Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-24
AGAINST LIFE
Of County, Attorney Ga
zetie Makes Threats.
Gels -Four Years and LeVere
Three al ThOmastOn.
Jacques and ScanIon Each Get
Three Years for Robbery.

Henry Gazette and Fred Levere, |
who were jointly indicted and found |
guilty of robbery of a gold watch, |
chain and ring from Alexander |
Turner at Leveres house, on Willow |
street, in this city, on April 81. were |
brought into the court room, imme- |
diately after the opening of the SUI |
perior court, Monday morning, and |
We're each sentenced to serve three |
years at hard labor in the State pris T!
on at Thomaston for their crimes |
but Gazettes sentence was increased
to four years, later in the day by I,
Judge Beane, on account of the re-
spondent having made threat
against County Attorney Williamson's
life.
Judge Beane. before announcing
the sentences of the two respondents,
made the following statement: THE
only regret that | have is that Mrs.
Levere is not here. | cannot see from
all of the testimony in the case very
much difference between these three
pople. l am going to take into con-
sideration all of these conditions, and
am going to give these men what l
consider to be a very light sentence,
under the circumstances.
The greater portion Of the day,
Monday, was taken up in the trial !
of Peter Jacques and Edward K.
Scanlon, who were indicted for the
robbery of a dollar watch. mileage
book and about SIG in money from
Theodore Johnson of Portland, June
p, at WateryIlle. The respondents
were found guilty by the jury. and
were each sentenced to three years
in-sState prison.
Threatens to Fix County Attorney.
A sensation was created in the well
filled court room, Monday afternoon.
when Henry Gazette, who had been
sentenced to three years in prison 1T
hard labor by Judge Beane. at the
opening of the court, Monday morn
ing, was led into the room by Dep
uty Sheriff Marshal, shackled in
handouts, to answer to a charge of
making threats against County At
torney Joseph Williamson.
Deputy Sheriff Marshal testified
that when he had led the prisoner
and Fred Levere out of the court
room, Monday morning. after they
had been both sentenced to three
ty of robbery, Gazette said that he
had been sentenced to prison for j
term of only three years this time.
but that when he got ont again he
would fix the county attorney and
serve % years, for it, Turnkey Orrin
L. Choate of the Kennebec county Jail
story.
nd
Became if he had anything to say
about the matter, denied having made
the above statement, but said that he
stated that he would give the coun
ty attorney black eye.
Judge Beane said that he intended
to protect the court officers against
any threats which might be made
against them, and he changed the
sentence from three years to four
years.
jacques and ScanIon Case
Theodore Johnson the complainant
in the case of State VS.. Peter Jacques
and Edward r. Scanlon, charged with
robbery, June %, 1912. in Waterville.
was the first witness to testify for
the State. He stated that, June q.
he started from his home in Port
land to Bangor, by trains stopping off
at Waterviile, where he met the two
respondents in the Maine Central
Railroad station. Witness aid that
while he was in the station at Wa
tervillt Jacques and Scanlon came UP
to him and started in talking with
him in a friendly manner. He tes-
titled that the two young fellows
suggested that be should go up to q
room with them and wait for his
train, instead .offiwaiting for it at the
station, and he said he agreed to do 4
so, for he Thought the two fellows
were real friends. Witness said that
they had gone about a mile from
the station, when one of the fellows
hit him on the head with a club or a
sand bag with force enough to knocl.
him down, and then they went through
his clothing, taking about SIG in
money. a dollar watch and a mileage
book, which he had hired, from a
friend in Portland.
Witness admitted in cross examin-
alton that he could not positively
identify the watch and mileage book
that had been taken from jacques
and Scanlon as being his. but he sail
ne, was quite certain tndt iney were
the same ones.
William Il. Buck of Portland tes-
titled that the book was his mileage
book, and that it had been hired of
him by Johnson.
Clarence e. Brown. ticket brok |
err from Portland, testified that he
bought the book of Scanlon some- |
time in June, and that he later turned |
it over to the police.
Sergt. of Police Herman A. Haskell |
of Portland testified that the mileage |
book had been delivered to him by |
Brown, and he identified it as the |
same one by some marks on the |
cover.
John A. Jacques, brother to one
of the respondents, testified that he
was in Waterville, on June 81 with |
his brother and Seanlon, but he said
that he did not know anything about
the robbery.
Police Officer Butler of Waterville
testified that Johnson came to him,
on the evening of June q, and COM