Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-21
trio OF JOLLY BU CCANEERS' HITS
SNAC ON FREEb0OTINC CRUISE,
FOUND GUILTY OF PETTY LARCENY

Three of the "Jolly Buccaneers,
famous dance aggregation now
cruising in these parts were reduced
to solemnity in Augusta municipal
court Friday morning when they
were found guilty of the larceny of
four fountain pens from the counter
stock of the Harry Z, Goodrich drug
store in this city and were sentenced
to pay fines of $25 and costs of $3.50
additional in each case.
John Edwin, the Jackie, who has
been the featured performer of the
buccaneering outfit in it's engage
ments through this section of the
state, was one of the trio convicted
on the charge of petty larceny.
Norman Wentworth and John Smiley
were the other two members of the
free booting trio, and when Judge
Cony pronounced sentence after
reading something of the riot act to
the youths, they sobered their faces
perceptibly as they were returned to
the lookup of the Augusta police
station pending their efforts to raise
the necessary $500 per each"
The fountain pens stolen from the
Goodrich pharmacy, Thursday eve
ming while the clerks eyes We're
turned away from the itinerant
musicians were valued at 81 each,
and three of the pens were recovered
as the result of the immediate action
of Mr.. Goodrich, aided by Lieutenant
Joseph F. Young, Jr., and Officer
Malcolm O'Brien of the State High
way Police, who went to Belgrade
and to the camp occupied by the
buccaneers during their sojourn in
these parts.
, The officers located one of the pens
in the seat of the automobile, which
is the land ship of the Jolly Buc-
cancers. Another writing imple-
ment, which Mr.. Goodridge identified
as one of those purloined from his
store was found in the camp. The
officers then went to the Willows
pavilion, where the light fingered
| jazz-boys were playing for the dane
ing, and after calling the several
members out onto the road, the trio
was searched and a third pen came
to light. The three Boston youths
were brought to this city at 100 A.
NJ. Friday, where they gave bail for
| their appearance in court later in the
morning.
When arraigned before Judge Cony
! on the warrant taken out by Mr..
Goodrich, Edwin, Wentworth and
| Smiley each pleaded guilty to
larceny, and on questioning by the
court could give no adequate eX-
| PLANTATION of their act. In pronounc-
| ing sentence Judge Cony said:
Il find the impression once in
| awhile that because someone is from
Boston they think they can get away
with anything down here. Our mer-
| chants are entitled to protection and
when a case like this comes in here
| they expect me to do something. and
| am going to-.
! Il may be doing you young men
| a favor by giving you stiff fines
Drunken Driving Case
| Another case heard yesterday fore
| noon was that of Carol Tracey of
| Rome, who was found guilty on a
| charge of operating an automobile
while under the influence of intoxicat-
| ing liquor. Tracey, who is % years
of age and has had several previous
! appearances in Judge Cony'sI court
was sentenced to pay q fine of 500
| and to serve two months in the
! county Jail. Through his attorney
| Carl N. Henderson of Pennington,
| the respondent entered an appeal
| and bonds were set at $500 for his