Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-07


cure the criminal conditions which you
discovered at this time? 4. Reveal
ed them to the people.
Q. 70 the people? a. Yes, sir.
Q. And not to any legally constitut-
ed authority? \. / have told you |
did not.
q. In the past is it not a fact when
you have come to Portland and Sc
cured evidence of violation of law that
you Yourself have secured complaints
\. i don't recall ever having made a
complaint in the city of Portland to
secure a warrant
.. Not in respect to so-caled gam
bling machines? A. ! don't recall
ever having made a complaint against
gambling machine or It gambling
place in the city Of Portland
q. Then So far as your Tecnllccti n
goes, and as far as the city of Port
land is concerned YOU have never in
Your seven years made any com
plants 10 the constituted authoritiose
y. No, Sir.
@. OF the state2 A. No, sh-I. don t
recall any.
Q. And your haYe been there dirin9
II - ! Is. Sti .
o. Republican and Democratic
alike? \. Yes, sir.
G. What has been Your practice in
the other cities of the State in respect
to making criminal complaints? y
In some of them | have made COM
plants and in some of them Mr. Prin-
gle usually looked after Portland.
q. Mr. Pringla was one of your as
sociates2 \. He was.
@. Where is he now? y. In Wash
| ington.
.. Was there any p rticular reason
IWhy YOU should act differently in
some cities than You did in Portland ,
| y. / don't recall any except that the
officers may have been more friendly
| TO the enforcement of the law
@. That was the only reason? \.
l don't recall any other reason
q. II you believed il wasn't il then
more your duty to call it To the atten-
ton Of the grand jury than in coun-
| ties where you believed the officers
We're enforcing the law A. Very
little YOU can get ont of the grand
| jury if the officials We're hostile.
@. Have YOU ever tried it in Cum
Lerland county? A. No, sir
@. Then you are guessing as To
that? \. | am not guessing as 70
that statement, for | have tried il in
other places.
Q. Have you ever tried it in Cum
beralnd9 \. No. sir.
Q. And do YOU say because You
haven succeeded in other grand
juries YOU didn't think ii worth while
10 present your evidence rs Cumber-
land county, y. | say that because
lof my experience in presenting evil
dence to grand iuries where the Off
Gals were hostile, that | didn't think
it worth while to try it in Portland
@. Did ynu consider County Attor-
lney Bates hostile to the enforcement
of law in Portland? \. think
County Attorney Bates is a very good
county attorney; yes, sir.
q. 50 that was not the reason WHY
YOU didn't present it to the grand
jury in Portland May | have an an
swer2 \. My reason for not present
ing it To the grand jury have stated
that | hadn't had very good success
in attempting to present it to grand
5uries where the officials were hostile
g. Now. as | understand il in Sep
temher You made several purchases
a. No, sir; didn't make single
purchase in September and | never So
testified
Q. Your purchases were in March .
\. They were in Marcir of this year
9. And You made several pur-
chases? ~ Yes. sir
q. Which YOU understood would
constitute a single sale? \. Yes.
sir.
@. You didn't present that evidence
to the lower court in Portland? y /
have not; no, sir.
Q. And do YOU wish to say that you
think the court officers We're also hos
tile A. | haven't said So. and den't
wish to say SO.
@. Then will you state why you
didn't present that evidence to the
judge or the recorder of the munich
pal court \. | was securing evil
dence of the condition of things in
Portland.
Q. Fer your speech? A. No. sir:
| wasn't making any speeches in
cumberland county at that time; in
September | was getting that.
it for in March? \. Collecting il for
| in March?
Q. Yes. A. To know the condi-
tions in the city Of Portland.
o Did You disclose any Of the con-
ditions which yeu discovered in
March to any of the constituted au-
thorities Of Cumberland county a. l
disclosed it To the attorney general.
Q. But not To any of the consti-
tuted authorities of Cumberland coun-
| tY? y No, sir; this is the first dis
closure I have made of it in public
that ! can remember Of
@. Now you have said that in Sep
temher some of the bars were so con
Spicuous that you could see from the
outside just what was going on inside
Now, won't you tell us just what YOU
mean ny that? \. | don't remember
that | said so in September; said
] think il was in relation to our inVes-
sation in March,
q. That related to March. did it"