Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-02-11

told home brewer he couldn't brew?
Not the same thing.
Did you say anything about mol
| PROSE- in court?
| Next morning you got word of
removal and you had certain pre-
cepts in possession and he gave you
! till 3 o'clock to do the work? Don't
recall it.
Been said certain citizens got busy
on phone with Cole in your behalf.
know of that? No.
| Petition started for your reap
pointment? Heard so.
! Suggested if Cole would rcappoint
you, these proceedings would be
stopped? No, sir.
Did you approve circulation of 4e-
tition? I stopped it. Might have at
first.
| Gov. Baxter-When first circulat-
ed? -Four or five weeks ago.
| Dyer-Circulate that or any other
petition? Yes, petition for inves-
tigation of Cole. 1 personally did so.
Parker-Reference to Sunday clos
ing, did you follow out Coles orders?
| Yes.
| What about improper conduct case
in court. 1 had charge of jury. Judge
sent to jury, asking if they wished to
| go to dinner and were they near a
verdict. / knocked and asked. They
| sent word No. The judge sent four
| messages of that kind. J. delivered it
word for word. Never was censured
by court for asking about the dinner
question. Told Cole about it. l told
| jury foreman the judge was indignant
| and want them to decide and at once
and ] told them there was no ref
erence why they should-and 1 was
speaking only of the dinner.
James 3. Stevenson
He is the judge of the Rumford
Falls municipal court. Had records
! of the conviction of the Baby Doll
gamblers. When Rockwell and
Phillips tried, Cole present? Yes.
What did Mr.. Belleveau make in
| court about Coles action in matter?
He asked minimum sentence on
ground that what men were doing
was authorized by sheriff.
What did Cole say? He said:
Judge you ought to put me in court,
! for l authorized it.
In cross examination he told of
practically over 20 years and how
! long with court.
| Dycr-Has Cole been an efficient
sheriff: Yes. Has Cole been faithful?
Yes. Ever q suspicion of corruption?
Yes Believe him honest? Yes.
George B. Barrows
| Remember the arrests? Yes.
Cole go to Canton that night? Yes.
Telephone anyone? Yes.
What did you hear him say.
| I understood him to say to some
! one to arraign the men before court
| in the morning and think, for each
of evidence I would prefer these men
be discharged.
Cross examination by Wheeler.
Serve under Cole? Yes, appointed
February 1917 and resigned March 9,
1918 to go in United States service.
| Know Cole to be honest and never
obstruct the law?s Yes.
See the game worked? No.
| Did youSassist in arrest of men at
Canton, under direction Weeks? Yes.
He asked me to close Frank York's
place. -~'
| What about taking him. to court?
Wife was sick. Called doctor. Con-
suited Weeks and he left York in
my charge, to appear in morning.
| Why didn't you do SO? Cole came
| to me and told me not to.
! Cross examination by Dyer-York
run the string Baby Doll game? Yes.
Did you pull every string and find
something on end of each? Yes.
That's why you didn't think it a
! gambling game and Cole the same?
Yes. Principal prize was dollar.
Game stopped then.
| Parker--You would have had him
in court, had it not been for Cole?
Yes.
A. e. Stearns
| Parker-In my Office when Weeks
said he'd been verbally removed?
Yes.
What was done? Weeks asked If he
still had authority as deputy. We
looked up statutes and told him he
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