Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-12-05
Claim Young B oy S
Stole Bags Flour
and Sold Them
Probable Cause Found In Each
Case-Must Appear Before
Superior Court Winthrop
Man Charged Driving While
Under Influence Liquor Gets
Jail Sentence and Heavy
Fine

Henry Piper Of : Bridge Block,
Augusta, was held in the sum Of $3.50
for his appearance At the January
term Of the Superior court after
hearing Monday at the Municipal
court. charged with breaking and
entering q freight car which was
placed behind the Fuller Holway
building. Bail was not furnished. but
is expected to be furnished today.
Piper had pleaded not guilty. but
probable cause was foApd.
Three boys. George Beaudry, age
10 years. Antoine Beaudry and Percy
Michaud, both 16, were held in con-
nectiop with the case. Antoine
Beaudry pleaded not guilty, and the
other two pleaded guilty.
Probable cause was found in each
case. and George Beaudry was held
in the same amount as Piper, while
the other boys were required to fur
nish bail in the sum of $3.50 for their
appearance in January. Young
Michaud had secured bail last night.
The Michaud boy said that he
and che others had opened the car
and removed the four bags of flour
for which they had been promised
twenty-five cents bag by Piper. He
said that the three boys had opened
a car at the electric freight shed
some time ago, taking pair of moe
assins and that they had entered the
Gilbert store on Mount Vernon ave-
nue., taking from the store some Gig
ars and cigaretts.
Officer Michael Bolduc testified to
finding the car open and later ar
resting the boys and that they had
confessed to the breaks which the
Michaud boy had just told of, De-
putty Marshall Corbett corroborated
the testimony of the officer. Pearl
p Fuller. agent of the Maine Central
railroad here told of signing the
warrant and John Brown, a shipper
at the Fuller Holway warehouse
said that he had found four bags or
-FOUR gone from the car and one bar
spilled.
Testifying In his own behalf
Piper said that he had mot broken
into the car but that he had watched
the boys and that later they had
brought the flour to his house.
Auto Driver Given Jail Sentence
The case of Elmer Jordan of Win
throp. charged with operating a mo-
tor vehicle while under the in
huence of liquor, was taken up Mon
day. Jordan pleaded not guilty
through his attorney. Judge II. Z.
Foster OF Winthrop. He was found
guilty and was sentenced to 80 DAYS
IN jail and to pay fine of 500 and
costs. He appealed and furnished
bail in the sum Of $3.50 for his APP
pearance at the January term Of the
Superior court.
Charles D. Wentworth, a State
motorcycle policeman who has work.
cd for the summer on the Rockland-
Bangor road, was called as a witness
in the case. He said that Saturday
evening after supper he had been on
Water street and that he had seen
the auto containing Jordan and two
other men drive up to the Chinese
restaurant at a speed of about 30
miles an hour, coming suddenly to a
stop in front of the restaurant. They
went into the restaurant and came
out in about an hour. He called
Deputy Marshall Corbett, who with
some difficulty arrested the man and
sent other officers after the other
two men. Later he found two bot
ties in the car. one full of liquor and
the other nearly empty.
City Marshall McKenney stated
that he had seen the man when he
was brought into the station and
that he was under the influence of
liquor He had also seen the two
bottles which were taken from the
car.
The defendent made no defense cx-
cept that he said that he did not
know where the liquor in the car
came from.
The two men who we're with him
were both held on charges of drunk
ness and were fined SO.