Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-06
RICHARDSON is REMOVED
BY A PARTISAN VOTE.
Continued from Page one.)

biit NRAiilS titlpiiiS toStlilSIs
who had not been on friendly terms,
mcnt of the law.
THE county attorney say an OPP
portunity in this conference to bring
1.-THE sheriff into his tolls. He cut a
hole betwixt his neighbours office and
his own in furtherance of his plan
and subjected the business of his own
clients and his neighbours clients to
eavesdroppers and had it guarded by
Ed Emery.
/ "The sheriff ON Feb. 2S, absolutely
unsuspecting of any wrong and con-
templating no wrong, came to see
this Asa He didn't use the hole
that he had cut in his neighbor's
wall. He evidently thought that it
was hearing and not seeing that he
wanted. His gang of assistants were
placed in the cellar and. with their
ears pressed against the hot air pipe
and have told what they thought they
heard.
IF what this county attorney tells
YOU is true of what took place he is
infamous, If false, he is Infinitely
more infamous. Compare the sheriff 5
testimony with that of the county at
torney, is there anything in his testi-
money that discredits him? What
took place in the room was told by
the county attorney to be ratified by
| the three men in the cellar.
THE county attorney says that in
| this interview the sheriff wanted t.
buy him and he consented to sell
himself. The terms We're to be $50
a week and a division of spells in the
beach season. If with Ito cases the
county attorney could only land five
of them if Jail and three of them
pleaded guilty, why would the sheriff
| If he were corrupt as hell itself, want
to buy him? Yet that is what he said
the sheriff wanted to buy him for. To
/ keep liquor sellers out of Jail
'The sheriff said frankly he had
heard the rumor that he had been
paid $50 week. Here was the low
voiced sheriff talking in the room
above ard here was the county attor
| nev speaking loudly of $50 week and
the profits of the Beach season.
What did the witness in the cellar
hear against the hot air pipes thai
were carrying the sound upwards NOT
downwards? They don't agree as to
what they heard. But they do agree
that before the act took place they
rehearsed it, that after the hearing
they compared notes as to what they
heard.
Roberts, who was not aetuated by
the same motive as the other listen
ers. says that the list was in the
hands of the county attorney. this
horrible list, that was destroyed for
eyer. was in the hands OF the county
attorney and was read by him to tho
sheriff
Take The other visit. that of March
s. Did the sheriff go in pursuance oi
a wicked agreement or for the hon
est purpose tltat he said he did. Ed
Emery kneeling on the ground crawl
ing. In the neighhoring room. seeks
to aid i'll the destruction of the char
acter Of his uncle He tells what lie
SIM through the hole in lowered pos
ture with his head enveloped in 4
coat He swears he couldn't hear
sheriff Emery but he could reach his
hand upon The Old mans gray head.
yet he could seq what happened. If
l26 Emery couldn't hear the old mans
voice there do YOU believe he could
hear him down cellar?
The first time that Ed Emery saw
the crisp s. bills they were in the
hands of the county attorney and
were never in the hands of the sheriff
Deal with this old man as YOU
would deal with your father or broth
er under like circumstances.
Atty. General Closes.
enng fer the State declared that this
was one of the most important and
solemn occasions in the history OF the
Legislature and urged them to main
tain calm judicial attitude towards
the proceedings in this case and the
other which was to follow.
Under the provisions of the con-
sutution of Maine there is no need of
recall Yet this clause in the con
stitution orders YOU to approach the
matter with the care of jurors and
the dignity of judges
You may assume that the duty
am performing today is not an agree
able one. / know that in the present
state of public feeling in Maine ii is
impossible to conceive that anyone in
politics in Maine can divorce his mind
from that view of the situation long
CROUCH 10 give this case proper at
tention. | will be accused in some
quarters of doing less than my duty.
and by others of doing more than my
duty. / know that the organization
by whom this case was originally
started will give me but little credit
for what | may do.
You are not trying County Attor-
ncy Richardson now but YOU will be
later, Whether he did his duty as
an officer of York county or whether
he entered into corrupt arrange
ment with one White, an Old orchard
liquor seller, is not in the charter un-
der which yon toll today
THE issue is not whether Sheriff
Emery properly enforced the law in
your county. The two charges in the
resolve are the only things before
you now, the attempt to bride the
county attorney on February % and
ON March of accomplishing the task,
Sc far as he was concerned
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