Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-05-20
ULU CIUEK NUkft
Gets Three Mount Vernon
People Into Trouble.
Lizzie Jordan Held for Assault
On EIsazer Whittier.
Laurel Stree, ssar-Shooting ARRAY
Peters Out. Respondent Fined.

nia MIS-. I.jz.sGe Joidan Of illat part
Of Nit. Vernon kHown taeallH as phil
bricks Corner. Hat Il.a&er Whittier
oyer the head with som" object. oa
Monday morMia@, and with sufficient
force IL iniiiet Il severe cur over the
RICH, temple at did she not. was TIL
question before the municipal court,
aantlttx afternoon. L is evident that
the court h:td reason Ia believe that
she lid nit tae mstn inaslauch ~
at the close II the healiu4 she VAS
held in the SUM of $.1a for the Sep
temher Term Il the superior court for
kennebec county, ami in default -
bonds was committed 10 kennebee
Jail Mr. Whittier. her alleged Vie
i'm. is at th, Augusta General hos
pital, whore hc VAS taken. after the
hearing, suffering from scalp
wound. but his injuries are not con-
sidpred serioasa
From What WAS learned at tn"
hearing. Menday afternoon. ana
earlier in tliestlay. conservative c@ti-
mate Of tic Aeause Of the trouble
which led up ~ the hearing. would
IN THAI there Vas 4 supsrahundanee
Of old cider II The Jordan hamcstcab
sunday and sunday night, the mean-
ert Of which was refreshed with :
Few additional potations of the saate
beverage, Monday morning.
The first that was Known Of til
,rotrhle Was when n about io.34 III
Tie forenoon, Deputy Sheriff Henry
II. MeCarsland of Mt. Vernon arriV,
Ell in town, having With lin under
arrest. Mrs. Jordan, her brother. Geo.
Philbrick. and her cousin, Samae!
Trask. With him, also, were Chair
man +. a. Walker and +. l. Hopkins
of the Mt Vernon selectmen. George
Stone of that town, and Eleazer
Whittier The party came across
country in two cars, and made quick
run.
Mrs. Jordan was arraisned before
Judge Lancaster at 80 in the aft
ernoon. on warrant sworn out
against her by George Stone of Mt
Vernon and charging her with as
sault ON Whittier. The responder:
was represented by Joseph William
son. of Williamson. Burleigh & Mo
Lean who waived a reading OF the
warrant and pleaded not guilty.
The woman was not placed on the
stand and the testimony which was
from the men who were
in the house with her at the time OF
the alleged assault Vas in places
very hazy When Philbrick WIS
called as witness. Attorney Viii
hanson objected on the ground that
the man was so drunk that his tes-
would be of no value what
ever. Whereupon Mr.. Philbrick sat
down.
Whittier, in spite Of his injuries
appeared the most rational of the
three. He stated that he had been
living at the Jordan place, but was
going To leave, Monday morning; that
he had passed Sunday night at an
ether place, and returned to the Jot-
dan place at about $50 Monday
morning. to do the chores After
completing his work he went into the
house. where were Mrs. Jordan, Phil
brick and Trask
From his further testimony it APP
peared that the conversation relative
to his leaving the Jordan place took
an unpleasant turn. during which
Philbrick insinuated that Whittier
had appropriated some of his cloth
ing. This was followed by the OPP
ening of Whittier's suitcase to ex-
anime its contents. About this time
Trask got it into his head that Mrs.
Jordan was being abused, and allow
ing that she was his sHesh and
blood COUSIN" and that he wouldn't
stand for ii. he made hostile demon
STATIONS in the direction of Whittier,
This was where the trouble began,
and it was also. according to WHIT
tiers statement, where Trask made
a mistake, for the two men elinched,
and Whittier had no difficulty IN
bending Trask over the breakfast ia
BILE and getting in a few left hooks
on a vulnerable part of his anatomy.
The weight of the men upset the Ia
Bile and with it they piled up on the
floor. to the utter destruction OF IT
least two teaeups. and with Whit II
on top. 1t was at this time that Whit
tier received the cut on the head, but
how he got it, or whether some one
hit him or not. he couldn't tell.
Attorney Williamson demurred in
regard to Trasli being allowed to tes-
tify, but as he appeared to be fairly
sober it was decided to let him tell
what he could, VIII h was not much.
He admitted that Whittier had him
down, but could not remember any
thing in regard to an assault. He did
recall, however, that he saw Mrs.
Jordan wash up some blood spots on
the floor.
1t further came cut that after re-
ceiving the injury to his head, Whit