Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-30
POLICE COURT.
Philip Boynton, Windsor,
Held for NOn-Support.
The Family Troubles Of Thomas
Denneiri Given an Airing.
Ben Howard Pays Costs on lntoxi.
cation and Disturbance Charge.


fully M to the average, and TO claim
the attention Of the court for con-
siderable portion of the day.
The principal ease of the day VAS
| that Of one Philip carney Boynton Il
Windsor. who vas in court To answer
| To a complaint sworn ont against hun
by Mrs. Ada +. Hunt. state agent fer
| the prevention of cruelty To children.
and charging him with the non sup
port Of Two bows. movement III
which Mrs Hunt had the co-opefn :
| ton of the hoard Of sclectmen Of that
town. Boynton had been arrested. Fri
day. at Rocklaud, by Deputy Sheriff
Edwin Bullock of Windsor. and ~
that officer brought to Augusta.
The fact was brought out by Wit
nesses for the complainant. notWith-
standing the plea by Boynton that ne
was not guilty. that he had abandonsd
his two children-whu have no moth
ef-fdr the period of one year during
which time he had been in Rockland.
and that during that time the children
had been cared for by citizens al
Windsor. 1t was also brought oat
that Bopnton has been getting Sta
Der week. where he has been employ
I'd BoVnton wanted To take one OF
III. children. who is sickly. tn Rock
land with him. but the court. being
cosniZant of the circumstances uhder
which the respondent lives, refused 10
allow any such proceeding. anu us
posed of the case by imposing sem
tence of 500 fine or six months III
iail. The respondent was given the
alternative of furnishing bond Of
$500 to pay the sum of s. per week
for the period of one year, for the sup
port of the boys the payment TO lie
made To the selectmen of Windsor.
Bevnton agreed to this. and in order
to give him chance to carry out MS
agreement. sentence was suspended.
Another ease arose from domestic
troubles in one of the Greek families
who live in that section of the city
called sand HILL" and grew out of an
alleged threat of Thomas Demetfl, To
Kill his wife. Nanthia. The difficulty
occurred late Friday night and on
Saturday morning Nanthia promptly
had her better half arrested. The
hearing took place at o'clock. Sat
urday afternoon, and in order that his
interests might be safeguarded Mr..
Demetri retained NJ. +. Sawtelle ~
counsel
BY advice of his counsel Demetri
waived the reading of the warrant and
pleaded not guilty, after which Van
| thia took the stand and told the story
of the trouble. in her own way the
gist of which was that she and her
husband had had some words. late Fri
| day night, and that he had assaulted
| her with big knife and threatened
| To kill her: also that he had threat
ened to kill the baby if it didn't stop
| CRYING. and furthermore, that he had
| pulled ont some of her hair. There
was also some further talk by Mrs
| Dcmetri in regard tn her husband
/ wanting the money she earned in the
mills. but she cid not succeed in maxi
ing that point very clear.
| Demetri's story was in the main
| contradictory 10 that of his wife. In
tones that would give one the impress
sion that he was about To reeite Long
| fellows "f.VangelinC,' and with eyes
| in whose lustrous depths an express
sion of sadness was plainly visible
fixed upon the ceiling of the court
room, he denied that he had threat
| ened 10 kill his wife. or even had any
| idea of doing So He also denied thar
| he had ii knife, although it afterWard
1 developed that there was one on n
table nearby. Men do not kill thelr
/ wives in that way" he sadly remarked
| to court.
/ L.. pf hnth Mr. and Mrs
| Demetri was so vague that neither
the court nor the counsel for the re-
| spondent could get a very clear idea
| of just what the two wanted. After
much questioning the information
CLEANED seemed to indicate that De-
mteri wanted his wife To leave the
mills and stay at home, and keep
| the house and the children clean,
! and that he was willing to pay her
| for it. on the other hand, ii devel up
ed that he keeps a store, and that he
| goes away early in the morning and
| comes back late at night and that in
| all probability his wife gets lonesome.
Another cause Of complaint on the
part of Demetri was that his wife,
who is only 20 years Old. and pretty,
| mas h'NfiPbti p'ii' ii'iiih i'i
in ten-cent teams
| The good Offices Of the court were
! exercised with a view to getting VAN
| thia to go back to her husband, but
she was obdurate, and allowed that II
| was never again for her-she had
| had enough AS il was evident that
no settlement of the trouble was in
view, and because of the fact that the
same couple had been before the
court several years ago, and for the
same trouble, and as no disastrous re-
suits had followed, it was the decision
Of the court that the case be contin-
| ued for two weeks.
The other case was heard by the
| court during the day-that of Ben
| Howard, who had been arrested, Fri
| day, on charge of intoxication and
| disturbance The respondent was rep
! resented by Nj. +. Sawtelle and entered
! "A plea of nolo. The case was disposed
of by the payment of costs.
4
The three masted schooner Charles
| II. Trickey was towed down river, Sat
urdav forenoon. by the tug Reliance.
|
/! Mr. and Mrs. Charles y. Penney were
l 90. IEt Ia dor