Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-17

! CHARLES n. WOOD, of Bar Har-
| Dor, who with Carroll Perkins Of
| Waterville is counsel for Sheriff
| Wescott
more than an hours search he found
a wooden tank about ten or twelve
foot square and high enough for a
man to stand in buried under one
of the automobile stalls. Was $40
bottles of assorted liquors in 1t. Was
an electric pump in it to keep the
| water from it.
Cross examined by Mr.. Perkins,
| Higgins said he had never called
upon Sheriff Wescott or his deputies
| for aid and that the seizures were all
made as result of information
! given him by members of the so CALL
ed Bar Harbor rum ring after dis
sension arose among them.
! He did not wish to convey the inn
! preston that Sheriff Wescott or his
, deputies had doubled crossed him.
! Answering a question by councillor
ed from calling on the sheriff and his
| men for fear they would not aid
/ him.
Net Interfered With
Reginald Ingalls, of Bar Harbor
]
business in 1922 but did no trans
| porting.
Odd either Sheriff Wescott or
| Deputy Clark interfere with you?
| A.-No.
| Odd you from time to time
change your places of landing and
! storage?
Ave old.
| Q.-"Was there any reason for the
people to suspect that you were in
the liquor business" asked Attorney
| Perkins for the defence?
A.-"No. l should say not" replied
the witness.
! Odd you or your associates get
! or ever attempt to get protection
from Sheriff Wescott.
| A.-No, never.
Minister Testifies
| Rev. William Fl. Patterson, pastor
of the Episcopal church of Bar
| Harbor in 1922, said that he had
| occasion to know of the conditions
in Bar Harbor in relation to the
sale of liquor, that he had a great
deal of information but could not
| use it because of the manner in
| which it came to him. He declared
that it is common knowledge in Bar
| LA pOG W CNCtS Olc ltldl ed6lIy
| obtained and that there seems to be
no fear from the officials of the
| county.
He said that he never met the
I sheriff of Hancock county but he
knew the deputy. Asked if he had
made complaint to them. he said he
felt it was no use. that nothing
would be done. l felt in my work
In this connection that nothing could
be done under present conditions in
regard to the sale of alcohol in Bar
Harbor. he said.
| Cross examining, Attorney Perkins
asked witness IL his distrust of the
| officers was on account of his knoWl-
| edge of the Bar Harbor deputy.
| No, from the general atmosphere
| in the community and in the county,"
witness replied.
| Never Complained to Sheriff
| Witness said that he never COM
| planned to the sheriff that the Bar
Harbor deputy was not active, but
| that he had complained to Governor
Baxter, giving him information in
September of this year.
Questioned as to whether he had
made complaint to the Federal au-
thorities, Rev. Mr.. Patterson said
that he thought 1t was useless to do
so: that he had been told by an Of
fetal OF the State that a complaint
made to Federal authorities usually
found its way back to the party ac-
cused.
State Official Not Named
"Who was that State official ?'
asked Federal Attorney Fred r.
Dyer of Portland. This question
caused some stir IN the audience.
Witness refused to divulge the
name.
II think he is duty bound to
answer" said Mr.. Dyer.
II have some doubts about it; we
VIII take up the matter later" said
Governor Baxter.
II think my brother will agrae that