Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-09-24
BELFAST.
fhe Waldo County Judicial
Court Opens, Tuesday.
Grand Jury Has One Murder
MANY Other Matters.
q. E, Wilson Convicted Of Breaking
And Entering.

Belfast, Me, Sept, (SpeciaD.-
The sessions of the September term of
The Waldo county judicial court, be
gan at 10 A. NJ, this morning, Asso-
late Justice George f. Haley of Saco,
presiding. Rev. A. A. Blair of the Bel
last Universalist church was the
chaplain and the following officials
were on duty: Sheriff, Frank A. Cush.
man; county attorney, Eben F. Little
field; clerk of courts, George l. keat-
ing; messenger, w. F. Wight; erer
Silas E. Bowler, Palermo; deputies,
p G. Hurd, Northport Charles L.
Walker, Swanville; Willard M. Berry.
Stockton; stenographer, John l.. Hay
den, Portland. 2. G. Hurd has charge
Of the grand jury which went at once
into session with A. A. McAllister OF
Unity, as foreman.
There are several important cases t.
come before the grand jury, among
them that of Freeman Harvey, who
was, few days ago, held for murder
of his cousin, Elmer S. Harvey, who
died, after a drunken row, on Sept. IL
Although the coroners jury vindicateI
Freeman Harvey, bringing in verdict
that Elmer had died of heart failure,
caused by acute alcoholism, the case
was reopened by the dead mans faith
er with the above result. The respond
ent is mere boy, not being, over L
years of age.
The case of Bert Briggs, the pest
of the Monroe aims house, will also
come up. Briggs having been in the
county Jail for several months, waiting
The sitting of the grand jury. He
charged with criminal assault ON al
old lady, 20 years old, also an inmate
of the poor house at Monroe. Briggs
has already served a sentence in
|Thomaston for having tried to poison
the old lady by putting paris green il
her food, and is thought to be men,
! tally deficient.
The three Bangor youths, who are
held for the grand jury, will also
come before the session. The boys
Harold Hennesey, Francis Jameson
and Ralph Mcneil, were arrested feI
breaking into the Frankfort postoffice
and the larceny of SO. They gave fic.
titieus names at the hearing in police
court. but later owned up to their RICH
names and admitted that Bangor wa
their home, and not Boston as they a
l first stated.
| The lads tried twice to break Jail.
Convicted of Breaking.
| G. T. Wilson of Lynn said to be al
I appapp1ipp .,f RnVcp who was copyict
ed, last week, i'll Penobscot county fol
breaking into the VIM office of the
b. & A. r. r., was convicted, yester-
day, in the Belfast municipal court oil
breaking and entering the office of the
same company at Sandy Point. on
Aug. %, and the larceny of two mile
age books and COO tickets Wilson
was arrested in Bangor and brought te
! Belfast, yesterday. by Detective James
f. Valley, employed by the Railroad
company
| Wilson pleaded not guilty and con
Quoted his own case, the detective ap
pearing for the company. Wilson pro-
tested his innocence and said that on
the I'D of August he was in Lynn. He
was unable to prove this, however, te
the satisfaction of Judge Knowlton
who held him for the January term o.
! the supreme judicial court His bail
was placed as $1,000 and as yet the
young man has been unable to get
sureties. He has communicated with
relatives but it is very doubtful if he
gets bail
Wilson is a slick looking young fell
low and very prepossessing in style
and manner. He tells good story
and seemed to know how to conduct
his own case. At the Jail, where he
was committed, last night, he is very
reticent in fact he has made no I'M
Boyce was convicted and sent to
Thomaston and is said to be the most
valuable witness against Wilson The
latter claimed that he was on his way
to Nova Scotia, when apprehended.
One of the witnesses against him in
Yesterdays proceedings was A. l.. Cas-
we'll, special duty for the B. e. A. in
Aroostook and Penobscot counties.
Mrs Edward r. Pierce, president of
the Belfast Arts and Crafts Society
with Mrs. Essie Pierce earle as a
delegate, and Miss Annie L. Barr. dele
gate of the Travellers Club. left this
noon, for Lewiston, where they will at
tend the State Federation of Women's
clubs.
Renworth F., the two-months-old
son of Elbridge and Eva Belle Thomas,
died. this morning, after a brief i'll
ness.
One of the important social events
of the past week was the luncheon and
auction given by Mrs. Eugene l.. Stew
ems in Church street.
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