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

nor and placed q glass on the stove---I
think the woman was combng the little
girls head and the man brought out
the glass of liquor and placed it on the
stove and turned out Il glass of liquor
and gave it to the man Afterward,
the next morning. couldn't see where
the man got it. that morning-but the
next morning went into a place ON the
other side of the yard and saw him
come down and get the liquor out of
hide in the yard and take out pint
bottle and went mp into the house
Someone told him that ! was there. and
he came down to where | was, and |
had him come up 10 the office with me.
q Did YOU have any cases whore you
found women handling liquor at that
time with it hid about their clothes?
A. Yes, sir
e. Won't YOU describe that. iust in
n brief way? \. Well. there WAS one
woman had dress with pockets around
the bottom-she had a humber of half
pints in the pockets around the bottom
of her dress.
@. And those cases that you have
mentioned--were they typical of large
ma jority of the eases that came to your
'%NNN
large number of them
Q. In all those cases that people
we're selling hard liquor. not beer? ~.
Yes, sir, whiskey generally.
q. You never knew pocket peddlers
to handle beer? \. Well, | have
have found beer on men.
q. Hut as IA general rule il was
whiskeN"' y. As Il general rule, yes
sir
q. They didn't have any white
coats on? y. No. sir.
Q What do YOU say as TO the age
Of these paddlers who handled the
traffic under those circumstance
We're they middle aged men or boys:
A They were young men, anywhere
from Is to - or 30
Q. And that sort of thing. as you
have described, continued down to
the time yeu went out of office? a.
Yes, sir
@. When you were doing your very
best To e"ntrol-or rather enforce-the
liquor traffic" a Yes sir
@. And aside from the fact that
YOU succeeded in actually catching
some of these pocket peddlers. did YOU
business when YOU Were unable to de-
it. by finding good many bottles
around the streets mornings and
around The squares. y. Yes. sir.
q. That was quite common. wasn't
IT? \. Yes, sir
q. And noticeable? a. Yes, sir.
@. Where they had been thrown
down after being emptied? y. Yes,
sir.
q. Mr. Skillings. can you tell me
how many Jail sentences were i'm
posed upon liquor dealers during the
two years you We're deputy sheriff,
and by liquor sellers l mean all grades
and kinds a No. sir. | couldn't tell
just The number
@. Could approximate it A. !
couldn't approximate it. don't really
know of more than half Il dozen.
@. AS matter of fact do YOU know
that there We're only seven straight
Jail sentences given in the county OF
Cumberland While YOU We're deputy
sheriff? y. | don't know. | know OF
some that We're sent to Jail.
Mr. PA1TANGAIL: We can put
that in from the record better, per
haps.
Direct examination resumed.
BY Mr.. CLEANES:
@. Bro Pattangall asked you. Mr..
S<ilings, in regard 20 whether or not
YOU were able while YOU Were a depu-
~ sheriff under MIR. Pearson and Mr..
Dunn to close up all of thesA places.
All that time were any of these run-
ming open. and did they have then
stock displayed and fitted up. or die
they have it in basket where the.
could get at it quickly and run vile,
they heard deputy sheriff coming
\. They did.
@. That was the way? \. 1t was,
O. And did you find any place.
with stocks of liquors behind bal
or barkeepers in white uniform. \
No. sir.
Q. Or any battery of faucets? \
They had faucets.
Q. But not running in those days
A. In some cases they We're.
Q. How was it in Il large majority
of the cases in those old time places
;ts TO whether they had beer on
draught. in the Pearson time? y.
There were some places that had been
on draft They had hide and a two
way faucet. could draw two kinds OF
Ger out of one faucet.
Q. The good beer was hid and the
fluff beer was what was apparently
drawn: 5is'Nsi.- a7.,
9. Do you know of any of those
twowaN faucets that have been in
use during the past two years? A.
No, sir
c. Has there been any pocket ped
ding about Portland, or have you
observed any pocket peddlins about
Portland during the last two years?
A. Not until the last few days.
Q. Since last Monday morning? A.
Yes, sir
@. Now YOU spoke about having
had several talks with the sheriff.
meant to have asked You about that
what did YOU say to Sheriff Moulton
upon these several occasions in re-
gard To doing his duty? a. | don't
remember just what l said. but the
eist Of il was that he ought to do his
duty. not only for the good Of the
county, but for his own good. That
if he couldn't do his duty. he ought to