Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-10-30

school teachers left here Wednesday
afternoon to attend the convention in
Portland Miss Ruth Morgan Of the
High school faculty went by automo-
bile taking other members Of the pro-
fession and being driven by her
chauffeur, Raymond Lacasse.
Willett d. Rogers and wife of
Mitchelville. Md. are visiting his sis
ter Mrs. f. c. Green of West Front
street and a sister in Norridgewock
Mrs. G. r. Miller. They are making
the trip b. automobile. Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward S. Rogers of Cara
basset are also guests at the Green
home, Mrs. Green being his niece.
Rev. III. l.. Nichols will conduct his
East Ridge church in Cornville next
Sunday afternoon at 2.3O o'clock.
Chester V. Bailey of. the firm Of
Bailey & Fenlason operating at
Eustis was in town Wednesday, The
concern has a contract to cut about
100000 of lumber for the North
Anson Mfg. Co.
Following a second trip into Corn
Vile a distance of perhaps l. miles,
Deputy Sheriff Albert j. Libby
brought back with him yesterday
morning Horace. Chase charged VITA
cheating under false pretences. The
complainant was Mrs. Josephine L.
Wiley proprietor of store at NAL
bons Mills and Attorney William
Folsom Merrill. conducting the case.
Chase did not wish to procure an at
tol.ncy and pleaded not guilty. 1t
seems that on August 80 last M.
Chase brought to D. W. Rowe who is
engaged in the hoop business here. 4
load of hoops which he offered for
sale Miss Lettie Rowe, acting as
her fathers assistant subsequently
mailed to Mr.. Chase check for
$l4.30 A little later Mr. Chase called
at the house for his money stating
according to the testimony that he
had not received the check by mail.
Miss Rowe advised him to go to the
postofiiceRnd investigate and little
later he returned stating that the let
ter was not to be found. Miss Rowe
accordingly called upon her bank, the
Skowhegan Trust Co. and requeste1
payment of the first check to oe
stopped and then wrote Mr. Chase
second check for the same amount.
A few days later according to Mrs.
WILEY. the complainant, Chase came
to her store to make purchases ana
oh
ley reckoned his at something ike
$3.50 and gave him cash for the BAL
ance. the note having been indorcad
by Chase prior to his arrival at the
store Mrs. Wiley then turned the
check over to her husband. }. "
Wiley who presented it with Others
to the Somerset Grain Co. and they
accordingly deposited the same. the
second check was subsequently, pre-
sentcd and likewise returned to the
bank according to the testimony Il
Geo. A. Moore assistant to K. r. At
wood. of the banking force. Chase
asked no questions of any or the
witnesses and did not care to make
any statements relative to his lnno-
cence in the matter. The hearing
was before Judge Brazzell OF the
Western Somerset Municipal court
and he asked Chase If he wished ~
make things right SO far as Mrs
Wiley was concerned and Chase sail
that he did not During the progress
of Mrs. Willey's testimony, she sta
ed that Wiley averred to her when
questioned recently that lie had not
cashed the check for him, but finally
admitted that she had.
Judge Brazzell found probable
cause and Chase was bound over TO
await the action Of the grand jury
at the January term OF court, bonds
were fixed at $500 and being unable
to furnish them he was placed in the
county Jail.
Deputy Sheriff Libby went to the
section where Chase was believed 20
be living Tuesday, but failed to lo-
cate him. 1t appears. however. that
Libby called at Chase's' sisters house
and was told that Chase's residence
was unknown there. He was also
told by others in that section that
Chase was away hunting. Wednes-
day morning however. he started In
good season and got his man.
DR.. William Diller of Philadelphia
has been in town tbis week to visit
for a short time with his family who
have been here for the summer visit
ing with Mrs. OILERS sister. Miss
Lena NJ. Wyman. He and his family
are returning to their home in Lans-
downe, a suberb of Philadelphia this
week.
Relative to a comment made to the
effect that scales at the Southside
store were condemned. We are in
formed that the scales condemned
were the Southside Hay Scales and
not the store scales.