Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-09-21


grand jury, which is completing It's
investigation of the alleged planting
of dynamite in Lawrence during the
mill strike, last January. Mr.. Bradford
Is u member of the state police and
was on duty in Lawrence. during the
strike.
Burglary of the mansion of j r. Nor
gan, Jr., at New York, with the ransack
ing of every room, while Morgan and his
40 servants slept through it all, Is con-
fessed, the police say, by John Berneau-
er, whom they arrested, late Friday. In
his possession were found seven watches,
medals, diamond pins and other articles
of iewelry belonging to the young ffnan-
cier. The burglary occurred, last jan
uary.
Mrs. Mary Leigh the Suffragette,
was released ION license from Mount
joy prison. Dublin, Friday, on account
of i'll health due to her refusal to eat
and having to be forcibly fed. She was
sentenced, Aug. {, to five years' i'm
prfsonnent on a charge of having
wounded John Redmond. leader of the
lrish Parliamentary party, with a
hatchet, which she threw at Premier
Asqntth's carriage during the visit of
MI. Asqnith to Dublin.
DR.. John l.. p Hughes, health Of
ficer of Mt Vernon, was killed and
Mrs Louisa S. Clement was seriously
injured in an automobile accident,
Friday night, near New Rochelle N.
Y. Mrs. Clement, who is the daughter
of the late Nicholas Sans Souci of
North Adams, Mass, has lived at New
Ia fot
a patient of DR.. Hughes. He was con-
veying her to her home in New
Rochelle, after her visit to his office
in Mt. Vernon, when the automobile
struck a rock and skidded. throwing
out both occupants
Robert Donaldson, assistant super
intendent of navigation of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Co. and Henry Gal
lagher, United States customs inspec-
tor, were arrested, Friday night, at
San Francisco, after indictments had
been returned against them by a fed
Ell al grand jury charging completely In
an opium smuggling conspiracy, in
which, it is said, many other men are
implicated. The indictments were
based on testimony of David Powers
and Emil Fielder, who were arrested
in Oakland. Dec. 81, 1911, with several
hundred tins of contraband opium in
their possession.
On motion of Attorney General
Cosson of Iowa, Judge Woodruff in
the district court at Council Bluffs,
Ia. Friday. ordered dismissed the u
indictments against 10 men charged
with completely in the Babray
swindles in connection with fake
sporting events, several years ago.
One of these indictments was against
John c. Mabray and another against
b. f. Marks, a well-known sporting
man of Council Bluffs. The attorney
general said that in view of the diff
ficulty in bringing witnesses to tes-
tify and the failure to convict Marks.
last winter it was useless to carry
the cases further.
Sir Edward Carson. Friday. continued
his campaign in Ulster county, Ireland.
against home rule for Ireland He was
the recipient of a remarkable ovation
there. Sir Edward, addressing meeting.
Friday night. said the covenant which
all the Ulster Unionists would sign Sept.
2S pledging themselves to stand together
Sin defending our cherished equality of
citizenship in the United Kingdom ana
in using all means which may be found
necessary to defeat the present conspira-
cy to set up home rule in Ireland" had
disappointed the Radicals because of its
moderation A resolution of adherence to
the covenant was carried by acclama-
tion.
Part of the $2720o0 loot robbers got
from the Bank of Montreal at New
Westminster, b. c., has been recovered
by Chicago police. according to an ad
mission, Friday. by Assistant Chief of
Police Scheuttler. How much of the
money was found. he refused to say, but
he intimated the amount would run into
the thousands. 1t was said that the
money was in Canadian bills of large de-
nomination He expressed the belief that
the robbers were still hiding in Chicago.
1t is believed that the loot of the Cana
dian bank robbery was hidden by two
men who escaped after they had beaten
police lieutenant into Inconsistencies
when he attempted to arrest them single
handed a.s