Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-04-12
.naae.. Of liquor cases by the county at

~Sasss " s.s euunsy ~
itorney in the courts. -
@. And you sent that to the county at
ft0rney? A. 1, ifsi. Sses,7 al-1sss -sSss
Q. So that he would know about it
II suppose? a. Unless the United States
mail failed TO get 1t to him.
q. And have you examined the rec,
ords Of your court since April. 1912. to sc.
how many of these places to which you
called the attention of the county attor.
ney had been brought into courts? A
Not for that purpose no. .
Q. Well. do you know? a. No.
@. The first place named is the Tavern
I.No. lOs~ Main street, =. NJ Billings. pro-
/ prietor. Do you know whether there has
been any prosecution with regard 10 this
place or man? A. l don't know or any
other place on there.
| q. SO that ] needn't A. Needn't 60
| through it. l haven't made any lnvesti-
cation since last fall.
| q. You don't know how many of them
have been indicted? A. l do not
| Q. Or how many paid fines in the low
| er court, or have been prosecuted? A. ]
never have taken that list and gone
| through. 1t to ascertain that fact.
| Q.9Your purpose in sending that to the
| county attorney was in order that he
might have some information to go on
to bring cases against those people il he
desired to do SO? A. Yes. and I think
| it is, stated in Bulletin No ." that the
evidence. that was gained was at his dis
posal.
| Q. When did your next court meet
after that bulletin was issued *.
Well, / am not positive now, from rec.
objection whether that was issued be-
fore the April term came in on. thu
third Tuesday of April, or whetnet..t
was during the session, my srehouec
ton is at fault in that matter,
q. Now, II the county attorney, by
means of other evidence that he hao
himself, had those places which you
have mentioned-some action taken
against them looking towards the vio-
lation of the law. that of course would
have answered the purpose just as
well as though he, had used the de-
tective's evidences A. Certainly.
q. You say your society was not
formed for the purpose of making any
complaints against people? A. No.
@. Or furnishing any evidence
AGAINST them except in this way? A.
That is all.
Q. If that Bulletin No. ." was
published. in April prior to the meet
ing of your court, you had of course
"a grand jury in session almost imme-
diately following it's publication? A.
Yes.
Q. Do YOU remember who was
foreman of that grand jury? A. Nc,
do not.
Q. Well. that was a fact that could
be readily ascertained? a. Oh. Ger
tainly.
c. And you would not have needed
even to have employed Boston detee-
tive to have found out that. would YOU
A. Oh no. -.
Q. None of your society saw fit to lay
what evidence they had before the grand
jury. either personally or. by Ceiling the
foremans attention. or Any thing of that
sort to it? y. Not at that April term.
@. mean at the April term. A. No,
II think not ~..fs
a. When did your next ferin follow
A. September
g. Did your society arrange. or did
any of you arrange to hasd The evidence
of in the April bulletin placed in the Sep
TENDER term? a. only know by report
what the attorney for thu Estate stated
in his opening in regard to DIR. Leach,
who was one Of our executive commit
tee. coming to the county attorney with
the evidence. ! don't know it as fact.
4 Q. There was nothing done by your
society as an organization? a. No.
. Q. Or by you as secretary? y. No.
@. Now this Bulletin No. o. was pub
flished in the Lewiston Journal? a. 1t
was.
q. During the session of the court
when the grand jury was in session
that paper was being circulated on
the streets and about the court house
and everywhere? A. presume so.
@. 1t was public knowledge. and
for ought you know, either that term
or the next term or the following
term or whenever the proper time
came for it. if it did come, these peo-
pie were indicted-you don't know
that they were not? a. l don't
know.
.. You don't know but what the
grand jury acted on that information
even though they got IL SecoHd manu-
and not direct from your society A..
Correct.
@. suppose your society is still in
existence a. 1t has not done any
thing since last September for lack
of funds and other reasons.
| @. When did it come into exist
ence? A. A little over a year ago.
| think it was December or January
of 1911 or 1912. am not positive which
month. 1t was along early IN the
year of 1912.
@. 1t was in existence for some . or
/ 10 months? A. Somewhere along
there.
Q. And it came into existence. did it.
+, because of the need that you felt that
some such society should procure evil
dence and submit it to the officers and
/ try to arrange SO that the law should
be better enforced? A. That was the
. object of it.
s Q. And disbanded.. last fall some
time? A. well,s it has not done any
thing sirce-what we bad done didn
seem to have any effect and we got dis