Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-05-03

Liberty Cafe, and one was placed on
board train for New York.
In March Napoleon and Albert
Bolduc made trip to Mansonville
when two cinnamon accompanied by
same route by team and in the trip
a day was spent at the Bolduc home.
| One of the cinnamon was taken to q
restaurant at 200 Shaumut avenue,
Boston, and the other to a Chinese
Laundry, So Portland street, Port
and, Maine.
Friday afternoon the ten men
were brought before United States
Commissioner, Walter H. Cleary all
wavering examination. Hubert Pierce
represented the two Bolduc brothers
also Joseph Roberge. Only one of the
chinamen could speak English. Mr..
Pierce asked for a light bail for the
! Bolduc brothers as they were needed
on the farm. Mr.. Roberge was plac-
ed under $4,000 bail, the seven china
men $4,000, each as witnesses, and
Desire and Napoleon Bolduc at $4,000
each.
On Saturday Archelas Bolduc Sr.,
and Archelas Bolduc Jr., father and
brother of the two prisoners came to
Newport and furnished bail for their
release and while here Deputy Mar
shall Roy Skinner placed them under
arrest, charged with aiding, assisting
and harboring against the laws of the
United States. At their appearance
before Commissioner Cleary they
were placed under $500 bail each,
which was furnished and the father
and three sons were allowed to return
to their home.
Sunday Inspector James Ford. De-
putty Marshall Roy Skinner, u. S.
Customs officer Carroll Davis and o.
A. SWEET went to Hardwick and ar
rested w. M. Upton, the man who
drove the team that brought in the
four cinnamon on January seventh
and eigth. They also arrested Car
roll Dwinell of that town, who was
employed in the Nelson & Davis gar
age at the time when the cinnamon
were lodged in rooms over the ga
rage. Both of these men were
brought to Newport and came
before the Commissioner Monday
charged with aiding and assisting.
Each was placed under bail of $500.
On their return trip from Hard
wick the officers visited the home of
10. w. Metcalf at Irasburg and by
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garage men, the Chalmers car which
WAS abandoned Thursday was put
into running order and brought to
Newport where it was seized by u.
S. officers, and will be sold. All the
men connected with the deal had then
been secured except the occupants
| of the farm in Mansonville about six
miles across the border, and the de-
/ sire Of these two men to attend St.
Mary's church Sunday morning, made
their arrest easy. The officers Learn
ed that their parties were at church
anA they stationed themselves near
their car and at the close of the SER
vice Moyse Racine Sr., and son Moyse
Racine Jr., were brought to the jail
where they were detained until Mon
day, when Commissioner Cleary plac-
ed the father under $4,000 bail to ap-
| pear before the United States court
on the charges of conspiracy to vio-
| late the immigration laws, and the
aiding, assisting and harboring of
persons being smuggled across the
| border. The son was held under $500.
| The men were returned to jail until
their attorney Hubert Pierce secures
bail for their release. At the hear
. ing before Commissioner Cleary, In
spector Bonneau testified against Ra-
cine and Joseph Roberge also was
placed on the stand as a witness.
| w. M. Upton secured his release
when Harold w. Davis of the firm of
Nelson q Davis of Hardwick went his
surity. Carroll Dwinell, the other
man brought from Hardwick. was
represented by Attorney Melvin
Morse of Hardwick, who went suritv
for his client.