Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-04-22

: 1s15ll %st SURE lot dET.~&S 14fE2Gy
paid sIos towards Il
The computing scales Levine raj
1ed az SIS or $50 and they were in
the store when he lef. an the after
NOON Of the IRE. He did not see the
scales Il the -airs the next morn
ing
You were buying I'D these GOODS
anticipating the Increase OF prices ="
Yes"
From what companies aid vou
buy these goods n anticipation Of
prices going up
Everybody"
/ When did vou start buying u
wait increase Of prices"
Al the iaH. sure"
Assent fran FIRES
"Cf your other fires. you weren't
a. home n Randolph. in Biddeford
and al the store at this fra"
No. sir
1en had electric wiring been
placed II your stare tRefer-;ng
70 Gardner store
The same xeek."
Levine said ne told sam Jonas
nothing about how much insurance
ne carried and what caused the IRE
tle1err1I2E . hearing n Gardiner
municipal court Levine said he tTid
not understand ali that was asked
nm a. that r1rne.
Letter wr~rren for Philip Levine 70
M1lliken- Ecnlison ca. Portland.
vas accepted as q State exhibit In
ne letter Levine said he would nay
nls nln as soon as mis- insurance was
settled He asked f the insurance
company wrote The Portland cam
pa7y T I would be possible for
them 70 sag Levine paid his bills
promptly and did quite a business
With them
sharp SS-SEa-nInaTlun. accom-
panied by possible 90 sections On the
part at ne defense attorney. brought
OUT that Levine had been brought n
court for selling vanilla extracts and
had settled
The Sons Starry
Charles Levine sen Of owner Of
the se0rs. came into the store an me
afternoon Of the ire about : O'Clock.
Charles testified His father made
Up his pack and started cut right
a-fer Charles arrived The son had
als supper N the store. Several Gus
Jorners came IN and Charles srno.zed
n he store and SO did z number Of
MS cIstoruerS.' Charles testified that
ne diu not ieaEe the store until ne
closed IN around - o'clock. The
Blck-0rd boys were ne last custom
ers n ne store and they war,a
smoking As soar as The Eickeqryfs
-e1I me Store Charles -urned or- he
hgats. locked the store and went %
Randolph. He stopped a. -orIe's
H2n0olpl ann GOT milk sIlaka.
- net ms uncle and Nj Moulton
2la taev talked about the race zy.j,.s,
vas canning on.
Just before going into his house
Ia Taes heard ne IRE alarm. HIS
-aszssE asked MIN something and as
insult NJ went our again and want
- - Is 1laa ra-iraa1 track Re saw
% ira towards Gardner. Then he
vent 1cTne and want 70 bed Charles
0oUatsd IS n the alarm that night
and ne knew that the alarm On Wa
er street Near his fathers store was
Is.
= went over and lpake-d - n sturs.
he next day. -le are II liz. B3Gdefnri
szure was described br Charles H.s
little brother Was Il me STORE xitA him
and wanted u open 1ox OF matches
The br,orae- took hasnrner and s.z--s.a
q open the box Then ne Ire s1a--aa.
rs a.
me stand m continuous EST mon AZ
ne opening az me afternoon sesSira.
q voG set lie ira n this starr. ,''
Esked Attorney Atkins
No ar. answered -he " ness
Dia anyone asit --ou 70 se- ne sre :"
I'D. sir
5arz you any idea now he IRE
a--ed r.
-',Sa sir
AauIs Levine. brother . Phii5p L.
~, was called. Ee testified he mad
n II MS brothers Biddefara ste-a
md helped him make out g1 II
n-1rT E5e stated that al the tx
lr+s mat mad Dean in The Ridaefu-yi
ana Portland stores nad bean IN M
Gardner store Al re available s-aee
n the Gardner store had been taken
ID VITA -1e STOCK. 1t testified. The "a
1atan Of siOe IN me ciEar ana -ahacca
STOCK Vas about rIghT n his es4 ma tr,rl
@ther witnesses called bv the defensa
were Ms Philip Levine. Max Cold ter
ana { = Bennett Joseph Levine. James
Moulton NJ Randolph and Charles
lowing "a Augusta
Eeout-ai
t-+.aer- a Sherman III Randolph wa
called. re had bes7 n Tswfe's store
IN ine nlght of the fra from $40 until
D.1A Charley had not II his ~ec3IIes-
t1on been IN the sture
The case was then argued bv A--ur-
7er George ". Esseston of Gardiner
ior ne Defendant and Count A--or-,er
Walter Ii Saabur-, for the State. arr,
Judge Beane VIII give TIE case u he
.urv his morning.
The aex- criminal case IN or~ie- FIR
1r1al Is that IF state - Dr. Edward q
Hooper Of Wtnsi0w. charged with man
ssaag-lter N causing me death. through
Ilegal surgery, Of Ber-ice Roundy.
Other Cases an "Wednesday
In the czse II State -. Louis I'm