Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-25


nificant of Washington s birthday
and Mrs Laura Dinsmore gave
/ reading, on The Love Affairs Of
J George Washington" Mrs. Frances
! Smith gave an original paper on the
! Life Of Susannah Wesley. Mrs. Wes-
! ley was the mother Of John Wesley.
The founder of Methodism. At b
! . clock d delicious dinner was Serv-
! cd. Washington pies. decorated with
! cherries. figured AS the dessert. The
1 guests wore presented with souven-
IFS IN the shape of hatchets.
Next Thursday will occur the reg
ular meeting Of the Town Improve
! ment Society. The meeting will be
| called at go and is to be arranged
! by Mrs. NettIe Paddock and Mrs.
! Winona Homsted- The subject for
! discussion is Constantinopie.
i \ splendid piece Of detective work
/ by Sheriff Mooers and Deputy Ad-
/ ANS of Madison was carried out last
| week. 4 young man by the name
!, of Johnson from Long Island, y. Y.
/ Is years of age, came TO the Maine
/ woods about the middle OF Novem-
/ ber. where he secured a position.
| With the high wages paid. Johnson
1 had accumu lated S.67 by the mid
!, die Of February and started for his
/! home IN Long Island. where the
! money vas to be paid i'll on Liberty
4 Bonds which the young man had
! previously purchased. At Green
i vile Junction he fell IN with two
! strangers. one Il soldier by the name
! OF Paul Eobcrge, and the other a
/ woodSman. Monday of last week
/ the trio went TO Somerset Junction
, where they were TO put up for the
! night. The landlord Of the hotel put
/ them m one large room in which
there were three beds. hwahinS
!, carly the next morning, Johnson
/ was somewhat surprised TO find the
lights on and Roberge sitting on
/ the edge Of his bed. Upon examina-
ton. Johnson found that wallet
containing 500 of his money was
gone. Making known his loss to his
\ companions. ROberge produced 4
large roll of bills. saying that was
his money. but that Johnson could
! search him. II ne cared TO. and If
i he found any more money, he could
I keep it. The woodSman produce /
! Il small amount Of money but claim
Il ed to know nothing about Johnson's
money. When Johnson appealed to
\ the landlord. the proprietor allowed
that he did not believe the Young
man had had so much money. Upon
leaving the hotel. Roberge suggest
ed that the trio go to Bald Noun
tain and secure work. where John
son could earn some more money
En- I,ic Fl,
way to Bald Mountain. the Young
man told the train crew Of his loss
and they advised him to keep on
TO Skowhegan and report his loss
20 Sheriff Mooers.
Il The machinery 0 Z the law was quick
Il ser IN motion with the result that as
far as Solder Roberge and the woods
man were concerned Somerset county
was locked tight ana thew were IN the
inside.
II 1a,er developed that 2oner.c ana
the wocdsmal LETT lie ram at Bald
Mountain and started N . a 'ogl-ins
camp. After ,rareling /, -hnr. distance
Rouersc admitted tha' he stola the
money and wanted Tie woodsnan 70
takc his share ami also snare the blame.
The vo ,dsr1an heIn- Z r"a rau. al
lowed crtt Noha!--r 'o;I, ileep I'll the
n7GNr.- 'nd .tr tame vnnroupou the
.n.".c- o-t.-a0 - u" raliraa" mi
., tou1 Ter. Tie A.
,.vH. 1- . .ae s-tn. t5,ue n tile made
-. II .'-.~ ~. ilire'l Il team nrtnG
+ %, - ga 81.
T : - VS. Immediately known 10
81 r5T 20 5. vino caused ever" ave-
nrc al ESCAPE rom Madison to 30
rlo,a ga .ed. Tire officers, watched
o. twa d-rs DiIr Rooc-se was III hid
ne and ha~l % ind. Friday Sheriff
Mcoer5 and Deputr Adams set trap
for re soldier and caught him about
4 clock IN the afternoon y search OF
ais person found Johnson money in
tact saturday Roberge was tried,
found guilty ana hed for the grand
jury. the bail being fixed at $3.50. He
was committed 30 all at SkowheSan.
The woodsmaA. vino lives IN AN adj
dining county, was held on ms own
cognizance as /. witness. Especial cred
4 i due 10 Deputy Adams Of Madison
or his unurins efforts in the case.
An interesting criminal story which
started in Gkowhesan. but tor obvious
rea sons coul not De made public be-
tore may ne Of some interest to Skow
hogan reader, of the Journal About
: two weeks ago. during 4 quiet after
noon at the local postoffice. d man
dressed as a Iaoorer walked up TO tho
money order window and presented an
order calling for s2..-!5 TO nc dashed,
The suspicion of the clerk on duty was
aroused by the TACT that 'he order
was crudeiy written in red ink and
that il was drawn on Lakeside. Maine.
The local office had been previously
notified that several blank orders had
neen stolen from the Office At Lakeside.
; Upon being questioned the man. who
claimed his name 10 oe Paul Ldshus.
! stated that he had purchased the order
of a stranger whom lie had picked up
and given a i,ft n his team, paying
the stranger $50 for the order. He also
claimed that he vas working on a
farm in the Withee district. short
distance from town. His story was so
plausible, coupled with the fact that
Paul Ls.Shus had 1eceired mail
through this Office at times for the
past two or three Years. that he was
allowed 20 go but without his money
or money order. The inspection dc.
partment WAS Immediately notified. and
also the sheriff ONCE. but Lashus had
walked out of town. His next appear
anCe was at Oakland. where ne board
ed train IA. which leaves 5kowhegan