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

that IL a collateral matter" said At
torney General Shaw.
nent IL a most serious hinderance to
our work." replied District Attorney
Dyer.
II am willing to state the name
to the district attorney In confidence"
said Rev. Mr.. Patterson.
THAT will be perfectly satisfac-
tory" answered District Attorney
Over.
Rev. Mr. Patterson was recalled
and made statement that there
seemed to have been o misunder-
standing of his evidence. He had
meant to say that he had been told
there was a leak from the Boston
federal once. not from the Maine
Office.
You understand that there Is no
connection between the Boston Of
nee and the Maine once, asked u. s.
District Attorney Dyer.
ALL did not then.
Q.-Do you accept my word that
there 10 none?
AL do.
Rev. Mr.. Nelson Tsstifss
Rev. ]. Honey Nelson of the Bar
Harbor Congregational church said
that he had been In the place only
a little more than q year, hut from
the first people had told him about
the conditions which existed there.
How liquor was being sold and how
there was much drunkenness. On one
occasion as he. and his wife were
walking. along the street they saw
two splendid young men reeling
along under the influence of LIQUOR
and in such q condition that he and
his wife were glad they were on the
opposite side OF the street.
There was q dance hall In the
town called the "Sink" where there
was much drunkenness and vice. He
had been told that there was a gang
there which wholesaled liquor.
Upon cross examination he said
that he had understood that Deputy
Clark made a seizure, but HI didn't
know where the place was located
Did not know II was opposite the
Sink"
He said that he had never made a
complaint to any deputy sheriff, the
sherin. to the municipal Judge of Bar
Harbor or to- the Bar Harbor police.
Asked for why he did not he said il
aeemed to him that the feeling of the
people Of Bar Harbor was that 1t was
of no use.
Y. M. c. A. Secretary
George Volz, secretary of the Bar
Harbor Y. M. c. A.. told ofxflnding
empty vanilla bottles in the boys
lockers at the "Y" but said 1t was not
being done now. He had seen much
drunkenness in the town. especially
on visits Of warships to the harbor.
At such times 1t was common to find
empty whiskey bottles in the build
ing after sailors left.
Cross examined he said that he had
never made any complaints to the Of
fcials. city or county.
Bar Harbor w. G. T. u. President
Mrs. Nina Emery, president of the
Bar Harbor w. c. T. u, said there
had been much drunkenness there
the past two years. She had invited
Deputy Clark to come to a meeting
at her house once. but he did not
come.
Charles F. Paine, town treasurer
and collector of taxes of Bar Har-
Dor, said that town employees fire.
quently became intoxicated shortly
after receiving their pay from him.
He had heard 1t intimated that Regi-
Maid ingalls, was in the rum business.
On cross examination he said that
had been suggested.
The witness further stated that It
was common talk that John Stafford
was connected with the liquor BUSH
ness.
"You never made any complaint to
Sheriff Wescott about liquor being
sold in Bar Harbor." asked Attorney
Perkins for the defence.
Il never did,. replied the witness.
Q-Did you ever give inforvaa ton
to Sheriff Wescott or the county at
torney about liquor being sold In
Hancock county.
"would it have been easy for the
sheriff or his deputy to know these
conditions" asked Gov. Baxter.
why. everyone knew about the
conditions" replied the witness.
Mrs. Katherine Ladd of Bar Har-
Dor testified that she had seen young
men and young women in that town
under the influence of liquor.
DO you know any place in Bar
Harbor now where liquor is Sold"
asked Attorney Perkins for the de-
fence.
II do not" replied the witness.
The next witness was A. d. Gray OF
Stratton, superintendent of schools,
who resided Inc Bar Harbor in the
summer of 1922. He stated that he
him of the conditions relative to
liquor in Bar Harbor.
Said Deputies Were Taking Graft
Il told him~his deputies were tax
ing graft. The sheriff said I will
have you before the court to prove
the charges l thought that ] could
not prove the charges, so told the
sheriff that from all appearances the
deputies were taking graft. / told
him the law was not being properly
enforced In Bar Harbor."
Witness said that in reply the
sheriff had asked him II he was a
taxpayer there, and had made a
statement to him indicating that 1t
was none Of his business. that that
was up to the local enforcement au-
thorities because the federal author
tiles had taken over the matter.
THE sheriff did come down later
and did investigate the complaint"
witness said on cross examination by
Attorney Perkins.
"You did not give the sheriff any
evidence upon which he could pro-
secute the deputies on the charge of
taking graft" asked Attorney Per-
kins. ....--.. :.
Il told him that frem my observa-
lions that conditions were such to
warrant an investigation" was the
reply.
Judge Pineo of the Bar: Harbor
municipal court said that he under
stood there was such a thing as the
prohibitory law. but he had seen lit
tie indication of it in Bar Harbor.
From the records Of that court he
showed that there were two search
and seizure cases before the court in