Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-01-31
Start Trial Three
Youths for Murder
Embden Station Agent

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Ernbden Station Agent
Skowhegan. Me-, Jan. 2s-At ~. 40 Sat
urday forenoon James Purcell of New
Bedford. Mass. Homer Spurlock. alias
Earl Morris of Ashland. KY, and John
Brown of Boston were brought into
supreme court from the county jail,
handcuffed together and were at once
arraigned on the charge of numbering
Asa Entrekin, Embden station agent on
Nov. T.. Individually they plead not
guilty. William H. Halves Of Skowhe-
gan was assigned as counsel. AT the
close OF court today. trial of these three
young men was placed at the end OF the
criminal trials, which will bring it prob
ably the very last of next week or Mon
day. Feb. I. Trial of other criminal
cases will begin next Tuesday, Feb. !.
County Attorney James III. Thorne Of
Madison will appear for the State.
Allie Weber of Fairfield was ar
raigned next. on four indictments. keep
ing house of i'll fame, two for fornica-
ton, and one illegally enticing female,
to all of which he plead not guilty.
These are all for trial.
Fred Bashaw of Fairfield plead not
guilty to larceny of $40 in money and
bank check of $500.13 from Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Nadeau at Madison. Jan. q.
This is for trial. Harold Weeks for re-
spondent.
Ralph N. futile of Waterviile plead
nolo on charge of larceny of s53 in
money from Ada G. Weston of Nor
ridgewock, Nov. 27, 1919.
]. Sam Morton of Louisville. Ky, a
ministerial looking individual, plead not
guilty to concealing a Ford one-ton au-
tomobile truck on which L. d. Blaisdell
OF Dexter held mortgage. He will be
represented by Judge II. H. Brazzell at
trial.
Elmer Wilson who has been in the
county Jail four months awaiting action
of grand jury was ordered discharged
| because no one had appeared against
him. He was sent here from Jackman.
Lillian Robinson alias Lillian McGraw
of Fairfield, plead not guilty to charge
of keeping a house of i'll fame. Harold
j. Phillips of Skowhegan will be her at
torney at trial. Later the woman was
overcome by emotion and wept loudly
before being removed from the court
room.
Roger III. Richards, a fine looking lad
from Norridgewock, 13 years old, plead
guilty td larceny of $40 from the safe
of his neighbor Charles l.. Holbrook.
He told the judge that he divided the
money with other boys and kept one
fourth for himself. Judge Cornish
talked very kindly 10 him and he was
allowed to go on bail until next week.
the court taking his case for further
consideration.
Anthony Dale, 10 and Fred Bason, II
year old Fairfield boys were arraigned
charged withb reaking. entering and
larceny of rifles revolver and cartridges
from the store of A. II. Totman in that
town, Sept. IA, 1920. When asked to
plead the Dale boy said he did not
know what the Indictment meant and
Edward 7. Merrill was appointed as
counsel. After time, both came back
and plead not guilty.
Arthur McLain of Skowhcgan plead
ed guilty to larceny of revolver and
S4.05 in money from Fred Mckay. On
being questioned by Judge Cornish he
stated he had gotten into bad conf
pany and did not take the revolver.
but named another who did. He was
remanded until next week.
The complaint and warrant against
David Goulette, an ex-s older, were or
dered filed and he was discharged
without bail, that he might have an
other chance to make good. Col. Roy
l.. Marston appeared to speak in his
behalf
There will be trial of: Joseph Coro
of Arson, for larceny of fur coat of
Isaac Jeffers. w. 3. Brown attorney;
Foster Nelson of Clinton on two
charges of breaking, entering and lar
ceny in night time, stealing hens, T.
A. Anderson of Pittsfield attorney. The
case against Llcwellyn Church of Con-
cord. indicted for larceny, was con-
tinued
Other criminal cases for trial are:
State VS.. Frank Lessor, Skowhegan
search and seizure; appealed: attorney,
w. Il. Brown. State VS.. Paige Touring
Ca. Jesse e. Knight Auto Co, claim
ant; attorney. G. w. Cover, this being
before the municipal court. state vs.
Herbert J. SchmitZ. Aplt.; single sale
On the continued criminal docket. in
the case against Charles S. Pierce for
felonious assault, counsel will be as
signed next week for the respondent.
Other continued criminal cases
were disposed of as follows: State VS.
Bridget Flaherty, common seller and
three for single sale, placed on file;
State VS.. Louis Vino, common seller
continued; State VS.. Mahlon GRAY.
breaking. entering and larceny, filed:
State VS.. Edmund Blais and Eleazer
Bushey. Aplts., Illegal possession, filed:
State VS.. Clarence hartley. Aplt., sin
gle sale. two counts. continued: State
VS.. Alfred Damon, Apit.. larceny, con-
tinued; State VS.. Madrus Hagopian.
Aplt., search and seizure. continued
for sentence; State VS.. Evans Jelly
and Moses Fiset, Aplts., illegal trans
portation, continued; State VS. Herbert
I. Mason, giving away Intoxicating H.
quor to child, two counts. placed on
file.
Two more civil cases remain for
trial this term of supreme court-a
horse case, E. l.. Edgerly VS.. Mary
Thompson; and Annie Sirov VS.. Gyult~
Jarecni Another case. Central Maine
Power Co. VS.. Ernest w. Gilman and