Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-14

drunkenness. He had been delayed
and did not get there for two or
three hours after the request had
been 'phoned in. He found Mrs.
Shaw and the children at neigh
boris house and they told him that
Shaw was abed and requested that
he be not arrested. He went In
through the back door and looked
he place over. He found empty
beer and half pint bottles in the
house. He did not arrest Shaw, as
his wife requested that he should
not.
Deputy William J. Cole of Halo
we'll, who next took the stand, de-
scribed the actual raid that took
place at the Shaw house. He said
that he had been in that vi:inity
on five occasions to look the place
over. He testified to finding the cans
which Deputy Rose spoke of. He
also spoke of seeing the men enter
the store as Deputy Demers had told
OF seeing them.
The raid was made by he and
Deputy Ezra Jones. They had been
watching the house the larger part
Of the afternoon and had gotten
quite close to it. They saw d man
near the car track apparently wait
ing for the autos to leave the filling
station which Shaw runs in colnec-
ton with his store and when the
man had gone into the Shaw place
they waited while for him to have
a chance to buy some liquor if that
was what he went there for. and
then they entered the house. AS
they approached it they separated,
+ Jones going to the front of the ctere
and Cole to the rear of the store.
AS Cole got to the barn he passed
10y the boy and when he attempted
to get into the house through the
back door it was closed and barred
in his face. After demanding admit
tahoe without success he broke down
the door and found the man, whom
he had seen enter the house. stand
ing at the kitchen sink with his
sleeves rolled up.
III the sink was a small wash tub
and in the tub was some warm wa
ter and three or four bottles and a
tumbler. These utensils smelled Ct
liquor. On the shelf near the sink
were other bottles. These were COL
lected and put on Il table in the
room and he went about searching
the remainder of the house. 10 es
had entered the kitchen from the
entered from the rear and he ad
told Jones to go up stairs and see
who was there, as he had seen some
one go up the stairs as he came in.
The man Burke, whom he found in
the kitchen, was under the influence
of liquor. Mrs. Shaw had entered
the room with the boy and he had
left them there with the bottles IN
the table. He had found bottle
in cupboard which had contained
small quantity of liquor and this
he had placed on the corner of the
table with the other bottles. When
he came to collect them he could
not find this bottle and he demanded
of the occupants of the room what
they had done with it. After some
searching he had found it but it
had been rinsed out.
Deputy Ezra Jones of Nassalboro
who accompanied Deputy Cole on this
raid stated that he had broken in
window in the front of the store
when the boy had said that he could
not let him in and he had gotten to
the kitchen about the time Cole did.
He had found a large number of bot
ties about the place which had
smcllod of alcohol. Part of these
they had brought in as evidence, but
had left probably twice as many be-
hind.
He told Of hearing Shaw say to
some one while they were in hiding.
Take this and get to H-out of
here" He could not see If a package
was passed between the two men or
not
William II. Shaw, the respondent,
was the first witness called by the
defense He stated that he had not
owned any of the cans that were
brought in by the sheriffs. and that
none of them had been picked up on
} his land if found where the sheriffs
| ! testified. He said that he had not
) since the time specified in the in
| dictment sold or given away any
liquor. He had been convicted of
sale of liquor before and was making
: | every effort to keep his premises
above suspicion. To this end he
kept the door of the store locked so
that the DRINKS, of which there are
| many in that vicinity. could not get
in. This was also because of the
, fact that his wife is alone there part
of the time as he has been working
, upon a new house which he is build
; ing and into which he has recently
moved. On the day that the deputies
teStlIcu Iildl llieN Httlu nun SeiS-
Take this" he could not remember
of any such incident.
Burke he said was an old friend Of
his. with whom he had worked for
long time. and he had come there TO
I see about an axe handle. He had
asked for a cup of coffee and Shaw
1 had told him tht he was not feeling
| well and that he (Burke) could make
it and that while he was doing that
Shaw was going up stairs to lie
down. He was there when the Of
ficers entered The bottles he said
must have been put there by the
children who often drink soda in the
I kitchen.
At this time court was adjourned
until $50 this morning when Mr..
Shaw will again be put upon the