Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-08

Q. And you didn't find any empty
pint bottles scattered around the
square in the morning. A. have
seen some, yes.
q. You saw them before. So they
attracted your notice? a. No. not
quite so many.
@. You didn't find boys leaning IN
against tree with a bottle in their
of that kind? A. No, sir.
q. And this change caused you to
go to the sheriff and tell him he hadn't
done his duty Now in the meantime
after you had this talk with him YOU
had an election and he was reelected.
wasn't he2 4. Yes. sir.
@. Now Brother Cfeaves asked Won
if during the time you We're a deputy
sheriff they had any beer on draft.
and YOU answered him that they only
had that beer on draft that is. that
they were using this two-way faucet.
the open faucet and they could let
out rno on one turn and lager beer
the other And YOU say they haven't
any of those now in Portland A. Not
that / know Of.
@. You don't know anything about
it? A. No. sir
q. Not Il thing? A. No, sir
q. And do you think there is any
particular advantage to the community
to have this two-WaX faucet? Is there
an Improvement, or what is the sug-
Gestion. that Portland would be bet
ter off with a two way faucet than it
would be with Il one way faucet? A.
The suggestion in my mind is thai
when they have the tWo-way fauce..
the sheriff is doing his duty. and that
is all he has to do. 1t is not his bus
mess To lock out for the community,
ii is his business to do his duty.
@. As long as The sheriff is getting
them to sise the two way faucet he
is doing his duty. and You think Mr.
Moulton has succeeded in getting them
to do that? A. That IS a wrong inn
preston.
Q. What is a wrong impression?
a. When YOU enforce the law and do
Your duty they Use the two-Way fau-
Get, and they We're enforcing the law.
@. Do you call il enforcing the
law when YOU get il SO that Whiskey
L. Nlid ny Ntllitlt 10 tiIslt tlliDEtlli8
the law? Yes.
@. 1t is \. Yes.
q. Well. it is n beautiful law to
enforce then. That is all. \. That
isn't our business about the Law, our
business is to enforce the law.
Q. Well, let us get back to that
little. When YOU We're deputy sher-
if under Pearson did You enforce The
law. ~ Tried to.
9. Well, did you? \. did.
@. And when YOU We're enforcing
the law they We're still selling whis-
key, women selling it from their cloth
ing ON the streets of Portland. weren't
they? \. Yes. some few.
@. And women selling OF men sell
ing it in kitchens where the mother
was eombing the little girls hair when
YOU looked in? A. Yes, sir.
@. And boys selling it from their
pockets on the street? y. Yes, sir.
@. And then the law was being
enforced. \. Yes, sir.
@. That is all.
EMERSON II. DOUGHTY called
and sworn. testified as follows:
by Mr.. CLEANES:
@. What is your name? \. Finer
SON Fl. Doughty.
@. And you live in Portland? \. I
live in Portland.
@. And you were formerly as dep
uty sheriff? 4. | served six months
under Sherffs Pearson and Dunn.
@. And during the last 'hree
months. during this present year have
YOU made any investigation in the city
of Portland as to liquor sellng9 y.
AS | recall it now. it was the first Sat
urday in January.
@. And was it day OF evening" a,
1t was in the evening
@. Will You please tell us what
place You first visited, and where i.
was? \. on Saturday evening | left
my home with the Intention of going
to some of the saloons i'll Portland TO
get a little evidence to give to the
people on Sunday afternoon. al tenn
peranee meeting. | first visited the
place at 236 Federal street: found
in there six men. enc man at the bar
had just turned a glass. small glass
out, and il looked To me like vine.
and the man behind the har-there
were two men there, went To the cash
register, pushed the cash register and
brought the man back his change. and
laid it on the bar and he picked II
up and put it in his pocket The pro-
priotor of that bar was 80 drunk that
night that he couldn't get away from
the wall, and his name | think was
Thomas.
@. Were there any men in there.
any of the men in there who were un=
der the influence Of liquor" A. There
were some standing at the bar.
Q. Where next did YOU go? n.
went To No. IS Temple street.
@. How many bartenders there" a.
There were three bartenders at No. II
Temple street.
@. Did YOU count the number q
men that were there? \. | counted
the number of men in there. and |
found there were Is men in there lino@
up to the bar, most of them: some
of them We're in the corner apparent :
IL under the influence of liquor, gooG
many eff them; | saw glasses If alt.
| took them To be. on Che counter turn
ed out; and from there ! went To M.
416 Fore street, and | found man
behind the counter and three men i'll
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