Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-09-22
Yorktown Bride Elopes with
Her Brother-in-Law Within
Two Months After Her We'd
ding Day
CYNTHIA SELLS HER
HORSE FOR ONLY So
Couple Caught on Return to
China-Husband Takes Wife
Home But Clarence Gets Jail
Sentence

Business at the municipal court
opened Monday morning with quite
bit of a rush, several cases being dis
posed of during the forenoon, and one
of which was from the more or less
notorious section of the town of Chi
ma known as Yorktown.
In this case the respondents were
Clarence Edward York and Cynthia
York, who had been arrested Satur-
day. Sept. 19, by Deputy Sheriff Per-
ley C. Thurston of China, on COM
plant of Charles York, husband of
Cynthia The arrest of the couple
was the elimination of a bit of ro-
nance in which Clarence and Cynthia
had participated, and which while it
had not created much excitement in
the easy going settlement in which
they live it was not wholly to the lik
ing of Charles York, Cynthia's hus
band.
On the opening of court Monday
morning Clarence and Cynthia were
arraigned on the charge of wanton
and lascivious behavior to which they
pleaded not guilty 1t came out dur
ing the hearing that Charles York
and Cynthia were married June Is
OF the current year. but that on Aug.
20, while their honeymoon had hard
ly reached its full" Cynthia. who had
conceived a liking for Clarence which
was greater than that which she had
for her husband, took French leave
of her home with her brother in law,
and with her own team fled with him
to the town of West Athens. From
that time until last Saturday they
came not to Yorktown, but on that
day they showed up at China and
were promptly arrested. 1t also came
out at the hearing that before they
left West Athens for the trip to York
town Cynthia had sold her faithful
steed for the paltry sum of So.
In spite of the plea of Cynthia and
Clarence the court, at the close of the
hearing, found them guilty and Oar
ence was given a sentence of three
months in Jail and costs taxed at
$15.15, and Clarence went up. and in
case the costs of court are not forth
coming he will have another month
to serve In Jail. Charles York proved
to be of a forgiving nature and was
willing to take his wife back provided
that she would cling to his protecting
arm rather than that of Clarence, the
result of which was that she was al
lowed to go home with him, the case
being continued for sentence.
Another case which claimed the at
tention of the court was that of Edna
Smith, who was in court to answer
to a complaint preferred against her
by Odina Poulin, who claimed that
the Smith girl threw stones at her
and hit her twice. The respondent ad-
mitted that she threw the stones but
that the complainant threw stones
first, which the latter denied. An in
vestigation by the court brought to
light the fact that the stone throw
ing grew out Of childrens troubles
and the two girls were warned not to
throw any more stones. The case was
then indefinitely continued.
In addition to the above three cases
were heard in which the charge was
intoxication. One respondent was fin
ed 50 and costs, one 81 and costs and
in one case sentence was suspended.