Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-14

| James II. Thorne of Madison and the
respondent by Attorney Sherman n.
Shumway. Fogg plead not, guilty,
but admitted probable cause and was
held for the grand jury at the Jam
| uary term of the Supreme court in a
| cash bail of $500.
The second case was that of State
VS.. William Murtha of Jackman.
charged with sale of intoxicating
| liquor at Jackman on November 18th.
The county attorney represented the
State and Mr.. Murtha was repre-
scented by Attorney n. Shumway.
Reading Of the warrant was waived
and respondent plead not guilty. The
States witnesses were Harold f..
O'Neal. guide of The Forks, John
E. Fogg of Portland, Ralph r. Mich
OILS of Portland, who testified to chip
ping In money and going in the
Fogg auto to Jackman and purchas-
ing three quarts of Scotch whiskey
of William Murtha on the evening
of November 4th.. for which they
paid $21. in the front room at the
Murtha house. Deputy Sheriff Frank
Gipson who arrested Murtha was al
az SoIASd anu tOlu VI SOliS W tlC
Murtha house, taking Mr.. Fogg to
identify the respondent and OF the
arrest.
Judge Merrill found the respond
ent guilty and imposed q fine of $500
and cost, months in Jail and two
months additional in default of pay
nent of fine and cost. Murtha appeal
cd and bail of $1,000 was furnished by
Gedkge II. Plummer and G.. Allan
Wentwalte of Skowhegan. The third
case was State VS.. William Murtha
OF Jeckman. charged with sale of in
toxicating liquor at Jackman on
Monday, November 10th. Same at
tOrneys as in the second case acted.
The States witnesses were John T..
Fogg of Portland who said he ptr-
chased two quarts of Scotch whiskey
OF Murtha at his house in Jackman
on November 10TH. and paid S14 for
II. The second witness was Erlou
a. Sanborn of Portland who said he
went with Fogg in his car to Jack
man and saw Fogg come out of n
house where he stopped with a bun
die in his arm. That on the way down
he smelt liquor on Fogg's breath
and that he was driving at fast rate
of speed.
In this. case also Judge Merrill
round Murtha guilty and imposed q
fine of 5000 and cost . months in
Jail and . months additional in de-
fault of payment. Murtha appealed
and bail of $1,000 was furnished
by George II. Plummer and G.. Allan
Wentworth of Skowhegan. ATTORNEY
Shumway for the respondent con-
Quoted the cross examination in both
cases but no evidence for the de-
Tense was taken out in either case.
Thursday afternoon, Roy Jones,
Earl Tanish, David Withee. and Nor
rill Hoxie. all of Skowhegan were be-
fore Judge Merrill at municipal
court hearing. There were two
charges each against Jones. Tanish
and HoXie. the first being harboring
and secreti1g Mabel Howard and Alma
Paradis. two escaped from the State
Reformatory for Women and the sec
ond phonicaton with these girls.
The states charge against David
Withee was adultery. Another charge
not made known against Withee was
dismissed. The testimony in the case
was all taken out together The
state was represented by County At
torney James II. Thorne of Madison
and the respondents by Attorney Sher-
man n. Shumway. The witnesses for
the State were Alma Paradis. Mabel
Howard. and Alex Hunter. the night
clerk at Hotel oxford.
The story of the cases according to
the states testimony was that on
thursday evening, Oct. 30. the two
girls escaped from the State Reforma-
tory for Women and came to eSkow-
hegan village and that evening went
to Vassalboro with Jones and Tanish
to'a dance and returned early Friday
morning and obtained rooms at Hotel
oxford. The party had all been drink
ing. The girls remained at the Hotel
until Friday night when they engaged
rooms at Mrs. Harmon's on Cross
street. That night the girls and Jones
and Hoxie went to a camp on the
Athens road.
A portion of Saturday and Sunday
was passed at the Harmon house.
sunday they went on a long automo-
pie ride to Augusta and Gardiner. The
following Monday the girls telephoned
to the officers at the reformatory and
wete taken back to the institution by
parole officer Mrs. Henrietta Bowman
and q. Ernest Avore, a member of the
board of trustees.
The states evidence stated that the
expenses at the hotel and at the Har-
mon house were paid by Jones and
Hoxie. Tanish and Withee did not
figure in the case after the first night.
1t was stated that withee was at the
hotel when they arrived there early
Friday morning. The girls said that
food was brought TO them by Jones
both while at the hotel and at the
Harmon house and that the boys had
alcohol when they took them for a
Through their attorneys. the re-
spondents waived the reading of the
warrant and examination and plead
not guilty. In the case Of State VS..
Withee. charging adultery, probable
cause was found and bail was placed
for his appearance at the grand Jury
in January at $500. In the cases of
state Us. Jones. Tanish, and Hoxie
charging harboring and secreting the
girls from. the Reformatory. Judge
Merrill did not have Jurisdiction but