Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-17

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woodsman. The story. which seems
not to have had much publicity, was
! told by jefferson c. Smith, general
! secretary of the State Y. NJ. G. A,
at his office in the Savings Bank
| building. Thursday afternoon.
t The attack occurred last Saturday
night, shortly after midnight, when
! three men walked into the Y. NJ. c.
A. in Greenville, where Mr. Moore
/ was acting as night clerk. The men
| were intoxicated and one of them
, stepped to the desk and asked for a
room. Mr.. Moore explained that the
rooms were for men who appreciated
! them and questioned whether he
ought 70 provide the party with a
! room.
The man answered, 81 have room
| reserved and paid for''
'All right" said MIR. Moore, YOU
can have your room and go to bed
and keep quiet"
No" said Pollock, II want room
for my colleagues" To which Mr.
! Moore said that he would give them
rooms if they wuld go to bed and
keep quiet. Pollock was in a quarrel
some mood and said then that he
! didn't want Il room anyway and Mr.
Moore said that he would give him
back his money. Pollock accepted
the money and after standing
around there little while, without
any previous warning he attacked
the secretary, striking him in the
lace several times AIr. Moore grab
bed the man and threw him down and
held him for about 10 minutes until
he promised to behave himself if he
was allowed to get up and said he
would go to bed and be quiet
Mr.. Moore let the man I'D and as
Moore turned to go back to the of
flee, Pollock jumped on his back.
overpowered him, bore him to the
floor. and beat him with his fists and
f1ashlight. The day secretary, Ere
mont Smith, who was up stairs.
heard the racket and came down.
pulled the man off Mr. Moore and put
him out
Mr.. Moore was in bed as result
OF his injuries all day Sunday and
haled into court and Mr.. Moore and
has witnesses were there to testify.
jefferson Smith, who went up to see
about the affair was also in court.
Pollock was arrested on a charge of
assault and battery, but when the
Judge found that a weapon was used
the charge was changed to man
slaughter
The first witness at the trial was
Mr. Moore who told briefly the story
as told above He was followed by
IAN eye witness, d young man by the
name of Brown, who corroborated the
secretarys testimony. When asked
why he didn't interfere, he said that
the TWO men who We're with Pollock
told him if he passed certain line
they would attack him. Fremont Smith
! the day secretary, was then called
and was testifying when Mr.. Moore
was seen to fall to the floor II was
supposed that it was faint Or. r.
y. Pritham of Greenville Junction was
in the court room and he gave Mr..
Moore immediate attention, but all
efforts to restore life. every known
means of resuscitation were tried for
half an hour but to no avail An au-
topsy revealed the fact that death en-
sued because of fractured skull,
which caused d clot of blood to form
on the brain.
AS soon as the death of Mr. Moore
was apparent. the judge changed the
charge from manslaughter to murder.
County Attorney Harold Hayes and
Sheriff Macomber of Dover were
called in to take charge of the prison
er and If possible to apprehend the
other two as accomplices. One of
caught in a lumber camp by Deputy
Sheriff Rogers and Thursday morn
ing the other one was still at large.
Pollock was taken to Dover and lodg-
ed in the county Jail to await the ac-
ton of the Grand Jury at the Sep
TENDER term of court.
Mr.. Moore had been at Greenville
only about month. He is survived
by wife and three children. a
daughter and two sons, who were at
their home at Colts Island when the
affair occurred. The body of MFR.
Moore was taken there for funeral
services and burial
The background of the stage. where
; this tragedy took place, is hardly
conceivable, unless one has seen the
surroundings with his own,eyes. Mr..
, smith said that before the Y. NJ. c. A.
building was erected he passed three
weeks in Greenviile looking over the
situation and made nightly visit to
, The Push" to get first hand in
sight into the needs of the place. The
! tights and braws which he wit
messed. with 20 or more rough woods
men all mixed in at one time. were
such as one sees in moving pictures
p; but which are hardly thought to be in
. operation in these days
Before the Greenville Junction
"" building was erected, the only
place where travelling woodsmen
could find lodging was in an
establishment called "The Push -
Greenville is the point of en-
trance and exodus to the Maine
woods and the Y. NJ. c. A. build
ing was erected there by the
Hollingsworth & Whitney company
to serve the men coming and going
to and from the woods. 1t has been
| running since 1909 and has served
$1,000 woodsmen year. The build :
ing contains dormitories. a restaur-
ant, billiard and pool room, bowling
alleys, reading room and al 1.-The con-
XenienceS that are usual in speh a