Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-02
Prison for kidnapping
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own. Why should take another
mans child away" said kellcn.
People are trying to keep me from
| Working in the Maine Central shops
| continued the respondent.
| Charles w. T:>zhugh, colorcd man
testified to wha, he heard someone say
which did not have very much to dc
with the case.
How did you come here" asko' tho
court of the Witness
Il came down with a sentence of 50
days for drunh' replied the witness
| amid laughter.
Varncy Found Guilty
Nathan II. Narncy of Belgrade was
! found guilty Of the charge of taking
and carrying away three logs the prop
erty of stephen Blaisde!l of Belgrade.
Thomas Leigh of Augusta appeared IA;
counsel for the respondent.
| Narncy was sentenced to pay a fine
of $50 and costs and in default of pay
| ment to serve three months in Jail.
Exceptions Wee taken and the case
will go to the law court.
/ Stephen Blaisdell of Belgrade,
claiming ownership of the logs, stat
ed that the three logs in question had
! been used TO build bridge there.
This bridge was taken apart about
| April and some of the logs were
used at that time. The others were
left in the stream to be used later.
Some time after this one of Mr.
Blasdell's men reported to him that
the logs We're on Narncy's land. He
sent his mon to see il they could
identify the logs. He afterward went
i in boat, but as they had been warn
ed by Narney, he did not go onto
Narney's land He could see the logs
and identify them from the boat.
One of the logs he identified from
a horseshoe which he had driven in
To it to be used for htching his
boat. Another was identified by spike
holes which had been made in build :
ing the bridge.
Donald Philbricl of Sidney, who
has worked for over a year with
BlaiSdelI, then testified. He said
that he had worked upon the bridge
when it was built and that he knew
the logs with which it had been built
He identified the logs which were
found on Blaisdells premises as some
which had been in the bridge
Frank j. Harrington said that he
had worked for Blaisdell about the
first six months of TINS year. He had
helped to take the bridge apart and
identified the logs as having been
used in the bridge.
The defense rested here and Nath-
an RI. Narncy took the stand in his
own behalf He stated that the hem
lock with the horseshoe on it was a
"deadhead" or sunken log which had
been in the stream year ago. His
son had put in the horseshoe him.
self. When the stream overflowed.
this log was flowed up onto their
land. The others were logs without
marks. which came to his land.
He did not intend to take logs be-
longing to anyone else. believing that
he had a perfect right to take them
as they were unmarked.
Edward +. WateYhouse who form
erly owned mill on the stream said
that he had seen the logs then and
that they were all good except one,
which was rotten butted.
Mr.. Narney's son. Ora. stated that
he had tied the log with the horse
shoe on it, to the stake. He had
placed the horseshoe there himself
He said that all of the logs had loaf
ed onto their land and that they were
unmarked.
The jury was finally excused Sat-
llrdaN afternoon