Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-08
POLICE COURT.
TaIeofDepravityfrom York
town" Colony, China.
Charles York and Sarah {.
LovejOy Are Found Guilty.
Charles S. Chapman Of Augusta Is
Guilty In Deseriion Case.

A case of depravity was brought to
light Wednesday morning in the mu-
nicipal court when Charles York and
Sarah e. Loyejoy of the locality known
as Yorktown, in the town of China,
We're arraigned before Judge Lancas-
ter on the charge of wanton and las
civious behavior. York, who is about
80 years of age, and the Lovejoy wo-
man 10 years old and but little more
than o girl, were arrested Tuesday at
Yorktown by Deputy Sheriffs Lewis
of Augusta and Bullock of Windsor, on
complaint of w. w. Jackson, overseer
Of the poor of the city of Augusta.
The officers found the man and wo-
man living in building which con-
tanned but two rooms and was little
more than a shack, The larger of the
two rooms was but about 10X12 feet in
area, and yet the household was COM
posed of York and the Lovejoy wo-
man, Ycrk's brother, Ben York, Mrs
Charles York, the legal wife of the re-
spondent, two children of Mrs Charles
York. and one, an infant of 10 months,
belonging to the Lovejoy woman. Ev-
erything about the place gave evidence
of the utmost destitution and squalor.
There was no evidence of food about
the house and the only firewood in sight
was that which was produced when
at the request of Mrs. York one of the
members Of hte family went out and
cut up the shafts of an old horsesled
that was on the premises
When arraigned before the court
Wednesday morning both York and
-. T
but the evidence against them was
Overwhelming and the court found
them guilty. York was given a sent
ence of 80 days in Jail and Sarah Love-
joy was given a like sentence in the
House of Correction. The baby boy be-
longing to the Lovejoy woman was
placed temporarily in charge of Mrs
Ada V. Hunt of Augusta, the State
agent for the Society for the Pre-
venticn cf Cruelty to Children
The baby, which appeared in court
in the arms of its mother was in a
pitiful condition, the top of its head
being covered with an eruption due
to some disease. 1t was said that 9TH
er parts of it's body were affected in
a like manner, and that its digestive
organs were in a poor condition The
! woman admitted feeding the child
with coffee and she had nursing bot
tie partly filled with that liquid in the
court room.
Following the above case Clarence S.
! Chapman, aged 10 years was arraigned
on a charge of desertion of his wife,
EpSenia Chapman, aged Is years. Jo-
seph Williamson of the finn of Will
/ hanson, Burleigh & Mclean, appeared
for the respondent and Benedict F..
Mahcr for the complainant.
1t will be remembered that City
Marshal Colgan brought Chapman to
Augusta Monday night from Old Town,
where +he latter had been detained by
the police at the request of the Au-
gusta officer. Chapman had been away
from home for several weeks ard had
during that time been in Old Town and
Bangor, at which latter place lie had
been employed for two weeks at the
State hospital.
The respondent pleaded not guilty,
but the evidence given in his behalf
was not sufficiently strong to clear him
and nc was held to be guilty. He was
ordered by the court to pay the sum of
81 per week to the wife for the period
of one year and the hearing was corf-
tinued until Jan. <2S in order to see
whether or not the respondent obeyed
the order of the court.