Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-03-18
CHAS. DOWST FINED FOR
SELLING LOTTERY TICKETS
Arra'sned Saturday Morning. Pleads
Nolo, Fine and Costs Aggregate $215

| Charles II. Dowst, claiming Rumford
rails as his home, who had ever slnce
| ne was taken from the 4.05 Westbound
! express Thursday afternoon by Deputy
| Sheriff Clarence Hunt been a prison
er in the custody of City Marshal Ty-
ler at the police station, was brought
before Judge Lancaster Of the munich
| pal court late Saturday morning II
VIII De remembered that on FRIDAY
| morning a warrant against DoWst was
sworn out by County Attorney w. H.
FISHER on complaint of one William f.
Sears on the charge of being connect
ed with a lottery scheme, at which
time Dowst was ordered to recognize
in the sum of $500 for appearance dt
$50 Saturday morning before the mu-
nicipal court, and us the money was
not forthcoming Dowst was RENAL anded
to the police station to await the Sat
urday session of the court. The arrest
on Friday morning was made by City
Marshal Tyler. Dowst had retained as
counsel burleigh Martin.
On Saturday morning the warrant
which had bccn issued Friday against
Dowst was mol pressed by the court
and he was arrested on new warrant
which had been sworn out by County
Attorney Fisher and served by City
Marshal Tyler, the charge in the war
rant being that DoWst had sold lottery
tickets TO 20 different people. Through
the advice of his counsel. Mr.. Martin
Dowst entered plea Of nolo. He was
then fined $40 on each count and in ad-
dltlon costs were attached thereto
taxed at SIS, making the total fine and
costs $215, all Of which was paid.
TO the court Dowst said taht he WIS
born in Bangor, is Al years of age, is a
barber by trade, is married and tina.
his wife is now in Dorchester, Mass
Regarding his lottery business he said
that ne had been III it for about four
OF five months, being unable to work
at his trade an the time on account
of Y kidney trouble which would be
aggravated if he were to stand all day
by i chair as would be the case while
working at his trade.
lie further told the court that in his
lottery business his territory was the
State of Maine: that he got his tick
cts in Portland of 4 man named To-
bias, but that Tobias docs not live in
Portland; that he DoWsO does not
know Tobias other name nor where he
lives; that he does not meet Tobias by
appointment-only by accident, and
only once q month, when he gets his
tickets, and money when there are
prizes to be paid. Dowst further told
of Il man named Ward in Waterville
whom hc said he met in about the
same way as he did Tobias, and of
placing tickets i'll the hands of his Au-
Susta agent (Whose name was not dl-
vulged) and he also spoke Of agents in
Lewiston and Bangor, but in that part
of DowSts recital relative to Tobias
and the other men mentioned the cour.
placed but little Credence.
One other case was heard by the
court at the Saturday session. that Of
Alice d. Bingham, aged 16 years. who
was on complaint Of Mrs. Ada F. Hunt,
State agent for the prevention of cru
city TO children, that the girl had been
wilfully neglected by her father. John
NJ Bingham, placed in the temporary
care of Mrs Hunt The girl is not well,
but it is expected that when she re-
covers her health she will be self-sup-
porting.