Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-21

| De Blois, lad Is years of age, was
the first witness called. He testified
| that he and his father and Mr.. Hall
| were walking along the street, his
! father somewhat ahead. and all be-
| ing on their way to the boys grand
| fathers. His father asked witness TO
send his clothes down to his grand
fathers. adding, TN fix YOU if You
don't" Mr.. Hall replied, You won't
do any such thing Then. witness
said, his father lifted his hand, it
wasn't doubled up, and Mr.. Hall struck
his father, knocking him down. He
fell with Hall on top of him and aft
erwards Hall handeuffed him. taking
him to the lookup. His father had a
bad black eye when he got home.
Witness on cross examination said
that he did not know whether Hall
had brought his father home or not
on the forenoon of the day of the
arrest. Witness admitted that late in
the afternoon he went to the hotel to
get Mr.. Hall to go to the house and
quiet his father, who was calling his
mother names.
Thomas De Blois the plaintiff, tes-
tilted that he lived on Bowdoin street,
Winthrop. and was usually called
Tom Blueberry'. had lived in Win
throp u years, was As years of age
and weighed 40 pounds. Was en-
ployed in cutting eordwood in the
winter.
Plaintiff could not remember any
thing after he went out on the street
Dec. "a, until Mr.. Hall struck him.
When he tried to get up, Mr.. Hall said
to him, I'll kill youi'' Hall put the
handouts on him and took him to the
lookup. His head felt pretty dizzy
but he was able to walk. Hall put
him in the cell and locked him ap.
His eye was bleeding but the officer
did not attempt to wipe the blood off
his face. Later Hall came to the
lookup with a Polander and locked him
in the other cell
What did Hall do about fire when
he came back?9 asked Atty. Garlic
ton.
Somebody that was with him built
up fire. l told 'em not To-. l was
scared to get burned out"
What happened after they went
out?'
ABOUT ~ . CLOCK the SloNt pt5Nh
to smoke until the room got full. We
hollered all we could and when we
couldn't make anybody hear and the
smoke kept getting worse, we covered
our heads with blankets and laid down.
Bye and bye somebody came to the
window and hollered and Mr.. Thomp-
son came and opened the windows and
doors and let the smoke out and we
stayed until morning"
Plaintiff testified that after he got
out he saw DR.. Taggart three times
about his eye. Was laid up about 10
days by the injury to his eye. Had
been earning 50 day ehopping cord
wood in the woods. Went to work
after that but did not feel we'll Had
a bad cough almost all winter. Never
| had a cough before he got the smoke
on his lungs
Plaintiff on cross examination adj
| mitted that he had water to wash his
| face in the cell Did not know who
| brought ii to him. Did not remember
| being in a fruit store and wanting to
| fight his son-in-law in the forenoon
before he was arrested. Did not think
the fire in the lookup was started I'M
| III diltI tAt Oidiioti NdiiiS' iIi'tAA
| see anyone build the fire. Remem-
bered there was difficulty about the
lock to the cell when 1.-The Polander
was brought in.
Were you afraid the building was
going to burn up?" asked Atty. VIII
hanson.
Afraid to "Burn Up in Smoke"
Il was afraid to burn up in the
| smoke"
The next witness called was Angus
tus Thompson, constable of the town
of Winthrop. Mr.. Hall asked witness
To go over to the lookup to see If he
could unlock the cell lock. Was al
the lookup then but very few minutes
Was called again to the lookup al
12.15 in the morning by the report
that it was on fire. Found the room
full Of smoke. when ! unlocked the
front door it rolled right through
said the witness THE smoke was
so dense | could stay but a few min
utes at first. | found Blueberry in his
cell lying on the floor with a quilt
over his head"
4 Mr.. Thompson on cross examination
testified that he found on INSPECTING
the funnel that the handle would not
| turn the damper. Did not know OF
this before.
I DR.. G. W. Taggart, a practieine
physician for SO years in Winthrop
testified that he had known TON
| Burberry for more than 20 years
i Biueherry was an able-bodied man
capable of earning good wages. Call
ed ON plaintiff on the morning of Dec
&c, found the eyeball of right eye in
famed. so that vision was clouded
dark circle around the eye, and LAGER