Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-12

he usually does. About 10 o'clock
Thursday night he was notified con-
corning his sons accident. He an
having been removed to his come. His
son was unconscious from the time of
the accident.
When the witness went to tine Office
of DR.. Chenery in Wayne. where his
son had first been taken, he met Mill
liken about two miles toward Win
throp. He said evidently AIill.Nen
thought he was someone else and
hailed him. Maxim jumped out of
his team and went up to Milliken,
who asked him how the bow was. Be
fore answering him, Maxim said that
he asked Milliken who was driving
the car.
Whoever was driving that car is
going to get punished" Maxim said ne
told Milliken. Maxim said that his
son, Adelbert Maxim, was with him.
1t was dark and he was SO stirred up
that he couldn't have told If Millilen
was drinking.
Maxim described the place Of the
accident. He said that the car had
gotten clear of the hill and had run
go feet out of the way of the road be-
fore it struck the big rock. He OBJ
served well defined tracks up the hill
and where the car left the road it was
a downgrade.
Warren Wilband Of Gorham, who is
employed by Milliken at the portable
saw mill. was the next witness called
for the State. One the night of the
accident he was with Ernest Milliken
son of the respondent. He started
about z o'clock that night with Ernest
to the Wayne postoffice. The car was
an Overland. He didn't see Harry
Milliken or the Paradier brothers un-
til Ernest said he wanted to go into
the Haynes yard short distance
from where the accident took place
They were in the car in the yard
Fred Haynes. came out, according to
Wilband's story.
In the yard was the other car with
Maxim in the front seat and :he Para
der boys in the rear seat Some of
the party gotoutandwent into the sta
BILE TO look at some cattle. Then. &C
NCAN ~ ~ llDaAAd = SlOIS liz! loph
a tumblerful apiece of cider" The
cider was made last fall and did have
some kick" he said.
The car started ahead and the
Overland followed, out of the HAYNES
yard. Then the Ford waited for the
Overland to pass. The last Wilband
said he saw of the Ford car was when
Milliken was driving it,
Ernest Milhken suggested. said
Wilband, when they didn't 5 d the 9TH
er car following them, to go back and
see whatwas the matter. Tie witness
said that he couldn't say Just wl.y
they went back except at Erncst's sug-
gestion
When they went back and reach, /
the scene Of the accident he found all
four there. He took Maxim in the
Overland car and took him to ,,r.
Chenery's office. He said that re
didn't see any jug of cide~ around.
although he did see it Up in the
Haynes yard
Was there a drink taken at the
scene of the ACCIDENT" asked County
Attorney Sanborn.
m sure about that, that / didn't
see any drink taken" replied Wilband
He further said that If was about
three-quarters of an hour after he left
Haynes yard that he went u the
scene Of the accident. Then u7on fur.
Their inquiry he said it must nave been
20 or - minutes.
The tumhler of cider which re tlraul,
in Haynes lard. Wilband sail, was
handed TO h n by Morris Maxim. the
dead man he said that Morris also
mad the 1rg. The jug or IT,, where.
abouts were not known anything more
about by Wiltand. he testifnd
Harry i. E:illiken, the respondent
who pleaded rot guilty to the charge
of driving 4 car while under the jnfu-
ence of Intoxicating liquor, said he
| had nothing 10 say at that time and
that he :vJuli secure help in Augusta.
Judge Foster ruled that evidence
sufficient to warrant the case had
been brought out and that Milliken
be bound over to appear at the Sep
TENDER term of superior court in
Augusta. He had previously an
pealed to the sentence of $500 and
costs. Bonds were placed at $4,000
and Walter F. Frye of Wayne and
Harry d. Staples of Leeds appeared
to go Milliken's bonds.
The second warrant sworn out
against Harry G. Milliken was that
Of manslaughter. To that charge he
pied not guilty and waived exami-
nation. The court. as Judge Foster
explained was without jurisdiction
to punish and could only file the
probable cause for the grand jury.
He was held in 5000 on this charge
and the same bondsmen appeared
as in the previous case.
County Attorney Sanborn said
that Warren Wilband was a material
witness and was held under $500