Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-07
Prisoners Brought Here by
Deputy Marshal Hasty
For a Hearing Before United
States CommissioneTFaTrington.
Owing to His Absence, the Men Are
Taken to Portland.


S. Hasty of Portland arrived in the
three Syrians, Kali liter, Michael
liter (brothers) and Joseph Wahby,
who had been arrested, Thursday. at
Fort Kent, on the charge of con-
spiracy. The men were confined for
the balance of the night at kennebee
Jail and 1t was the intention of Mar
shall Hasty to have had them ar
raisned before United States Commits
sioner Frank q. Farrngt ton, Satur-
day morning, but as the commissioner
was at his sumner home at Squirrel
Island, it was necessary for the mar
shal to continue on to Portland with
the prisoners, which he did leaving
Augusta on Train Ga, at 9.3s A. NJ.
After the arrival Of the party at
Portland. the prisoners We're arr
raisned, Saturday afternoon, before
United States Commissioner w. NJ.
Bradley. the case proving to be one of
the very few Of the kind that have
occurred in the State of Maine. The
charge preferred against the prisoners
was that of conspiring with one Asad
N. Corey of Whitefield, y. H., 10 de
fraud the creditors of that individual,
who had petitioned himself into bank
ruptcy. The case WAS continued for
10 days and Will be given a hearing,
on Tuesday, July Is. The prisoners
will be represented al the hearing by
Judge Benedict +. Maher of Augusta
In speaking of the case the Port
land Sunday Press of July 6 says:
s'The case is of more than usual IN
terest for there is a hint that some
widespread plan to defraud creditors
may have been entered into by q
number of Syrians The present ease
involves not only the three men who
have been arrested, but others IN New
Hampshire. Vermont and Massaehu-
sets.
COREY conducted a general cloth
ing and furnishing business in White
field Early in the year, he filed a
voluntary petition in bankruptcy. The
case was presented to referee and
E. NJ. Bower OF Whitefield was APP
pointed as trustee for the store. He
began an investigation and soon
found that much of the goods, the
tangible assets, had been shipped from
Whitefield.
This information was eonlmuni-
Gated to the government and for two
months special agent has been al
work on the ca sc. 1t is said that the
goods have been located not only in
Hampshire, in Vermont and in Massa-
Maine, but in other parts of New
chusetts. The arrest of the three
Syrians at Fort Kent came because
it was charged they had some of the
goods in their possession.
AS soon as the discovery of the
trustee was made known, Corey was
arrested and brought before a COM
missioner, las. February. He was
bound over for the April term of court
and furnished bonds When the court
convened. Corey did not put in an APP
pearance. He jumped his bail and it
was said he had left the country
After the agent had concluded his
investigation, Deputy U. S. Marshals
w. S. Hasty and A. F. Boswell went
to Fort Kent and arrested the three
men. This was, on Thursday, and
Friday, the two officers and their pris-
oners arrived in Bangor, but found
that Commissioner Reed was out OF
the city. They at once left for Au-
gusta the same evening and the
next, Saturday, morning. they learned
that Commissioner Harrington was att
squirrel Island, so the Whole party
came TO Portland and the three men
were arraigned before Commissioner
Bradley, early in the afternoon. He]
continued the case for a hearing, un-
til July Is, and ordered each man to
furnish $1,000 bonds. Unable to do this,
they were committed to the Jail
IF probable cause is found against
the men, they will be bound over to
the district court in Massachusetts,.
because it was at North Adams. the
warrants charge, that the conspiracy
was entered into.
While no information has as veil
reached here. it is thought seven or
eight other arrests We're made at the
same time as the three Fort Kent
Syrians We're taken into custody. I'll
was planned to make the arrests SIM
ultaneously in order that the men
scattered all over New England might
not learn what was afoot."