Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-11
JAMES A. GIBBONS. having been
duly sworn. testified as follows:
Examination by judge CIeaves

V ana you Are tilt-- y. dIli d
freight agent of the Maine Central Rail-
road. in Bangor.
.. Have you with You the duplicate
original slips covering January. Febru-
airy, March of this year? A. ] have.
O. Now will you take the month of
March twitness produces slips Now
at the suggestion Of the attorney gen.
eral, did you, from those of the month
of March separate out the slips which
were undoubtedly intended for individ
nal use, and take the others and make
some tabulation? y. No. sir, | took
those for eonsignees that had several
shipments. and | have sorted those to-
gether and made list of the number
and what the commodities We're. The
rest of them | have got in the file in
order, and whatever questions you want
u o ask in regard 10 them ! can answer.
@ And those which you separated
out for the month OF March were con-
signed to people who are reputed To be
i'll the liquor business in Bangor?
A. We'll. IL Il matter of repute ] pre-
sumo that it means if | had heard peo-
pie say
q. Yes. y. There are some of them, a
large number of shipments. that | don't
know as | have ever heard the names
discussed
q. Now will you take some one and
give US The name of the consignee?
y. Here gre some billed to-Epstein.
Epstein Bottling Co. e. p. Epstein
same concern. / should say from the
receipts of the truekmen who took them.
@. What date shave YOU there?
oil
March to this consignee.
9. The one you hold in your hand. is
March l.? y. March L.
q. What quantity? A. PIG barrels
OF nae; March Il, y half barrels OF
paor.. March 3rd. "a halves, March IL,
. barrels hottled beer. March 2s, 20
quarter barrels; March &c, 20 halves
and > quarters o. beer; March ~. 20
halves Of beer: March -, & half bar
talS and Il cases Of beer: March Is. 20
halves Of beer March Il. 80 halves %
beer; mere is one that date III delivery
is April End. ! don't know whether shat
is - fiintilt I'll lot.
q. What IL the Quantity? \. 30 haif
barrels al beer. April LIST, Ii half bar
rels of beer. and that is all.
q. WHAT'S the total of those you
nave just 10? A. ISIS half barrels of
neei, 3 b.trrefs. % quarters, cases.
9 The next? A. The next is. Il NJ.
Ross. ard The Ross Bottling Co ON
a.tich Is. = half barrels of beer.
Q. Perhaps | can shorten Inc matter
n LITTLE. Air. Gibbons, will you tell us
v hat the total receipts of March for
that concern are A. For j. NJ. Ross
IL barrels beer. 1l5 hall barrels. > quar-
ters: the Ross Bottlins Co. los halves,
quarters beer, barrels of whiskey.
Q. Now give us the next one, the
totals? A. Pope D. Mckinnon 60 half
barrels. I5 quarters, 5 barrels of beer,
90 hall barrels barrels ale: is kegs
II parrels. II cases whiskey, / keg
brandy, eases gin. kegs, ) cases Ii
1uoi. ! case of wine.
j. i. burns. barrels, ~ halves,
quarters of beer: barrel and case Of
wine, / barrel cases of whiskey.
ease IF liqucr.
BaEgor BottlinS Company, 1883 halves
of beer, &C quarters.
j. ii. Sullivan, ID kegs. 81 cases, 5 bar
rels. IL half barrels Nhskey; Sc bar
rels, 8 halves, 81 casks bottled beer: sc
halves. 81 quarters beer, 29 barrels
81 halves. - quarters of sle. case
Porter. : cases and kee gin; l barrel
10 casks bottled ale; cases and KEGS
Of rum. / barrel. half barrel. Kegs
case of wine; 9 barrels. cases OF Ii
quor; 4 cases, , half barrels and bar
rels Of brandy; Il can Of alcohol.
NJ. J. Buckley. 66 barrels. - halves.
IA quarters beer; : barrels, 35 cases of
whiskey; | barrel. 5 cases of liquor.
Ac, IL.
and beer, IA, halt barrels OF ale and
beer, l6 casks beer, ) cases whiskey. /
barrel . half barrels rum. II half bar
rels whiskey.
7. p McAloon, IS barrels, 40 half
barrels. 4 quarters, IL cases ale, no
taricls G5 halves, s quarters beer. 81,
Barrels and u cases whiskey ) cases
gin, | .arrei, ) cases rum, cases wine.
cases brandy
Martin Cox, 70 half barrels beer, A
cases whiskey. . barrels whskey. s
eases rum, cask Wlliskey, II cases IL
cnors, Lease gin, 5 barrels bottled beer.
r. D. ErOwc. ? cases bottled liquor, 81
half barrels ale, Is cases whiskey. 90
half barrels Of beer. box OF wine. 4
quarter barrels ale 10 barrels liquor. /
keg whisney.sl0 quarter barrels beer. s
barrels beer,1 can alcohol, > cases IL
duor, casessgins
j. j. Mccain, barrels, 20 cases
whiskey, 10 barrels, quarters and 80
eases beer. 2 hale barrels gin and a
barrel of spirits.
That takes all that have enumerat-
ed--tctals.
+ @. That is in the month of March
only? A. Yes. sir.
o. And you have also with you the
same records with reference to January
and February, have you? A. / have,
yes. sir.
Q. Will you exhibit them in their
bulk form to the convention. A. There
are the receipts for January (produe-
ing bunch of slips); there are the re-
ceIpts for February producing bunch
of slirs).
O. And your examination of them
evidences substantially the same ship
ments or shipments of the same kind
of goods, with approximately the Same
quantities to the same people, A. That
is n Lard question, Judge Cleaves.
There is no question whatever but they
are the same commodities, to the same