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named Charles I. Engstrom and James E. Cutter and the judge ordered the clerk to make an order appointing both lawyers as his counsel. It is thought that the trail will take place


the fi rst of next month. Mr. Cotter is the man who defended Bram who was charged with murdering the captain’s wife, and fi rst mate of the bark HERBERT FULLER. It was a long drawn out trial, marked


with the brilliant eff orts by Cotter in defense of Bram, so that he succeeded in securing a second trial for is client. The fi rst trial ended with Bram being sentenced to be hanged, but on the second trial he was given life imprisonment. Mr. Cotter will be the senior counsel


for Johnson, who claims that the shooting of Finch was in self-dense. Mr. Engstrom, who was an able young lawyer, will act as junior counsel. District Attorney Moulton will handle


the case for the government with his fi rst assistance, John H. Casey. Johnson during his own trouble has


not forgotten his sister who is sick in the hospital. He was anxious to have his money due from the vessel, which had been held up by the offi cials, delivered to her. He has been denied the privilege of seeing her since he has been in jail on murder charge. His appeal to the U. S. Marshal Darling in the matter was promptly attended to and the money has been secured for the sister. * * * * *


The new four-masted schooner


SALISBURY, building at Kelley, Spear Co.’s yard in Bath for Capt. C. E. Bennett of Baltimore is booked to launch on Wednesday, the 18th


of this month, in the


forenoon. The craft will be ready for sea and the launching will attract a party of friends of Capt. Bennett’s from Baltimore. His daughter will christen the craft.


10 November 1903 Had to Tow Him Ashore Rescue of Exhausted Man at Machiasport Under Diffi culties Machias, November 10. Capt. C. H. Thompson, of Larrabee


district, Machiasport, recently had an experience, which he does not wish to repeat. He has a large boat which he anchors at a buoy off the shore, and uses a small skiff to go to and from the larger boat. One day recently while in the skiff it capsized, throwing him into the water. With great diffi culty he clung to the boat until Bert Clark, who was in the vicinity, saw him, and taking a small boat from the shore, went to his rescue. The distance was not great and Clark soon reached the struggling man though not too soon, and now a new diffi culty presented itself; Capt. Thompson is not a small man, but on the contrary considerably above the medium size and weight, and Clark soon found it was impossible for him to get the captain into the small boat with which he had gone to the rescue. To leave the captain and go for help


was not to be thought of as the captain had already taken in considerable water and was about exhausted and there was but one thing that could be done to save the man’s life, which was to literally tow him ashore, and that is precisely what was done. When the shore was reached the captain


was thoroughly exhausted, and needed the help of Clark, she rolled him till he was free from some of the water he had swallowed, and able to get to his home where he was cared for. Capt. Thompson is not seeking for any


more adventures of this character, and will be quite contented to have them pass him by in the future.


HISTORY FROM THE PAST - Bangor Daily Commercial - Early 1900s Rated A1 for 15 Years.


The Commercial readers will remember


that this is the second narrow escape from drowning in the Larrabee district, within a month, the other being Samuel Wright, whose boat capsized and sunk a mile from shore, but in shallow water, leaving enough of the mast above water for him to cling to until help came. If the old saying that the third time never fails comes true in Larrabee the sailors there will do well to be careful in the future.


* * * * * A Maine Bark Lost at Sea


The SAMUEL H. NICKERSON Owned in Portland Lost October 20 – The Crew was Saved


New York, November 10. – Among


the passengers who arrived Tuesday on the steamer ALTAI from the West Indies were Capt. A. M. David and ten seamen of the American bark SAMUEL H. NICKERSON which foundered at sea October 29 about 35 miles northwest of Maraguna island. She sailed October 26 from East Harbor, Turks Island with a cargo of salt for New York, encountered stormy weather in which she strained badly and sprung a bad leak. The pumps choked with salt and became disabled. On the 29th


the crew took to their


boats and rowed to Maraguna island where they embarked on a small schooner for Fortune island. The bark sunk. The NICKERSON was built at


Harrington, Maine, in 1878 and was owned by J. S. Winslow and Co., of Portland, Maine.


18 November 1903 To Launch STONE


New Schooner Will Go Overboard at 10:30 Thursday


From Stetson’s Yard


Even Will Be Attended by Many People From Bangor, Brewer, Lynn and Other Cities


The four-masted schooner HORACE


A. STONE will be launched Thursday forenoon at 10:30 o’clock from the yard of the builders, E. & I. K. Stetson, in Brewer. The STONE is a vessel of 1,237 net tons register and is one of the fi nest of her class as well as one of the best vessels ever launched in this part of the state. She is named for Capt. Horace A.


Stone of Bangor who owns a large share in the new schooner. Besides the people in Bangor interested in the vessel she is also owned by residents of Brewer, where her captain, Charles F. Trask lives, Rumford Falls, Lynn, and Brookline, Massachusetts, and New York City. Small portions of her are also owned in other small Maine towns, 20 people in all having a share in the schooner. The cost of the STONE is $66,000


and she is considered a cheaper but yet a stronger vessel, per ton, than the SAMUEL W. HATHAWAY which was launched from this year a year ago. She has a carrying capacity of about one-half as much again as the HATHAWAY.


Owing to the


smallpox a large number of workmen left the vessel in October and for this reason the date of launching was postponed a few weeks and the schooner is not quite ready for sea. She has all of her masts stepped but owing to the rain of Tuesday she will have her topmasts, jibboom and a small part of the rigging put on after she is launched. She will be ready for sea in a week or ten days.


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The HORACE A. STONE has been


thoroughly built and fastened under the inspection of William Beazley of Bucksport, the agent of the Record of American and Foreign Shipping and will be rated as A1 for 15 years by them, the highest rating possible for a vessel of her class. She will go overboard at 10:30 o’clock


Thursday forenoon and will be christened by Miss Ruth Stetson, daughter of Hon. I. K. Stetson of the building fi rm, with chrysanthemums. After the launching a lunch will be served and many invitations have been sent out in Bangor and other towns both in Maine and other states. People will be present from Rumford Falls and other Maine towns and from Lynn, Massachusetts. The New York party is unable to attend.


19 November 1903 She Stuck Fast


The Schooner HORACE A. STONE Failed to Launch Thursday Grease was Hard


Several Thousand Spectators Were Disappointed – Another Try Will Be Made Friday.


Redecked with colors which looked


even brighter than usual in the brilliant sunshine and having on board 150 persons, all eager for the dip, the four-masted schooner HORACE A. STONE refused to leave the ways at the Stetson yard, Brewer, Thursday forenoon. Several thousand people had gathered on the Bangor and Brewer shores to see the handsome new craft take the plunge but after several attempts had been made to pull her off by a tug, it was decided to postpone the launching to Friday. The cold weather has so hardened the grease on the ways that the craft moved but eight inches down the slide and then would go no farther.


Thursday’s weather conditions could not have been improved upon and a


more suspicious day, from the spectator ’ s view point, could not have been provided. The crisp atmosphere, however, didn’t agree with the grease which had been spread on the ways to enable the big craft to glide down the incline and the tallow remained so hard that it was of little service. In the attempt Friday fish oil will be used together with the


tallow and it is expected that this will do away with any further diffi culty. Long before the hour set for the


launching, the crowds began to gather on the Bangor and Brewer shores. There must have been a couple of thousand people on hand to see the launching and besides these there were 150 or so on board the craft. Shortly after 10:30 o’clock, just at high


tide, the shores being down, workmen began to drive the wedges. Then the keel blocks were knocked away Miss Ruth Stetson, daughter of Hon. I. K. Stetson, with a huge bunch of chrysanthemums, stood ready to christen the schooner. Ordinarily the vessel would have begun


to move but the Stone remained perfectly fast.


Then more wedges were driven under


the bow but still the vessel didn’t budge. The tug RALPH ROSS, which with the DELTA, was in waiting to attend the schooner, was appealed to for assistance. A line was sent out to the ROSS on the STONE’s 21 foot gasoline launch and then the tug gave a steady pull. The big line, unraveled, however, and another try was made. The ROSS started slowly but the vessel


didn’t respond and then with a strong, quick haul the line parted but not until the vessel had moved about eight inches down the ways. The tide was steadily ebbing and had dropped nearly two feet so it was decided to wait until Friday. Then the party on board left the


schooner and the spectators on the shores went home. Capt. Charles F. Trask, who is to


command the STONE, was among the party on board while HORACE A. STONE, for whom she is named and one of the principal owners, was on the shore to watch the ceremony.


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