Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-09
East MillinOcket
Man Bound Over
To Superior Court

Judge charles w. Atchley found
probable cause against Charles Nj.
Donovan of East Millinocket in the
municipal court yesterday afternoon
at L O'Clock on the charge of driving
an automobile under the influence
or intoxicating liquor and bound over
the respondent to the January term
OF the superior court in $1,000 bonds.
A. w. Cushman of Skowhegan, a
member of the State Highway Police
force arrested Donovan Tuesday af-
ternoon on the Benton Neck road
and brought him to the Waterville
city lookup about o'clock Tuesday
afternoon.
Donovan pleaded not guilty and
waived the reading of the warrant.
He was represented by r. Harold
Dubord.
The following story was told by
Officer Cushman. Tuesday afternoon
he drove his motorcycle into Fair
field which Is at the lower end of his
beat which runs through Skowhe-
san. A woman came up to him and
handed him Slip Of paper with a
Maine license number written upon
1t. She said that man was driving
car with plates bearing that num-
intoxicated. Mr.. Cushman started
out at once and Just rounding the
corner onto the Neck road by Kent s
garage he saw the car and the re-
spondcnt trying to crank the engine.
He drove up to the car which was
Ford and saw that the man was
somewhat unsteady on his feet
Getting closer he noticed the odor
of alcohol on Donovan's breath. He
asked Donovan what was the matter
and the respondent said that moth
ing was the matter except the car
, would not seem to go. Officer Cush-
man looked into the car and saw a
bottle lying on the seat. He said
there was a couple of spoonfuls of
liquid in the bottle that smelled like
whiskey and the stopper of the bot
tie also smelled of whiskcy. This
bottle disappeared before reaching
the courtroom as the respondent had
evidently thrown it away.
AS Officer Cushman was not Who'll
~ familiar with the operation of a
Ford. he asked Bryant Kent at the
garage to drive it down for him, and
leaving his motorcycle there they
filled the gasoline tank and started
back to Fairfield. Very shortly they
found that there was no oil in the
car either. They drove across the
| bridge at the foot of the hill coming
into Fairfield and met Constable
Frank Lemclin OF Fairfield coming
! on the same errand as he had been
notified of Donovan's condition.
Constable I.emelin said that Dono :
van was evidently drunk and both
Lemclin and Cushman testified that
Donovan admitted that he had been
drinking little but that he was not
drunk. and that he cried while adj
| hitting his error. Kent testified that
| the gasoline tank was filled at his
garage and that he drove the car.
None of these witnesses saw Dono-
van driving his car.
Parker Brown of Clinton was
sworn in as a witness for the state
and he testified that he had seen
Donovan driving the car with three
others in the car with him earlier
in the afternoon. He said that he
was walking along the road and he
saw the car coming on the right
side of the road and that it suddenly
swcrved toward him and drove him
into the ditch. He watched the We
hicle and said that It zigzagged as far
as he could see Il so from him. He
positively identified Donovan as the
driver of the car. The other three
men had gotten out o: The car and
It is understood that they decided
IL was safer TO find some other means
OF CONVEYANCE.
No defense was offered Donovan
succeeded in getting bonds.