Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-11

| In that place. 1t was fairly large. but
| not rs deliberately furnished or finish
| CT rs some. | went from there to the
| Mai.hattnn cafe at 200 Exchange street.
| This is more than an ordinary place
| in its furnishings. IL has a frosted glass
partition, swinging doors so that YOU
could Keep to the right and not OBJ
Stfuct traffic. There are two doors /
stopped ON the sidewalk and saw eight
men come from there in one company.
do hot remember how many came
from there In five minutes; four BOYS
| saw i've boys so behind the partition.
| went in but they had disappeared
There was II flight of stairs that went
somewhere. | had been told where thet
so but | cannot testify to it. There was
q n.cely stocked bar there with three
bartcnders behind it. There was a cash
register which had the name of John
II, Russell on il.
@ Was it in that place you saw n
drunken man with bills between his
fingers and half dollar in his hand .
4. Yes, sir but it was at another WIS.,
it. There were several men drinking AT
the bar this time. l pushed into the
place that opened up at the bar and
asked Tor half a pint of whiskey and
instead of putting up half pint, they
put up pint for which paid 50 cents
went To the corner of Exchange street
and took car for Old Town, and ar
rived about 10 minutes past nine. Shall
! tell YOU about Old Town?
Q. Yes. A. Going down Water
street, ! Went TO the Eagle House bar.
This was SO crowded, l concluded
would waste time to stay there. and
only stayed long enough to see them
serving beer and what looked like
whiskey. The bottles were marked
''whiskeS." then / went out. went to
Il place two doors from the railroad
crossing eff the b. 4 A. which runs
through the town. went in there and
found, l think, five men drinking m
that bar. / called for one half pint of
yhiskey which was served, the barten-
der taking bottle from the bar and
filling half pint bottle for me. There
was some display of liquors here. Then
| Walked on down the street toward
the railroad station. ! passed three or
four more places that tailed With them
III Outward description, but | did not
go into them. Then l went up Water
street TO the moving picture show, the
building n which the moving picture
show is conducted. The building north
of that is the Riverside House or Hoo
tel. Going irto this. went to the bar
room and found five men in there and
a bartender, It stock of liquors. and l
bought one half pint of whiskey. |
went out and retraced my steps By
the moving picture show and went into
4 hE. door hnl a hs,r
room and a we'll stocked bar, eight men
in the front room. five men in the bar
room. purchased half pint Of whiskey
and came out from there. The next
door is Il barroom. but | did not go
into ii, but saw from the street Ii
quors upon the shelves and men GO
ing in and coming out. From there /
went to a saloon, but it was so full
did not try to go in. | went away
and waited a short time and then
came back and saw IA company of men
coming from the saloon and | went
in. | found five men in there. | pur-
chased half a pint of whislSey AMI
laid down 25c. and the bartender said
il will cost YOU zoe. and I give, him q
nickel. As | came out. another man
him as | came away went down
to the Commercial House and went to
register for the night, and | remem-
Der there were two men registered 90
the register. AS | started to register
my name, they told me they could not
keep me, that the rooms We're all &C.
cupied, but the clerk very kindly vol
unteered To take me where | couli
stay that night He took me to the
hotel next door. These were both ho
tells. ! think it is called the Crockett
Hotel. 1t has large bar which was
well finished and furnished with L.
quors. l did not ask to buy anything
but went to bed, That is the first trip.
@. At any of those places which
you visited this first time either in
Bangor or Old Town, did you find any
locked doors? A. No. sir, they were
invitingly open.
O. At any of these that you visited
that first time either in Bangor or Old
Town, did you meet any locked doors
or fastened doors? A. No. the doors
were invitingly open in several places.
@. Did you see or observe any
watchers of any sort? A. None at
all
g. Now when next did YOU visit
Bangor? A. On the End of April /
went to Bangor the second time.
@. That was week ago, yestcr-
day. A. We'll, / think so, ii was the
second of April
Q. Now YOU may state what you
did. where you went, aud what you
observed on the second day of April?
A. l went to Bangor arriving about
the same time that l did on the first
trip, between and 6 o'clock: went
up to City Hall and started there. l
visited No. 40 Hammond street. the
second time. There were two men. in
the bar this time and one man De-
hind the bari mean two men in the
ROOM and one behind the bar. pur-
chased a half pint of whiskey. This
time, however, there was no whiskeN
on the shelves. He opened drawer
in the cabinet work behind the bar, the
bar being here Gndicating) and the
buffet, | think they call it. was there
He opened drawer in there and took
from the drawer half pint of whis-.
KEY ready put up. There were numer-