Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-24

that he had lived in that town for 36
years and has held the position of tax
collector and constable for the past
nine years. Witness had never heard
4 ally complaint of Mr. Tuttle's breaking
any law. Witness was asked on cross
examination if he was bondsman OF
the respondent and he replied mat he
was not. The case went to the jury at
Has.
| The default was ordered stricken off
in the case of illegal keeping against
peter Menetris. appealed from the Wa
tervlle municipal court. and the case
was assigned for trial at the END or
thp criminal docket. Dana p. Foster of
| Waterviilc appeared for the respon-
| dent.
The next case to be tried was that
OF state VS. Gideon Pond OF Cheisea' an
|appealed case OF illegal sale nom the
Augusta municipal court. Hon. ollFer
| p Clason of Gardiner appeared as
counsel for the respondent ara the case
went on trial before the second curry.
John Barrieau of WaterNlne ana ~
Frank Moore of Augusta were email
| lereed bv the state and their places
on the panel We're taken ny w. a.
| Gibbs of Oakland and George W. Syl-
ves,er ci Augusta Mr.. sylvester was
appointed foreman in place 81 SIT.
| Moore.
| Deputy Sheriff Frank j. Ham OF Au-
gusta testified that on Oct. 20 III COLL
panv with Coroner Henry w. RUNNER
| of Augusta he was called TO iIl\eSti-
gate a case of death in the Peahody
house in Chelsea and while thus en-
| gagged his attention was called TO the
Pond house. Witness visited the house
and saw Mrs. Pond apparently at
tempting to conceal whiskey in bed.
He took three bottles which he found
under the mattress there and also a
pint bottle of rum, which he found be
hind the chimney. There were also
several empty bottles in closet. Wit
ness discovered soldier lying on a
cot in one of the rooms, who appeared
| to be in the last stages OF dellrlum
! tremenS.
Witness on croSS-examination testl-
| fed that when the autopsy was per-
formed upon the dead man VINO was
found at the Peabody house he was
told that il he didn't go to the Pond
house and look after another soldier,
vino was there he might have chance
to perform another autopsy witness
visited the Pond house in company
with Coroner Plummer and Alden Mo-
rang, one of the selectmen Of Chelsea.
MIR. Pond was in a bed room down
stairs when lie entered. Didn't think
he was intoxicated.
Coroner Henry w. Plummer Of Au-
q
pond house in company with Deputy
Sheriff Ham on Oct. 25 last. 1t was
about dark when they arrived at the
house. Witness was told that the POND
house was pretty bad place ofh-
GERS at the National Home told witness
that there was soldier nearly II not
ouita dead at the Pond house. Witness
found when he arrived at the POND
house that the man was alive and that
ended his official duties there. MI.
Pond was in bed, very drunk. Witness
worked under the direction OF MI.
Ham in searching the house. Witness
fonnd three bottles that had liquor III
them.
The respondent Gideon Pond, was
nlaced on the stand at the opening of the
afternoon session. Pond testified that
the soldier who was found at his house
by the officers came there to boaro anu
had stopped there three days when found
by the officers. When witness returned
home to supper on the day of the search'
Oct %, the soldier, whose name was W.
den, sat at the supper table and ate sup
per and appeared to be all right lie
went away early the next morning beIore
| he was up.
Witness was upstairs in the front room
asleep when the officers came. Wlthess
| had no bottles in his room except DOT
| tie partly full of vinegar. lie dld not
| know that there was any liquor In the
| house. Had never sold any liquor either
] bv pocket peddling or in any other way
nor had his wife, so far as he knew. L ne
empty bottles found in his house had peeh
picked up to sell to a junk peddler. Wit
| ness was accustomed to PICK them up
along the track when he worked at To-
gus.
| RESPONDENTS place had been searched
three years ago when he was not at
home, but he had never been convicted OF
| liquor selling or any other offence Ike
| spondent was day laborer and worked
| every day in the week for Mr.. Kicker.
| His wife was a Swede, who spoke but
very little English. Respondent on cross
| examination denied that the officers took
a bottle of whiskey from under his bed.
He did not know that his wife had pur-
chased liquor at Randolph that day.
Orren Kicker of Chelsea, farmer and
keeper of the Chelsea liquor agency, was
the next witness called. He had known
| the respondent for several years. Inc
respondent had worked at the Natiohal
| Home and for the witness. The wl1e OIL
the respondent took in washing ana was
| a Woodworking woman. witness hau
never seen Ogden. the soldier VINO sup
ped at the Pond home, drunk. aithoush
he had heard that he got drunk some
times. Witness considered Pond an nom
est man and good citizen and never knew
of his selling liquor. Witness had bought
bottles of both Pond and Ogden and from
n number of soldiers as well. witness
paid Pond 81 per day and his dinner
! while he was working for him. Witness
was outside the Pond house at the time