Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-11

sir, the first one as l came by on the
street.
| Q. Will you describe that place and
your several visits, if there were sew
eral? A. No, | have been in there
only twice just to see if liquor was be-
ing sold.
Q. When was it? A. Soon after
the raid and last week-Monday OF
this week, l beg your pardon.
@. Monday of this week? When you
went into that particular place what,
if anything did you see in regard to
the sale Or use of intoxicating liquors
| in that place? A. Liquor was be-
ing drunk. There was none apparent
other than that that was being served
over the bar
@. Now were the liquors being
served beer, or were there hard Ii
quors being served? A. Whiskey and
beer.
q. That was Monday of this week :?
| A. 1t was.
| @. And where, if you noticed, did
the supply of liquor with which the
customers We're being served came
| from, where was it being kept in the
| barroom? A. Well | saw but one
bottle in that place and that was TAX
| en- from underneath the front of the
| bar.
| @. Were there any watchers at that
/ place? A. Not that l know.
@. Was the door open or locked? A.
1t was SO | could open it and enter.
@. How many men should you say You
| saw in there on Monday of this week?
a. Monday morning, about five men, five
or six besides the bartender.
| @. And did he still have on his uni-
| form? A. He did not.
| @. Taken that off. Did you visit
| JUDGE SrEARNs: Judge Cleaves
now l want to be fair and'1 want you
| to be fair with this respondent. that was
| not "A proper remark for you to make.
| JUDGE CLEAVES: l think you are
| right. Judge Stearns. absolutely. 1t was
not fair and / withdraw it.
Q. Did you visit a place which is be-
low the Holland place which will call
| the J. j. Grove place, located relatively
where | have my pointer? A. l did.
c. And when was your last visit
| there? A. Last week.
| c. What IL anything did you notice in
| regard to the service of Intoxicating
| liquors in that place? a. In answer 70
| that question. 1 will have to say that
those saloons around in that section
| visited one after the other simply to see
whether men We're there and whether
they were drinking and my remembrance
| of all of them is general. l could not
state anything particular except that
saw men drinking in practically every
saloon around i'll that section.
Il ~. q
A. Beer and whiskey seemed to be the
| liquor and mixed drinks, I don't know
| what, they called for mixed drink.
Q. How many places in Pickering
| Square before you get to Water street
did you visit there. Saturday or MOI
day? \. Well. l visited every one that
| looked like a liquor saloon. l don't e.
member the number.
@ Were there more than the two
eaned your attention to? A. oh. there
are four or five there anyhow.
O. You visited the whole and found
| the situation in each substantially as you
have described with reference to the two.
A. / did. -
G. Did you go into any other place IN
| the vicinity of Pickering or Haymarkct
square? A. | went into the places IN
Broad street and into one place on Union
street. those places. that row of places
where your pointer Is now.
@. Does that have any local name
A. l understand it is called the Devil 6
Half-Acre.
Q. And into how many places on Broad
street known as the Devils Half-Acre
dlI you go? \. Eight beg your par
! don-I went into nine, because there are
eight in one street in a row.
Q. Eight in a row on Broad street? a.
| \ es.
Q. That was Saturday or Monday, or
| both? A. l went into a part of them
| on each day. went into some of them
on Saturday and all of them on Monday.
@. Now from Saturday what did you
| observe in reference to conditions SO far
| as intoxicating liquors are concerned in
| the several places you visited? \. The
same general condition.
e. That you have described? A. That
| have described in the other saloons.
@. Liauor-hard liquors being sold and
consumed? \. Apparently.
| Q. That is something of a liquid M
ture that was being served in a small
| glass out of large bottle? A. And a
very strong door OF nafu liquor.
Q. Now upon Monday with reference
| to the nine places. is the situation the
same, the condition? A. Well. there
were fewer men. hardly any men. in
| most of the places-there Were fewer men
in the places on Monday than there Wee
on Saturday. but in practically every
place there was an odor of liquor.
Q. Now what other places did you
visit on Saturday or Monday? A. on
Saturday I visited the several places,
l other places on Exchange street and on
Washington street and Hancock street.
Q. Now let me call your attention to
the Mcnamara place, and this place is
the first one as you go from the depot
on Exchange place, were you in tina.
place? A. l was.
Q. Now describe to the convention
what you saw there. A. / saw similar
conditions to the other places that i had
visited, other than that in several places
there seemed to be more gambling and
dice; the drinking was just about the
same That was on Saturday
Q. Now what other places upon Ex-