Perkins to Jail if he
failed to sign the order is wholly I'M
true. HIS statement IL tSiucllIS UdStu
upon the fact that in response to d
question from Mr. Ellingwood l did say
that from the admissions made by Mr..
Perkins and the circumstantial evil
dence i would feel warranted in max
ing an arrest il Mr. Ellingwood made
a complaint.
We parted with an agreement that
should hold the bank book as security
as above stated. That MIR. Littleheld
demanded the bank book the next
is wholly untrue. 1t was re-
turned as agreed. That Mr. Litlefield
shook his hand in my face, or suggest
ed blackmail. is wholly untrue. He was
to me throughout.
That there was no criminal warrant
is true There was no occasion for q |
The civil writ I had was
sufficient reason why I should be there. |
The service was made OH the Bangor
Savings Bank, trustee. on April 16. Mr.. |
Perkins was named in the writ as Jo-
seph Perkins. His full name is Joseph |
p. Perkins. A new writ was made |
against Joseph P. Perkins and new
service made on the Bank on April "a. |
The writ is returnable to the October |
when counsel 50 order.
l have done my duty in this matter
10 Mr.. Perkins kindly. fairly and hon
Drably. That he and his son-in-law, in |
order to gain some advantage in their
law suit. suit wherein Mr. Filing
wood claims to have evidence affecting
Mr.. Perkins integrity, that l have no
right to disclose. should now seek pub
lefty through the columns Of Mr.. Han
sons paper is an illustration of the ex-
-ent 20 which men will go to win IN
litigation.
So far az Mr.. Hanson is concerned
his reputation as an assassin OF char
icter IS well known. At the proper
line I shall make him answer me in a
court Of Justice.
J firmly believe that the fair minded /
people Of Waldo county will never be-
ieve that I have overstepped the rights
IF my Office in my endeavor to do my
luty to Mr.. Ellingwood, whose writ
lad for service and at the same time to
10 conduct the case as to quietly save
he good name Of Mr.. Perkins. This
privilege we officers often have. I am
of no wrong in this matter.
On the contrary l tried to do Mr.. Per-
rims kindness in the delicate situa-
ion in which he was placed by the
harges in Mr.. Ellingwoods writ