Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-07

, is young. His father believes that
| the boy has capacity for study. ]
hope that his honor will see fit to
send the boy to the State Reform
| school,
County Attorney Sanborn said that
! the arrest of the boy followed after
| seven fires in a month and a half,
! destroying a good deal of property
| in Gardiner and Randolph. When
! arrested Smell was armed with a re-
| volver, which he said he was going
to use if anyone tried to take him.
1T makes no difference to me
| what punishment the court sees fiji
to administer" said County Attorney
Sanborn.
Judge Beane, after a consultation
with the boys father. Attorney
| knight and County Attorney San
| School for Boys during his minority
The indictment against Smell for
injury to a. building, in breaking a
| window in the residence Of Mrs. NJ
j. Walsh at Gardiner, was placed on
file. .---
Two Placed on Probation
Ernest L. GOodspeed of Gardiner
appeared as counsel for Laurel A.
Williams, who was indicted with
| Smell and Clifford Horne, for mali
cious injury to a building by break
| ing a window in the residence of
Mrs. NJ. j. Walsh at Gardiner. An
| other indictment was returned
against Williams for malicious in
jury to a building by, breaking a
window in the high school building
at Gardiner. Williams pleaded nolo
contendre to both charges.
%I,ok ~,
boys mother died last Wednesday
and he had no doubt but that her
| death was snperinduced by sorrow
over this affair. The boy had al
| ways borne a good reputation up to
this time. On the night of the last
| fire he refused to go with Smell and
the only thing that he did was to be
with Smell and Horne when they
broke windows.
Williams told the court that he
| was present when windows were
| broken at houses on North and Den
mis- streets, the plant of the Gardiner
Bottling Company, the high school
building and the freight depot, all
Tin Gardiner. = %.
'Why did you do these things?"
asked Judge Beane.
Smell wanted Horne and I to 60
| into partnership with him and be-
| come crooks" replied Williams
After the windows were broken
| kept away from Smell ard told him
that l wasn't going with him."
James Williams, the father of the
| boy, weeping bitterly, said that his
| son had never before been in trou-
BILE and was willing to work, and he
was not connected in any way with
! any of the fires.
Questioned by the court, Clifford
Horne, who was indicted with Smell
and Williams for breaking the glass
in Mrs. Walsh's house in Gardiner
said that he did not break any glass
/ Williams was sentenced to serve
| six months in Jail on one case and
three months in Jail on another case.
but was placed on probation on pay
ment Of the costs. Horne was SEN
| fenced to serve three months in jail
but was placed on probation on the
payment of the mOsts.
| Judge Beane told Williams that
he wanted him to pay for the dam
age caused by the breaking Of the
glass.
| IF you come up here again, you
will have to serve your sentence"
said Judge Beane, addressing VIII
| liams. 1T is up to you"
Other Sentences
Alden Written of Oakland plead
ed guilty to, breaking and entering
and the larceny Of four bags Of hay
from the barn of Leon Gaylord at
Oakland. Written was represented
by II. l.. Hunton of Oakland as
counsel, who told the court that
Written had never been in any trou-