Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-06-05
Sheriff Brown Is Giving
Them Real Enforcement.
His Deputies Cleaning Up Bad
Places All Over The County.
The cosi d Capturing Roderick 10
~ Be About $500.

Dover, Me-, June 4.-(SpeciaD-
When Calvin W. Brown, sheriff of
Piscataquis county, was named for
that Office his opponents claimed that
he would prove to be a crank, that
he would be radical and that he would
revive all the old blue laws" which
were slumbering in the statutes.
s Sheriff Brown has held office for
more than five months and even his
euemies are obliged to admit that lie
#4e4 not only an efficient sheriff but thai.
ne is enforcing the law with a calm,
sincere strength that all admire. He
r. strong believer in the prohibitors
laws of Maine and he is making il
exceedingly uncomfortable for any
person who makes any attempt IL
deal out strong drinks in the county.
Old cider traffic is under the ban of
strict prohibition.
Sheriff Brown does not feel above
doing little detective work" If he
deems it necessary Many eompe-
tent officials have frequently declared
in this State that they were not de-
tectives and if the law was beirs
would look after it, Mr. Brown i
looking after the matter himself. with
the aid of his deputies. He has been
extremely fortunate in securing some
good men as deputies. David cowan
Of Monson, rugged. honest young
fellow, has been particularly success
full in running in some of the old of
tenders IN Moosehead lake vicinity.
In the garb of Il Woedsman he has
visited camps and dwelling places iii
the woods region around the lake and
has succeeded in running down and
leading To conviction men who have
been in the habit of selling to those
who are employed in the great luin-
bering region. Dave has cleaned
up some of the worst places in the
lake region and has frightened others
out of business.
Deputy Allen of shirley, n man who
has worked in the woods and haa
charge of many a crew, is on the look
out for violators of the law. He re-
Gently made raid at the Northeast
Carry, bringing down four lots of IN
toxieants and two of the men TO
whom they belonged.
The county commissioners hau
placed in their hands, Tuesday, nearly
all of the bills which were incurred
by Sheriff Brown for the reeapture Oh
Charles f. Roderick, the young
Frenchman, who escaped from the
sheriff's hands while being conducted
from the court house to the county
iail early in May, the day of the hear
ing before Judge Hiram Gerrlsh OF the
municipal court.
The bills will total, after some de-
auctions for excessive charges, close
TO 5000. There are bills for Boston
detective, Belfast man and ms
bloodhound, the deputies of inns
county and some of Penobscot county,
there are many bills for auto hire ana
large telephone bills. Many men
also left their farms and were sta
toned all along the route taken py the
fugitive and all have presented Dill
which will cover full value for their
time.
The sheriff was authorized by the
commissioners to capture the man
and he was successful, but tue
Democrats are already preparing the'r
campaign speeches and have 1t in for
the Republican sheriff, Calvin ~.
Brown for this expense incurred.
The last campaign in thisecounty was
filled with pettykcharges.
The present sheriff and his support
ers will have their answer ready.
They could have captured their man
nv shooting him. Deputy Sheriif
John A. Wiles was. ION several ocea-
sions. near enough TO have landed the
man if he had aimed his gun to hit,
Int he did not desire to do it. Sheriff
brown had instructed the men also
not TO iniureJ the man Unless abso~
lutely driven to it.
Roderiek was bound over without
bail charged with criminal assault
upon a Is year old girl.
John Parker committed suicide, on