Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-24
LOOKUP FILLED
SUNDAY WITH
LAW BREAKERS
Various Offenses Keep Police
Busy-Two Cases of Lar
ceny-The Others

For various offenses, varying in
form from drunkenness to acc06ting
Gov. Haines on the street at an early
hour in the morning and to fighting
and larceny and even single sale, IL
prisoners filled the city lookup to its
capacity Sunday evening. Joseph Jen-
ness, a Waterville youth, whom the
police claim has already served time
in the county Jail, afforded the police
the most exciting chase of all. In COM
pany with another fellow, Jenness
went up to A. E. Randall of Can
ahas street, late Saturday night on
Bridge street, and asked Randall the
time. Randall took out his watch to
inform him, and Jenness grabbed it
and passed it to his accomplice. who
stood nearby. Randall followed the
mer, and succeeded in pointing out
Jenness to officer J. ]. Donnelly, who
placed him under arrest. AS the off,
Ger and his prisoner were going down
the steps TO the lookup room in the
City building, Jenness turned and
ran. Donnelly gave chase and followed
the man up Center street. He fired sew
eral shots at the ground hoping to
bring Jenness to a half. The young
fellow ran in behind some buildings on
Temple street. Deputy Marshal Simp-
son cut in behind the buildings on
Temple street and caught Jenness near
Pilislbury's stable on Mechanic square
The watch was recovered Sunday and
will be returned to its owner
Auelose Lessor was arrested by
Deputy Marshal Simpson late Sunday
for the larceny of a mouth organ from
the Green Brothers s. and 10-cent
store. the evening previous. Young
Lessor is believed to also be implicat-
ed with some troubles that the police
nave long been trying TO settle, and he
was being put through the third de-
gree Sunday night in the hope of
shedding some light on the matters.
offlcer John Donnelly had hardly re-
turned TO his beat Saturday night after
arresting young Jenness when as he was
making his rounds OF Lockwood street
he saw Milo Gobos, a Greek, making n
single sale of whiskey to a young man
in the basement of what is known as the
Greek block near the foot of the street
| Donnelly saw the negotiations through
the window and then stepped inside and
placed Gobos under arrest.
While Governor Haines was on his way
from the railroad station to his home
about o'clock Sunday morning after ar
irving on the eastbound train he was ac-
costed and annoyed by man who was
begging for money. The Governor saw
| that the man was not in need of help ex-
cept in the SOLDERING up line. and rec
commended his case to the police who
took him in charge.
The second occasion where IL was
necessary to use revolver shots to bring
Offenders to bay caused no little excite
ment on the Plains Sunday afternoon
when Officer Fred Pooler tried to arrest
Frank aehon and Joseph Nadeau for
fighting. The fistic battle was a sort of
periodical one among them. When Pool
er was almost upon them they started to
run and. refusing to halt at his first
command, he fired three shots from his
revolver before the finally came to a
standstill. Three hoboes under the in
fuence Of John Barleycorn started lit
tie war of their own on Front street
about o'clock Sunday afternoon, but
the arrival of officers Maheu and Bur-
CESS brought the battle to a close and
the participants were placed In the guard
/ house.