An attempt was made to escape from the Lewiston lockup between 7 and 8 o’clock Monday morning. As usual, the prisoners were let out of their cells for breakfast at about seven o’clock. Shortly before eight a member of the department visited the lockup, as is frequently done. One of the iron bars at the window on the second corridor was found to be nearly sawed through.
An investigation followed and as a result Peter Jacques confessed that he was the guilty party. Jacques was searched and upon his body was found a knife. This was a common silver-plated affair, rather old. The tip was broken off and several notches were made in the edge.
The affair must have occurred between 7 and 8 o’clock and as to Jacques’s means of obtaining the knife, there is more than one theory.
50 Years Ago, 1954
The Lewiston Police Commission is expected soon to consider taking steps to permanently establish the traffic pattern now in force on Park Street and on Ash Street, between Middle and Lisbon streets, and possibly extend one-way traffic to other streets in the business area.
One-way traffic on Ash and Park streets, in the opinion of Chief Roland C. Amnott, has worked out satisfactorily since it was put into force last summer when initial work was started on the new Manufacturer’s National Bank building at Ash and Park streets.
25 Years ago, 1979
Quick action by Lewiston firefighters Monday night contained a fire to one stall in a horse barn at Lewiston Raceways.
When firemen arrived at the scene just before 7:30 p.m. they found heavy smoke pouring from the horse barn in back of Carter Milling.
According to LFD Deputy Chief Donald Bolduc, the fire was concentrated in a stall at the center of the building, and when firemen arrived they discovered flames shooting out the backside of the barn.
The three horses housed in the barn were all evacuated. The stall where the fire was located was being used as a storeroom for tack, blankets, medicine and other horse-related paraphernalia, but no horse was housed there.
The door to the stall was locked, and only after venting the roof were firemen able to get the door open and fight the fire from the front.
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