Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-23

Years, attorney Dan w. Mason, or
Bang0ry Representatives. petitioner.
Mrs. Brown. wife Of the petitioner,
with her four small children aged,
ten. nine, six years, and one sixteen
months old, were in the Council
tlamber. Attorney Mason said that
tae family was in destitute circum-
stances and needed Hr. Brown to
support them. He presented evil
d4ace to show that Brown was an ex-
emplary prisoner while at the Belfast
Jail awaiting trial. Letters in OPP
position to the granting Of the par
don. were read by Governor Baxter
from P. E. Severance. Bangor, and
Ralph I. Morse. County Attorney,
, Waldo.
The next petition heard was that
| of Willis Townsend of Bradford. COM
mitted December 9Th. 1919 for rape,
for not less than Ave and not more
than ten years. c. H. Townsend
brother Of the petitioner appeared be-
fore the Council.
He said that they were too poor to
employ counsel. and had some diff
Guilty in presenting his case to the
satisfaction Of the Councillors. He
was Questioned to some length by
Governor Baxter and stated that he
believed his brother innocent Of the
offense for which he was committed,
and that he believed the case was
conspiracy on the part Of his sister
and husband to avoid payment Of
! money alleged to have been due Will
T. lis Townsend.
There was several exceptional cir
cumstances in this case. 1t seems
that the prisoner was about 65 years
old at the time the crime was CON-
mitted and that the victim was his
own daughter, a girl under fourteen.
The petition of Philomena TrOcchio,
sentenced from Cumberland County,
September goth, y921, and commit
ted June 10th. 1922, for conspiracy
to kill Pasquale DeSarno, in revenge
for violation of her daughter and re-
fusal to marry except on payment OF
a large sum of money.
The petitioner was represented
by Judge Connolly of Portland. In
this case an interesting illustration
Of tempermentality was brought out.
IL ottIllS THAT dlleE Viz SctoILioh VI
the Trocchio girl, her mother plotted
to have DeSarno sIashed on the face,
that he might always be marked
man, and be reminded of his sin. At
the time Of the trial the evidence up
on which Mrs. Trocchio was convict
ed was for the placing 81 q bomb in
the coal bin Of DeSarnos home. The
petitioner felt that she had been pun
| iShed sufficiently for her infringe
ment Of the law, and prayed that her
pardon might be granted as there
I'were several other girls in the family.
who needed her and whom she wished
to protect from such men as DeSarno.
Attorney l.. b. Waldron appeared
for George Albert Odel of Exeter,
committed for sentence Of not less
than two or not more than three
three years for rape, of which time
he has served more than a year at
Thomaston. Attorney Waldron very
ably presented evidence that tended
to show that Oders crime was one
simply of fornication. He presented
petitions with some nine hundred
signatures Of persons tn Dexter. Gar
land and Exeter, recommending the
pardon of Odel. He had several affi-
davits secured after the trial to sup
port his contention. as well as let
ter from the prosecutors. the father
mother and the girl herself. stating
that they believed Odel had been
punished sufficiently
Mr.. SAWYER of Bangor and Mr.. Kid
| der of Portland, spokemen for dele
cation from the Maine Automobile
Dealers Association. appeared before
! the Governor and Council and re-
! ouested that the temporary offices
! established at Portland. Bangor and
, Lewiston, for registration Of motor
vehicles and drivers, he made per
manent 1t is the belief Of the Asso-
citation that these Offices are not only
q convenience, but also make Ter
greater economy in the execution OF
! the Registration Bureaus duties, also
| financially profitable to the State.
The following order was passed:
! Ordered That the action of the
! Public Health Council in voting to
| employ two nurses at a rate not to
exceed $4,000 each annually, the sal
| aries to be paid from the special fund
transferred by the Governor and
I Council to the State Department OF
| Health for maternity and child well
! fare work, is hereby approved.