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

seizures at the freight depot. did you? a
:, did not
| @. Or at the Express Company? A.
No.
| O. So there was nothing in your work
or the work of your co-laborers in the
| vineyard that kept the freight depot or
express office in any better shape than
now?
| THE WITNESS: With the permission
| of the Chair l would like to make a
| statement. The statement will answer
| the question.
! MIR. PATTANGALL: We will have
| the question read and if you can't an
swer it say So if you can, answer it.
| Question read1
| THE WITNESS: Was that your ques-
! tion9
| MR.. PATTANGALL: The lady just
| read it to you
/ A. didn't understand it before !
| want 10 say that the conditions under
| the Sturgis Deputies in the city of Port
| land were 4 great deal better than they
are under Sheriff Moulton.
| @ And you think that answers this
! question: \. | think it answers the
| question as l understand it.
I Q. Let me ask it again. assuming that
you understand plain language, and see
| If we understand each other.
Q. Was there anything in your work
that affected the delivery of liquors by
freight into the city of Portland. A.
There vas nothing in my work hindered
it coming into the depot. but there was
something in my work that hindered it
fro,
Q, Did you make any seizures, or did
your. associates of liquor prior to its
delivery 10 the consignees A Not out
of the she'd
@. Did You make any from teams? \.
I did.
O, Did you make any RON express
teams? y. Yes.
@. And from Express Companies Of
fees? A. None in the Express Com
nanies' offices.
Q. But in the teams, in the delivery
teams? \. / took the teams, a number
of them.
4. That part of the work you did
something in. but none from the freight
depot? A. No.
Q. IN your opinion there was very
much less liquor delivered in Portland
depot than now \. Yes. a great deal
g Now At that time did we have the
United suites law which compelled
packages containing liquor 10 be plainly |
marked whit they contained. and with |
the eonsienees name? y. At our first |
appearance in Portland. there was moth
ing of that kind.
@. Was there at your last appearance?
A. Last appearance there was a. law
passed in the United States Body, Ii
think, that compelled every man to have
his package marked TO him direct.
@. Now wien did you come under the
rulings Of that law? A. / don't just
sometime perhaps in Septem-
Der, | don't just reeollect the date.
O. September, 1911? A. 1910
@. So that prior to September. 1910 |
you could not tell just what all the |
boxes ana barrels contained that came |
into the Portland depot for delivery TO |
various people in town. could you, rs /
readily as YOU could afterwards? \. |
No. not exactly 50.
q. Well. could you tell pretty wello |
4. / could myself tell pretty well, what
was in the packages when | saw it.
whatever you believed to ne liquor. did
you seize il when it was on the team |
on the way TO the eonsignee? A. When |
could get near enough to the team TO |
catch il | would seize it.
Q. How many men had you helping |
you? A. There were four, / think, at /
the last part of it.
Q. And the four all followed that
same process did they? A. | presume
so, although they didn't go with me all |
the time.
Q. But you worked on the same ba-
sis? A. Yes, sir.
q So that as matter of fact you
would have the convention understand
that during the time that you were
there as Sturgis deputy there was very
little liquor delivered into Portland,
esther by freight or express, but what
you seized from the teams, is that cor
rect? A. l don't wish to have the con-
ventlon understand any such thing
O. What do you want them to under
stand? A | want them to understand
that there was less liquor delivered in
the city of Portland, in 1910, than 1911
and since.
q How much was there delivered, in
1910? A | couldn't tell you because
haven't the records.
q. Can't You estimate it? A. No, III
don't know as | can.
Q. Can't YoH estimate it within TO-
600 gallons? A. No
e. Now. how much was there deliv-
cred there, in 1911? a. Wei. Won
might put 20 times 10000 gallons and
you might come somewhere near it
Q. Do YOU say 90 times Ia. 600 .
A. | did say it.
q. OF course l heard what YOU said
DO you say to the convention that in
your opinion there was 20 times 10 900
gallons delivered, In 1911? A. That is
what / said.
Q. Can YOU make it more definiteo
A. | can't make it more definite than
that. @. You would estimate it at
about 100000 gallons? A. Yes, sir
I q. Let us see how much you know
about it? How many times did you
go TO the freight depot? A. Anywheres
from one to -four times a day-not every
day.
Q. And you kept some check on it,
did you? A. Any more than what /
saw at the depot.
Q. Did you take any account. any