Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-04-08
HOUSE CRIMLY
Mods HEAD ON
$500 RESOLVE
Offering Reward for
Spotting of Madison
Bomb bastard
Will Serve as Moral Lesson to
Criminals in Maine Declares
Representative HOlley of
North AnsOn-Given IMAM
imOus Passage

An unusually impressive scene and
4,30 o'clock, Thursday afternoon in
the hall of the House of Representa-
tives, when Representative Elmer e.
Towne of Madison secured unanimous
consent for the introduction, out of
order resolve offering a reward of
$500 for the perpetrator or perpetra-
tors Of the recent bomb outrage at
Madison, in which DR.. John L. Pep
per was terribly injured and crippled
for life.
Representative Towne Immediately
yielded the floor to Representative
Frank Fl. Holley of North Arson, who
made a breif but eloquent speech in
favor of the resolve and the House,
then by a rising vote adopted the res
olution and sent it along to be en-
crossed.
The resolve reads:
Resolved, that the amount of $500 be
and hereby is appropriated, to be paid
upon the order of the Governor and
Council as a reward for the appre-
hension and conviction of the person
or persons who perpetrated the bomb
outrage by which DR.. John L. Pepper
of Madison was severely injured on
the 18th day of March, 1921. DR.. John
L. Pepper of that town, upon opening
a addressed fn
MANNED and injured for life The SOth
Legislature, now in session, desires
the people of the State to know that
it co-operates with the sheriff of Som
erset and his deputies, and offers a
reward of $500 for the apprehension
and conviction of the criminal. The
sheriffs of the State of Maine are a
high-minded body of fearless public
servants, who are to be upheld in
their efforts to lessen crime and bring
criminals to justice. Maine stands
for law and order and the protection
of it's citizens
Representative Holley was taken by
surprise when Rep. Towne called up
on him to speak on this matter by
yielding the floor to him. but arose to
the occasion with his accustomed
promptness and self-possession. He
said in substance:
Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the
Houe of Representatives.:
| This resolve is moral lesson and
by its passage this Legislature will go
i on record as sustaining the law and
order program of the State.
Asked by Representative Murchie of
| Calais as to whether or not the sta
tutes did not make provisions through
the attorney generals department, he
! answered that this action will be a
moral lesson to the criminals in
| Maine.
| This Legislature might well pause
In the rush and crush of the fina,
| hours and join hands with the strick-
en- family and the sympathetic people
of the town of Madison in their, en-
deavors to apprehend the perpetrator
of the crime
DR.. Pepper was a veteran of the
/ World War and now mutilated for
life and Mr.. Holley suggested that
! the very sadness of the c:rcumstan-
ces that surrounded the mystery pre-
vented any oratory or gallery play on
the part of those speaking for this re-
solve and it might well be received
by the Legislature in silence and at
the same time with firm determine
ton on the part of every member to
keep secret and inviolate the laws of
the State which protect our people.
The House then, as the Speaker i'm
| pressively put the motion for adop-
ton, arose to it's feet and silently gave
unanimous passage to the resolve.