Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-09-12
SUPERIOR COURT.
Joseph Begin Breaking, Entering and
Larceny Case Unfinished.

The only case for trial. ThursdaE.
before the superior court was that u
state vs.. Joseph ]. Begin. " II" WAS
arraigned on an Indictment returned
by the grand jury. charging him win
breaking and entering Il Maine Cen
trail freight car At WaterNilie, Apl1!
9Th and April goth, and taking .
quantity of cigars, cigarettes an /
tobacco, billed from the Cook. Ever
EFT 4 Pencil 20. of Portland 10 -
b. Marceno of Belfast, and b. +. Bean
of Clinton. The case took up the GU
| tire day
Alton Biekford of Oakland. who WAS
indicted for the larceny Of hens froln
! Mrs. Emma n Savage of oaR.,.sa=es
through his attorney. withdrew his
plea of not guilty. aud entered Il plea
Of nolo. ON account of the feeble
health of the prisoner being a SUI
ferer of tuberculosis, and also as i
| was his first offence. the responded
| was placed ON probation.
| Peter Fortier. druggist at Watef-
Vile, was fined $2aa and costs of s..
OF in default of payment, four months
| in Jail. on Il common nuisance chars
/ In the ease OF Begin. G. b. Marcehe
| tl lfPildSl, WHO WIS one VI the lpStt :
Of the goods stolen. WAS the first VII.
ness to take the stand for the Stat.
! Witness testified that on or about
April LIST, he had consignment u
| cigars. cigarettes and tobacco shippe
| from COOK, Everett x Pencil Co 5f
| Portland, and that when said goods
arrived at his store in belfast tie
| boxes had been hrnlzen into and !.
| quantity Of goods were missing. VII
ness reported the matter Ia the M&ine
| Central Railroad ana WIS paid tha
amount of St9.59 for the loss.
Tie second witness called was L.
+. Bean Of Clinton. who testified that
part of the goods Of The same nature
az shipped to Marceno. when arriving
| at his store in Clinton, We're missing
| Witness had been paid Sass by III =
| Maine Central Railroad Tor his loss
| Detective Russell of the Maine en-
tral Railroad was the Il, Nt witness. lie
| stated that there h3d been several
complaints of late that cars along the
line were being broken into and god,
| Ia ken Witness further stated tha til
manner in which Begin Was contact
ed with the case was that a letter I'D
| dressed 10 the respondent and u Vate4
| case We're found in the car in which
| the break occurred.
| The train to which the car contain
| ing the goods was attached, accord
| ing to Witness. left Portland at G.4a
P. VI. arriving al Watervitle. abou'
| ll3o p. NJ. and that this ear. with
all others going east, of Watervitle
| was left on a siding until $50, the
L al
| up and taken to theif destination THAT
| The car was sealed, when left at MAJ,
erville, witness was quite positive.
Begin, as it happened. was in the
| employ of the Maine Central Railroad.
| in the yard At Waterville on Tho
| night OF the break, April Goth. he be-
| ing a spare hand, Mas not worl;ias.
having been laid OF on account OF the
fact that his services We're no
needed
| T. L. Coulter, brakeman on the
train that left Waterville, ut So 4.
NJ, testified as to looking over the car
| N which the break occurred, and not
| ing that certain quantity of goods
| had been taken. {. NJ. Harding of
Clinton, who was, at the time of the
break. occurred employed in checking
freight. testified as to finding the letter
N question addressed to Begin, but
when the letter was presented to him
by County Attorney Fisher, he was not
positive as to whether it was the same
letter or not although the wording was
practically the same, his recollection
was. however. that the letter contain
Ell two paragraphs instead of one.
Thomas NJ. Mclaughlin, assistan
superintendent of the Maine Central
Railroad. was next called. Witness tes-
titled as to receiving the letter and
watch case in question, by mail AMI
that later he surrendered them to De-
tective Russell.
City Marshal John p. Baxter of Wa
terville was next called Witness tes-
| titled that he in company with Detec-
| live Russell went to Begins room on
| Maple street with search warrant.
and that they found in the respond
| ants room, certain quantity of
cigars, cigarettes and tobacco. These
| goods, We're produced in court by the
state as evidence. At this point the
Estate rested.
/ Attorney Murche who was assisting
lJudge Maher opened the case for the
defence. The respondent, Begin was
the first witness to testify. Witness
Idenied all knowledge of the break.
Istating that the goods found in his
room were purchased from a friend
and that they We're goods that orisi
nally came from a local store in Wa
teryille that had been bought as the
result of a fire. Witness further stat
ed that on the night of April 80, he
Twas in bed, from II p. NJ. until SD
the following morning. When shown
some of the smoking articles by Coun-
Ity Attorney Fisher. witness stated
chat he not only smoked cigarettes,
Ieut he often smoked cigars, and when
Iworking always smoked a pipe. Wit
Iness WAS shown a cigar called Little
chancellor" and when asked If he
lpften smoked that brand. he replied
That he did, but, when asked the price
Iof such a cigar he was unable to state.
Mrs, Savage, with whom Begin
boarded. took the stand and cor
Federated the testimony of the re-
ISDOnuent in regard to his being in the