Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-19

called after dinner. This witness was
the respondent. Oscar 7. Baker. who II
a travelling salesman In central Maine.
He told in detail Of his movements
for that day from the time he left his
home In the morning until he had been
placed under arrest. He had been to
Hallowen. Augusta. Oakland and Wa
terville on business and At Watervtlle
was accosted by the officer. who. after
asking him II he had q license to drive
the car and telling him that he had re-
ceived q complaint about him, had told
him to go along. The officer would
not tell him what the complaint was
about.
Defence CensraAietoxy
He had then gone to Fairfield, where
he had waited ut the sanatorium to
do business and had gone to q garage
in Fairfield. where he had stayed for
about an hour. He had returned to
Watervtlle and gone to the Exchange
Hotel where he had found a friend
and was going to drive the friend to
his room when the fire alarm blew and
they went to a fire on the plains. They
had been there but . short time and
then had gone back onto Main street
and but short time later a. he parked
MS car and was walking along the
street he was arrested He had walked
to the station unassisted by the ON
GERS.
George L. Woodward, steward md
treasurer at the Central Maine SAN
atorium lad talked with Baker about
seven O'Clock that evening and he
could see no indications that the man
was under the influence Of LIQUOR.
Ely l.. Gregory. a garage man at
Fairfield said that Baker had come
there about $3.50 and had left about
$3.50 and that he had thought that the
man was all right.
Chester Clark, who had been at the
Exchange Hotel and had gone to the
fire with Baker and had seen no in
dications Of his being under the In
fuence Of liqhor.
Russell X. Libby, a cousin OF the
respondent and employed in Water
vile. testified that he had Just left
work when he saw the officers going
up Temple street at the trot and had
followed along to see what was doing.
He saw them leave the scene Of the
arrest and did not know who the man
they had with them was. He had
asked the keeper Of the restaurant
and when he found out had gone to
the police station to see II he could
not help Baker out. He had talked
with Baker and believed that he was
sober. He had seen the respondent
walking toward the station with the
two officers and the man had walked
all right
Ealen Turner a companion Of Lib
,, by corroborated this testimony.
In rebuttal the state called the
three witnesses who declared that in
F, the face Of the contradictory testi-
mony Of the defence they did not
wish to change their testimony. Mrs
Delaware also maintained that the
; Eolice officers had arrested the mar
! In his car as they had said and not
| In front of her door as the defense
| had testified.
The state also produced Miss
| Blanche Matthew. waitress In the
restaurant and Edward Stratton, who
had been eating there. who testified
| that in the late afternoon, about
o'clock the man had been there and
! had been under the influence oil
| liquor at that time. .Stratton declared
| that as he was going to his home in
Fairfield on an electric car at about
1915 or 1920 he had seen Baker on
College avenue in his car proceeding
| toward WaterviJle.
The case then went to the jury fol-
J lowing the arguments Of the lawyers
| and after sentence had been pro-
! nounced court adjourned until $3.50
| this morning.