Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-05

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the force.
| Q. Do you know what beer? A. No
sir
q. DO YOU know where wilbrahan
Leavitt's place ise a. Yes, sir.
Q. Where? A. Well. it is--it 1.
near the corner of Front street on Cen
ter SEA s,v N 81
@. Have you ever visited that place
A. Nc. Sir.
! Q. Have you seen men coming il
and out there? A. Yes, sir.
| q. And do you know what the repu
tation Of that place is as regards the
sale of intoxicating liquors? A. Well
| they claim ii is a. booze joint.
/ Q. Now do you know where TIL,
American House is situated? A. Yes
| sill.
.. And where is that? A. 1t is or
t1se corner of Water and Elm streets.
| q And do yoeknow whether or noi
| thai place is of the same reputation
as the others you have mentionedo A.
F.. They claim ii is.
Q And has that reputation contin-
Ted during the last three months? A.
Yes. sir
q. Now you said you knew where
John o'Brien's place was? A. Yes. sir.
9. And Joe Footer's? A. Yes. sir.
Q. Dandy Varney's? A. Yes. sir.
Q. The American House? A. Yes.
Q. Wiibraham Leavitt's? A. Yes.
sir.
Q. Columbia Hotel? A Yes.
@. John Gannons? A Yes. sir.
Q. Tim McAulin,s? 4. Yes, sir
@. The Harbor View? \. Yes, sir
Q. Now have all of those places
within the last three months, from your
observation been doing the same hus-
mess as they, have had the reputation
Tor doing right along? A. Haven [
seen any difference.
Cross by Mr.. Pattanqall.
Q. MIR. Addition. the proprietors OF
these various places have from time to
time been in court and been fined
haven't they? A. Some of them have.
yes. sir .-44 81, ....-z.==
@. Do you know any that havenst
in that list that you have gone
through? A. | don't remember of Mr.
Leavitt being before the court in my
time.
Q. Any OF them been in Jail? A.
There is enc or two of them. / believe
@. And were you connected with
the force during the past three or
four months? A. Yes. sir.
g. Up to within a few days? A. Yes.
sir.
Q. Do YOU know anything about the
recent fines, in cases, say during the
last four months. among these dealers
about whom You have testified? That
is to say, did you know of any of them
being indicted at the January term? \.
No. sir. l didn't.
G. You don't know that there We're
not any of them? a. No, sir.
G. Simply that you don't know
about it. Have you known of any Of
them being before the police court
during the last three months? A. Yes.
sir.
@. On account of violation of the
prohibitory law? A. Well. that wasn't
know of, and don't know but what
they was too.
@. Now this man who runs this
place. the Ram. that has been talked
about "a good deal. he has been before
the courts q great many times to Your
knowledge, hasn't he. A. Well. he has
DeGn lle COURT Two Ut
times To my knowledge.
E @. And paid fines A, Yes sir.
Q. And after he had been brought
into court, and the judge had sent
onced him to pay a fine he paid it and
went lack into business again l sup
pose? A. Yes. sir
@. And then a little later on, got an
other case against him, fined again.
went back into business again? A.
Yes, sir.
@. And that would be pretty nearly
the history of these various men you
have testified about keeping these
places. wouldn't it? A. Yes. sir
@. This rarney that you spoke Of,
ne mad jail sentence. last year, didn't
he? A. Not that know of.
O. Didn't heo A. Not that ! know
of.
Q. Well, that is not perhaps a Mat
ter of great Importance. DID you hear
the list read by Mr.. Owen of the par
ties holding United States licenses in
Bath A. Yes sir.
Q. Did you recognize some of those
names as being people that you never
had known as being in the liquor bus
mess? A. Well, I couldn't bear them
all. IL 4.+- ~ ,t. 4 .i5s
q. How many druggists have you
in Bath, do You know? could you
say off hand? A. There are six or
seven. rE ~ titp
@. Have you any places in Bath
where they sell Notwithstanding beers
what they call Uno or Lithia, or that
sort of stuff? A. 1 don't know of any.
@. You don't know of any? A. No,
sir.
Q. No soft beer places in Bath 50
far as you know? A. Not that !
know Of
Q. You have two bottling places
there, have you? A. Yes, sir.
@. Their work is public, isn't it?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Done openly? A. Yes, sir.
@. So far as the clubs are con-
cerned there, during your association
on the police force. did you ever have
occasion to do any work in connection
with the clubs, search them, or make
any arrests for sale of liquor in con
nection with clubs? A. No. sir. but
the police force has been into one.
O. What one was that? A. 1t was