The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-07-28
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
. CASE
West Athens Woman
Say Rocks We're Thrown
Judge +. W. Sawyer Has Long Scs.
sion, Illegal Possession Case
From lockwood and lnt0NicatiOn
Case

A West Athens case in which Mrs
edith Corson and Mrs. Lucy NJ. Cor
ion, both of that town, were com
plainants alleging malicious mischic'
held the attention of Judge Elmer w
Sawyer in the Western Somerset Mu
nicipal Court for a long time Tues
lay. The case was not ended unit
$50 in the evening Mrs. Ed tn Cor
on testified that Harold ellis, Georgit
Wyman and Nelson Whitman, against
whom the charge was preferred threw
'ncls ~ her homo and also ut the
home of her sister breaking Il window
the Lucy Corson place. She stated
that after the rocks were fired at hCI
home she went outside and fired :
gun into the air TO scare them anC
thai she heard Whitman say we can I
stand this" She further alleged that
she and her sister went out and faced
the three men and that one or moro of
hem made insulting remarks tn then
the Corson womcn). Mrs Laey Cor
ion offered similar test m0nY To tha
If her sister. The case WAS held NJ
FOR time during tho later part O
the afternoon as County Attornc
lanes H. Thorne was hindered by an
tomobile trouble but tclephoned that
he wished to be in attendance 10 pro
.ecuto. This necessitatcd review Of
the case after his arrival, Tic illrc'
respondents were represented by llar
old }. Phillips. Esq. and their dc
Tense was that they were not at th'
Corson places at all the night Of the
alleged malicious IN schict Ell.
and Wyman claimed to have been ~
the store at West Athens on The night
In question, both remaining there un-
Ill 10 O'Clock. They then went to tho
Wyman home1 turned over spmt
money to Wymans father and went
TO bed in the room over The store
They heard their father talking I
some women but when they reached
the room the women had gone. The,
claimed that Mr.. Wyman told then
that the story had come To him that
they had been throwing rocks, Mrs
Edith COrson having previously tcs
tiiied that she went TO the Wymar
house and had talked W tn Mr.. Wymar
about the matter. Whitman claimed
that he went to his home in Brighton
about 8 O'Clock and remained there for
the rest of the night.
The defense introduced evidence
'hru ono York, Fred Tuttlc Roscoe
Tuttle and George Wyman tending tC
show that the complainants were II
had rCputs regarding truth and yer
acity in the community II which they
live Then County Attorney ThornC
in the rebuttal put on Moses Clevc-
land, man eighty years Of age who
has lived 70 years in the immediate
vicinity, and whose word WAS unqucs
toned to prove that the entire LOT
testifying for the defense WAS entirely
and the'r words as having
no consideration by anyone wishing
the truth. The arrests We're made by
Deputy Sheriff CrockCr of Canaan and
Deputy Sheriff Thibodeau OF SkoWhc
gan.
LOCKWOOD CASE
Deputy Sheriff Leahman II. Smart
of lockwood brought Lewis ClOutier.
copmorant of lockwood and also
John T. Clark of the same place to Jail
on Sunday night Clontier was
charged with illegal possession OF .in
toXicating quors and pleaded guilty
to the offense. Judge Sawyer i'm
posed fine of 5000 and costs. the al
Tentative sentence being ten days IN
jail Cloutier settled. Clark was
found guilty of intox'cation and as
sanlt and was fined $40 and costs
to about SAP. He also paid
and agreed to leave the State.