Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-01-13
MADISON.
ChubbertHearing onCharg-
es Of S.P.C. C.Saturday.
Death Of Samuel Vose, One Of
Leading Men Of The Town.
Grange lnstalIation..0theF interest
Ing Items from Correspondent.

The life of the toilerS in the lonely
camps of the Maine woods was shown
i'm a most effective manner at a hear
ing held Saturday in Arson before
Judge G. F. Newell, and what rumor
had said to be case of cruelty with
promise of sensational developments,
resulted at the close of the hearing in
a motion by the counsel for the State
for the dismissal of the case. The re-
spondents were Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Chubbert of Seboomook and the charge
was i'll treatment to family of four
children, ranging in age from four to II
years. The action was brought by E.
f. Gould of Arson and officers FOR SOM
erset county of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and
Miss Catherine Morrison of Bangor, an
agent for the Earnest Workers Socfe-
ty. Miss Morrison and her sister, Miss
Christine Morrison, secretary of the
Earnest Workers Society, together
with Deputy Sheriff Thomas Collins of
Bingham, took ride of over 40 miles
from lockwood to the Chubbert camp
to serve the papers. Judge c. .. Small
of Madison appeared for the State, and
Royden Y. Brown, Esq, of Bingham
for defendants. The first witness for
the State was Officer Gould, who said
he had caused the action to be taken
because Of complaints which had been
coming to him since early in the sum-
mer Of 1913 of the treatment of the
children by Mr.. and Mrs. Chubbert He
said, however, that he had no person.
al knowledge and only knew what had
l.;
The next witness was Miss Catherine
Morrison, who said that She. too, had
been the recipient of a number of let
tiers urging the society to take action
In the matter In the summer of 1913
the family was located at Briggs
Landing, and in company with Deputy
Collins, Miss Morrison started to make
an investigation but was obliged to
turn back on account of the condition
or the roads. Last Thursday, in com
pany with the deputy, she went to the
camp arriving about $50 P Nj. The in
terlcr OF the camp was described as
being heated with two stoves. having a
pole floor, and two beds which were
made up, and another behind rough
partition. As the party arrived the two
the step-mother was engaged in a Jolly
game with the younger children. The
interior of the camp was not clean
out was not nearly as bad as Miss Nor
rison expected to find it, The children
We're not heavily clad, yet had on
clothes enough so that they did moi
suf1er, Miss Christine Morrison corrob-
GRATED the testimony of her sister and
salo the camp was well lighted and
that the Undertaking of the children
was quite dirty. The next witness was
MIS-. Albert Wilson, with whom tha
caildfen stayed over night. Mrs. WIZ
SON SAID that while the condition of
'he chhoren was dirty yet they were
as clean as could be expected of any,
one nVlng III a camp Officer Collins
VINO ny the way, is an old guide stat.
ed that the Chubbert camn was .ho,,.
Ier. square, and was fixed up COM
ioi .apiy ana IN fact was typical camn
" 'Ae region. He said that so far as
vas aoie TO observe, that while the
oHuoperts were poor, yet the children
were treated kindly and appeared 70
iiase great affection for both parents
Inc last witness was Mr.. Chubbert
VINO frankly stated that he was in bord
circumstances but at the present time
ne ana MS two older sons, aged * and
- years, Were making from S. 70 q
d oaE' II all went Well il was NJ
ohaoperts ambition to save enough
money during the winter season -
move TO some village, where tho oh;,
"ieh couiu nave schooling. When rio
motion for discharge came thor .iie
haPpy reunion of parents and cbi,Snos q
gled. were min