Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-08
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES
M Madison Man Robbed.

In district court, Portsmouth to-
day, Carmello Costa and John Mar
tell were arraigned, charged with lar
eeny from John Harris. and each WAS
held in $500 for the October term of
the superior court. The men, it is al
legged, enticed Harris. who came here
from Madison, Me, into barber shop,
on Sunday, and robbed him of 81,
while he was in the barber chair.
In Hospital, Accused of Murder.
That Luigi Reias was murdered I'll
Sunday, by Mario Balba was the ver-
diet of the jury impaneled BY Coro
ner II. /. Elliott, Rumford, Monday.
The inquest took up the entire day.
An autopsy was performed upon
Reias' body. Monday. by Medical En-
aminer H. l.. Bartlett of Norway and
L. NJ. Mccarthy. They found a sec
ond wound over his eye, this having
proved fatal, they say, and not the
body wound as thought Sunday. This
afternoon, Balba was operated upon
and bullet removed from his side
in an effort to save his life. but Ire
remains in very critical condition.
Found Hanging in Barn.
News has been received in Bangor
of the death by suicide at the Grant
farm, near Moosehead Lake, of Rob-
ert l.. Washburn, whose body was
found hanging in the blacksmith shop
on the farm. He was famous as Il
maker of handforged axes, of which
he made a limited number. which
were highly priced by woodsmen. He
leaves a wife. who live here, where
the funeral and burial will take place.
Aroostook Experiment Farm.
The Aroostook experiment farm, to
be operated in connection with the
Maine experiment station at the Uni
versity of Maine will be located III
Pressure Isle. the directors having de-
eided to purchase the S. r. Green
wood farm. This is about / y miles
from this village and on the line of
the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad. To
the $4,000 State appropriation $4,000
will be subscribed by Aroostook peo-
pie to build a house on the farm.
which already has a large barn. The
object of this farm will be largely to
experiment with potato seed and fer
tilizers, and to study insect pests un-
der the same climate and conditions
as the great potato fields of Northern
Maine.
Veteran Dies on Train.
Thomas j. Murphy, of the firm of
Bearce, Murphy & Co. and comman-
der of BBosworth Post, e. a. r., PORT
land, died on a Grand Trunk train
near Yarmouth, Monday. morning, Of
heart trouble and acute indigestion.
He was born in 1914, served in the
navy, during the war, was a SD de-
der of knights Templars, of Allen
Temple. order of the Mystic Shrine.
of Boston, the Red Men, the odd Fei-
lows, the knights of Pythias and the
United Commercial Travellers Of
Maine. He is survived by wife ana
daughter, Miss Ethel II. Murphy. a
teacher in the High school. He was
for many years actively engaged in
business in Portland and was widely
known all over New England.
Illegal Transportation Case.
Charles n. Capillo and Michael F.
O'Shea of Boston and Hyde Park were
again before Judge John F. A. Merrill
in the municipal court, Portland. Mon
day, and were found guilty of having
been concerned, last week, in bring
ing a power boatload of liquor from
Boston to this port. They were held
to have had unlawful possession of
liquor. This afternoon, they were also
found guilty of illegal transportation
of liquor.
Baker Held at Lewiston.
Ernest Gagne, the Lincoln street
baker at Lewiston, who was arrested
following the death of William J. Dris-
coll, Saturday night. was arraigned
in the municipal court, Monday morn
ing, on a charge of manslaughter. AT
his request the case was continued to
Thursday morning. He was ordered to
recognize in $1,000 for his appearance at
that time and furnished bonds. Coro-
ner Gilbert will hold an inquest later
Noted Temperance Woman Dead.
Mrs Florence Adele Nickerson. wife
of Maj. A. A. Nickerson, Portland, and
for many years identified with the tenn
perance movement, died at the Maine
General hospital, early Monday morn
ing, from injuries received when her
clothing caught fire last night at her
home, pc Bracket street. She was 70
years old and was married to Maj. Nick
erson, July 5, 1863 He was then lieu
tenant in the 7th Maine Infantry. She
was a member of the Pine Street Metn-
odist Episcopal church, and was inter-
ested in all charitable movements.
nv DIa>aI on 0r~h.%;on
Arthur Cutler a 12-year5old boy found,
suIaxv. sSffsfa6osls .t8 Saunders flower