Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-26

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Reads Entries from Diary
The witness produced a diary and
read the following entries:
Been here one year today. 40
prisoners in here. Mac in Office,
been there four months or more.
Sick in bed, been sick long time.
Boys playing cards as usual.
18th, Monday-Blouin comes in to
stay four months and to pay $500.
Jeness here until 11:15 p. NJ. Then
went to sleep.
18th, Tuesday-Blouin goes out for
1 hour everything as common. Still
sick in bed. Cold inside.
18th, Wednesday-Willie was in,
everything quiet only card playing.
18th, Thursday-Coldi inside. Moth
ing new.
18th, Friday-Levine comes in TO
stay six months. Mrs. K. comes in
to see me. In bed Cold in here.
! Goth, Saturday-LeClair comes in,
also Lizotte. Toulouce reported for
panhandling on street, keep inside.
Still sick, good weather.
21st, Sunday-Good meeting, Mrs.
kellogg attends. Boys playing cards.
22nd, Monday--Byther and Conner
comes in to stay eight months and
eleven hundred apiece, both put in
debtor room with table, spring beds.
large electric globes, eat in room do
their own cooking. plenty of refresh
ments, all rules broken for them. c.
in their room forty-five minutes at
P. NJ.
23rd, Tuesday-Byther, Cormier
and Blouin together. Harold Warren
doing the cooking, sweeping, wash
ing. etc. out playing cards in office.
Nice weather.
Gath, Wednesday-5S prisoners
here with women. The millionaires
playing cards until 1880 in office.
plenty of refreshments. C. called
some in office at 10:30 p. NJ.
25th, Observation-Disclosures get
| ting food cooked in kitchen. Taking
baths at II o'clock.
Goth, F'riday-New recruit of re-
freshments for millionaires. Mac
gets whisk from loungers in parlor.
9th, Observation-Disclosures we'll
provided for, sleep till or after all
others turn out at 6 A. NJ, always
to eat at table. Cormier and Byther
goes home in auto gets back at 1880.
Plays cards in Office until 1890.
| Takes bath at 11.30.
2Sth. Sunday-New turnkey. Good
meeting, Cormier passes tamberine
around for collection. Millionaires
playing cards. Touluce shifted from
! million to upper walk.
10Th, Monday-Everythin same,
| the millionaires well provided for
from kitchen, steak and french fried
| potatoes.
goth, Tuesday-Same as common
Door fastened, playing poker, signs
of plenty of refreshments. Some
neglect their card playing In office.
| Charles Greenwood goes out 60 days
out of 10 months.
October LIST, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
Blouin. and Byther all outside at
| their liberty. Made salad in kitchen,
| had a good time apparently. Laugh
| ed over paper talk.
End, Thursday-Nothing new.
| Boys playing cards.
3rd, Friday-Pete Cary goes out,
| came In January II, so days of 10
| months. The NJ. A. have lots of ban
quets, play cards in office till 10:45.
c. comes back and stays till 11:05 P.
NJ.
4th, Saturday-Nothing new. Wife
al 10 See 1Jc. AIoO III. Ahdhll'
! 5th, Sunday-Attended meeting,
saw and talked with Mrs. Kittredge,
| two went forward.
| 9th, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS quiet as
, common. Boys playing poker. Cum
mings goes to Boston.
| 18th, Tuesday--The ms have ban
| quet in evening.
| Sth, Neutrality-suspicious. take baths
| at 1900 p. M, lots of noise throwing
| cold water on each other.
9th. Thursday-Lots of newspaper
talk in regard to their going home,
etc, Pink. jaws US for not getting up
; earlier.
10th, F'riday-Bumford keeps run
| of how many times the mill. boys go
| in office. Blouin 10, Byther 8. Baker
Z. Cormier out all day, besides going
| out to play cards.
| 18th, Saturday-Sheriff comes
home been gone since Monday
| The ms have lots Of good stuff cook
| ed in kitchen and on stove inside.
! 18th, Sunday-The mil. had ban
| quet all night until A. NJ, this
morning. Making room for two
Rev. men SO called. The mill. have
| lots Of company.
18th, Monday-Two young men
| comes which they say call spoilers
! for the revenue men, get here $40
Turnkey Pink says to Harry Mes
senger inside turnkey, Take them
right upstairs. God Dam them and
! lock them up and don't let them talk
| to anyone and don't let anyone talk
| to them.
Afternoon Session
| William w. Shaw of Augusta, "a
| former prisoner of the kennebet
Jail, was called at the afternoon
session on direct examination.
The witness by means Of his diary
| told of some of the events that