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when he came down. | did not dé
stir. Mr. [litchcock came and: told me
to get up, and I went down to his house.
I think it was some time after midnight
that he came, for I heard the roosters
crow before he went away. IJ went to
sleep after a good while. He repeated
three or four’ times what mother said.
‘father kept lis lantern under the sink ;
it was always kept there when not used.
Tscaw the light and when he went up
stairs it was dark.”

The conduct and appearance of the

prisoner during the examination are thus
described :

‘The prisoner exhibited throughout
the examination the greatest noncha-
lance and indifference. Tven when the
testimony was strongest against him, as
when they testified ‘that blood ‘was on
his garments, that the tracks leading to
the house must have been made by his
boots, and when the girl said, ‘I am
sure it was his voice,” even this did not
move him. One thing, however, was
noticed ; he would not look at the blood-
stained ax. Every time that was exhi-
bited in court, and it was shown sever-
al times, his eyes would drop and he
would turn from it; and yet he would
look with apparent interest upon the
huge stake, matted with the blood and
hair of his victims. IIe is about thirty
yeurs old, of medium hight and stature,
but muscular; there is nothing striking
about his features except his upper lip ;
this is very singular and difficult to de-
scribe, but with eyes open gives him an
ugly and vicious look. Report says
that most of his life has been spent as ¢
laborer, in the northern part of Ver-
mont, and that he has been a soldier,
both of the British army and our own.

“A very decided attempt was made
to lynch Miller, the murderer, after his
examination on Thursday. ‘The officers
in charge waited for more than an hour
for the crowd to disperse somewhat, but
when he was brought out to the car-
riage, a rush was made and a lasso was
thrown at the prisoner, but fortunately

ras guarded off by one of the officers.
The crowd then followed the team, cry-
ing out, ‘“‘IIang him? hang him!” He
was fin: ully stely lodged | in the state
prison at Windsor.”

Miller, alias Williams, was brought
here on Friday and delivered to Sheriff
Richmond, who took him to Rutland on
Saturday. He will come before the
Grand Jury in December.

fed for the murder of
id wife, in Weathers-
uly, 1867, was brought
ndictment baving been

Hiram Miller indi
Joshua G. Gowilag
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eld, on the 28
into Court and

most decided
Paul, Esq,, mqved for a change of venue, on
the ground that the case had created great
excitement thkoughout this county, the par-
ticulars of the preliminary hearing had been
made public through the newspapers, and
everybody was more or less acquainted with
the case. In case the motion was denied he
would ask for a postponement of the trial
for a few days, as the respondent had only
the day before been informed that he was
to be tried on Tuesday. The Court took
the matter under advisement and the pris-
oner was removed by the Sheriff.

‘Vermont : Standard
o/u/eg *
gasoaraph Srom

Windsor Courdy

Coumt News”

Nermon Standard
11/68

Itaken. Left him then and went back to
the house; after looking some of the
linatters over there went into the cham-
Lher ond made some @xaminations theres

anion ether things took linpressions of
marke npos the door, tiarks were made
by rads da the toe of the boot > ow stu k
and he evidently Kichod Go open; took
Hpreski nm ON paper, Dicey went back
fo where Pibsoner Was a ah they line a8)
this clothes off, and fave them aio thors
ough exemination; Compared the ime
pression with the boot and it: fitted ex-
actly; supposed hivel the impressions
but find bave not; on examining his
clothing found in right band pants pock-
et a large piece of tobacco ; both tobac-
co and pocket were very wet; turned
pocket rong side out, appeared to have
been washed, alsa tobacco, could see no
blood about pocket with the nvked eye,
but with a magnifying elass could see
‘streaks that appeared. like blood; also

on his boots spots that looked very
much like tar, but on applying glass
sce the blood very plain; there
were spots on his vest and coat; spots
on the vest very fine spects, as if blood
spattering ; on the coat more prominent,
one on the back and one on shoulder ;
ne one on back looked like a finger
on ark ; it got to be about night and ofli-
cer requested me to go to Windsor with
him to take the man “to prison, and did
so. Was requested to go down again
next day; (Though, the day before told
him he was seen at the house the night
before and tried to get him to admit,
but did not succeed in making him = ad-
mit it; told him they had followed him
down through on the cars to the house ;
he admitted he had left the cars at the
Hieh Bridge, he said be came from the
High Bridge down to the covered bridge,
and being very tired he sat, down in the
bridge and went to sleep, and slept till
after daylight in the morning; he then
‘ame out and went back tow ards Wind-
looking’ for work ;) Resuming the
parrative in order: In getting . down
there gentlemen said there were tracks
in a piece of ploughed ground near the
covered bridge, started taking the boots ;
vear the end of the bridge, on this. side,
turned down through a door yard, per-
haps four rods from end of bridge,
struck into a corn field) crosswise from
direction he would naturally take and
found fresh tracks ; gentleman who went
with me was near by and also man I
supposed lived on the place; pretty
soon struck the track, and the second
track noticed the peculiar mark made
by the patch or ade sole, very promi-
nent; looked along and saw it in an-
other; then spoke to the men with me
aud they looked and said it was the
same thing; then took each boot and
‘set into the tracks and they fitted ex-
actly ; then Cowmings and I followed
the track, and making further examina-~
tion in several tracks found we could
see distinctly the nail marks; loose
loan soil, rain a short time before,
and in many places we. could count. the
nail marks; followed. that track through
the corn field, and tien came into grass ;
saw the track through the grass to. the
bank of a small stream emptying™ into
the river; found where he had crossed

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and continued following the track round
up, and in short distance struck another
ploughed ficld but soil was not as soft
as the other and could not find the im-
pression of the peculiar marks of the
boots as often as on the otber; com-
pared the tracks where there was a
chance, and was satisfied they were same
tracks ; found the peculiar marks in on-
ly two instances in second field ; follow-
ed it through that field over fence into
a meadow; grass still standing; after
proceeding short distance, Col. C.. who
had gone off a little to one side, says
‘“‘here’s a track going the other way ;”
says, ‘“‘you follow that track and I will
this and we will see where it comes
from.” Above me as the land began to
rise, there was a. skirt of timber and
saw a drive-way through; the track was
making directly: to the drive- -way; fol-
lowed the track till I come to the edge
of. the timber ; Col. C. was down on. the
bank of the river and he hallooed to me
to ‘come down here.” ‘Turned to go
and in turning off struck another track
going in the direction in which he stood ;
I then followed the track down to the
bank where he was standing, to the edge
of the water and saw the track to which
he wished to call my attention; saw
where a man stepped into the water,
both feet, as though a man had gone
into wash; then looked along to find
where the track left the river; found
Where it went along for some distance
under a clump of bushes where it was
hard getting along, and then came up
on to the bank again; then turned up
through to the track I had left at the
diive-way ; going up the driveway, in
the bushes, shaded, struck the track
again and‘in one place found the marks
made by the sole of the boot; ground
was quite hard and as a gene ral thing
very little impression left, ‘but we could
follow the track; came up into grass
ground and followed the track out into
the road a short distance this side of the
house, perhaps five or six rods; wasn’t
able to follow any tracks further. Then
went to the house and examined marks
again, and went to water tub at back
end of the house, where was § pensstock,
and found on x plank spo's of blood,
appeared as though the boot had been
selon to the edge of the tub and water
had been taken out of the tub to) wash
them and the blood had dropped on to
the plank; then followed out back and
found a track (sandy back of the house)
that went up on to a little knoll, and it
looked as though a person had bh en up
there to look ca theye were several
tracks ; from there it anes and went
down; grass ground but soil loose ; the
impressions were not distinot but’ gould
follow easily lawn to the road ; it struck
the road ata pair of bars, nearly opbo-
site where the track came up from the
other way ; that ended the investigation.

to Divine Grace that you must look.
You onghtgo realize that your sins re-
quire the deepest penitence and the
most earnest @y for pardon. ‘Though
blood for blood is the requirement of
the law, ageqhirement which the safety
of the community demands, there is a
fountain, which, if suitably addressed,
will grant pardon for the greatest offen-
ces. It is to be hoped in your awful sit-
uation you will realize the deep siguifi-
cance of the words about to be address-
ed to you, and lay hold of the only hope
that is left.

It remuins for me as the presiding
Judge of this Court to pronounce your
sentence. It is that, on the last Friday
of June, 1869, between the hours ot
eleven o’clock forenoon and three o’clock
afternoon, yuu be hanged by the neck
until you be dead; and in the meantime
that you be confined in solitary confine-
ment, in the State Prison at Windsor,
in the County of Windsor. And may
God have mercy on your soul.

The prisoner, who had stood through
this impressive scene—a scene which
made the stoutest heart in the vast as-
sembly tremble with awe unspeakable
—his countenance wearing an expression
of determined defiance, spoke up boldly,
saying :

“That I have always been confined in
for a deed I never done ;”
referring, undoubtedly, to his close con-
finement since being arrested for the
crime for which sentence had been pro-
nounced. He was removed by the
sheriff, and atter visiting Cusbing’s Sa-
loon for the purpose of having his pho-
tograph taken, was placed in irons and
taken to the States Prison at Windsor.

Thus closed the last act but one in one
of the most horrible and bloody tragedies
ever enacted in this country.

The prisoner declared from first to
last that he was innocent, and never for
a& moment seemed to. exhibit signs of
penitence or that he realized the fear-
fulness of his situation. His firmness
was not even shaken when, the bell hav-
ing heralded the verdict, his counsel in-
formed him that so speedy an agreement
of the jury surely indicated his convic-
tion. Up to this moment he had confi-
dently looked for acquittal, notwithstand-
ing he was confronted with a net work
of evidence from which it. was beyond
the pewer of legal ability to extricate
Ama,

C. L. Hoyt, President of the. Potter
County, Pa., Agricultural Society, and
probably a pretty sharp man generally,
writes to the Rural New Yorker that he
will warrant the following to be an in-
valuable cure for hoof rotin any flock
of sheep in America:

Perseverance 500 Ibs.
Jack knife 100
Blue vitriol (pulverized) oO
Spirits turpentine 4 pint.

Apply the latter to keep away the
flies.

Take lime and slack to a dry powder
with strong brine, and keepin a barrel
in some convenient and dry place, and
use a little occasionally in your vaults,
privies and sink holes, and all may be
kept as sweet asa hay mow. Try it
now and save the health of your friends
and family. A friend who has tried it
hands us the above for publication. Cut
it out and stick it up where it can be
seen every day.— Caledonian,

tour appointed for the execution, so
great was his distress of mind.

All persons without passes were or-
dered from the guard room and at 1
o'clock the guards, officials, reporters
and twenty witnesses were admitted.
Miller, escorted by Deputies Amsden
and Kendall, walked up the steps firmly.
Ile wore a black coat and vest, and
light pants, but no collar, and his bosom
was bare. Chaplain Franklin Butler
‘read a passage of Scripture, closing,
“We shall stand before the judgment
seat of God.” He then read a prayer,
and said: “In the name of the Lord
Jesus I ask, are you innocent?” Miller
replied, “I am.”

Sheriff! Stimson read the death order,
bound Miller’s hands, arms and legs,
and asked if he had anything to say.
Miller said: ‘I have not, but if there is
any one present whom I have ever in-
jured, I hope they will forgive me. My
hopes are in God Almighty.” As the
sheriff adjusted the black cap, Miller
said: “I wish to say one word. There
are men before me who have sworn to
lies. Godknowsit. Godis my strength.
I wish you all good-bye, gentlemen.”
The sheriff said: * The time for your |
execution has come. May God have
mercy on your soul!” and launched Mil-
ler into eternity. The drop fell at a
quarter past 1 o’clock.

There was no struggle or even quiver
of the body. His pulse ceased beating |
in eleven minutes. The body was allowed
to hang twenty-seven minutes, when it.
was found that the neck was completely |
dislocated. Drs. Stiles and Clark of
Windsor, Warrington of Chester, Palmer
of Ludlow and Tenney of Hartford, were
present and examined the corpse. The
friends of the deceased took possession
of it, and carried it to Richford, Vt. |

Miller’s wife has written him several

affectionate letters but has never visited
im,

ES a ee gi pl a ioe

EXECUTION OF HIRAM MILLER.

We copy from the Springfield Repub-
lican’s account of the execution: Since
his sentence was pronounced and until
quite lately, Miller has been quiet and
unconcerned and always has protested
|his innocence of the crime. He has
showed no signs of depression, but has
been resigned to his fate. This calm-
ness and self-possession continued up
to Wednesday night. That night he
was restless, and on Thursday he was
completely broken down. Ie had Be
a good appetite befure, but did not ea
anything in the morning, and but little
during ‘the day. Ile had plainly begun
to realize that his days were nearly num-
bered, He is a very illiterate man, dull
of intellect, and did not realize his im-
pending fate as long as it was somg days
distant. On Tharsday he talked inco-
herently nearly all the time, but there
was little sense in what he said. When
alone he.was heard to mutter, ‘I shall
make a specch to-morrow,” and then he
said, ‘*I sbhan’t be here to-morrow.” |

There were three guards with Miller,
last night. He was very restless through
the night, and stood at the door of his
cell talking with them most of the time
until 3 o’cloc ‘k, when he dropped asleep
for an hour, bat his sleep was not sound.
At first he was confident of his ability
to stand the fearful test, but as he be-
gen to realize that he had entered upon
his last day, he completely broke down.
At one time he spoke of his little boyy
and showed that he really longed to see
hin} once more, but immediately after he
would utter some coarse, vulgar joke.
He said that he supposed there would.
be acrowd of spectators to see him
hung, and he wished to have them prom-
ise not to bite him at the same time that
they kissed him good-bye. He still
persisted in his innocence, and kept re-
peating that ‘‘they won’t get anything
out of me.” At midnight he ate a pie,
and at 7 o’clock he took a hearty break-
fast. At that time some acquaintances
from Richmond, Vt., visited him, and
were gladly received by him, but soon
he again commenced complaining, and

spoke wildly of the set of bloodhounds
about him, endeavoring to steal his
clothes, ete. Becoming entirely un-
manned, he was left alone and soon
dropped into a disturbed sleep. Fears
were entertained during the forenoon
that he would become insensible before
the hour appointed for the execution, so
great was his distress of mind.

All persons without passes were or-
dered from the guard room and at 1
o'clock the gu: ids, oflicials, reporters
and twenty Witnesses were admitted.

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ROGERS, Mary Mabel, wh, hanbed VT (Bennington) December 8, 1905

A woman hid her face in her hands when informed of her husband's death --
but she couldn’t hide a murder secret from an insistent Vermont sheriff!

RS. ELLA PERHAM’S boardinghouse was trim, prim
and secluded. White-painted, it stood back from
the road, its rambling porch protected by stately
elms that were so characteristic of the quiet college

town of Bennington, Vermont. A lazy August breeze wafted
in through the lace-curtained living-room windows where
‘Mrs. Marcus Rogers sat reading a Bible. Her mind was not
on the words, however, and the pretty, 19-year-old woman
tugged nervously at the negligee that draped her slim figure.

It was almost midnight—long past Her usual retiring hour—
but the fears preying on her imagination were far too potent
to permit her to sleep.

The door opened softly, yet the slight noise jerked her
body taut as though it had been pulled on a puppet string.
The slight, nightgown-clad figure of Ella Perham stood framed
in the doorway.

“I’m sorry I startled you, poor dear,” the older woman
apologized, “but I simply had to know if there’s any word
from your husband.”

Tears welled in the wife’s eyes. “I’m afraid that Marcus
has—”

“Nonsense! Don’t pay any attention.to that silly threat of
his,’ Mrs. Perham counseled. “Perhaps you should have let
him persuade you to go back to him,” she told her boarder
gently. “He’s a good man. And; remember, you were once
very happy together.”

“I know! I know!”

The words came shakily from Mrs. Rogers’ lips. “But I no
longer love him, and it’s wicked, oh very wicked, for a man and
woman who no longer care for each other to live together.”

“Perhaps you're right.” The widow embraced her young
boarder in a motherly gesture. A few moments of silence
passed between them, and then she said softly, “Mary, if
Marcus doesn’t show up soon, we ought to call the police.”

The wife’s eyes flew open, startled. “But . . . but you
just sakKi—”

“That his threat to commit suicide was silly? I still think
so, my dear, but it wouldn’t hurt to have a talk with Sheriff
Peck and have him—well, look around a bit.”

An hour dragged by. Mrs. Perham rose resolutely from
her chair. “I’m going to awake Levi,” she said. “He can get
the buggy out and ride over to Sheriff Peck’s house.”

“Mary Mabel” as many called her, made a feeble protest,
but it was ignored by the widow, who swept past her and
went upstairs. She aroused the older of her two sons, dark,
swarthy, 22-year-old Levi. Leon, 19, was asleep on an
adjoining cot.

Levi rubbed his eyes, listened, then hurriedly dressed.

“Tell Mister Peck he must come over tonight. Tomorrow

Passion Crime of the

morning may be too late,” Mrs. Perham instructed. Her
thin, tight lips pursed even more firmly than usual, the
woman returned to the living room. She and Mrs. Rogers
gazed at each other mutely as they heard Levi depart.

T WAS IN the final year of the last century, when Mary
Rogers wasea 15-year-old schoolgirl in Hoosick Falls, New
York State, that the curtain had gone up on this fateful drama
of crime and passion that was reaching its climax four years
later as Mrs. Perham and her fair boarder awaited the arrival
of Sheriff Peck.

Back in that year of 1899 Mary had met Marcus Rogers,
13 years her senior, but possessed of a gay spirit that seem-
ingly bridged the disparity in their, ages. In less than a week
after their meeting, they eloped. Violent parental objections
finally simmered down, and with the belated blessings of the
bride’s parents, the couple settled down on Marcus Rogers’
modest farm on the outskirts of Bennington.

Two years passed—two years of idyllic happiness for the
child-wife and her loving husband. A daughter was born;
the joy of the couple multiplied. Then came tragedy. At
three months old, the child died. Mary Rogers became moody

and depressed. She and Marcus began to quarrel. Two more.

years dragged by; the quarrels increased and grew more
intense. -

One morning the wife announced that their marriage was
finished. She no longer loved Marcus. She could not bear
‘to have him touch her. He pleaded in vain, promised her
everything under the sun. She packed her belongings and
moved into Ella Perham’s boardinghouse. .

Heartbroken, Rogers returned to Hoosick Falls .and ob-
tained employment in a lumber mill. The farm where he
and his lovely bride had found their first ecstasy was foreclosed.

As the months slipped, by it was only natural that the
slim, shapely young woman, whose delicate features and
red hair impressed the young men who observed her, should
attract admirers.

They flocked around her, flattered her, made Mary Rogers
forget the romantic blight that had shadowed her life. She
realized that-she was still less than 20 years old, attractive,

desirable. She received offers of marriage. The prospect of |

beginning life. anew thrilled her, and she wrote to Marcus
asking for a divorce.

The husband hurried to Bennington.
had a violent scene.

“I love you,” he told her. “Whether I’m cursed or blessed,
I don’t know, but I love you. You belong to me and no
one else’ll have you!”
’ Then his tone softened. Eagerly, he tried to embrace her.

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The infatuated 19-year-old youth was a too] in the
hands of an attractive woman who loved another.

“Mary,” he pleaded, “why can’t we go on again as we were
before?”

Mary Rogers’ answer was direct. “I no longer care for
you. It would be a sin for us to live together.”

“It would be a greater sin for ,you to live with anyone
else,” her husband retorted.

Marcus gave up his job at the mill. He moved in with
an aunt who lived in Bennington. Proximity, he hoped, would
awaken the dead embers of his wife’s love.

One afternoon Marcus sent word to Mary. Would she
spend the following day, Sunday, with him? He suggested
a picnic. Mary agreed—but on one condition. They were
not to be alone; another couple would accompany them.

He accepted her terms, and at seven o’clock the next
morning the picnickers, including Mrs. Rogers’ friénd, Lilly
Keston, and the latter’s escort, Leon Perham, started out
with a well-filled picnic basket and hiked down to Morgan’s
Grove on the banks of the gentle Walloomsac River.

On the surface at least, they all seemed happy, and eager
to have a day’s pleasure. But it was an outing that was
doomed to have a stark and terrible ending.

HERIFF H. H. PECK arrived at Ella Perham’s boarding

house,a few minutes past one o’clock on the day follow-
ing the picnic. Mary Rogers now told him the details of
that fateful Sunday.

“After we ate our sandwiches,” she related, “Lilly and Leon
strolled off for a walk along the riverbank. Marcus and I
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PEACEFUL SCENE OF MURDER—
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man was “drowned” here, But, actually drowned?

were alone. He begged me to go back with him. It was the
first time | had ever seen him cry; tears were streaming down
his cheeks. I felt almost ashamed to make him any un-
happier. I kissed him. I even let him embrace me.

“But then he began to talk of plans he was making for us.
Marcus seemed suddenly to take it for granted that I would
return to him. It was’a terrible position for me to be in. But I
had to be honest. I told him I was in love with another man.”

“Are you really in love with another man?” Peck asked.

“Yes.” The young woman’s answer was prompt, defiant.
“Why should I be ashamed of it?”

The lean, grizzled officer whose creased, expressionless
face seemed to be carved from the granite of one of the
local quarries, made no answer.

Mrs. Rogers continued: “My words put him in a terrible
passion. He got to his feet, shook his fists at me, and said
no other man would ever own me. I started to walk away. 1
called out to Lilly and Leon. Marcus grabbed my arm.

“All right! All right!’ he shouted. ‘Maybe I can’t keep
you out of the arms of a lover. But I don’t have to live to
see it. I'll kill myself. Tonight!’ :

“He was shouting, and his eyes hada crazy look. I tried
to scream, but he suddenly quieted down. We picked up
Lilly and Leon and we came back to town. Marcus left us
on County Street, downtown. Leon and I took Lilly to her
house, then we came home. Later Marcus’ aunt, that he
lives with, called me up. He hadn’t come home. At midnight
he still was missing. He hasn’t come back yet.”

Peck got up. “Don’t worry, Mrs. Rogers,” he said. “A
lot of people threaten suicide and live to be ninety. Marcus
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“Well. I'll get some deputies and we'll have a look along
the river bank. And I'l] drop in on his aunt.”

HE MISSING MAN'S aunt was gravely concerned over

her nephew’s safety and explained her fears to Sheriff Peck.
“Marcus is an emotional man,” she said tearfully. “He was
terribly broken up about his bad marriage. He might really
do away with himself.” ,

“Did he ever tell you he might take his own life?”

“Yes. On one or two occasions when he was very upset.”

At the crack of dawn, Peck, Deputies W. S. Lovell, J. H.
Kiniry and Angus McCauley, along with a dozen volunteers,
began a systematic search of thé heavily wooded Walloomsac
section. It was a slightly overcast day; the sun’s rays were
feeble and reluctant, and despite the fact that.it was mid-
August, a damp chill hung heavily on the air.

The men were silent as they tramped in single file, peering
alternately at the mist-veiled surface of the water, and the
irregular riverbanks. But they saw no floating corpse, or
any that had been washed ashore. It was the theory of Peck
and his aides that if the disconsolate husband had really
carried out his avowed plan of self-destruction, he would
have retraced his footsteps to Morgan’s Grove, and there
thrown himself into the water. And it was known that Marcus
Rogers could not swim a stroke.

At 11 o’clock, the searchers heard a commotion behind
them, and a chunky, short-legged man came running up.

“Hey, Sheriff!” he yelled. “I been tryin’ to get you all
mornin’, Look at this!”

MARCUS ROGERS—
He loved not wisely but too well, and was the victim
of a sensational murder in early part of the century.

Ray Ovie, owner of a cigar store on County Street, and
a personal friend of Rogers, handed over a piece of notepaper.
The message on it read:

Dear Ray—I just want to say good-by and thank you
for all the favors you've done me. I can’t go on
living without Mary and I hope you understand how
I feel. So long, friend. Good luck.

Marcus Rogers.

“I found the note shoved under my door when I opened
up this morning,” Orvie explained. “Poor Marcus! It looks
real bad, don’t it?”

“Bad? That’s a mild word, Ray.” The sheriff paused,
peered closely at the handwriting, and asked: “You ever see
any of his writing before?”

“Plenty of times. And this note was written by him, if
that’s what you want to know, Sheriff.”

Goaded on by the discovery of the missive, the men con-
tinued their grim hunt long into the afternoon.

At 4 o’clock, when just a light sprinkle of rain was making
visibility even more uncertain, Angus McCauley found a
man’s straw hat at the foot of a shrub oak about ten feet
inshore. Inside was a note in the same neat script as the
one left in Ovie’s store. The message it contained was brief:

To Whom It May Concern—This is the end. |
cannot bear to live apart from my wife Mary. I still
love her but she does not love me. I have nothing
to live for now. Goodby and God forgive me for
what I am doing. I can’t help it. I am depressed.

‘ Marcus Rogers.

Little doubt now remained in Peck’s mind but that Rogers
was dead. Immediate preparations (Continued on page 76)

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Peck?” she asked, sealing the missive in
an envelope. “I’ve asked him to look for
poor Marcus. We’re afraid he may have
done away with himself.”

“Sure,” Levi nodded. “I'll be glad to
do it. Do you really think Mark would
kill himself? I talked with Leon when

came home and he seemed to think
ark was only trying to scare you into
going back to him.”

“There’s no telling what Mark would
do, Levi,” Mary said. “That’s one reason
our marriage failed. But I’m still fond of
him. I wouldn’t want anything to happen
to him—especially because of his feeling
for me.”

Half an hour later Levi Perham re-
turned with Sheriff H. H. Peck, a lanky,
gray man in his late 50s, and his younger
aide, Deputy Angus McCauley, a husky
six-footer.

At Peck’s request, Mary Rogers told him
of her girlhood in Hoosick Falls, her mar-
ital difficulties and her separation from
her husband.

“I’m still young,” she said, “and not un-
attractive. Naturally I’ve enjoyed the com-
pany of other young men while I’ve been
here in Bennington. After I get my di-
vorce, I may marry again. Well, word
got back to Mark that I was going out
with other men and, two weeks ago, he
came here. We had a terrible argument.”

She told the sheriff of Mark’s decision
to stay with his aunt in Bennington, hoping
he could persuade her to go back with
him, despite her insistence that there was
no chance of a reconciliation.

Rogers had made repeated attempts to
see her, she continued, and that after-
noon she consented to meet him. Not
wanting to be alone with him, she had
invited him to go on a picnic with her,
Rose Jordan and Leon Perham. Her hus-
band eagerly accepted, and the four, car-

mg a well-stocked wicker basket, walked

n to Morgan’s Grove on the banks of
ne Walloomsac.

When the meal was over, Rose and Leon
went for a walk along the river, Mary
related, leaving her alone with Mark in
the secluded grove. He had begged her
to pick up their life together where it had
broken off.

“He was so pathetic!” She smiled wist-
fully “I even let him kiss me. But when
I refused to go back with him, he threat-
ened to kill himself. ‘If you don’t do as
I say,’ he declared, ‘this is the last you'll
ever see of me.’ I thought he was just
talking wildly.”

Mary said they all returned to town to-
gether and Mark left the others on County
Street, sad and forlorn. She and Leon
saw Rose home, and then returned to the
Perham house together, arriving at 7:45.

“Your husband may have done something
desperate,” Sheriff Peck commented, “or
he may be trying to drown his sorrows in
some saloon. Maybe he’s gone back to
Hoosick Falls.” :

Mary Rogers shook her head. “Mark
isn’t a drinking man,” she said. “And he
wouldn’t go back to his home town with-
out stopping at his aunt’s for his clothes.”

Peck nodded. “We'll have a look around
Morgan’s Grove.” He asked Mary for a
picture of her husband and she brought
him one.

The full moon, riding high, lent a pur-
plish cast to the Green Meuntains in the
distance as Peck and McCauley, with
Deputies W. S. Lovell and J. H. Kiniry,
started out for the thickly-wooded section
along the historic Walloomsac.

For two hours they searched the area
by lantern light, but found no trace of the
missing man. There seemed nothing more
they could do until daylight. At 3 a.m.
they discontinued the search for the night.

At 8 o’clock in the morning, Wednesday,
August 13th, a short, stocky man panted
into Sheriff Peck’s office in the Bennington
County courthouse, waving a piece of
paper. The sheriff recognized him as
Raymond Ovie, proprietor of a County
Street tobacco store.

“This was under the door of my shop
when I opened up today,” he reported.

Peck studied it carefully. It was a
penciled message on a_ blue-ruled page
torn from a notebook. He read:

“Dear Ray—I just want to say good-
bye and thank you for all the favors you’ve
done me. I can’t go on living without
Mary and I hope you understand how I
feel. So long, friend. Good luck.

Marcus Rogers.”

“I don’t like it.” The sheriff frowned.
“How well did you know Rogers?”

“T’ve known him for years,” the store-
keeper replied. ‘Whenever he’s been in
Bennington he’s always bought cigars from
me. Lately, since he lost his farm, I’d
been lending him a little money now and
then to tide him over. He always paid it
back when he could.”

“When did you see him last?”

“Yesterday afternoon, around three
o’clock. He stopped in for cigars. He
was smiling for the first time in a long
while. Said he was going on a picnic.”

Spurred anew by the contents of the
note, the sheriff and his deputies returned
to Morgan’s Grove and renewed their
search in the bright sunlight. Half-hidden
at the base of a wild raspberry bush,
Lovell found a man’s straw hat, upside
down. In it lay another note, written on
blue-ruled paper.

Peck studied the missive. The hand-
writing, in pencil, was the same as that
in the note left at the cigar store. It
read:

“To Whom It May Concern—I cannot
bear to live apart from my wife, Mary. I
still love her, but she does not love me.
I am deppressed. Blame no one that I have
at last put an end to my miserable life.
As my wife knows, I have often threatened
it. Everyone knows I have not any-
thing nor nobody to live for. No one can
blame me and so blame no one as my last
request.

Marcus Rogers.

“Mary—I hope you will be happy.”

The hat appeared to be new and bore
the label of a Bennington haberdashery.
Leaving his deputies to continue the search,
Peck hurried into town and sought out the
store manager. “Do you recall selling this
hat?” he asked.

The manager nodded.
last week, to Marcus Rogers.

‘I sold it only
I remember

he insisted that I replace the plain black
band with this red and blue striped one.”

The two notes and the hat convinced
Sheriff Peck that Marcus Rogérs had

come to a violent end. Dispatching Mc-
Cauley to notify Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs.
Rogers, he gave an order to start dragging
the river.

The missing man’s aunt wept, on hearing
about the letters and the hat. Even Mrs.
Perham was distraught, but Mary Rogers
took the news calmly. A frown wrinkled
her brow and her cheeks paled, but she
only said quietly, “I really didn’t think
he’d do it.”

Down on the banks of the Walloomsac,
Sheriff Peck continued a search of the
thickets while his men dragged the river.
A few yards from where Lovell had found
the hat with the second note, Peck discov-
ered a 12-foot length of stout clothesline,
carefully coiled and hidden in the roots of
a shrub. Examining the rope, the sheriff
saw stains on it which appeared to be
blood. He shouted to Lovell.

They dug away the loose dirt where
the rope had been found. Soon they un-
covered a cork, which Peck studied.

The sheriff raised the cork to his nos-
trils and drew a deep breath. He noted a
faint, sickish-sweet odor. “Chloroform!”
he exclaimed to Lovell. “Maybe Rogers
didn’t kill himself, after all.”

Shortly before 6 o’clock that evening,
loud shouts from the deputies in the boats
drew Peck to the water’s edge. He saw
his men pulling a body up over the side
of a boat. In a matter of minutes the depu-
ties brought the body ashore. The dead
man was Marcus Rogers.

The officers recognized him from the
picture furnished by Mary. His face
bore deep scratches, his forehead was
bruised and his left ear torn. Both wrists
were badly swollen. He was fully clothed.

“Looks like more than suicide,” Peck
commented. ‘‘We’ll have to see what the
doctors up at the college have to say
about it.”

Searching the dead man’s sodden pockets,
the deputies found $16 in bills, a quantity
of small change and a gold watch. The
watch had stopped at 7:40, shortly after
the time Mary Rogers had said she had
left her husband on County Street.

“He certainly wasn’t robbed,” remarked
Lovell. “Maybe he did drown himself. He
could have got those injuries by bumping
against the logs in the river.”

Peck shook his head. “That rope and the
cork with the odor of chloroform don’t fit
in with self-destruction. This man’s wrists
look like they’d been tied. He couldn’t do
that himself.”

The sheriff ordered Lovell and Kiniry
to take the body to the Bennington Col-
lege morgue for an autopsy by the school’s
medical department. Then he set out with
McCauley for the Perham rooming house.

Mary Rogers, although pale, was un-
perturbed at learning that her husband’s
body had been recovered. “I’ve done my
weeping,” she said. “I knew this morning,
when you found the notes and his hat, that
he was dead.”

Even Mrs. Perham and the dead man’s
aunt, who was there with the other women,
now showed little emotion. They seemed
to have resigned themselves to the fact
that Marcus Rogers had drowned himself.

Mary said that, as far as she knew, Mar-
cus Rogers had no enemies. “But you must
remember,” she added, “that he has been

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“He’s dead—murdered,” Peck told him.

“Great Scott!” Knapp leaped to his feet.
“Poor Mary! I must go to her at once.”

“Hold on, young man,” Peck countered.
“I want my deputy to drive you straight
back to the camp. I may come out there
and talk with you later in the day.”

“But I’m to take Mary to the dance to-
night!” Knapp argued. “Of course she won’t
want to go now, since her brother’s tragic
end—but she needs me to comfort her.”

“Don’t worry about that now,” Peck
counseled.

As Lovell departed with the perplexed
young man, McCauley came into the office.
“Sheriff,” he reported, “Mrs. Rogers is up
to something. She left her house soon after
I took up my post this morning. I followed
her downtown to an insurance office and
a furniture store. She spent about half an
hour in each place. Then I trailed her
back home.”

“Good,” Peck said. “Go back and keep a
watch on the house. When Lovell returns,
I'll send him downtown, to find out what
business she had there.”

A few moments after McCauley had left,
Levi Perham arrived. He obviously was ill
at ease. As he sat down, Peck observed a
notebook protruding from his left hip

pocket. It recalled the suicide notes.
“Too bad about Marcus Rogers,” Peck.
said.
“Yes,” Levi agreed. “But his widow

doesn’t seem to feel so bad.”

“So?” Peck nodded. “I’ve been wanting
to ask you some questions about her.
Where have you been this morning?”

“I was at the library when Deputy Kiniry
found me and said you wanted to see me,”
Levi told him. “I went there to make some
drawings of a pigeon cote I want to build.”

“Did you come directly here from the
library?” Peck asked.

“Yes. I had finished the drawings and
I came straight here.”

“Then you have the sketches with you?”

“Yes.” Levi drew the notebook from his
pocket and handed it to the sheriff.

Peck opened it thoughtfully. The sui-
cide notes had been written on paper torn
from a notebook of just this size. He noted
the blue-ruled paper, observed ragged
stubs where a couple of pages had been
torn out. Under his brows he glanced at
Levi. If this young man had a guilty con-
science, it seemed hardly likely that he
would be carrying evidence in his pocket.

Sheriff Peck opened a drawer in his desk
and drew out the suicide notes. Swiftly he
compared the blue-ruled paper on which
they were written with the pages of the
notebook. The sheets were identical. The
torn edges of the notes matched the two
ragged stubs in the binding.

“Is this notebook yours?” the sheriff
asked, gazing at Levi. ;

“No.” The young man looked puzzled.
“It’s Leon’s. I borrowed it from him this
morning, to take to the library.”

Peck summoned Lovell. “Get Leon Per-
ham,” he ordered. “I want to see him, at
once.”

Presently the deputy returned with the
younger Perham. The sheriff left the two
brothers alone in the office as he stepped
* outside and gave Lovell the names and ad-
dresses of the insurance office and furni-
ture store visited earlier by Mrs. Rogers.
“Find out what she was doing at these
places,” he instructed Lovell, “and report
back to me immediately.”

Back in his private office, Peck faced
the brothers. Holding up the notebook, he
turned to Leon. “Levi says this is yours. Is
that true?”

The youth nodded, paling. “Yes, it is.”

The sheriff shoved the two suicide notes
across the desk. “These were signed by
Marcus Rogers. The paper on which they
were written was torn from your notebook.

How do you explain that?” he demanded.

Leon shrugged. “I can’t understand it.
That notebook was in my‘room all day
Tuesday and Tuesday evening.” But he
admitted he couldn’t prove it.

“You’d better think up some explanation,
or you'll be in a bad spot,” Peck warned
him. “Marcus Rogers was murdered.”

The brothers looked stunned. The sheriff
heard Lovell return, and left the Per-
hams alone as he stepped into the next
room for Lovell’s report.

“Mary Rogers must have had advance
information that her husband was going
to die,” the deputy told him. “Two weeks
ago she ordered living room, dining room
and bedroom sets at the furniture store.
She told the manager she would bring in
the money within a couple of weeks. Last
week she called at the insurance office to
ask if her husband had been keeping up
the payments on his policy. Today she came
in to collect the benefit. The broker told
her he’d have to hold up payment until
the routine investigation was ended. She
was furious, said she was afraid the store
wouldn’t hold the furniture any longer.”

“We're on the right track now,” the sher-
iff said. “I’m convinced Mary Rogers is in
this business right up to her neck, and I
believe others are guilty with her.”

Back in his office, Peck found the Per-
ham brothers sitting in silence. Ignoring

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them for the moment, he reopened his desk
drawer, took out the two suicide notes
again. He studied them briefly, then went
to a filing cabinet and withdrew the note
written by Mrs. Rogers, asking him to
search for her husband.

He placed the missives side by side. The
handwriting in all three was identical! An
obvious attempt had been made to disguise
the script in the two suicide notes, but it
was the same as that in the letter to him
from Mrs. Rogers.

As final, clinching proof that all were
written by the same person, Peck noticed
a singular misspelling in both the second
suicide missive and the widow’s note—the
word “deppressed.”

As the sheriff looked up triumphantly,
Levi Perham softly asked if he could see
him alone outside. Peck walked out with
the elder youth, leaving Leon in his office.

“I don’t like to get my brother in a jam,”
Levi said unhappily, “but I think I should
tell you this—I believe Leon was per-
suaded by Mary Rogers to help her kill
her husband.”

“What makes you say that?” the sheriff
asked.

“She first tried to get me to help her,”
Levi told the amazed officer. “She said she
had the rope and Rose had the chloroform.
She wanted me to drive them to Hoosick
Falls with Mark on a picnic party. I pre-
tended to agree. Mary has a way with her
—a sort of power over you. But the next
day, when they were ready to go, I backed
out. She was very angry.”

“Was there anything between you and

Mrs. Rogers?” The sheriff spoke casually.“ 5)
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get me interested, but I wouldn’t have |
anything to do with her. Leon wasn’t so
lucky. She hadn’t been in the house a
week before he was intimate with her,
He told me she had made him the same
offer she made me. She said Mark had an
insurance policy for $500 and, if he would
help her kill him, she would give him all
of it.”

Peck shook his head. It sounded incred-
ible. He recalled the widow’s plan to buy
furniture with the insurance money. If
what Levi said was true, obviously Mary
Rogers had no intention of keeping her
evil bargain.

The elder brother said he had warned
Leon not to be a fool. He didn’t for a min-

’ ute believe Leon would do what she asked.

But now he wasn’t so sure. Leon was
weak, clay in her hands.

“That notebook wasn’t in Leon’s room
all day Tuesday, as he told you,” Levi
said. “I saw him take it out of his pocket
when he came back from the picnic that
evening.”

Confronted with his brother’s revela-
tions, Leon Perham broke down and made
a full confession. Tears streamed down his
cheeks as he told how the dark-eyed .
charmer had lured him into helping her
murder her husband—so that she could
marry Maurice Knapp!

“I must have been crazy! I was crazy
about Mary,” Leon sobbed. “Otherwise I
couldn’t have done it.”

The details of the plot had been out-
lined to him by Mary Rogers, he explained,
in the darkness of her bedroom when she
summoned him for a talk on the night of
August 10th. At her request, he had in-
vited Marcus Rogers to accompany them
on a picnic the afternoon of August 12th,
hinting that a reconciliation with Mary
might be possible.

“She was nervous as we left the house
that afternoon to meet Mark,” Leon re-
called. “I told her to keep up her cour-
age. We picked up Rose and walked up
County Street. As we turned the corner
into Morgan’s Grove, Mary clung to me
in terror for a moment. But she straight-
ened up and laughed when Mark appeared.
She called out, ‘Hello, dearest!’ and the
four of us walked into the woods to-
gether.”

He and Rose Jordan had gone for a
stroll, leaving Mary and Mark. By ar-
rangement, he had returned without Rose
—just in time to see the couple playing at
tying each other up with a length of rope
Mary had produced from the picnic bas-
ket. According to their plan, Leon took the
rope away from them and pretended to
do some tricks with it.

Mary, with feigned sweetness, cradled
her husband’s head in her lap. “It’s good to
see you again, Mark,” she said.

He looked up at her earnestly. “I’ve
heard that you’re serious about Maurice
Knapp,” he said. “It isn’t true, is it, Mary?”

She laughed. “What old tattle-tale told
you that? The town’s full of gossips. Of
course it isn’t true, darling. You know I
don’t love anybody else.”

She bent and kissed him tenderly on the
lips. At this instant Leon coiled the rope
around Mark’s wrists and yanked his arms
over his head.

Moving with catlike speed, Mary drew a
bottle of chloroform from the basket and
uncorked it. Drenching a large handker-
chief with the fluid, she held the cloth to
the struggling man’s nose.

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dark-eyed, young widow at this point
would be useless. “If you don’t mind,” he
told Mrs. Perham, “I’d like to talk to your
son, Leon. He was one of the last persons
to see Rogers alive.”

“He’s upstairs in his room,” the landlady
replied. “I’ll go get him.”

Peck rose quickly. “Thank you, but I’ll
go up and see him. I want to speak with
him alone.”

Mrs. Perham directed the sheriff to the
youth’s room. He was admitted by Leon.
The room was filled with tobacco smoke.

“Tell me,” Peck requested, “just what
happened at the picnic yesterday.”

Leon sighed heavily. “Why do you want
to know? Did—did Rogers really kill him-
self?”

“We found his body in the river,” the
sheriff replied.

The youth ran a hand nervously through
his hair. “Then he did do it! I remember
the look on his face as he sat talking to
Mary, when Rose and I returned from our
stroll. I heard him say, ‘This is the last
you'll ever see of me!’ We pretended not
to hear.”

The rest of Leon Perham’s story checked
with what Mary Rogers had related.

“Leon,” Peck inquired in a fatherly tone,
“just how do you feel toward Mary
Rogers?”

The young man flushed. “I—I like her, a
lot,” he stammered.

The sheriff glanced at Mary’s room,
through which he had passed to enter that
of Leon. “She certainly isn’t far away from
you,” he observed. “Ever spend any time
in her room?”

The youth’s face now was a fiery red.
“Oh, no!” he declared. “Why, she’s a mar-
ried woman. She thinks of me as just a
kid.”

Peck smiled. ‘“She’s only nineteen, her-
self,” he said, “but she probably feels a
good deal older than you.” Feeling that
Leon was holding something back, he
asked, “What about your older brother,
Levi? Is there anything between him and
Mary? And by the way, where is he?”

“Oh, he’s out with his sweetheart. Levi
has a steady girl. He’s not at all interested
in Mrs. Rogers.”

“Tell Levi to come down to my office to-
morrow morning,” Peck said. “I’d like to
ask him some questions.”

“T’ll do that.” Leon caught at the sher-
iff's arm as he turned to go. “Say, there’s
something you should know. If you’re look-
ing for a man that Mrs. Rogers really is
sweet on, go see Maurice Knapp.”

“I think I know him,” Peck said. “Isn’t
he a National Guardsman?”

“That’s right. He’s in camp with his regi-

; Ment now, over at the fort. Mary has been
* Seeing a lot of him. I heard her say that
, She had a date to go to a dance with him
, at the camp tomorrow night.”

Even though the date had been made
before her husband’s death, Sheriff Peck

felt that only a woman with ice water in

her veins could speak of going dancing

‘ with another young man less than 48 hours
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» admission, she had believed that he in-

tended to kill himself, but she had done
Why? What
was hidden behind her dry-eyed calm?
Peck resolved to find out.

Early the next morning, Thursday, Aug-.
ust 14th, Peck received a report on the
autopsy performed the night before. The
Post mortem showed that Marcus Rogers
ad suffered a compound multiple de-
Pressed fracture of the skull. No water was
found in his lungs, indicating that he al-
Teady was dead when the body entered the

rived. Peck frownedashestudied the report.

The skull fracture, inflicted by a heavy
blow with some blunt instrument, was not
the sole cause of death. A toxicological ex-
amination showed enough chloroform in
the victim’s liver to have killed two men,
the report stated.

So Marcus Rogers had been slain and
his body tossed into the water. But by
whom? And what was the motive?

Sheriff Peck turned to Deputy McCauley.
“Angus,” he said, “you’re an expert at
shadowing. Go to the Perham house and
keep a watch on Mrs. Rogers. If she comes
out, follow her. Don’t come back to report
until she has returned home again.”

Then the sheriff told Lovell, “Bill, you
go over to the Jordan house and bring
back Rose. She was at that picnic, too.”

Peck ordered Deputy Kiniry to stop at
the Perham home and remind Levi to
come to the sheriff’s office, and then to
drive out to the National Guard encamp-
ment for Maurice Knapp.

Lovell returned first with Rose Jordan.
The pretty blonde smiled as the sheriff
offered her a chair, and seated herself with
a coquettish flounce of her full skirt.

Peck was puzzled by her apparent lack
of concern over the death of Rogers, since
she was a friend of Mary, and had been on
‘the picnic with them. She must have heard
that Rogers had drowned himself.

“But what’s all this mystery?” Rose in-
quired. “You act as though you thought
somebody killed poor Mark.”

“Maybe someone did,” Peck said sternly.

The girl blanched. “Do you really
mean—”

“He was murdered. This is a_ serious
matter. Now, tell us just what went on at
that picnic Tuesday afternoon.”

The blonde spoke slowly, carefully tell-
ing a story identical with that told by Leon
Perham. Except for the interval when
Mary and Mark were alone, about which
Rose and Leon could not know, it agreed
with the young widow’s statement in every
detail.

“How did you feel toward Marcus
Rogers?” Peck asked sharply, when Rose
had finished.

“He was lots of fun. During the last
couple of weeks while he had been vis-
iting his aunt here, I had him and Mary
over to dinner twice at my house. But he
always was getting upset when he’d argue
with Mary. The last time, he got sick after
eating and told me he’d never come to din-
ner at my place any more.”

Nausea after eating? Had someone tried
to poison Rogers, and failed?

Kiniry arrived with Maurice Knapp, re-
splendent in his smart uniform. “Levi
Perham had gone to the library,” Kiniry
reported. “I told him you wanted to see
him. He said he’d come right over here.”
He added, “And the commanding officer
at the camp was good enough to give
Knapp permission to come here.”

“Fine,” Peck said. “Sit down, son. I want
a little talk with you.”

The dashing guardsman appeared puzzled
as Lovell, at the sheriff’s request, led out
Rose Jordan, and left him alone in the
office with Peck.

“Do you know Mary Rogers?” the sher-
iff asked.

Knapp lowered his eyes, a little shyly.
“Yes,” he said with a faint smile. “I hope
to make her my wife.”

“What do you know about her?”

“Well, you’d never know it from looking
at her, but she’s had an awfully hard life.
She was married when she was only fifteen,
and her husband was a brute. I don’t blame
her for divorcing him.”

Peck’s eyes narrowed. “Did you know
Marcus Rogers?”

“You mean her brother? Of course. He’s
a good egg.”

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was breathing the chloroform and finally
he grew quiet. Mary poured on more
chloroform and at last he was limp. When
it was all over, I cut the rope off his wrists
and we rolled him into the river.”

They tossed the chloroform bottle into
the water, then hid the rope, Leon said.
In the growing darkness, they had lost
the cork. Then they returned together to
the rooming house. Rose Jordan already
had gone home alone.

“You did all this,” Sheriff Peck asked
increduously, “knowing that Mary planned
to marry Knapp?”

“Yes,” Leon said. “She told me if I loved
her, I should be willing to do whatever I
could to make her happy, even to getting
rid of her husband so she could marry the
man she loved.”

Young Perham repeated his confession
in the presence of a stenographer, who
took it down and transcribed it. Leon
signed it. Then Peck sent his deputies to
pick up Mary Rogers and Rose Jordan.

The Jordan girl was questioned first.
When shown Leon’s signed confession, she
denied any part in the crime. She admit-
ted knowing that Mary Rogers had the
bottle of chloroform, but insisted she did
not know for what purpose it was to be
used. Nevertheless, Peck ordered her held
on an open charge.

It was mid-afternoon when McCauley
brought in Mary Rogers, crisply attired in
a jaunty white hat and smart white dress.
Hastily applied rouge failed to hide the
pallor of her cheeks and her glowing eyes
were darkly circled. Her lips were com-
pressed in a thin, hard line.

Confronted by the signed confession, she
promptly fainted. When revived, she calm-
ly admited her guilt. But she was bitter
against Leon Perham.

“He put the whole thing on me, to save
his own skin!” she exclaimed. “Well, he’s
not going to get off so easily. After I gave
Mark the chloroform, Leon brought a
heavy rock down with all his strength on
Mark’s head.”

Her version of the murder seemed
plausible, in view of the skull fracture dis-
closed by the autopsy.

“It’s true that I talked Leon into helping
me,” she admitted, “just as I talked Rose
into getting the chloroform. I love Maurice
Knapp. I told him I was free to marry him
and that Mark was my brother. But I must
have been out of my mind—to kill my hus-
band.”

Her full statement corroborated the for-
mal confession of Leon Perham in every
other detail.

The Bennington County grand jury
swiftly indicted Mary Rogers and Leon
Perham on charges of first-degree murder,
and Rose Jordan on a charge of complicity.

Before trial, Perham pleaded guilty to
second-degree. murder and was sentenced
to life imprisonment. At the same time, the
indictment against the Jordan girl was
dismissed for lack of evidence.

Mary Rogers, meanwhile, had recanted
her confession to the sheriff, charging that
it was made under duress. Thus began a
desperate battle for her life.

A series of postponements obtained by
her counsel and other legal red tape de-
layed her trial for 15 months. But on De-
cember 22nd, 1903, in a jam-packed Ben-
nington County courtroom, a jury found
Mary Rogers guilty of first-degree murder.
She was sentenced to be hanged the fol-
lowing February.

An appeal was carried to the Vermont
Supreme Court, which upheld the verdict.
The case had received wide publicity in

the newspapers and the entire nation had
become aroused. Feminists took up a cru-
sade to save Mary Rogers from the gal-
lows. Capital punishment for women then
was a rarity and decidedly unpopular. No
woman had been executed in Vermont for
a century.

For a time the law worked in her be-
half. In Vermont, only the legislature can
commute or pardon. Mary Rogers lan-
guished in her cell for another year, while
her attorneys sought legislative mercy. The
house was willing to have a lunacy com-
mission appointed, but the senate was not.
Her counsel's hope of an insanity plea
went glimmering. She was re-sentenced to
die on February 3rd, 1905.

But on the day before the scheduled
execution, Governor Bell granted her a
six-month reprieve, to allow new evidence
to be placed before the United States Su-
preme Court. Meanwhile, the sound of the
hammers outside her cell as workmen
erected a gallows had prompted Mary to
confess the crime all over again to War-
den Oakes.

Despite this second confession, which
she also later recanted, the Vermont Su-
preme Court decided on June Ist to let the
case go to the United States Supreme
Court. Governor Bell granted Mrs. Rogers
a second reprieve. But the highest court
in the land refused to grant a new trial. At
last she was doomed.

Shortly before 1 o’clock on the bitterly
cold afternoon of Friday, December 8th,
1905, Mary Rogers walked unaided to the
gallows outside the state prison at Wind-
sor, Vermont. She already had received
the last rites from a priest. She ascended
the steps to the scaffold, her head thrown
back, her eyes on the noose, and watched
the details of her impending execution
with an air of utter unconcern.

From the time she had arisen at 5:30
A.M., not one sob or word of fear escaped
her lips. After breakfasting lightly and
reading her Bible, she sent into the nearby
village for a new pair of patent leather
slippers. She wore a becoming black silk
dress and carried her Bible.

As she approached the gallows, she gave
her Bible to Deputy Kiniry, with the re-
quest that he forward it to her family. It
was the only time she spoke. She had no
last words to say as the cap was drawn
over her head and the noose adjusted.

Deputy McCauley sprang the trap. The
instant she shot downward, the sandbag
placed at the other end of the rope as
counter-balance flew upward and sagged
back.

The body was supposed to hang at least
six inches above the floor. But the rope
had stretched and her feet came down to
the floor as her body writhed and jerked
in agony. Two deputies grasped the rope,
hoisted her from the platform and held
her, suspended and strangling, until she
was dead. Fourteen minutes passed before
her struggles ceased.

This bungling horrified the spectators,
who were sworn to secrecy along with the
three local newspapermen representing the
entire press. But the gruesome details
leaked out and were emblazoned across the
front pages of newspapers throughout the
country.

Mary Rogers had suffered agonizingly—
but so had the husband she murdered. Ver-
mont no longer uses the scaffold and rope
for its executions. These have been re-
placed by the electric chair. o¢¢

EpiTor’s NOTE:

The name, Rose Jordan, as used in the
foregoing story, is not the real name of
the person concerned. This person has
been given a fictitious name to protect
her identity.

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side, it could be lifted over the latch inside. The closets were all to
be left open, and he was to take out what tools were necessary, and
leave them where we could find them. He also left a large black
bag, so that it could be used in carrying away the articles we took.
When he saw Moore on the Saturday following he would have the
money ready, and give him his final directions. I advised him to
throw up the whole thing and start at once for home. But he de-
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where he had for a long time been trying to go. I then asked him
for money enough to pay my own fare home and that he might do
the job alone and have all that he could get for himself alone. He
would not do this, saying that as we both had come together that
I ought to stay and assist him as it was I who first proposed it to
him and that he did not consider it manly in me to back out when
we were on the eve of doing it. This taunt irritated me and I de
termined to show I was as good as he. But I told him I would not
take any hand in cutting or killing anybody; this he might rely
upon. Next morning Potter came and took Moore with him and
they went to the blacksmith shop, and after the wagon was repaired
he and Moore got in and drove off together. I went to the depot and
waited until Moore rejoined me. He then told me that everything
was arranged, that he (P.) had it all fixed, so that the coast would
be clear on the Sunday night following. Himself and his family
would then be away on a visit, and the old man G. would be away
on business and there would be nobody at the house but the old
lady and a boy. Next morning P. came and saw Moore at the June:
tion, and gave him $100 and a revolver, [the same one now in the
possession of the District Attorney at Burlington], and a bottle of
chloroform, [now in Englesby’s hands also.] The reason he gave
for not giving the whole amount of money to Moore was, that he
wanted some guarantee that Moore would not beat him out of it, and
as Moore had no guarantee to give, except his word, he (P.) deter-
mined to keep the money in his own hands until the work was done,
and that he would then send it to any address Moore might name,
rightly judging that M. would not give up the job after it had gone
so far. Moore was mad, but he could not help himself, and had to
put up with it. I again advised him to drop the whole
thing, as I did not believe the other party would keep faith with
him after the affair was done. I saw it was no use to talk to him
about giving it up, so I said no more about it. Some persons who
will read these lines, after I am in my grave, will say, why did he
not stop there, and have nothing more to do with the transaction,
when he saw what kind of a man Potter was? Why did he not leave
the affair to his associate, and get home the best way he could?
Why did he not speak out and tell us all this, at the time of his
arrest? Why not do so, at the time of his trial? Why not tell
about this, since his confinement in Windsor? To persons who
talk thus, I will say that they know but very little of the passions

JOHN WARD. | 577

of the human heart. It is very easy for a person sitting by his
comfortable fire, with all the comforts and luxuries of life around
him, to talk, and ask why do men do this, why do they do that,
when, at the same time, if they themselves were exposed to the
same temptation, they would sink under it, as soon as those whom
they criticise. But to proceed with my story.

Moore and myself went back to the hotel, along toward night,
and got supper, each one appearing as a total stranger to the other.
After supper, I paid my bill to Mr. Fish, the person in charge of the
house, and left, making an appointment to meet Moore at the cov-
ered bridge after nightfall. He-came about nine o’clock, and we
proceeded together to Potter’s house. Just before getting there M.
stopped, and struck a light, and went to an old hollow log by the
roadside, and inserting his hand, drew out a small iron bar about
two feet long and an inch thick (technically called a “Jimmy”), and
some pieces of cord, all of which he handed to me to carry. We
then went on to P.’s house, and found it all dark and silent. We
walked around the house for some time, until we supposed it to be
about 1 o’clock; we then proposed to enter the house.

While coming up the road, I had told M. that I would have noth-
ing to do with hurting anybody in the house, and that he might de.
pend on it. He said he did not want me to; that he would do all
that part of the work himself; but that if the person should over-
power him in the struggle, he would call on me to assist him; this
I promised to do. We then went and fastened the latch of a door
leading up stairs from the outside to a room in which the farm boy
was sleeping.—We then turned to the door leading into the back of
the house. I entered first, with the “Jimmy” in my hand. Moore
followed close behind me with a “billy” [The same one. now in
Englesby’s hands.] in his hand, ready for action. I then passed
to the door leading into the front room, and tried to open it, but
found it fast. I heard a door open in another direction, and by the
starlight, I saw an object enter the room, and saw it was a woman
by the drapery. Moore at once sprang forward and grappled with
her, and commenced striking her with his “billy,” but nearly all the
blows missed, and she continued to scream louder than ever. Moore
then grappled with her and threw her down, and in falling they
struck the stove and knocked something off from it. This the old
woman caught and struck Moore on the head with it, cutting him
severely over the eye. Moore was then holding her by the throat
to stop her screaming, but when he was hit, he called to me to
come and hold her hand; I stepped forward and did so. Moore then
got hold of his “billy” again, and struck her on the head several
hard blows. He then took a knife from his pocket, and cut her
with it, and in doing so broke it. I kept hold of the hand until I
felt it relax, and then dropped it. :

At that moment, I would have given all I had ever seen to be
out of that cursed house. I started to go out by the way we came
in, but Moore divined my intention, and put out his hand and
stopped me, saying that it was all over now, and that he wanted

570 XIV. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

dinner at our house, one of the
middle fingers on his right hand
was off, I noticed it when
mother handed him his tea. He
asked if there was any one that
could take him to the depot,
mother said Mr. Sullivan could,
Mary Sullivan and her father
were not at home, father said
he could when he got up a load
of grain, father said he was go-
ing after a stove and he could
ride with him then, father took
him off some time in the after-
noon, he brought a stove back,
never saw the man in the pris-
oner’s box with my father, saw
him first at the jail.

Patrick Hayes. Reside in New
York, tend bar in a liquor store;
know Jerome Lavigne; this is
the man in court; have known
him since May or April, 1861;
first saw him in Albany. Saw
Lavigne in my place 26th of
August, 1865. Lent him $42, it
was before dinner; he asked me
for the money, saying he wanted
to go to Albany with some
friends of his in an Artillery
regiment which was to be mus-
tered out there. I made a lit-
tle note of it (exhibiting note, a

small note of hand for $42 which
the signer agrees to pay within
30 days).

Katy Potter. Was at the table
one day last summer when my
grandmother complained of the
meat, she said the meat smelt
bad; father said he bought it
early that morning; grandma
handed the piece to grandpa, he
said it was very nice and eat it.
Grandmother then got up and
left the table, father said if she
didn’t eat any there would be
more left for us. Did not hear
father speak of grandmother as
a devil or use any such word,
heard nothing about giving any-
thing to take her away, Mr.
Williams was at the table, it
was, I believe, before Ham Pot-
ter came to our house.

Cross-examined. I remember
distinctly all that took place on
that occasion, am sure nothing
more was said, and that I have
stated it exactly, grandma ate a
piece of potato and went away
from the table, she was pretty
angry, she said the meat didn’t
smell good, she spoke in an ordi-
nary tone

IN REBUTTAL.

Avery B. Edwards. Reside at
Winooski Falls, was at Mr. Gris-
wold’s house along the first of
the horse fair last fall; was
about the house and yard; a Mr.
Potter, Mr. Charles’ Potter’s
brother, Mrs. Potter, Mr. Wil-
kins, Mrs. Griswold and three or
four children, one of them a girl,
was there; was whittling while
there; have but three fingers on
my right hand; one of them re-
marked that he or she had never
noticed that before; I tald them

I lost the finger since I first
knew them.

Cross-examined. This was
after Potter’s arrest; did not
take dinner, or go into the
house; was there near an hour;
think it was Mrs. Potter spoke
to me about my finger.

William D. Munson (recalled).
Have seen the witness Hayes be-
fore, first saw him on the night
of 27th March, on _ sidewalk,
within four rods of the jail,
stumbling about the sidewalk

JOHN

WARD. 57]

and flourishing a _ bottle of
liquor; arrested him and lodged
him in jail. He was talking very
loud at the time and was invit-
ing the crowd to drink; staid in
jail until nine o’clock next morn-
ing. He was confined in the
same open jail with Lavigne but
Lavigne was locked up in a cell.
The cell grate openings were
about four inches across. La-
vigne and Hayes were together

gave his name as John Williams.
At 7 o’clock the next morning he
was very sober and anxious to
get out; had about $3.50. Saw
him drink twice from his bottle
but don’t know whether he
feigned drunkenness; couldn’t
say whether any of the respond-
ent’s counsel came to the jail
that afternoon. The counsel
came very often, especially Mr.
Ballard:

from 7 until 9 o’clock. Hayes

The Counsel on both sides addressed the jury:

THE JUDGE’S CHARGE.

Culer JUSTICE PirrPonT said that much time had already
been occupied in the trial, and that he should not long detain
the jury. The respondents Ward and Potter are indicted for
the murder of Mrs. Griswold. Though the indictment is
against them jointly, it will be competent for you to find one
euilty and the other innocent. |

There is no question that a murder was committed. The
question is, was either or both of the respondents guilty of it.
It is conceded that Potter was not present at the deed. But it
is claimed that while Ward was the perpetrator, that Potter
was a participator in it.

The first question, and in a sense, the main one, is if Ward
was the perpetrator; if not, the prosecution fails also as to
Potter. This is solely a question of fact for the jury to de-
termine from the evidence. The testimony is fresh and has
been fully commented on.

In judging of the question of identity the jury must re-
member that identification of persons under such circum-
stances is commonly a matter of more or less uncertainty.
You must bring your best judgment to bear on all the cir-
cumstances, and decide the question of identity. Coming to
Hayes’ testimony, if that is true the Government fails. The
question as to that is ‘‘is it reliable?’’ If not so—if the jury
find proof of a scheme to introduce false testimony, concocted

572 NIV. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

in jail between Hayes and Ward, it throws suspicion on the
latter, and on his defense. It will not be enough to establish
a probability of guilt. It must be established beyond a rea-
sonable doubt. There must be a moral certainty that satisfies
the judgment. To convict Ward you must believe him guilty,
and believe it because it has been proved beyond a reasonable
doubt by the evidence in the case.

Next as to Potter. The Court has been asked to charge
that there has been no evidence connecting him with the mur-
der. That is a responsibility which the Court declines to
take. It is a question for you to settle.

The Court is also requested to charge that you would not
be justified in finding Potter guilty unless he was present and
abetting the act. He is indicted not as an accessory before or
after the act; but as a participator. You must consequently
find that he was a participator. To be such the Court charges
that it was not necessary he should have been present. If you
should find the act to be as charged, that Ward and Potter
devised a plan for the murder, in which each was to have a
part, and that Potter, in fulfilment of his part, removed the
family so that Ward should have the opportunity to commit
the act, it makes no difference whether he took them to a dis-
tance of 40 feet or 40 miles. He would be in such a ease as
guilty as if he stood by and held the hands of the victim, so
that she could not resist. There is no evidence of any ar-
rangement between Ward and Potter previous to Ward’s
appearance in Williston, and until such arrangement has been
shown no statements of Ward are evidence against Potter. The
fact that Ward was inquiring for Potter, on his way to Willis-
ton, is evidence only that he was the man who was at Potter’s.
If he was, he was where a plan could have been formed. His
presence there and the talk about horses is all consistent with
innocence. But they could have then planned the murder;
the question is if they did so.

As to the question of inducement, it appears that Potter’s
wife was the heir of Mrs. Griswold, and it is said this fur-
nished an inducement to the murder. This may be true to
a certain extent, but it is such an inducement as any man has

JOHN WARD. 573

to take the life of one of whom he is the heir. Few men
but have such an inducement, to take the life of somebody.
Yet murders from such inducements are the least frequent.
They are contrary to human affection, and such inducements
rarely induce murder.

In this case, the life of old Mrs. Griswold stood between
Potter and immediate possession of the property. Taking all
the circumstances, there seems to have been no great ill-will
or animosity between the Potters and Mrs. Griswold, and that
more on the old lady’s part than on theirs. There is, on the
whole, little evidence that any arrangement was entered into
between the respondents. Whether there was or not rests
with you to determine from the facts. The evidence being
wholly circumstantial, great caution is necessary. The jury
must see if the chain of circumstances is perfect, for if a
single link is defective the chain is broken. As to Munson’s
testimony, if you are satisfied that Potter’s object was to
bribe him to pack a jury, such an act would be a great im-
propriety, and would show that he did not rely on his inno-
cence to protect him. If, on the other hand, all he desired
was to secure a fair trial, while it was improper for him to
offer the Sheriff money, it would not bear so much on his
guilt. How that was you must decide.

Gentlemen of the jury, you will now take the ease and re-
turn such a verdict as your best judgment and your con-
sciences require, remembering that the respondents come be-
fore you under the legal presumption of innocence, until they
are proved to be guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

THE VERDICT AND SENTENCE.

The Jury retired at a few minutes after 4, and at a quarter to 6

The Clerk said: “Gentlemen of the Jury, have you agreed upon
your verdict?”

The Foreman. We have.

The Clerk. Is the respondent, John Ward, guilty or not guilty.

The Foreman. Guilty. 2

The Clerk. Is the respondent, Charles H. Potter, guilty or not
guilty?

The Foreman. Not guilty.

574 XIV. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

THE Court sentenced the prisoner to solitary confinement
in the State Prison at Windsor for one year and then to be
hanged on a day to be fixed by the Supreme court. In Jan-
uary 1867, his conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court
and he was transferred from the prison at Burlington to the
State Prison. He here made several attempts by attempting
to bribe the Guards and by writing letters to outside friends
that were however intercepted by the authorities. In January
1868, the Supreme Court appointed March 20th as the day of
execution of the capital sentence but this was not communi-
eated to Ward until the second day of March. On March 19,
yielding to the entreaties of the Prison chaplain he wrote out
a lengthy confession.

THE CONFESSION.

The confession began by a statement which he said was hearsay

so far as he was concerned as he admitted to the effect that Ephraim ,

and Potter having determined to get rid of Mrs. Griswold on ac-
count of her ungovernable temper and having failed in their attempt
to have her placed in an insane asylum asked a man named Dis-
brow, who had come from New York to sell them counterfeit money,
if he knew of any one whom he could get to put an end to her. Dis-
brow told him that he did know several whom he could get to do
it, but that it was possible that he could not lay his hand upon
one just then, but that he would see as soon as he came down to
New York. Disbrow then asked Potter what he was willing to give
to have the job done in good shape, and Potter told him that he
would give $300 cash down, and that the person who did it might
take all the valuables he could find in the house; these consisted,
as he said of about $300 worth of silver ware of different kinds, and
about $250 or $300 worth of jewelry and furs, belonging to the old
woman, making, all told, about $900. Disbrow promised to attend
to the business as soon as he got to New York, and they separated.

The confession then continues:

I was at this time stopping at the New England Hotel, corner of
Bayard street arid the Bowery, under the name of William Ward,
and one Sunday morning a man by the name of Edward H. Pease
whom I was acquainted with, called upon me accompanied by a
stranger, whom he introduced to me by the name of Charles H.
McComber and who told me that he would like to have me take a
trip with him through New Hampshire and the Eastern states. He
said it was worth about $1000 and that I must be sure to do it
alone; that the job was a burglary put up by an old lady’s son-in-

COR

JOHN WARD. 575

law for the purpose of vexing her. Gave me a letter of introduction
to a man named Charles H. Potter, Williston, Vermont and signed

.by a man named John Disbrow. I found a man named Walter

Moore and he agreed to accompany me and whatever the affair
would bring to divide it equally between us. On Monday, 21st of
August, we started for Burlington, Vermont. On the route I told

‘Moore all I knew about the case and who I had got it from, show-

ing him the letter of introduction. We stopped the first night at
the Champlain House in Burlington and decided that Moore should
go to the place first and deliver the letter. Next morning went to
Potter’s house and delivered the letter from Disbrow. Potter after-
wards told him that it would have been just the same if he had
given the letter to his wife as she was privy to everything and
was well acquainted with Disbrow. Potter unfolded the whole thing
to him, and asked him if he was ready to do it. Moore at first
refused to have anything to do with it, if blood was to be spilled,
alleging that he had been given to understand that it was nothing
but a burglary. Potter told him it was both. Potter invited him to
come and take dinner, which he did. After dinner, Potter, to im-
press upon him the ease with which the affair might be done, took
him into the main parts of the house, and showed him where all the
silverware was kept, and also the bureau in which the old lady kept
her jewelry and other finery. He also showed him how to get into
the house, and told him that all those closets would be left open for
him on the night that he would do the job, so that he might have no
trouble. Potter then took him to the barn and showed him a full
set of burglar’s tools of all ‘kinds, and told him to pick out any that
he wanted to use. Moore told him that he would give him his de-
cision about it the next day. Moore came back to Burlington and
told me all about what the job was, and asked me if we should do it
or not. I would not do it at all, and told him so, in so many words,
but he began to recount all that he had seen on the route, and about
the tools and what all the stuff would bring, and how easy it all
could be done and so on, and ended by saying that Potter would
call and see him, the next morning, for his decision. I advised our
immediate return to New York. We found that we had only about
$12 between us and our hotel bill to pay out of that. This deter-
mined us to stay and see Potter in the morning. The next morning
Potter called to see us. I deemed it best to keep in the background
until all was done and then get the whole affair from Moore. After
talking about an hour they separated, Potter driving off in his wagon.
Potter had given him ten dollars to pay our way for the present and
also made an appointment to meet him the next Saturday morning
at the hotel in Winooski. The conditions of the affair were that
Moore should have $300 down and all the silver, jewelry and other
articles which he wanted to carry away from the house, and in lieu
of the silver, if he did not take it. Potter was to pay him $300 more
as he computed it to be worth that amount. Potter was also to see
that there was nobody in the house at the time except the old wom-
an, all the rest were to be away. _He would also file the latch of the

Demir sy ty
e “ J

;zoni’s reconstruction of the crime—how
the killer had gotten away from the scene.
This seemed cleared up a few minutes
later when a car containing two Chitten-
den men pulled up.

The pair seemed shocked when told
about the murder.

“Hank Teelon?” echoed one. “Say, we
passed his cab coming out this way around
2:30. Another machine was following
close behind.”

The state detective whistled. ‘ “Boys,”
he announced, “that changes the picture.

We've got tg look for two or more killers,

not one. At least one accomplice carried

the actual slayer away from here after the
job was done.”

VAS SLUGGED from the
“ declared State Detective

-"DO YOU THINK some guy is out
splurging on his girl?” asked Sheriff
Franzoni, His speculation opened up
= a new approach to the manhunt.

/ He turned to Burke. “It’s' apparent
i that Teelon was killed for his Christmas

‘eal possible fingerprints, dug
of the snow and smashed up

/money. That means somebody saw him,

& with it. Where would Hank be apt to dis-
play that dough?”
'-. The employer thought a moment, then
| replied, “Most likely in.the Rutland rail-
road depot Iunchroom. He used to go
| there around midnight to get his supper.”
“It’s a_starter, anyway,” Franzoni told
* his brother and McClallen. “Some of the
| waitresses down there might. . .”
s Chief Potter cut in. “A regular crowd
- hangs around there every night. I could
_ pick the whole gang up from memory.
_ Want me to go to work ?” :
' Franzoni mulled this over. “It won’t
* do any harm to make inquiries first,” he
p replied. “If we discover Teelon was there
last night, then we'll get busy.”
~The identification men found a number
of fingerprints on the inside framework
band one door handle of the cab. They
ordered the vehicle driven to Rutland so
they could photograph these impressions.
‘The body was removed to the Clifford
Undertaking . Rooms in Rutland. Dr.

over the fragments. “But a
sn’t done,” the officer added.
couple of pieces: better than
ire. It’s possible . . .”
ification men nodded and be-
z up the glass fragments...
that cab, too,” Franzonr sug-
h special attention to the rear
ramework. That fellow may
and stuck his fingers on some
ace.”
. foot and a half of snow cov-
jacent fields. The state detec-
das he surveyed the scene in
daylight.
ky cal have flipped the
in almost any direction,” he
0, it’s possible we won't find it
r, But we'll have to look.”
3imism seemed fully justified
ur later when the ‘investigators
an immediate hunt for the
oon. ;
e piece was missing from Fran-

Quigley said he would notify Dr. C. F.
Whitney, the state pathologist, to come
down from the university at Burlington
and perform the autopsy.

It was breakfast time when McClallen,
the two Franzonis and Potter reached the
railroad terminal lunch counter. Some
of the night help was just going off duty
and the state detective’s questions pro-
duced an immediately satisfactory answer.

“Yes,” said one of the waitresses, “Mr.

Teelon was in here around midnight—

counting his money, too. I remember him
‘saying, ‘Everybody was good to old Hank
for Christmas,’ or something like that. He
had quite a roll.”

This girl and another waitress were
taken to headquarters, where they gave
the investigators a list of every Gentes
night patron they could remember.

Potter scanned it. “As I said, all the
regulars were around. Some of them have
been in trouble on occasion. Want me to
pick ’em up?”

Detective Franzoni nodded. “I recog-
nize a couple myself,” he added. “These
brothers and this other fellow who poses
as a circus strong man.. Gather them in.
We're going out for all possible wit-
nesses.”

Potter’s men, summoned to an early
morning call, began scattering. ‘The two
Franzonis, ‘McClellan and some of the
deputies returned to the Rutland station.
The state detective planned to round up
everyone in towri who might know any-
thing about the last movements of Henry
C. Teelon, 49, who worked for Burke
nights and. for a local mortician when the
latter had funerals.

The depot was one of the driver’s regu-
lar.stops. Others included an occasional
visit to the funeral parlor, a nightly halt
at a Wales Street filling station for gaso-
line, and frequently a look-in at a pinochle
game which raged nightly in the back-
room of a cigar store not far from the
depot.

“Tf we have to pull in everybody in Rut-
land,” Franzoni told the others, “I’m find-
ing out the name of Hank’s last passen-

At the moment he didn’t realize the
magnitude of the: task before him, but
eventually more. than 200 persons were
questioned at headquarters in a hunt for
the killer. Most of those interviewed came
from the depot and vicinity. The investi-
gators, aside from learning the names of
the lunch counter patrons, also discovered
that a group of lumberjacks had come in
on the north train; that about a half
dozen discharged servicemen had dropped
off the 2:45 from the south, and that a
number of weekend visitors to the city had
used Burke’s and other taxis to take them
to late destinations.

In addition, there were other, employes
of the railroad, including porters, news-
stand operators, two bootblacks, baggage
checkroom workers and ticket sellers.

The list of everyone who had-been in
the depot between midnight and 2 a.m.
swelled, but the investigators paid closer
attention to those who had been around at
the later hour. It was then, they rea-
soned, that Henry Teelon had picked up a
passenger who wanted to go out the Chit-
tenden road. .

Everyone whose name went down on

__ the list was invited to police headquarters,

but the deputies had to round up the lum-
berjacks and the servicemen, who had
scattered to different parts of the city.
Without sleep the two Franzonis, Mc-
Clallen and Potter questioned those

brought in, trying to pick up a thread”

which might lead them to the killer.

The chief’s men brought in the brothers
and the strong man. The former pair
told of leavirig the depot around 2 and
going straight home, but it was quickly
ascertained that they hadn’t arrived at
their residence until close to 4.

The former county fair performer told
of going riding with a friend around 1 :30
—to a late night spot near Bennington, he
said. The friend, taken into custody, gave
a similar story. While a check was being
made on the four men, employes of the
undertaking parlor where Teelon occa-
sionally worked were brought in, as were
a number of players from the late pinochle
game. All the other drivers working for
Burke, including Hostler, were grilled;
but out of all this questioning the authori-
ties learned exactly nothing about Henry
Teelon’s last fare.

Monday passed, and the investigators
wore themselves out in their ceaseless in-
terrogation of scores of possible witnesses.
Eventually the strong man and his friend
were eliminated, it having. been proved
that they had indeed gone to Bennington.
Although there was a slight discrepancy
in the stories told by the brothers, State’s
Attorney McClallen did not think this
sufficiently conclusive to warrant their
detention.

By 3 o’clock the parade of witnesses in
and out of Rutland police headquarters
had dribbled to a mere trickle, and the
earlier enthusiasm of the quartet probing
the murder dispersed with them. It be-
came apparent they were getting nowhere.

HEN THE identification men came up

with a fingerprint they had photo-
graphed from the door of Teelon’s cab.
There was no way of telling whether it
had been left by a murderer, but the fact
that it had its counterpart in the Rutland
police records quickened the investigators’
interest.

“Jake Hendry?” Chief Potter repeated.
“Hey,. that’s something. Jake’s been out
on parole about six months.”

“It means one thing,” the state detective
said. “Jake was Teelon’s passenger some-
time during last night. That print was
fairly fresh. Pick him up and we'll see
what he has to say.”

This presented no problem, since
Hendry was found at his boarding house.

“What gives ?” the man wanted to know
when taken to police headquarters.

’ Detective Franzoni told him, wasting
no words. Hendry paled.

“Teelon was alive when I saw him last,”
he returned. “That was around 1:45,
when he took me up to Madison Street.”

“Whereabouts on Madison ?” Chief Pot-
ter demanded.

Hendry scowled. “You guys’ve got me
ovér a barrel. I’m telling the truth about
getting out of Teelon’s cab on Madison.
But I can’t tell you where I went.”

Detective Franzoni smelled a rat. ‘““Has
it something to do with your parole?” he
asked.

Hendry nodded..
cracked.

“Smart fella!” he
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Murder in Her
Stocking

(Continued from page 21)

Potter took the others aside. “I’ve heard
about a dice game operating on Madison,”
he said. “Hendry could know about it, too.
Maybe he’s makin’ mysterious, trying to have
us believe he went up there to the game.
If he did, it’s a violation of his parole. If
ey as

Hendry was searched. His clothing yielded
$84, which he said was ‘his “Christmas
money.” Mostly in small bills, it was the
kind of a roll a man could win in a crap game
or even take away from a taxi driver.

McClallen gave orders to lock the man
up. “Since he admittedly rode in Teelon’s

cab,” he said, “we're, justified in investigat- .

ing him further. Suspicion of violating his
parole is a good enough charge.”

Potter said he would dig up a certain
saloonkeeper, reputed to be the operdtor of
the dice game, and endeavor to ascertain
whether Hendry had been one of the players
and, if so, what time he arrived.

- When he left, the others speculated on the

type of ‘knife used on Teelon. “I’ve got to
find out how deep those wounds were,” De-
tective Franzoni said. .He rose. “I’m going
around to the undertaking rooms and hear
what Dr. Whitney’s discovered.”

McClallen also got up. “What do you
have on your mind?”

Franzoni shrugged. “Those slashes didn’t
look as if they’d been made with.a penknife,”
he said. “I’ve been thinking about Army
knives and some of the souvenirs the boys
have been bringing home from the war
zones.” .

The results of Dr. Whitney’s post mortem
seemed to bear out his theories. ““There
are’ five distinct slashes,” the pathologist

said, “all in the neck and shoulders. A.

severed jugular vein brought on death and
caused all that blood you found around.
I'd say a blade four and a half to six inches
long inflicted the wounds.” .

The state detective snapped into action.
He called a nearby military post and asked
the commanding officer to send over to the
temporary morgue someone familiar with
wartime knife wounds. He turned to Whit-
ney again. :

- “What else was there?” he asked.

The pathologist: shook his head. “Par-
ticularly vicious crime,” he answered. “Skull
fractured in two places and three ribs broken
on the right side, probably resulting from a
savage kicking.”

Franzoni wondered whether some maniac
were loose in the community.
calm -public feelings about this case,” he
said, “when that news gets out. We've got
to act fast.” i :

Half an hour later an Army captain ar-
rived, looked. at the corpse and shook his
head. “All soldiers were trained in the use
of the knife,” he said, “This man was in-

that they couldn’t have
been near Chittenden.

Sp eh a my

Anita

“It won't .

But Chief Potter struck.a snag when he ’

tried to verify Hendry’s alibi. The saloon-
keeper wouldn’t admit that a game had been
going on in his back room;. but if it was,
the man added, he wouldn’t have known
whether the suspect was a participant.

“What it amounts to is this,” Potter re-
ported back. ‘“He knows Hendry is a
parolee. - That means he’s clamming.”

Declaring’ that he would try to identify
some of the dice players and get a definite
check on the prisoner’s alibi, Potter left.
Detective Franzoni was far from convinced
they had the right man.

“He didn’t have a drop of blood on his
clothing when picked up,” the officer told
McClallen and-the sheriff, “and no new crisp
$10 bills, such as Burke said he gave his
drjyer for Christmas. We found no wallet,
card or black book. Of course he could
have ditched these, along with the knife,

but he should have had blood on him some-

where.”

It was suppertime Monday night, Christ-
mas Eve, and the officers who had been ‘up
since before dawn were beginning to feel
the strain. Adjourning to a nearby hotel
for food, they discussed the various angles

_ over their coffee.

“We've got to get a real lead mighty
soon,” McClallen declared. ‘“‘Teelon was
well liked; we're bound to be sharply
criticized.” .

Sheriff Franzoni snorted. “No greater
number of persons has ever been questioned
in a Vermont murder case than that batch
we grilled today. What else is there to do?”

His brother nodded. “Definite clues are
lacking,” he said, “all but the fingerprints.
They’ may not prove much.”

The sheriff reminded them that his deputy
was still combing the stores, looking for the
purchaser of a hunting knife.

The state detective seemed lost in thought.
Then he suddenly looked up. “Stores?” he
repeated. “Why didn’t someone think of this
before?” «

“What's perking now ?”

ETECTIVE FRANZONI drained his

coffee cup and took out his pocket watch.
“Hmmn, 7:30. ‘They’re going to be open
late tonight—Christmas Eve. You know,
maybe Teelon’s killer will be a last-minute
customer.”

McClallen looked at him. “What do you
mean?” .

“Only this,” the detective said. “I think
the man or men who killed that driver needed
Christmas money worse than he. In other
words, the slayer or slayers. might have had
presents to buy and-nothing to buy them
with. Teelon, flashing his dough in the
lunchroom, set himself up as Santa Claus to
some perve: mind.” ‘

The sheriff got his point. “So you think:
some guy is out splurging on his girl?”

Detective Franzoni’s eyes lighted. “Girl?
No, I didn’t think of that, but it’s a good
idea.” He rose. “Look, before these shops

‘close up-on us, I’m going to mosey around .

and see what I can learn. It’s just a hunch
but it might pay dividends.” ; '

The others, not sharing his enthusiasm,
wondered how he would find a Christmas
splurger among’ hundreds of last-minute
5 bent on the same errand. :
ha "t ask me,” Franzoni came back, “only
I’ve an idea this fellow’ll be different. Any-
way, it’s wotth a shot.” :

He was racing against time, since by
agreement the Rutland stores planned a 9
o'clock closing. Striding down South Main
Street, the officer began thinking about
things a killer might buy for a girl, He ran
over several in his mind—jewelry, perfume,
bon i candy—and rejected all but the

rst. ;

“The others would be hard to track down,”
fe told himself. “I'll try the jewelry stores.

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a ae men) sedi : ‘ Rs a

There were only fo
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asm down several pc
chad been lots of purch
but none of the buyer
bit suspicious. In th:
the detective struck a

“That's right,” the
had a very unusual c:
A young fellow about
somewhat intoxicated
diamond ring: for his 5
watch, too. Then a
I questioned whether
He pulled out a large
bills.”

Franzoni’s pulse q'
some of that money 1

“Well, we've beer
change since then, but
through the till.”

The detective did, t
Finally he came to o
smear through its cc

Reaching into his
out a bill of the sa
making a swap,” he s
this customer?”

The jeweler said |
feet six and weigh
“Sort of a country {
wore no hat, so I «
his curly red hair.”

The detective retu

uarters in a high st
Gallen and the sher
shared his enthusias
the state’s attorney

The detective, tv
over to an identific
type the smear. “I
matches Henry Teel

Then to the other
turn out to be noth
coincidences. But 1
we're on what coul
now, though, I’m
decorate a Christma

After a night’s s|
of early Christm:
Franzoni’s ardor fo
‘haired youth was
sober reflection. E
bill were Teelon’s t:
it wasn’t the blood

same type? How.
bill in question hac
the purchase price «
the red-haired buy
watch and rosary w
disprove a story tt
from a legitimate s

The sheriff’s men
in running down th
knife. “Very few s
deputies said. “W:
ple who bought the
call any of them ki
to us.”

But when the |
that the blood on t
the same as Teel:
quickened again. (
100 has that type o

“Aside from Jak
others, who were s:
home to concentrat
low’s the only other

. be some of the squ:
a quick gander a

might be ee
Sheriff Franzoni

put cars out, and tl
in an hour a deput
ing a youth in uni
for the sheriff, intr
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of Europe and a f.
Germany.
“I don’t know

thing,” he told the

IGHTS were out in Red’s Taxi
-e office on South Main Street
itland, Vt., but the red belly of
gave a cheery glow by which
smoked their pipes in content-
_.silence.

Gerald “Hop”. Hostler, one of
rs, extended his wrist toward. the
ht and scanned the dial of his
“Almost time for the 2:45,’ he
Norman Wetmore, a friend who
iped in for an early morning chat.
hould be here to meet it with me.

pulled up outside the office and
said, “That’s probably him now. -
wasn’t, A man named Halliday,
o both, stuck his head in the door.
op!” he greeted. “Say, I gotta
ie train. Soldier friend of mine
in. But listen; I just came through
den and saw one of your cabs stu

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in the road, crosswise, one of the doors
open. Had to close it to get by. No one
around: I figured an accident and the
driver went for help.”

Hostler jumped up. “That coyld be
Hank! Fine night. to have trouble—
around 18 below. We ought to go out
there.” :

“And miss the train?’ Wetmore .

queried.

“Pll phone Burke. He'll come down
with a car. We can’t leave Hank stranded
in weather like this.” ane

A few minutes later the pair set out in

Hostler’s cab for the town of Chittenden, _

nine miles north of Rutland. “Kind of
funny,” Hostler said. “Hank hasn’t
phoned.” *

“Maybe he couldn’t find one,” Wetmore
pointed out. .

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lage chapel’ and proceeded toward the
Barstow school. A few hundred feet be-
yond they came ‘upon the calf standing in
the left center of the double lane highway.

Its lights and heater were on, the pair
soon discovered, but there was no sign of
Henry C. Teelon, the driver.

Hostler saw the black outline of a soli-
tary farmhouse against the sky in the dis-
tance. “Maybe.he went over\there. First

‘thing to do is to move this cab off the road

—that is, if it’ll run.”

He started to climb behind the wheel
but a glistening substance on the seat
stopped him. : ‘

“Hey, Norm, come here!” the driver
cried. ““‘What’s this—blood?” +

Hurrying over with a flashlight, Wet- °

more played its rays around the cushion.
Both: men gasped. The back and seat were
splotched with gore.

NABBED BECAUSE several clues indicated his guilt, the suspect (right)
is handcuffed by Sheriff Geno N. Franzoni. The youth allegedly confessed.

KS WERE GOOD TO HANK AT CHRISTMAS SO GOOD HE WAS SLAIN

What had happened? The cab wasn’t '

damaged; it couldn’t have been an acci-
dent. Had Teelon fainted or been over-
come by fumes, falling and striking his
head against the wheel? If so, where was
he now?

“Flash the light around the snow,”
Hostler ordered. “He might have left a
trail of blood.”

Wetmore found blood in copious quan-
tities. His light went up and down the

‘ditches, coming to rest on a low-slung

barbed wire fence surrounding a field.
There was a place where this wire began
to sag, so the ray moved along until it
rested on a large black figure—human in
outline. . =

“Great Heavens!” Hostler gasped. “He
got as far as that fence, then collapsed.
Say, if he isn’t frozen .. .”

The pair hurried forward through the

deep snow, finally reaching Teelon’s side.
Hostler seized the body, not noticing its
stiffness, and dragged it back to the road.
But his hands came away bloody, and it
was then he and Wetmore saw that Hank
Teelon was dead. .

The top of his head seemed crushed,
and about the neck and shoulders were
long, deep slashes.

“Cripes, Norm!” Hostler ejaculated.
“This wasn’t any accident! Hank’s been
slugged and cut up! It’s murder.”

A few minutes later the horrified men
reached a decision.. Hostler would go
back to Rutland in his own cab; Wetmore
would keep himself warm with Teelon’s
heater and watch the body.

T WAS AFTER 3:30 a.m. on the day
before Christmas, 1945, when Hostler

‘jabbed at the bell at the jail residence of

Sheriff Geno N. Franzoni in Rutland.
After hearing his story, this official made

a number of phone calls, including one to _
Francis W. Burke, operator of Red’s Taxi

Service.

Shortly after 4, two cars loaded with
officials arrived at the Chittenden road. In
addition to the sheriff there were his
brother, State Detective Almo B. Fran-
zoni, State’s Attorney Edward G. Mc-

. Clallen, Jr., Police Chief Harold S. Potter

of Rutland, County Coroner Dr. Francis
E. Quigley, two identification men from
Potter’s force, and three of Sheriff Fran-
zoni’s deputies.

In a matter of minutes the fact of mur-
der was verified and its pattern worked
out. According to Dr, Quigley, Henry C.
Teelon had suffered a badly fractured
skull and at least five stab wounds in his
neck and shoulders.

State Detective Franzoni was quickly
able to determine the modus operands.
“The killer was a passenger,” he said,
“who slugged Teelon from the back seat.
As I see it, the driver somehow got out
of the cab.and made for the field, hoping
to get away. When he became ensnarled
on the barbed wire fence, his attacker
caught up with him with a long-bladed
knife.”

The viciousness of the attack appalled
the investigators, since Teelon was well
known to all of them as a kindly, in-
offensive man who couldn’t possibly have
enemies. The only motive they could
think of was robbery.

This was promptly confirmed by Burke,
the employer, when he drove up a little
before 5 o’clock. “If Hank hasn’t close
to $200 in his pockets,” he said, “that’s
what it was.”

An inspection of the victim’s clothing
disclosed only about $5 in silver wrapped
-up in a small canvas bag and thrust deep
in a trousers pocket. “Evidently over-
looked,” the medical man said. “Other-
wise he’s been cleaned out.”

Burke said his employe had collected

better than $100 in Christmas tips from
friends, including $10 he himself had

given the man. “It was a crisp new bill,” _

the employer continued, “enclosed in a
card with holly and bells on it.”

No such card was found. Also missing
was a worn wallet in which Teelon habitu-
ally carried taxi revenue and personal
funds. :

“Any idea who might have ridden out
here with him?” the state’s attorney asked.

The taxi service owner started to shake
his head, then halted the motion. ‘Not
unless he’s got it written down in his
book,” he said. “All my drivers carry
them, to set down destinations and occa-
sionally the names of passengers, if they’re
known. You'll find the book in the dash
compartment of his cab.”

State Detective Franzoni knew the book
wouldn’t be there, but he looked and con-
firmed his suspicions.

“This killer didn’t miss a trick,” the
sleuth told the group. “He probably saw
Teelon writing down the trip before
leaving Rutland and knew he couldn’t
leave. such evidence around. That’s
probably why he had to kill Hank. The
driver knew him.”

‘Franzoni’s theory seemed amply borne
out a few moments later when one of the
identification men spotted a shattered
whisky bottle in the highway. Nearby
lay a huge stone. The bottle had been
literally pulverized with the rock.

“That’s one of the murder weapons,”
the state detective said. “Teelon was
slugged with it, after which the killer, in

“

“HANK WAS SLUGGED from the
back seat,” declared State Detective
* Almo Franszoni, the sheriff's brother.
‘Robbery was accepted as the motive.

POINTING TO a bloodstain in her
car, Mrs.. Margaret Pelkey said it
was left there by the red-haired
man charged with Teelon’s murder.

order to conceal possible fingerprints, dug
that rock out of the snow and smashed up
the bottle.” i

He paused over the fragments. “But a
good job wasn’t done,” the officer added.
“Here are a couple of pieces better than

‘an inch square. It’s possible .. .”

The identification men nodded and be-
gan scraping up the glass fragments. ’

“Go over that cab, too,” Franzoni sug-
gested, “with special attention to the rear
doors and framework. That fellow may
have erred and stuck his fingers on some
smooth surface.”

At least a foot and a half of snow cov-
ered the adjacent fields. The state detec-
tive groaned as he surveyed the scene in
the breaking daylight.

“That fellow could have flipped the
knife away in almost any direction,” he
said. “If so, it’s possible we won’t find it
until spring. But we’ll have to look.”

His pessimism seemed fully justified
half an hour later when the ‘investigators
abandoned an immediate hunt for the
lethal weapon.

» Only one piece was missing from Fran-

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ktiowledge that any of thea) would tell in
favor of thé respondents.) I have nothing
aginst them. I have only the interest in
this case that yowhave, to sea to it: that
the aw is nét Violated,
utd that the community ia protected from
sich ateocious crime, Your dut ¥ is sim-
fly 43 weigh the facts, under the inatruc-
Lona of thé Court, and to say guilty or
noL.guilty.” The law. will provide what
sbali follow,
ue) THE sedans CHARGY, :

(Chief Justice Pierpuint remarked, in
pening, that much
een occupied i
hould not long The
of Mrs, Griswold.
hough the indictment ‘ig against, them
vintly, it will be competent for you tw
ind one guilty and the other innocent.

There is no question that a murder was
ommitted. . ‘The qaestion is, was either
r both of the respondents guilty of it. It
conceded that Potter was not present
t the deed.” But it is claimed that while
Vard was the perpetrator that Potter was

parfictpater in it

The first question. and in # sense the
nin one, is if Ward waa the perpetrator;

hot the prosecution fuils also as to Pot.
te This ts solely a qnestion of fact. for

1 jary to determine frum the evideuce,
he testimony is fresh and has been fully
unmented On.

In judging of the question of jdentity
w Jury must remember that identifics-
on of petsons under such circa metances

commonly a matter of more or less un:
Ttaipty. You must bring, your. best
on -all-the circumstances.
ad decide the question of identity. The
ulge proceeded to recount the evidence

varias witnesses bearing on the qnes-
1 of Ward's guilt or innocence, » Com-
& to Hay'es testimony, he said. that if
pot is true the Government fails, The
testiod @a'to that is ‘is it retiable™ If
pt no-—if the jury tind proof of a scheme
introduce false testimony, concocted in
I between Hayes and ¥ ‘ard, it throws
picion on the latter aud on his de-
pee. It will not be enongh to establish
brobability of guilt. It must be estab-
ed beyond 9 rfisonabls doubt,” There
st be @ moral certainty that natisfies
udyment. ‘To convict atd you must
ieve him guilty,‘and believe it because
has been proved beyond » reasonable
ubt by the evidence in the case. é

Next as to Potter. ‘The Conrt bas been
ed to charge that there has been no
lence connecting him with the mur-

- That is @ reeponsibility which the
net declines to take. Itiss question
tee to settle. id

e Couttis aleo requested to ee
WP Ned tt “uot be justified in tind-

tter-guilty unless “he was” present
abetting the act.” Fhe is indicied not
nm accessory before of efter the act:
a5 & participator. You must -conae-
indy find that he wae « participator,
pe such the Court charges that it wa»
hecessary he should bave been pre-

he + that Ward and Potter devis-
plan for the murder, in which each
(O.bayve. @ part, sod. that Putter, in
jment of bis part, removed the fami-
> that Ward should have’ the o
ty to commit the act, it makes no dif-
iO whether he took then .to a diss
2 Of 40 feet or 40 milon, He would
| such cane ae guilty as if he ae, £
‘eld the laapde of tbsyictum.eo

ot _remat, There is'ny evidencé
‘oy Serangement between 'W ind
‘© previous t Ward's appeacapoe ry

DAY, APRIT 16, LBG6.

espondents Ward aud Potter are indict, |

Uf ho shonid find the. act to be |

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are proved to be

guilty beyond a Péason-
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THE VERDICT.

The jury took the case and left. tho court
Toutn at quarter past four.” An hour. aod a
half later, the ringing of the Court Houne
bell announced that a verdict had been found.
and citizens aod strangers hurried to the
court room, Which was. svon densely crowd-
ed... The prisoners were brought in; the
jary filed in to their places, aod almost per-
fect stillness prevailed as the Clerk of the
Court addressed them ;

“Gentlemen of the Jury, have you agreed
“upyour-verdict 27> ies Ronee e mee:

Foreman, (Dean Hosford of Charlotte,)—
‘We have.’’ ‘eee RR Os

The Clerk—'*Ia the respondent John Ward
guilty er not guilty ?"’ ' py

Foreman—“GUILTY.”” *

‘The Clerk—‘Te the reapondent Charles H.
Potter guilty of nod guilty?” ‘
Foreman—"‘NOT GUILTY,”
All eyes at once turned to. the prisoners.

of. relief from sus pense wae epparcot in his
countenance. Ward was pale but. strove
with considerable suecese td appear uncon-
cerned, and alter a short colloquy with his
coensel, in reference probably tu an appeal
tw bigher Court, he forced a emile, and
met the gaze of the crowd with a nonchalent
air. ag if (¢ were-all-a- joke. ae

Potter wae congrasuiated by the counsel,
and other friends ; but wae not Feleased, as
be fe still held on chargee of coanterfeiting,
The crowd followed the prisouers back. to
the jail and then dispersed. Weare inturm-
ed that Ward spent Saturday evening in
emoking, went to bed at ten o'clock; hed»
good bight’s rest, end is confdent of ultimate
acqaittal. Ste ety

Hw ease goce np to the Supreme Court on
exceptions to the rulings and charge of the
Coded, nse tes ae

Mr. Ballerd’s argument for the defence
baving been. imperfectly printed before, we
tepublieh Ht to-dhy with the errots correctell.
Oo Ma hich iove dmbewese 8

The investigation ‘of any alfeged criminal

energy namerell ¢ divides Medina two ered
t is conceded; that iuing o1. Mee;

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concede that, the a)

doubt
of the guilt of either respondent, he. $s to be.
only safe ryle for the
Your duty bef find the
beyoud all dunbta, oF else
acqiit them, ' & ls eapecially applicable to
eivoumatantlel ov ‘The- cireummancer-
must be Inconsistent with the idea of inno.,
cente. Now fur the facta In thecase, I Agree.
“inthe case,
The mystery tr still unex ained.~One ot the:
respondegte. was forty milex away: There”
wer. two persome engaged i the marioe, «6.
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te RPA Wee Vit ye e ure
macely thug 4 PFOA TUR ty One ry nar } Way
APE TRE Benet.” Aig) be SE Pha ayy
bok Meer LW Onn Pati ied USO! Mary
Ward $i
fa Khereonnvehiny CUP POs Tguee ! heep
intinhate xowhth Lav igees Py Ba A.) oy”

Pousp racy be ower: thems Dy Ne ae
any one would commence a anupder
long Tecounoiteriug and an ACHAlU Lane
the premises. Do submittha Porn
tion with the naneat bis hearse Je
Consistent with any sneh BU psd cic
fell them te comes ta, ges horses;
horse F wants 14 Kv fo the depot. Botley
he'll goowhen he wets Ta his rain: uae he Wants
t) kehe stove al hed aaetion. Therk la ne.
thing suspicious here, Let ne “Uppose {he sane
fan is sce riding with him
Fe tae doeenoteimke a jai a omurd
from merely being seen wilh a murderer,
They liad lovy talked avant going to Cane
da, and we have voen Unywent abonta legit.
Vfinvates bhieig ess, SUpposing Bowman's
tuenty Was all True; dorm 18 Convict Putter,
Mr. Vatter eps ty Keb a eclgars net asin an.
who, perhaps, wants to find ont Where the
ard goin Grant tuis ineeticy looks Knap
clons 9 Younis’ coAvict at innoee

Ppose
of
ad ae COnDeE.”
perfectly fn.

talks

AL tua

The Law heetres about Yer path as: jure
The cireumetances niast tiret. pe iAconsistens
with iAnocence

boo What-tid Motison'ts testimony
| Mr. Dotier well knew there were
OTs Pek ost Gin aud did poe Want
sury; waited: ihe sheriff ty
choose po aieh men as talesmen for the jury,
Power pays biewill comipeusute Lita’ for aby
fale. squaresserviver he « ont render him. and
thatis adi he wants
PDA We ait hese points: for Por
lst) thete was no) mative: for murs r.
Potier had beeu with Ward, itis ne evidence,
agniost? hha. naless. o> there bul \-beeg
protoncerted arranvements berween thein for
themurder, The evidence teads to show that
if there had ‘beep any such, Potter would
have gotie to the depot for: him
wonld well bave koown where P,
Claim Potter made misstatements before
Voroner” leit: remarkable-
pi¢ton Pointed to Potter, he 8h dtd he
cohluwed aod make mistakes, and be inecca.
Fate? Still the State makes a stron
(bk Conceding that he aeociat
murderer, this ix not strong,
You have agreat vig to periorm. If you
aré to ert, err on the side o Mercy and not
of Vengeance. I ask that Qeither of thee
mén be convicted unless you be firmly con:
vinced of their guilt, It follows by no means
that because one of these men ‘i4 guilty the
other one is, Layigne's guilt: depends fire -
‘oh identification. Mis implements and ap
ance don’t recommend hin to a Vermont ja-
ry. But don’t tet thie Prejudice go ngainst'
bim, ,. This is bis danger... I know of many

MTOUNE th &

; . P
PSM AR OT pe

i
ter.

2d, if

lived.

with 9-

revolver.” The billy tn not unconumon to be
carried im the city by honest men.

respondent in jail after bis arrest, with « sore»
ey¢. The chloroform may have hewn fur esa:

jog pain... The offence at
gd Og One Which we are many of us guilty
of r.. Flanagan’ testifies something as
metrhant advertises hia wares,

he started?) At last Flanagan makes up. his
migd tovarrest hint at Winooekt. Flanagan
would certainly tollow up a man Answering to
sore description be had got. T find fantt with
ihe” manner
Those. that
‘aothing more of.
chance to prepare his defence, as all testimony
Wes taken an
if the
bring up the man.

failed to identify him we hear”

man at Potter's wasn't Ward. why don't

¥ ithout ’

te. The mag?’

Ny Wingosai, 43
ter

Certain per.

» ind Ward**
They.

that with sng. —:-

point of ~

infallible evidenue, ..,

men here who never leave towa witbout «°°

Mot. buving muck!

Did he have’ ~
& sure, definite description of the man when ot

al eu See Mia:

of idealilying him. aft wanda” ~>
We did not have ® fair *

kept secretly. Mr. Hard asks

Cre wes

am
4
‘aa
wa

PAY 8 me inde poten SGT.

aed

testi. * ve ¢

ptuloct bE henpon <n $ntriiares

mate,
Pg

caw the 24 -—

vit

But we did noi know gy : :

Reser So on, Ss

‘Pa
BURLIN
-~ @BO¢e
TS
ra

‘NEW

PRI

4 ‘(ro tans
ed OFFIC

~ BURLIKOE

=
P man at the house No witnese ~

ae. ae me

AS ae WD, The
A Was not Ward
ce'have had S better chance to identify bim’'*

aye ee ©
OS ada oe ths
», ’

iy Th: eae f
jfentiess and savage barb arity with which it
i pe, etreted, “|
Lf Upen ‘the ‘charge cf having game ne it
ba i
) mauyder you pave been tried, 3 eedtding to the.
* tawe of the State. by an impartial /jury, passe
You were dett niled j

‘gi vu)

Adee fs

‘|
“tikety

’ hie ot afiirm
SI
7).

ervell,:

;

te ts.
tye

etje and upright Court.

that Court by learned, able and faith fal co Un ael. i

You were found Ruulty of the. 4 cri ihe. To give

Tou ever ym lvantave aud shield which tha law

» Socords, that trial has heen revid ed “ih! this

i tt upon points of alleged errurd j thattert.

ef) Iw cominitted by “the Cod nty, Court, IAL.
ter full argument by learned ebunstl, and! careful
«consideration by the Court, we feel! « compelled tO hig bens sy

* Bold thatno error in faw wasfoomt ited in the: thnt tie

trial and verdict, 8nd «that that, nesdlet-of ate
» Bauty, must stand resorted againgt yous;

Hy is now the’duty of this court itp py phoudee
the sentence of thé law for the erime of murder,
Dut before doing it, tha ocession |. seems to te-!
quire that your mind “and thoag tts should be

-Epesially cafled'tolthe fearfal condition to which
Ur great crine has brought Yours The nas
uthiorizes the Gourt.in ita: di Sorefipn <t
the exeoution of the finul sentences Sor
Brace, in the meat” time hiding
“mprisoament in the State Prison,
Hy ive such spacd given you.
‘igins it in'such reflections

riod:
Welt
te 3"

ter nut

eetlny

sutiifent,
Nlgtevs,

heikte ‘lane th
ithe gown {

Cey ria ti le ‘tes

the ger mine

arid Ss Pus
aby
npg ft.

law

ile fey

7 by
a i]

a } Pay r
the eonviotin:
iy Vow are’t
Et hthooyes 'ydn

Moore
¢

exorafy,

hind as may bri ME you te your lame ag id
& penitent. anu

snough the character of Your case portends unly
wt »iGasat the appointed. time
tae -galiows pay the Brat
Crime, the ali abound ine Inercy of kt’the Ja get
cP all tie Marth anil save

moment, pardgnod eonner,
the i. th

your bf must upon

oution
Incurred by your
t+
bes |

may reach yout

ditterdint BEN

“ayy
bees

‘$6 far as hag been brought to lights this gi
your

Hal conseyuences Which

; Homan law recuires the pocralty to be
Véth’as # jist pugishment to the ckim' hal,

ye arldnid Hh
eee

Nowlug Ce.

/ rae

otherwise }await you,

execute, | ae
and,
hy A means of protection and safety) ta the dons
- MOnity, sgainst such gcenes of bloo® and "hor.
ror. Tt fe within the séape of levislative cle:
mency to abate the penalty of deukh,y and wb.
fiitate imprisonment.» But fio thone ‘shen?
‘be entertained hyo’ Jou | thts ree-
pret, of angthi ng | that: bas
thus far ap peared in your cave Tt is thereforn4
recommended that you prayerfully dousider gr]
upon Your ¢arthly doom) ant the

lo bdt
: C: te a iler
PH,
ae th|
rand
Sop
zraute

vlew

Hho iL,
bTfop
lhe
i fur
te Tx

po fur

CBS

“that aye Fou. to it, to the end that
divine frst ioe try be - recone led. by atoning’ hal
meéroy, aud you may be saved from Kh “Nedod 1g 8" ant

fi, tu which that.te which the lape now lenis anid MW
pore.

Nt kn f
arati tell ry
f

L@r wy

rel
bry ght

deat
hk may mateo qargr aad the wea,
€ Sentence af, the law..ts now to) he Perr
ool, and it isthat-you be han ved I the Re
A hy thie) 1h

ina warrant to Ue laxmed tilergbs at the pSUbae
nest term thereof, » optumanding thig edcitence to’ Leroy!
be carried int ‘#xbeution;” anid thi: t yo a be“in. jeran (at al
et PFtaon | tn solitary confinement | iho the Sinte
i's Fison io Winteor, ia the Cast} | of Wip. Iie, (BAuie, |

-
‘

f
}
rf
by
'

boli dead, at auch tinie as'sha) H| be
hy ws S 7?

{ ‘
|

g latge r the igures of a

cla! wed
being “speciried in

eld that that. was a tatter for fhe Court! itd

Lavigue, should baveheen qxclaced ted.

Gide Se rith of,

Pivad Ruity,

Siatels brik
}

id reque

ar}: aytus

in sa | to pay ¥ the
| ten gd | Wy 48 efaeed, and respondent senten

only reevare ¢ against the pres¢nt and sive

granthl for ad ultéry, “and Ut

Hedy: | [ui I granted fier wi [fal dese tHion, :

Bri Brauted for Wilfal desertion. i.

chant

te 7) to iw

r.
jand ai abt aliowed to

iT ah Thy He,
avis ee hi La ag ay pati prot ap ;
f Jur diction: by rts, sar

‘ account: indy.
ti i ile.

Haty, Leap 18
Stacy & Appleton. Decapaite,

1S Fem a

a 43

Mush vs Town o- | Colchester Case!
Validity of ja towh vate in| refer %
Sibg louptics for Nroluatecrs, twhich,
ty be null in douseqaencd of the’

ithe warning for |.
that the warning Wag in. !

Held
Jaden rertt helow reversed,
deweryne, Opinion by Judge W; bate
métion for new trial on the grquad »,
urt erred. in excusing certain jhtore: '
dé

helt $3uon wad ¢ Nao cn,
range fo,
written’: ‘by!

Hell! tht :
Was if. s } she 1,

liag

meet,
Chat certain €videnoc, in rete

eek Craik en ee

rs Alicged to dave been.

ness of (he Totter.

} ove
APR 4 F > 4
nce MATUTBS Ok

Pe of >

igs vot they

Ph bustaneads andoatefendant takes?

v bis exoeptions By
gael, charged with au Ba,

{ ry,
Two Week a opty

-
as

{
> Lalue at Resex . Centre
Sentence, fine of SU) it

Wie "

‘ 4
ulgu, Charged with steals
a
bi

Sentens obi pas
A

4 4 ;
Re

; ‘ "
of deter Lia wer GP!

in ityy

»Torty i eto akg

rained and plead

r ¥

ine
Maenroe’ sen owe vn
& I! Sy {or a”

boa the pr, und that he shee aves

6 “a alas

payoa hve ef Hy wud Co

tere
fine, wag heard, and think teu) ?

cul’ to a! hid

‘,
ates T° tison. wits hh of

"In &
gracted i the Court la. the

‘ HOU
Cooley: Bil} Ban !
ellant allowed toy 9h tg
ond #

fata (
j Block
| ear
We ietimpp}
T@OV

Bit) jbayie
raerres .

Tape rd
las

reé tronthe an tt yap
wepe

See ..

ol, RR.

Loalken tt,

tididen name: i

Pp, hy 27% fy ve We 7 he Bar:

Wit ay tl Sar iM

lemun
Ay aye Morshat!
wilful desertion

LD bay a 8, Phehe
wilful cdaveritba:
loeb) Shepard
intulerable

ee, Liaroe;

ir¢ Carey.

Ply,

a YE rhiy,

Q. Te ‘Ui ne her ay inided! Tue &
i

Shepard
nv{ tt) he ry acs

“4
fai wed
At {2

ful

ret

“en ilo

Jevsertion;

2 f chums Til}
wil custody vf Cchil:
thery and whe is’ allowed to re-
wideniname

td site, £7
Adal

I a i Bill
Ty atl refusal. to support,

resume her maiden |
3 + %

Au sit Ahy

Vile P
ot é I

, Paeclhedl,
‘lad the wet to be MeHuhy

atements of Ward |
Potter,

vidence only that

» % 9 ? : Wesel s . '
#, st tial ia (he settled role of law?
WED RANE es tops © if stier earetu) eXaminaton ot all Pacts and
tires thatit® CSS aN em, VON Ye a F aacnab te loutt
hiave been pre OMNbbe alt Of edther Pespoodent, he te ta be

Thi iaithe on

upd. Potter devin. {PEt etn of life. Yone duty b

Mra, Haiberi. There
Mes, Griswold. These men are
by the State.” Here is where ¢
doubts come ial. The +n
ed, Be careful then: x
man forty mites AWAY, an
NIrds up 7 OF M philes aw
aNC@ to no’ sach ¢
wen in, the team,

to donbt as to what to na

, é went: the
us appea lance ty i

bit urrangemen? }
The fact
x Potter, on bis

fat Potter's,

ly safe tle for the
lo fad the

Warren and
mirderers of
Not fonnd ot
Ott Teasotatle
JOWy in yet thts —
woevon conviet one
4 another, whe tirst
AY, and giving: ntter
Xptessions of puilt as: the
e = State hus. bee

ae aiuibes Padi!
We Paine the offence -of-net having

honey is one Which we ave maAL
of tr Fiagayan

megvhant ndyertieus tiv wires,

a sure. detinite descrip:
he! started’

Did he

At last Blanayan omakes 4

ts have hada better chance t
than thuse at the house, «None
to identity, bint than young children,
boy Cal, ane Katy. pay thar he w as not
Man. Their “Sty should he tecetvad as

Mr, Griswold, to he sre al! home
says Ward wasn’t the tan
Jury room... Morris Sulkiy
The motive for them

” identify
are more

an does notident

he:

Everything ia the wouse that might hod vale, ™ vena: ere guabt >
nee thére andthe Mi Hara’ Y about ‘these mew: ables was broken into and ransac ed. The rob- Charch 84. Berlingtce
mre Hard's remarks ure Brecaibieah Tet wt were not acquainted with the ‘natareot +" April, 1965 :
cunsistent: with says once there was only one maa there, and the j y RS RUINS Mn s eo $5.52, 5 wai Nia dK aed
coud bave then} again that prob Ply thee were more” The hess wer several en engaged. “Ht oberg MSW RRM ES cg Gea: = 5 aay
he’ qnestion iy if Rebbe: t td, dete ee NP fRE che Lap only one man and he hed” changed hi * Miscellaneous ner
c it d fttiunt ile ad 7° eet te takin s0cks, how camy the bloody footprints ; there, Aen there ade lg
nducement, "it then iy; and thew take up: Potter's Wore several. How. extraordinary Wat the
fe was the heir of |] Cenbection with Lavigne {| shall, for Pottur's » man’s conversation with Kelly iion’s be. THETFORD NURSERT 24ND FLO
said this fnrnish-| *&¢. concede that they have Ot ibe murde: lieve Kelly When a. aie fate jail, GARDEN, 6 es 9
© murder, Thig| "T4094 then argne that no guilt te proved changed. with crime ry nets irae aid doce Wor t M a Cl
extent, but it is Pin fo Pr harSeerr te Pérfevily ture én Atrange things, “id we Nai on » priced ane toes
any Tita Bavt)| r-/ rer in guitt, Isn't there plenty of room for grees doubt: lona, forneita, reudac and
wom he is the ak tice bevwenn toe grant out Sr Ulity oT of Ward's guilt to lo. If such ,doubtis PN tes re Ciebeeeg ae |
aly a hee . two. law aa F : : ‘ ‘ rd “3 i | ee he! iS }
cs oe Sree rir 4 foir pi ia circumeten and can te im 000 fa away fen gdh. tt you pe “An & sed ef P & WINE |
ebody. hed Sway cunsistenti witb bie ino.’ Potter guilty, you can find most anyBody so... 7 dt and Ornem ea @
Ucementa are the | ¢rnte, acquit btm: F. ard says avarice b , Ornamental Trove, "irfity; |
ont to hu-| had an fedeenee Poi. ha as Clronmstantial evidence, if there ie ure ; he ce ae
+ otrary u- Griawold’s b sah t the facts . doabt about any circumstante being proved, . vn THAN 10,000 9, 49 -A a |
uducementa tare- in Bre s * Daving in any way 4 life eatate you must ley. that clroumstasoe out of ba. f°” “ me aaD eat PLANTS a
in| otire. ME Criswold he, MAY this ‘great | 200 Buch evidence is like = chain witha... h libel igs:
of old Mr, Grin. thoaght ve rthin or Delin re bes they | tink of tow, which apoile the whole. ; Cheice Flower
and i ; “trie go Aw ren At appear | Me, ayes baw.in @ fair; frank - Do, ae en eh tpt i hin srnears nih
mn ties Mra Griawoldl was to will hey propert . hac Seed Stomp for new
rty, re all awey? Not at all. This Motive, then, o get vigae toe hae gece eel le. é Thetéord Vi. april 1 Abe
Ree ve ! ' a & Rote date higust 26h, To or 4 tie
bimonity between | wi ee? mh & riche ie ali done iwel What better proof do you want that a ‘MOKED banv :
ld d 3 ‘ae a explained all fair fee was in New York City Saturda ait S DERP just Toqetepe 8
sheging pre anny pa APlapridnbedie he ht neh ® mere | the murder, Uf he took bis eels on that day FI) Pare ee wast ast or
1e) batred; te ' tite ee m. -—
» little evidence sinc he mae to Masex.t0 get hinstornine eee xt the murder rpaleve that tht sh md HORSE RADISH *
Tetheee eee | camels eet CUTE UD guilt, The rate a4 place .Jictle ralue on bume oka amt. P*EAASD toasz ‘ .
Whether tere | ravally foiled to: show ony ‘Ratio or TP tee, wile salue * ‘7 bad bee saleby P
‘ Vouter's toward Mra. Grinwoid an ter protected humae lite BY ‘
ou f0 determine | control aver het tongue or tomper “agit! | degreea ‘ tgs throat, “*; + JA00R @ Rite
evidence ‘bei bari woman to get along thay: } Wasa inicanags TS Jen. 4], \etg, é 1
eres Boe if the | cated om Charen it ant Manied any bop | POTTER RELEASED ON BAI. s say ae
or Hn | Luey tortured thie little fentt — eM nied, yates
Perfect, for if'u) a motive to kul ber, George Williaa’ so ANOTHER MURDER CASE... Seeds 7 ee
© chain is brok. fix 9 bumbug Would « man make such TRIAL or Sapreny $3
peimeny, if you pin Pe itenation? | Hie wstlmony te ian M. FAULKNER, | mi em See
* Object was to wd. | ae Rever wid b :
HY, sch an ce | the Williston Postmaster What pe Serdang Monpar, April 16, NEW seepa,
riety, and would | Tench say? He w waa act Meare Opened at 9 A. M, 207d [ cen
ly wn bie lone: ed to say what be knew about the whole mat Application was made to the (‘ours to fiz. | Wheeler - 9
teary fire ug to ae tote | am mous fora ig sh come ea ded
Mocary a (ai + buck at ibe Inque. sh ar’ ene Potter indi } ' di
d : ‘ atest. Did Mr, Griswold hea icted under three, vounte for AWel ‘
per for him te} aaytning aboath? Ko Mr. G., though deaf, 0g Counterfeit mone J P ah Merds Gr ass, Rea -T
Would not be Tiheurd & 1 the conVernation, *X0rpt the ree be udge verpoiat ; aad sa ’
Ow that was yon ‘tarks of Puiter, Katy. Potter (whe ®ppes fixed the amount ag $500 fur each indich : CLOVER SEED
you will po Woden ted Aare Der end ex thee tee pitt Se te GARDEN . ANB py ip
A . : ' r M .) °
f Mich a vénditt *cduiradierions The, boy, Un. beard poth i ane, £* » Beate ve Wa. Faulkoer bey FLOWER | 86:
a4% four eon. . phe aerk .W fe impeached. Such mene. was then called OP issn HOG y 9
bering that the yar ‘has tura Fey eet eRe Foalkner, it Will (09: pend ; ot
[fre mice en tte of “ti w. d in once. beard pamed Jobo Conly on the’ nights
mn “¢ Potter aay that 3 i
Be Ss, : : iy y ught Mrs. G, was going i (Continued on first page.) , :

we
‘

treed |
y of us gailry
Wslifles something asa

ion of the man when

No. withess-

! ‘elpothecarien & Drug gt
ne eta DEALER Im
The

true.
distaace,
he saw inthe Grand

under wae srohbery,

tN ®,

April 2, Le6é, ‘
G, G. BENEDICT,
/ Comminsioner tor the Biate of Ne

have

ip his R sj
i dint iity t 1b aatl doubt i Migd tomarrese hime wt Winooskd, Flanagan oP @ (rotane ACK WOWLEDONENTS OF Das pe, i
* na 'Peepondents uy SCV OG wa HOUbIS or Ohae a wis LAY Nive 4 BWerity t y 7
ete, io whicheaeh b atoniil bheniin “is Rapectait$ applicable ‘in ” be ; saat re hit - en ia iia hs ' OFFICE, FREX PRESS BUILDING
‘ a . , i “apy . a mtfaul: t ‘ r A H
Lik that Potter, in p+itouinatantiol os ane Lan ciretimstances Tha ‘isdiinoes or sin tre e him afi Shears BURL NGTORN, - - *--> VER
9 removed the fami- ) Must he ineunsistent. with the ‘ideas of inns Tawar that riled kta ontits ihegrtece tae Jan. 24, 1n64
1 have thy oppor: | rence, Now fur the facts im the'euse, Tagres nothin more of We did not haverca-tuir
act, it mukes no dif- there IW a great deai ol hy eivey de the” case, chanee to Prepare hix detence. as wlftesumony :
ik them toca din. ihe att on unexplained, “Oae ot the J Woe taken and kept sei reity’ Me Dard ache Apotherarics, i
tiles, He would ts reo Fee Fotty mi tea witttel Thre if the man at Potier< wast Ward Why don't GNF eunta tera eee ee Ne
Ay asif he stood by! stintatetioon te ane in Hie ih he bring Wp the mano Bat we dia not Know
Seo | Lappe © dillerent sized Aracks:, ‘he. Pohiy ae ; , C. SPEAR &k CO,
“y ) “Hi teange yON AE Ge they Were going to Makeup. The AoC, MLO,
hak | 8 tin afer thnk abe oppostte-connert- hits nut: Peferredt tothe teats q x ae + ve Aa aa a A v
reois nv evidence with ‘wis tre , man at the hose was aot War
ms | WO Persons heey y Mr:
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An officer obligingly drapes himself over the fence to illustrate the exact position’ in which the’ victin’s
body was discovered. Henry C. Teelon's remains can be seen lying. in the immediate foreground.

dead man’s car.

Driving like mad, Hostler soon *.

reached the jail. Sheriff Geno N.
Franzoni, aroused by his persistant
rapping, let him in and listened
solemnly to the report.

.-Although it was 3:30 in the
morning, the sheriff didn’t hesi-
tate to contact State’s Attorney
Edward G. McClallen, Dr. Frances
E. Quigley, medical examiner for
Rutland County, and State Detec-
tive Almo B. Franzoni, his own
brother. The latter, an astute offi-
cer of 30 years experience, has been
instrumental in solving many of

Vermont’s most difficult homicides.
° Within 20 minutes all these offi-
cials had assembled at the jail and
the drive back to Chittendon was
begun. While they were waiting for
the arrival of the others, Hostler
had called up his employer, Fran-
cis W. Burke, operator of Red’s
Taxi Service, and notified him of
the tragedy. __

At Chittendon, Dr. Quigley veri-
fied the first suspicions of Hostler
and Wetmore.

“This man was murdered,” he
announced. “Stabbed at least: twice
in the neck and three times in the
back, Besides, his skull has, been
crushed by some heavy object.”

The -officials knew Teelon as a
quiet, inoffensive sort of man who
probably didn’t have an enemy in
the world. —

“What is this I hear about
Christmas money?” Sheriff Fran-
zoni asked as his brother began
scanning the ground for some kind
of a clue,

i a)
Hostler said Teelon and other
employees of Red’s Taxi Service,
including himself, had’ received
many presents of cash for the holi-
days.

“Burke treated us handsomely,”
he added, “and Hank got some
more dough from the undertaker.
I saw him counting it: out over at
the railroad station lunch counter
last night. He must have had two
hundred dollars.” hate

The sheriff whistled. “A sizeable
amount of money to tempt some
hungry-eyed killer,” he said, Then
to Quigley: “See if he’s got-any
money in his clothing.”

The -medical examinér looked
and found about $30 in silver. tied

_ up in a canvas bag and. tucked
deep in the dead man’s trousers, |

“He had. those. bills tucked in
his. inside coat pocket,” Hostler
said. ; ;

plied. :

The motive now seemed clear,
also the. manner of his death, State
Detective Franzoni found frag-
ments of a quart whiskey bottle in
the center of the highway.

“He could have .been slugged
with this,” he told the. others.
“Then the killer pulverized f% with
his foot or a rock in order to con-
ceal.' fingerprints.”

“What about the cab?” McClal-.
_len inquired. ‘

While Detective*Franzoni dusted

‘the interior of the cab for finger-

prints, the others began searching
for a knife which had been used
in the killing.

“Then they’re gone,” Quigley re-.

No weapon was found, but the
detective announced the discovery
of several good fingerprints on the
wood surfaces of the door frame.

“Let’s hope,” he said, “the killer
put his hands on that frame while

getting into the cab, If.he did, :

we’ve got him.” >

It was almost daylight when the
first strange car arrived at the

‘scene, Two Chittendon men, driv-

ing home, slowed up at the road

‘ block and got out.

“Henry Teelon, eh!” one said.
“Say, we saw his cab heading out
this way around 2:30. We were go-
ing into town. There was another

, car close behind it, as if it was’

following Teelon’s machine. We

‘passed them both near: the: Bar-

stow -school.”.-.

T= officials quickly realized the
importance of this information.

.Though it had looked like a one--

man’ job from the beginning, they

‘ now knew two or more could have
been involved. The actual killer
might have made his escape in the’

second car, piloted by a. confeder-
‘ate. , !
At six o’clock, when nothing
more ‘seemed to be gained at the
murder scene, the officials removed

. Teelon’s body to Rutland and sum-

‘moned State Pathologist Dr; C. F.
Whitney to perform the autopsy,
assisted by Dr. Quigley.

State Detective Franzoni left for
his laboratory-office in Montpelier,
the state capital, and his brother,
after consulting with McClallen,

motified Rutland Police Chief Har-
; old S. Potter of the tragedy.

The chief hurried to the sheriff's

‘office, where he was briefed on the

, details. Then, acting. on McClallen’s
instructions, Potter issued orders
to his detectives to start a round-
up of every person who might have

~had knowledge of Henry. Teelon’s
last movements, :

Since it was known that the taxi
driver had visited the railroad sta-
tion lunch counter, not far from
the. taxi stand, around midnight

. and flashed his money, the police
began bringing in restaurant em-
ployees, known frequenters of the
depot snack bar, lumberjacks who
‘had come in on a Sunday ‘night

' train, fellow cab drivers, and per-

.-. sons. who conducted a’ night busi-
“Mess in and around the station.

4 ‘Complete’ statements were. ob-
_ tained from everyone known to
- shave been in the restaurant lunch-

room Sunday night and early Mon-
day morning. Those on whom a
|-shadow of a-doubt rested were de-

“tained, but all stories were check-
“ed. Potter’s men spent the entire
day running down the alibis, in
the course of which they question-
ed hundreds.of persons. ;

-.. The stories‘of three persons were
found to be weak, unsupported.
Two of the three were. brothers—
Tom and'Fred McNary, The other
was a local strong man—one Bruno
Heflin. ,

The brothers claimed that they
were home in bed by two o'clock;
but Potter’s detectives, checking
their house before the pair could
get word to relatives, discovered it
was nearer four before they arrived
home.

, Bruno Heflin, who was always

‘boasting of his strength, said he
remained around the station until
about 3:30. This apparently was
a mistake, since all-night employes
and others known to be there at
the time denied seeing him.

So out of the dozens of persons

held at heddquarters throughout
the day, the authorities came up
with three prime suspects. .
_ The McNarys seemed to be the
logical choices, since both had been
in ,trouble’ pefore. Besides, they
owned a car, we

But Bruno Heflin was known to

- Ihave cronies who accasionally

drove him about Rutland, thus he
‘could have access to a machine,
even at an early hour Monday
morning. .
__ There was only one trouble with
the case against. the trio. The
clothing of none bore any blood-
stains, though the detectives. were
.not overlooking the possibility that
one or,more of them could have
- done a quick-change act. Also,
there wasn’t as much as $10. total
in the pockets of all three, ~
“They could have cached. Tee-
lon’s bankroll,” Chicf Potter said.
. “The. most important thing
against them is their phony alibis.
Why would an innocent man lie

about where he was at the time of .

a killing?” 4
The investigators considered the
possibility that all three were in-
volved together, so jail cells opened
up for them until their guilt or
innocence could’ be. satisfatcorily
established.
* ‘In the meantime ‘nothing had
been heard from Detective Fran-

- (Continued on page 24)
; 15

VERMONT AUTHORITIES

MUST CONTEND WITH

BITTER COLD AND CONFLICTING CLUES IN
ORDER TO IDENTIFY AND ARREST THE: CON..
FESSED SLAYER OF THE HAPPY. CAB DRIVER

TOPPING his car in front of:
S Red’s Taxi Office on Main

Street in Rutland, Vt., G. C.
Hallidgy hurried inside, A blast
of warm air from .a single oil
heater rushed up at. him, and
through a haze of smoke he saw
the figure arise from a swivel
chair and come forward.

Yes, sir,” said Gerald Hostler, _

a taxi driver, “the car’s right out-
side. Where do you want to go?”

“Nowhere,” Halliday answered.
“’m on my way to meet the 2:45
train. A soldier friend of mine id
coming in on it. I simply wanted
to tell you I came through Chit-
tendon about 10 minutes ago and

‘

nsw tions

saw one of your cabs off the road.
It looked like the driver had an
accident.”? ine 3 :
Hostler’s face changed expres-,
sion. “That. must be’ Hank, Teel-
on! Maybe I'd better go out and
see what’s wrong.” .*
. : rod *
§ he reached for his hat and
coat, Halliday took leave. At
that moment- Lawrence Wetmore,
an old friend of Teelon’s came into,
the place, and the cab driver told
him what had happened.
“Tl go with you,” Wetmore re--
sponded. .
The two men,‘in Hostler's taxi,

‘. Above photo shows investigating officers at the scene

‘drove out.of the city, heading to-

“ward Chittendon, nine miles away.

It was the morning before Christ- .
mas, 1945, and the mercury hov-
ered around 18 degrees below’zero.

Presently, Hostler rubbed the
frosted windshield with his glove.
“Looks like a machine just ahead,”
he said. \

Slowing the cab, he soon was.
able to pick out the lettering om
the apparently stalled car whose
lights were full on. Fairs

Both men bounded out of the
cab and ran up to the taxi. A’
glance within failed to reveal any
sign -of- Teelon, but .Hostler saw
what seemed to be blood glistening

the driver

“on the front seat.

“He’s been . hurt!”
gasped. “Look around.” :
- Wetmore swung his eyes toward
the roadside, then gave a cry of
alarm, “Look—on that fence!”

. Hostler, instead of replying, ran
‘over to a black form dangling from

‘14

‘

points to part of fence where, on Christmas , morning,

JeO— LEE ‘DETECTIVE

Moy -S4

of the crime, near Chittendon, Vermont. Arrow
Henry C. Teelon’s body was found hanging. /

the top strand of some barbed

wire. It was a man, hanging there
stiffly, arms and legs outstretched.

Jt was.as though ‘he had tried to

get into the field, thence to the
dim outline of a farmhouse about
a half mile beyond.

There was no doubt about it be-
ing Henry C. Teelon, 45, a driver
for Red’s Taxi Service and an as-
sistant undertaker for a large Rut-
land concern, ?

Horrified, the two friends lifted
the body from the fence. It was
then that-they noticed several deep
wounds in his neck and shoulders.

“Wait .a minute!” Hostler ex-
claimed. “This was no accident.”

The men debated what to do.
The distant farmhouses seemed ir-
retrievably darkened—might even
be deserted, It was then decided
that Hostler would return to town
while Wetmore kept vigil in the

.impressed.

Working on. a case the chief characteristic’ of which was a total lack of clues, investigating
; nd underbrush for the murder weapon. Their efforts were uhrewarded.

zoni. But when he did contact the
Rutland investigators, the officer
tossed a literal bombshell into:
their laps. ~.. ae é
“Those prints on the car’s frame-_
work,” he told his brother, “match
up with.a set we have in the state:
police files-here: They. belong to a-

fellow who did time on two occa- :

sions.” Franzoni mentioned his

name. “You know whether he’s...

still around town?” i

The sheriff was taken back by
this information. “You bet!” he
snapped, “We had him in here to-
day for questioning,. alongs with.
half. a hundred others, but turned:

The reply came quickly. “Around

2:30—few minutes before or after. .

I don’t know exactly.” ‘
-- “You could have been up to Chit-
tendon and back by 2:30, Who saw
you. come home?’

- The man reddened. “What do
you mean, who saw me? Heck,
there wasn’t anybody awake in my
house at 2:30!” ;

supported alibi?”
“J guess: that’s right.” .

e officers: discussed with
State’s Attorney McClallen the cir-
cumstantial evidence and it was
agreed that the man should be

him loose. I certainly hope it.isn’t | held for further investigation.

too late to get him back.”

“I’m coming right down,” the de-
tective said. “That lad’s got.a lot:
of explaining to do.” ie

By the time Franzoni reached
Rutland, his brother and Chief
Potter had the man in custody
again.. Detective Franzoni taxed
him with Raving ridden in ‘Henry
Teelon’s car on the murder morn-

ing. 2 hist i :
“Make it the night before,” the
suspect. replied. “I had some

Christmas: presents to deliver. I. -
called Red’s Taxi Service around ~

10 o’clock and Hank Teelon an-
swered the phone. We went to sev-
eral places where I delivered_my
packages and then I suggested he
take me around to the depot so I
could get something to eat,
“Hank thought that was a good
idea, since he was Qlanning to go
there” himself, We .arrived about
midnight, when I paid him off.”
The story sounded swell—almost
too pat. Detective Franzoni was not
“So you sat at the lunch counter
and saw Teelon counting his
Christmas money,” he said. “That
put ideas in your head. What time,
did you get home?” ;

What now faced the investigators

‘was an exhaustive task in weaving

_@ case against one of the prisoners
from the slender thread of evi-
dence. The two Franzonis tackled

- this, assisted by State’s Attorney

McClallen, who worked along ac-.

‘tively as an investigator,

> The. results-.were virtually. nil

:.None of the arrested men had sub-
stantial alibis; it was true, but the
‘trio of officials found nothing to

disprove the weak stories they told.

in Ryfland continued. Into the net
fell everyone who. ever had had
relations with Henry Teelon in the
} past six years, when he became ac-
tive in the city in a business way.
_ In the two days. following the
discovery of Teelon’s body, approx-
imately 400 persons submitted to
police questioning, far the largest
number in any Vermont case of
record, Aside from the four jailed

suspects, of. whom the investiga- -
tors were anything but sure, this.

prodigious effort produced mere

emptiness. , ;
By Wednesday night. McClallen,

Sheriff Franzoni and kis brother

“In other words, you ‘have no

HIEF POTTER'S men. had not
been inactive. Their roundup ,

were thoroughly disheartened. The
autopsy findings revealed the mur-
der to be even more savage and
gruesome tharf first supposed. In
addition to having been stabbed
five times in the neck and back,
and struck over the head until his

skull was fractured in two places,.
Henry Teelon had been kicked’

around the body. Three.ribs on the
right side were caved in.
Doctors Whitney and Quigley, re-
ported that the wounds in the neck
and back: had been inflicted by‘a
Knife approximately four and a
half to six inches long. This elim-
inated the ordinary pocket variety,

whose blade ordinarily is not more —

than two and a half inches.

“A soldier might have such a
weapon,” McClallen suggested.
“Plenty of them did in the war,
and learned how to use them.”

Detective: Franzoni shook his
head. “Teelon was struck blindly,
savagely,” he said. “Anyone train-
ed in the use of a knife would have

killed him differently. Dr. Whitney ~
_ Says a chance blow in the jugular

vein caused death.” -

“Possibly the hardware stores or
someplace where they ‘handle
hunting equipment. sold. such a
knife,” Sheriff Franzoni suggested.
“Of course, lots of them-have prob-
ably. been peddled around town,
but we might tie up the purchase
jan one of the suspects now in
ail.” . r

His brother nodded. “It wouldn’t
‘do any harm to make a check. We
don’t seem to have anything else.”

This proved futile. They discov-

ered the sales of plenty of long-
bladed knives, but none could. be
connected directly with any of the
prisoners, .°, — :

The canvass of the stores, how-
ever, gave Detective Franzoni some
ideas... 8 eget

“Look,”-he told his brother ana
McClallen. that. night. “Whoever
killed Heriry Teélon: must ‘have

..been badly in need of Christmas

money. In fact,.he probably need-
ed it worse than Hank, who, I un-

_ derstand, was ‘planning ‘to buy a

house. p
“Well-heeled with that $200, or

whatever the amount was, the kill-

er or killers might have gone on

‘a gift-buying binge. Whoever would

they purchase things for? A girl
or girls, of course.” ~

The others saw the possibilities,

‘though both said it would be dif-
‘ficult to trace any excessive pur-
chases during the Christmas sea- .

. son. :

--**J'm figuring on having a check ~

made of the girl friends of the
men now being held, Maybe one of
them might have received a lavish
gift, a present beyond the ordinary
means of the giver. It’s worth a
shot.”: . bese + .
- While the sheriff and Potter pur-
sued this new. line of inquiry, De-
ective Franzoni began visiting the
shopkeepers along Main Street. He
deliberately chose jewelry ° and
lingerie shops, figuring that if
Teelon’s killer wanted- to make a
splurge with a girl he might do it
in one of those places. ;

“As ‘the. afternoon wore on, the
officer made no’ progress. Then,
suddenly, he walked into a jewelry
establishment and began talking to
the proprietor. nine

“Yes, there was such a customer
in here the day before Christmas,”
this man said. “At first glance he
didn’t seem to havea nickel—-you
know, roughly dressed—but | he
peeled out a roll that would “choke
a horse. |

“Here's anothér thing—the cus-
tomer seemed to be drinking heav-
ily. His voice was thick and his
face flushed. He had a red com-
plexion anyway, but the liquor
made it more so.”

Franzoni, remembering the pulv-
erized whiskey bottle at the mur-
der. scene, found his interest quick-
ening.- ; ‘

“What did he buy?” he ‘asked
eagerly. . a

The jeweler hesitated, seeming
to take mental stock. Then he re-
plied: “Two gold watches, a ring
and some rosary beads.” ‘

: FranZodni whistled. “Say he ‘real-

_ ly went to town. Did he say: who

they were for?” .
“Yes. Some girls he knew.”
“What name?” __. ‘t

The jeweler shook his head. “It

was a cash transaction—came to

well over $100—so I didnt find out

“who he was.”

“What did he look like?” :

“Oh, about 20, stocky—that. is, -
weighed’. around 150—and had
flaming red; wavy hair. He was
hatless when he came in here,”

Franzoni breathed a sigh of re-
lief. If the lavish purchaser of
jewelry was the killer, he certainly
was distinctive looking—not ordi-
nary, - os

The detective hustled back from
the courthouse. He learned from
his brother that a check among

sthe girl. friends of the four sus-

pects produced information that
none had received expensive pres-
ents. .

“Never mind,” the detective de-
clared, “I’ve got a better one now
—a drunk who was buying jewelry.

‘right and left.” |

si siometnsciet tia graces

“How do ™ know he’s the kill-
er?”

“I don't. But he’s one fellow I
want to talk to.” ~

A deputy came in and announced
a visitor. Finally admitted to the
sheriffs office, the newcomer iden-
tified- himself as Edward Fontaine,
a recently returned serviceman
and former prisoner of war of .Ger-
many. : i

“I thought I ought to tell you
‘about .something that happened
down at the railroad station Sat-
urday night,” he began. “I’ve been

thinking about it a lot since I read,”

about the murder.”

| tpi said he was sitting in
the depot restaurant with three
other, men on December 23 when
a girl from Connecticut stepped -off
the train and waited in the sta-
tion until 7 o’clock for a bus to
take her to the western part. of
Rutland,

The other fellows in the party

made her. acquaintance, the veter-
an went on, :
- “While they all tried to be
wolves,” he declared, “the question
came up as to who had.been the
most successful. At that point, one
of the fellows I never saw before,
spoke up. ‘Anything I want, I get,’
he said.

“I wondered how he was going
to enforce that rule, because he
wasn’t any bigger than the rest
of us, but when I looked down he
had a long knife pointed at the
ribs of one of the other. fellows.

' State Detective Almo B. Franzoni

played. a major part in the case.

“I walked away at that time, but
I’ve been thinking about the knife
ever since. reading about that cab
driver’s murder.”

Detective Franzoni felt his spine

tingle. “Look!” he demanded. “Did ©

he have red hair?”

“That's right,’ the ex-soldier re-
plied. “You could’t help but see it.
He wasn’t wearing a hat.”

The officer took Fontaine’s ad-
dress and bowed him out of the
office.

“Get McClallen and a squad car,”
he said to his brother. “We're go-
ing to turn this city inside out un-
til we find that red-headed guy.”

“Any ideas?”

“The bars first. He could still be
-on a bust.”

The state’s" attorney hurried

over. Franzoni gave him a quick
report on the new suspect, “The

best yet!” he enthused. “He had a

long knife and a pocketful of mon-

ey.”

Approximately 70 hours after the
finding of Henry Teelon’s body, the
three officials who had gone al-
most sleepless in their efforts to

run down his brutal slayer, were °

on the trail. of a hot lead.

_.There was“nothing to tie this
suspect up with the killing, but
there were circumstances that de-
manded his immediate investiga-
tion. Who the youth was, they had
no idea, Where he might be found
also was far from definite. But De-
tective Franzoni’s instinct and ‘ex-

perience pointed out the course to,

take.

Two hours went by. Nothing hap-
pened. Then the officials walked
into a tavern on Elm Street. .

“Sure, a red-headed. guy with

plenty of dough’s been in here sev- ,

eral times during the past few

days,” the bartender said. “I never

saw him before last week. We got

talking, and he said he came from

a farm around Pittsford.”
“Anything else?”

“Yeah. The fellow told me he

was staying in a syouns house
down the street.”

The direction was not known, nor
the house, But the officials, split-
ting up, began calling at all the
lodging places ‘on Elm.

It was Detective Franzoni, sev-
eral minutes Tater, who found the
house. A. woman. told- him that a
youth named Ronald J. Watson,
from Pittsford, was occupying her

Sheriff Geno Franzoni superintend- |

ed all phases of the investigation.

second-floor front room.

Reaching the door of the desig-
nated room, the detective drew his
gun and tried the knob. It turned.
A moment later, as he crossed the
threshold, a red-haired youth,
plainly surprised, bounded up from
the bed.

Franzoni, still pointing the gun,
reached for the light switch. He
saw confronting him a dazzled
youth whose eyes were bleary and
bloodshot. Evidence of a terrific
hangover was. etched on his fea-
tures.

“You're a fine mess!” the officer
jibed, “What have you been doing,
getting drunk on that murdered
man’s dough?”

Ronald Watson’s jaw dropped:
- He blinked a few times, then mut-

tered, “What's that?”
Franzoni felt sure of himself

Oy f=

This young man, soon to be rtught before’ a Vermont grand
jury, has confessed to the brutal murder of the cab driver.

now. “You now what. I’m talking
about,” he said. “Come along.”
The officer led his prisoner to

‘the squad car, joining the others.

At the sheriff’s office, not more

than half an hour later, Watson ©

was identified by Fontaine as the
knife wielder and by the jeweler
as the lavish Christmas gift pur-

chaser, ~

The officers discovered that Wat-
son had originally come from New-
foundland and: was in this country
under a labor exchange system.

Until a week before the crime he +
_ taxi at 2 a.m., outside the depo'

was employed on a farm in Pitts-

ford.
’ Since Watson, refused to. talk .

about the crime, the. officers drove
to Pittsford and talked with. the
farmer who said he had discharged
the youth on the preceding Thurs-
day for being drunk.

“How much did you pay him
off?” Detective Franzoni asked.

“Not much,” the farmer replied.
“He was well drawn in advance.”

While in Pittsford the investiga-
tors learned that Watson had been
friendly with two sisters. Talking to
the girls, Sheriff Franzoni learned
that Watson had given them gold
watches for Christmas.

The officer obtained the time-
pieces and took both girls in tow.
Back in Rutland they made state-
ments to the effect that Watson
hadn’t been serious toward either.
He had spoken many times of in-
tending to marry another girl.

The sheriff. and McCliallen
brought this girl to the former’s
office, and she displayed a diamond
ring’ ‘and a set of rosary beads Wat-
son had given her Christmas morn-
ing.

Tt was now time for the youth to
do some explaining.

“How did you buy all that jewel-
ry,” Detective Franzoni asked,

“when you had little money or
leaving the farm? And what dic
you do with the long knife yor
were displaying in the railroac
station?”. .

It was plainly evident that Wat-
son realized he had no adequat
answers to these questions.

“Okay,” he said, “I'll. talk, Sure
I killed that guy, I had to hav
:money to buy a ring I promisec
my girl. I saw Teelon showing of
shis dough in the- railroad statior
and I decided: to take him.”

The youth said he chartered the

and ordered Teelon to drive hin
-to Pittsford, Near the Mill Villag:
chapel he asked the taxi driver t
turn right and go-up toward Chit.
tendon.

“Just past the Barstow school,’
he confessed to State’s Attorne:
McClallen, Sheriff Franzoni anc
State Detective Franzoni “I tolc
him to stop. Then I took a whiske:
. bottle from my pocket, which wa:
half full, and hit him twice.

*“Then I drew my knife anc
struck him. I had to try four time:
before I got up the courage t
stick him, but I finally did.”

Teelon, stunned by the blow:
from the bottle, offered no resist.
ence, Watson declared, This variec
- from the original police theories
which had Teelon ‘running. awa)
and being stabbed by his pursuer

The slayer said he dragged th:
body from the cab and draped i
over the fence. He also admittec
kicking the taxi driver as he lay o1
the ground. The youth confessec
pulverizing the whiskey bottle t
hide his prints and.said he threv
the knife into a thicket about :
mile from the scene.

At the time this story was writ.
‘ten, all efforts to find the knifi

(Continued on page 30)

fl 2!

oul dave
§, and not
uring ihe
cred it es-
h have a
the, pro-
repect hie
r. Lewls:
hd eballow
e to make

ce, which
ewls and
making
the An

i‘ fee Re
from the

ight, be.

A ta

kept during the winter,

Nr. Curtis cfuld.not undertake to say what
breed ia the beet--it depends entirely upon cir-
cumstancer. (Mr. Lewis thought it highly im-

portant for dairy former to raise his own
cows ; he digcussed the qualities of different
breeds, sud agid he had found grade Ayrshires
to give the results in butter and cheese for
® given amount of food. He was raising both
Ayrshires aitd Durhema; bat thought: Ayr-
shires cr with Devons might make a still
better breed. | Mr. Lewis urged the valve and

importance of Farmere’ clube, and in conclud-
ing hia remarks desired to be pardoned if he had
bart any one"} feelings by his plainnesa—for he
had been compelled to go counter to many opin-
tons

Col. Mead 6f Randolph, gthought no apology

| Was necessary} for he was sure all had been most

weed with the ability, fairvese

that’
ful

be bet

with which Mr. Lewis had
@iseursions. He himself cou-
jon of stock of the ficat im-
. Hdre in Vermoot we must raise a
that Will be serviceable fur beef when

} “ é =

‘PIMES, FHIDAY, JANUA

attention ; it will be found
them in condition than to re-

flesh in the ba : ee is
r getting too fat, Much of the
{ the following d on

If
im quantity in December, the
carefully fed ; “bat whether the

and ex will be profitable
ig yet to be determined, Most farmers in our
section feed |bai twice a day, while cows are
not givin lk, to save time. »

As milk-time comes on “unle, the quality of
food should $e improved ; if they have not ex-
tra food and! care, decrease of milk will surely
follow. has been lately, some improve-
meat in ng cows, slow but eure ; and
when an improvemcnt proves iteelf really such,
it will be a:fopted.

A discu followed on the question of stock.

ar a NR ERS en

fternoon Telecrams.

Sen ee

iS ieipeicatnctta aeeaetie-aeseeee tee ae

The execution of the young murderer, Hens
Welcome, for the murder of \‘r. Perry Russell
Hinesburgh, took ‘place in the yard of the Sta
Prison at 1250 this afternoon. Welcome sec
ed calm and self- possessed until be reached t
toatfold, when he gave away to the deepest en:
tion, weeping bitterly. He spoke brik fly an
Offered an agen'zing prayer. He profesmed t
have made his peace with God.
confession of his crime.
ed in the Prison Yard.

Ile leaves a fu
His body will be tater

Special ty the Frew Pre nf

.
Ths Waterbury Bank BRurgliery —~Avres
of Two Snapected Burgiars,

Winvson, Jan. 20,
Two New York roughs suspected of being th

Waterbury Bank were arrested on the train fo
New York Jast night) They will be brough
to Montpelier to-night: H. SH.

Special ty the Free Prevs & Titwex:
Fire in Shaftsbury.
Retiayy, Jan. 19,
Mr, Marshall's clisir factory in South Shafi
bury, Vt., was destroyed by fire last night.
mantamed Henry Stacy, of Richville, N.Y
lost his life in attempting to get'u clock off thd
building.

BY ATLANTIC CAG
. \—
Prom London.

U.€.

Lonvox, Jan. i

MISCELLANEOUS.
The correspondent of the Echo telegraphs fron
Brassels thas the Frejnch troops have re-oceuyyi
St. Quentin. 4

Despatches from ux state that Glicel
Faidherbe is coadu

barglars who attempted the robbery of the!

Dagieashaee’

Concord, N. H., Jan. 29.—The democrats of
d strict No. 9, at a convention held at Keene,

14 ehined © < te f : r 4 y to-day, nominated Ansel Digkineon of Winchee-

© ma ¥ Mee a eae attent % ‘ne “s ‘Aad erie aaa ce vem ter, for Senator. Ia the convention in the die-
has vet § to the By care of ‘N a itis a em Sa “] | trict No. It, held at Andover, tc-day, the dem-
pot yh Ries of forage crops and Bro Special to the Freo Pres. corats nominated Lewis W. Fling of Bristo} for
pelots. Batl few - wilt yield food) \ Execution of Henry Welcome. pene: .

rE for w season. Plenty of water Boston, Jan. 18.—Jeremiah W. Sallivan has
‘Shoal be Uweya be sn » and of good wa-| _ at ae been beld in five thousand dollare bail, charged
ter. Many thought small, are}. HE LPAVES A FULL. CosrEss10R, with perjury in the recent triel of Johu Woods
veally of importance. As fall comes on, | Winxvson, Vt, Jan. 20, | | for murder.

Lewiston, Me., Jan. 18.—In the referee case

| Of Jessee L. Lyford of Lewiston ve. Otis N. Cut

ler of New York, to recover a note for $11,000
; and interest, given for a horse sold by Lyford to
| Cutler, the referees awarded $11,884.16 ; cost
lof reference $142").

Bangor, Me, Jan. 18.—John MeGaire,! who

| was married on Saturday last, was arrested for

| th
' hit
| th

+ Cl

woman,

quest of the counsel for the defendant
} Prasouer remains in jail,

e alleged murder of bis first wife, who died
tle more than a year ago. The arrest was at
e instigation of the relations of the deceased
A hearing wes to be had before Judge
ark to day, but thé case was continued by re
The

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cling opera‘ions in the north,

£3 DTO ¥ ince rf hy 4

SAilles

assenbling of. the

reports that Gen

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TO PARE VALE PHUESS IVD Times

YP TOS OCLOCK. 7 HIS MORNING.
thi ATELAN DIC CARLE.:. «
Prom Lomadon.

Loxpon, Jan. 14.
MISCELLANEOUS
A legs atch to the London Times, from Ver-

17th, say* Bismarck has been ill, but has
rtially ree e!

ver Prissia is urgent for the

couference The hombard-

neers #Fyet

buildings

|
‘ | ment of Paris proceeds slomiy but steadily ; the
|

matical’y avoid Sring on the pun-
A flvg of truce today was sent
the city with news and letters

A German despatch, dated Breviliers the 17th,
Ke

Frazier ‘and Chambrie

Ner had oogupied the town
+ taking the latter by

privé with S00 prisoners The Preach after

wards mwuleasharp attack on Chaguy, Belen

art, aod Peazier, Keller maintained his pori-

coutiguel through three days,

daring which the Gorman lose -was 110),

VARIOUS MATTERe,

macy. Hite
by someboiit
stale somens
Copied the Bee
tached to ies
on his dea
Rot aiste wie
when they jae
shell, ¢ i
rotten shelit.

Mr. Da
and Mr. ¢ ey
prehend this
adm inistraiee
hand, or dag
sort to not ie
means, If
island, ei
brought inf
complished
of the publi

Mr. Banke
neceshary !
expense of
some two S
OOO bed ie
Island, white

Without
mittee rose
memorial o
tion on the
: Mr lar
from the oi
the cruelt
Prussia, an
by Congre
ferred to thay
House tha

Weather

Puma
(deer val ie
26.99 : oha
10 deg... ch
wind BW,
was a cloud
cept = shor
width, to thm
coast. The
sten cdistine
above the haga

leaiah Hale
of bureau of
departmen:

Commissi,

* ieporte! that Rassian badget ix Very sat-

mt /

TP Diaarte Ne. 12-—Marra
Bist No. 18.—Ping street. Visitor, Mise}

- Diatrict No. 14.—81. Paul street, Visitor,
Mes, W.H. Brink. — . I

% No. 15.—Charch street, incluling
Wheeler's Lane, Visitor, Mrs. Gao. Dorr. .

M sscal notiscs apy Disttion No, 10.--White antec os Winooski

and I solemnly attest to ¢

District No. 17.—Pearl and Cher streets, Ie. State Prison, Oct. 11, 1870.
Day Jamia: ean White street.) Visitor, Mie Louise Bigded as above, in m

Welcome, this lith Oct., 1870.
ary kl Hl} District No. 18, ~~Main street, (west of, Uaion
t a. i

+) Greet) and King street. Visitor, Mre. D.C.
Bat Lom, Ee Barber, - “i
PoaL: Rey.) District No. 19,—Sh

410.904. 6,0. ‘end Elm streets. Visitor, Mre. Chas, A. Sher-| thi
sBackham. | Sab. ‘an. "|

@ to five o'clock, bat for the balance

anil

} This
, * tants ~ ; ti. | Im the bert condition, the. writer went on to! :

I Monban ne wake Fom our special Reposter, |" aovee o'clock by numerous cfiicisls and Citi- Men ‘+ . ~| Pres
, a. : £2, with whom he versed freely, ile ex. | Speak of the advantages of good food, of proper |. 4,
BO a.m, and ot THE GALLOWS | aap: eenaleonhgh allel jaa
: pregsed himself as truly penitent for the

t. Paul Street.) | #Xeccrioy «Pr. nesary WELCOMK POR THE NUR.

pp Pemaved, aad by this means secured the interest | wi!
pend tepier rezard of sil with whom be bas| whith [ have done

ou mien avasinst discle in their
3 z Fing

wii
as
to t

Way Lboditst Step in my sad career.

resi@ the first tewptation than ay

Honey. Juelesnne

and met » i celal tit denn ela |
ge Ley Vermon Dairymen's Association. oy

the train Monday morning for (12D LDAY.—MORNING spasion,

. ve ’ . “
Phare made this statement my own free order tly the Vice-President, DAS
truth of all; A paper on ‘‘ The Natural History of Cattle,

ha} I have said, as in the presence of my God. | by Prof. @. 11. Perkins of the University of Vt., :
Avenue. Visitor, Mra.G E. Davis. H, Wetoomr,

Y presence, by Henry

Peasxuy Berisza, - spoke of the different aniaals used io different |
Chaplain Vt. State Prisys.

elbarn, Spruce, Adams he Prisoner slept soundly this morpieg from | Wilk to b9 obtained from the cow,

pig@t seemed restless, Ho was visited previous | ¥45 made in supplyiog food en: ugh to keep cows

lin crime which he had committed, but said he} Then speaking of different breeds of tc

e } a
vices at 10,80 DIR OF PERRY RUssFLL cr BINPYevPon, — | he fs made his peace with God and was preparcd the neces¥ity of eel atin the most suitable for | ety
hool at 2 p.m, CONFESSION OF TirE CRIMINAL, to meet the future judgment. His appearance the PUrpope desired, hating referenes tothe (on. Pa
h Street, ) Rew, Wiatveom V1. Jan-20, 1d. Wall cheerful for a ‘moment and then deeply ditivns of he. suppe rt. Toe Ayrshire niriaaly dl ee
at 10:30 a. ; a - . ; ®, Rindh a ae in, | Bold by sgthorities to make the beat ‘returns for
he fourth and final scene ja the tragedy | Cm@Pional. = At cleven Mr Butler, the chaplain, has Li mt HRY CRISS Pe hese
jer D. W. | malch opened with the murder of Perry Ruseeli | Wadileft alone with hicn'for the moxt part until | “°° ch Nhl matte pr Boe ROO
80 asm. cand [of Hisesburgh, on Saturday night, Got. 2B, | he AS marched: ty the ecalfoll. The scaffald i wih tins Pith te wns ; ne or vate OF '
1868, was presented within the prison walls in | ¥AgPrected early this morning in the accustomel rc Be SY Ak WA eM ds ade ina tien |
of St. Pauland | oy: place to-day, in the executios of Henry | PLP Withia the prison walle, and was the pane} Sf¢ tHe repu is oreeeieg OF mney breede, | Eng vie
Bcc Welcome, the murderer Me, Russell, i¢ wiil Be | CU@Paat was ueed a€ the lac three exetutiors, ie er ete se ve bee ay Paty GAuy I thor
schism for the] recollected, was a penrexb' anil bigtily esteemed | BAthey, Kavanaugh and Ward, ee Lee Pe Oe eg
riok'® Chapelsteidtes of hig towd, 72" Yeark old acca he} 12:3%the prisouer case feoia bis cell and <1 RN ty shld he otis
|murderer a wayward led of but little past | surported by his executioner, Sheriff Siuson of vis wee re » RONNRE Ih le Feapect Re salpite is ex}
pees a A. Seventeen years of age. The object of the Wigllsor’ ccanty, ‘anil ‘his deputy, and accom. | te improve re ee eee Pee ii tidal dead BY
Wie Rigs a Criminsl was to secure as large gum of] pam by My. Batler, Sher Drew and Mr sbi aves brea wah se ss. AM Bcl af and
rhonda money, which she believed \{¢. Raveell,| Polird, the “eeper, be walked ‘to the gallows a oe oo hi : © ‘a PANO Gy SORE DY ifthe “ Laer
‘it, room weet | Was keeping in his house at the time the deed | Hef kel nice pale but: evineel’ « compbsure | "RITES OF tue ecanity. aay. | OES tab
“was committed, The facts of the crigee, with all | whith might be interpreted as évidence of Chris. p Perhaps tia x wphoatlan og Lata | late]
(00% Mt 2:00 ®.) the circumstances attending it, the very conctu- | tlamiresipnaties.” When he'reached the aca™1J, | RS a eEmened ah 4h. vast i | ptishe
tise andre sive evidence at the trial, the prompt convigticn | ® Fi ptarsl ee) ction was read and prayer olered | tig on 84 MGs Tend: be K. Tople ;
' ‘ge by the jury] and the eentence by Judge Barrett, | by Mr. Butler. Then. the death warrant was | ATuabe, he mahagemen! of ow
: ts la Burlington, on Monday, January 1th, 1870, | real by Sire ii Sugsod, aod when asked if 2% MA. TOWLES"S abpwras
the fatiowing have already been’ detailed ia the coldmos of | ba ; anyijing to say, Weéleome spoke with | « Whethe 3 ve bteed be chiwen with fefercn el “hi
4 Mr. Gearge this paper abd are dou): ters free! iii the minds mage faltevioe ard bitter anguls) substantia'ly ; why iar § Reap 4 git te ver eae Pa : ie
7 Of mist ofour reviers. Hence the partiquiare) as Blows | i yes! ders bat ‘ és Pre “he “he pin a pay | Post
pete and at of the exeoution of the death penalty with Geom. bs pf is deed fer wets epoa'e but C want ty say | tures, to : raising of fo age evore ti en ning
@ not taken plete the paieful record. 65g) words. Thisectne which ie ocw t, be Pres tet astat Pewures wilh: Field | 1) aes
gone to Since Henry Welcomes (otary confinement } #i sell Lope will carry ite true m ral lus om oe et *s Mvusa beeen he rai rd rnp 2 : ae
mbites the State's Priaop he has been Uniformly well to Bi who witness i, | trust that none Lere vine, oR tae Bye, cae Id 9 age Be

be lel to pursue the unfortunate couree
I woull waro al! boys and | O*S , cee

parents, |

ates and drinking followed, each bringing [good resuke of +
r their baneful infaenses, [ry je catier 1p | °°" catt

that come

~ Last eveving they were brought
Montpelier and placed in jail there.
The Will doubtless bare an examination to day.
One lof tht party was scen to get off at Waterbury
on Wed: y wight, and the other was seen on
the train asme eveaing. Their appearance | pig
is that * bloody New York roughs ''—and | g) :
ne, they arp guilty in this instance thez are pro-| digit
Natit’ |Da>ly oldloffenders, —- du

l STCOND ANNUAL MEETIXG. tat
o th

The Aspociation met 10 a. m , and was calied

was read by the Secretary. Describing some of | anda
the anatojnical characteristics of cattle, and the hatt
process of digestion and nutrition, the

&
* |
Writer / elec

wor

lands for milk, and of the different qaslities of | o¢ ,
Quoting an | ford :
of the | instance dited by Flint, wherein an experiment | »

] sj mt ¢
appal- shelter aml kind treatmey

ter. Mani details meas
really of #reat im portan

Uy the wcht sinal!, are
oe le fa'l comes on,
more attentions it will be found | the de
‘cep them in condition than to re. Caisone

grio theirl lost flesh in the eptivg: there ielppy 4

little fear $f their getting too fat.. Mus cfithe ;
be following season depends on | °°? 'af
are kept daring ‘the winter. If} more m
: Mm eantity in Desembs

| His pa

easier te

Low

mak is ext

a 2

- Lded to get the

- wt i: x of every deaorip-
ice’ heve been meported as hav-
- littlostraw ore pile of rage on
J oot@ring Wut the scanty cloth-
ox throwuglethe day, Materials
Sng bed-ticke, quilts, or ¢ mfor-
% solicited hy the ladies, who en-
Guall he epeedily converted into

es and given wheie the need is

deomwtiong have already been
, but may aot the young ladies
bl and prompt response to their
ef cur saffering poor?

od, clothing, material o uonev
y time at the soup house.

of the Committee and visit.
cut oat and preservel for ._

COMMITTEE.
edict, Mrs. J. H. Robinson,
ok; -. 1 Mra. M: Davis, :

g | Mes. Elmore Johnson,
Py, Mrs, W.-H. Brink,

ict, | Miss Sarah P. Foote, ©
; Mrs. He ALP. Torrey.
our,

‘ Sd
RICTS AND VISITOR®.

_~elpelades that portion of North
forth: of it, lying west of Cham-
inituty Mise Jennie Stecy.
.—Tnelndes that portioa of North
tweep Locest and Champlain
rth of tt, including those streets
lis Bialr,’ -
L—-Enelades that part of North
ween’ Locust street and Maideu
g either of those streets) and all
itor; Miss M. Liscum. ‘
—laglades that portion of North
of Maiden Lane and all north
as Gough street. Visitor, Mrs.

_— Catlin’s aed Ukiuner's Laces
. 1. Fisher.

peoTwo

cents} me about a box in Mr. R's bd

was, aod that I should get it, and we would

ane ee x ; . another rreon with
©im ihe affeir, as will be deen ia what fullowe.
tee before the mutder a msn, a Prench-
wan, name ldo not new remember, who

Wae employed by Mr, Raggel! at that time, toll

usegewhere Mr,
Russell's money was kept; and ae he iuten-
»-batthat he did not what to
at tit alone ; and im talking it over, we

that he should tel! me jaet where the box

share equally in its contents. :

We were to wait till a goot chance should
come, when there would be noboly at bome but
Mr. apd Mra. Ruesell,

That fall, he went away, an tire fall aficr that
I went away. When I was in jrilet Montpvlier,
he came to sce me, ani he told me that thon was)
our time, as nobody worked for Mr. [., and he
aud his wife were alone. We then agrecd that
as eon as T got at of jail we would uolertake
the job. T[ was to meet him as soon as 1 79; out

When I left Montpelier 1 went directly bome,
and from there to Vergennes, where I found bin
on Friday, Ost. 24, We took the cara on Sat-
urday morning, Oct, 8d, and went together to
Shelburn. I was to goto Mr. Kusce’)'s and he
was to go on to Burlington and meet me Sunday
evening at Winooeki Falls briige 1 have neither
seen nor heard from him since, I left the depot
and wont straight to Mr. Fletcher's orchard at!
Shelburn Falls, and there! foand John Condon
gathering apples. I went from the orchard |
across lots, and cane out part why between
Fletcher's orchard and Battolph’s Corners, I
kept the road straight to Buttolph’s Corners,
and there turned tothe right and kept the road
south till [ oame within fifty>rods of Douglass’
Corner, and then | went across lots into the road
agsio, and I kept then straight to. the Benson
place ; passed Mrs. Sawyer and Miss Steele, who
were talking together at the gate ; went across
lots from the Benson piace to Eiwood Rudeell’s
meadow ; stopped at the pnmp in the meadow
and drank ; Mr. Davis stood at the corner of his
house calling his boys, who were in the field diz-
ging potatoes, while I was at the pump.

I went back of the ledge through the meadow
until I came to Mr. Perry Kuassell’s ; saw Mr,
Perry Ruesell and Mr. Mitchell digging potatoes.
[ did not gee Mr. Russell until he halloed to me ;
paid no attention to him ; kept on and Went to
the ledge back of his horse barn and staid there
till dark ; came down from tho ledge and went |
to, the horse barn and cut the harness and whips; |
and found a binge hanging at the door staple at
the north end of the horse barn. By this ‘time, |
Mr. and Mra, Rasecll had gone to bel. I went)
to the kitchen door and rapped. Mr. /R askol |
who was there, I said nothing. I rapped again, !
and he asked again ‘* Who's there?’’ and I said |
Jo Bushee. He asked’ what I wanted ; [ told)
him L wanted tocomein. He opened the door |
and [ etruck him with the hinge. Hs put up
his hand and eald ‘*O dear!’ whea I struck |
him again and knocked him to the floor. I
struck him two or three times after he fei! ; saw |
Mra Russell leave the room and go cut of the

coming the board uf State Sirestare,
resent. Tv these gentlemen and also to
oliard, the keeper, and: Mr, Lull}, the
, we tonke gratefal ackvowledgments for
courtisies. The arrangements were in
everyercepect. cemplete, aad the officers, in the
dischir ve of Weir prinful duties, deserve credit
for tiir decorum and promptness.

Bend MTB:

jie Waterbury Bank Breakers

rige
were
Mr.
ward
mais

Arrested.

INTERESTING ranricraans,
Mattempted robbery of the Waterbury Nati-
Mink Oa Wednesday night last, caused
excitement a‘cog the line of the Verinvnt
Cent ns
t
¥

i ( ;
H traiu’ was carcfully overhauled and all

sud many werd,oa the alert fw get

hue to the nerpetrature.o’ the deed. Each
Perpe

strangers ¢loselt scrutinized during the day of
Phar . ay, bat without any. nafiafactury, result,
Mr P. Squires of Claremont, N: H., an old
and @icien: detective, happenel fo be in Mont-
pellem Thursday aftervoop, and hearing of the
bank ; reakingy hoe readily took to #n joquir-
ing tfra cfm: He room hat. is suspicions

excite hy three etrangeraiwio were waiting

ahoutietbs dep! in«bfoutpelier. [le watched
their : xovernents and was near by when they
purchieed tickets. ae bought « ticket for
Boat : an\l the other two for New Yorl.. They

togc (i wight rain. south, each appearing to Le
R sir rer tofthe other. The Boston man took a
front #hr a Montpelier Junction and up: r | ing
overh@hied gave extiefactory evidence that he
Was immo way connec’ed with the afair. The
New Bork gents took the sleeping car end went
immegaicly tobel. After the train had paesed
Whit@g@tiver Junction, Mr, Squires, assisted by
office it. A. Deew. ant B. Fleparan and
Depu # Collector MP. Skeels of this city, who
attend ihe at |

tu sleeping

w
at.

were @h “route ty’ execution

Wici@r,. . weit the car and |
the is their

slumber. Tey were sorely put oat at being |
Pee ’

disturBed, but dared not offer resistance in the|

arouse u<pected parties rom

vr ¥ s pe
face off forimi Tale a force against therm They

refusogi ts aoseer any questions concerning their
wheregpouts for the past two days and were.
therefde arrested on suépicion, handouffed and!
ecm Bed to the prison at Windsor for 4
pight.® Tacir porgons were searched ard a re- |
Volvergfourd upon each. Their clothes” were

fall offhay seed, which they claimed was owing
* }
bi

U ‘a. Wht
their milkide is gone -audt
ished that @keo short-horn
can if we weli, bree da rece. of shor.

& wrewcemtne

Shall be as Well knows as Vermont
Vermont sBeep an) horses are x
etiited to cur State and is nevile

Col. Meagcf Rindo!pb, moved that
thanks be given to Messrs. Lowis an

—

Nu¥,, fort
the great hi

cif presence at this me
a Vr

which they bave rendere]

iG. aud services to t
Association
tion Wat jRomptly and heartily
Meesrs® Dodul
tel by A riblog vote «
a

ave, Stone ark Bliss,

f the whol
Lt}

h they had t Me

Messrs. tis and Lewis returne

for the attegtinn with wii

saul acquaintances they

and ths ple

here, and edoreesed a hope that they

tinue and ijcreate by future incetiog

or in, publiq., the iatercourse here

Mr. sLewis,}oin extending .au. inv

to aly mempers of U1 Lgeociation..¢

at Frankfort, his home, ®a :

pect too mn hia hecguence %
vice given lire, and toll e
appointment of a Conndin: geotienrs: om
who came th visit «A Terkim r Coa
after reading some of his ab’e pay . ee

turned back. bom
the po
the author
» Agar
a three day HE
ingly ploveopt aod profitalle
Neither Gow, Alvord of New \

s«iou, plu mom)

Goo lale of Mai 1@ were present,
had written thet they should | :
no lack of intercet t was ly, veg!
more tiges eball no: have been ey
cursion of tite hterce'ing sa! ss W
presented ;

A number fnew. yoere were ad
Atrosiation ja ul 3ts preey ee
cured |

4 .
, The meetigg of the Atevciatiog aas J
whole a marke! success. ‘The papers Im

been of bichbiotercet and value
voted to the!
Meeers Curd
County, wert more than a mere matt

The presence and partin the dieoussl:

geatlenvens from Now \ he

$4 of Utica, sud Lewis of

; et Spee! ‘efforts’ to me
gud to secure the bestowal of
poo such ss are really destitute
Thotr visitors are now at work
viata, of, the city where there are
; suffer fron destitution, snd it
oaly. to asdertain as nearly as
avacter and circumstances of

v relief before grautiog it, but to
[ive help afforded is pot abused.
lies request us to say that they
wledge the coniilence and eya-
given them by cur citizeoe in
ey resame it this winter after an
years, aud Leepesk the same
ration, hopiag, that loth their
iiures iu the past my easure a
of success in the future. Tuaey
My urge cureitfzens not fo give
s at their doore, but'to repurt any
ming ander their observation to
ore, under whese care’ such casos
come, or ty one of the cou-
jnames are given below. Soup
ket entitling the bolfer to a pint
id paletable suup, may be ob-
me of the committee at Sve cents
ty-fire for one dollar. By the

he any. ond so‘disposed may in-
’ fand, andat thoeametime gain
hving immediate relief to cases of

report unusual destitation aud
zy the poor thie winter. There is
od and clothing of every descrip.
}) of all sorts is particularly need-
miliew have been eepoited as hav-
a little straw or a pile of rags on
o covering but the scanty cloth-
ep through the day. Materials
ting bedetichs, quilts, or comfor-
ly noligited ty the ladies, who en-
shail Le speedily converted’ int>
cles peas ct it where the neat is

ag donations have slrealy ew

in, bule 1)
* =

Mt with whom ‘he hay fs" ‘ | eow ‘ ee ee attention 3 it) wil
eas in 6
es oe the past three months he bas’), nen’ against discbiying pee parents, meter 1 oe hosk soe seg
intiioste relations arity the Coaplainet wos the first step in my sad career. Low | little fear Uf their. gettiogg
om, They, Fravklio Bu‘ler, aad by him has tes and drinking’ fullowed, each bringing ey resugs of the follow
lately as. humble . ‘thett Wanieful inflaeager, [eis easier to call a Eysdhy a eee a .
ey c.f M n
“x be temptation than amy that come d | vie tht
ws Host cows shoul be garcfully fl; bur
week, who with him “Phate confesse! my crime to the | increased Pare and expense ‘will bi
The sain is, spokes. of as most af- an car Lbetie re that Gol a merdifully fir- is yet! a determine?. Moet far
pp tertantie they bade him good | gira ws feta siy notare’’ = * eid peck hing nl va sing
ie
e™ (display of alec: wa anil « bad leoma tiem tcok bis pesitich: cat the alrop As mil time Cowes on agate, t!
resch‘ng the cute: deo: f the} and Mbe rope was adjusted about bis necif and | fool shout improved; itt! Ry. bh
they beggel b ° ihe tra. food Da eare, d if
in, to go back to take 50! an-] bis ibs tet, Then taking adiew of those on oy ¥etgorene eof toilk
¢ iS follow, There has been. late} "
i last look, od exchange anther las, word | tht om, be closed bis eyes and inclining pat; tA diaaicns pA vt 5 ~ F
with the object Of their ‘tender Jove Thci¢ re} hie Mee Puke he cliofad up one cf the agonige | When andiaprotemen pret » iieel
qaeet wes cheerfully granied, ‘oa tines gr diravers: which could te male ia bumaa fit Webbe appre t
this comet was gohe through with before the gre Tuam cane toa tyes asd many et SX @itou@ion * ¥.

. fara
teparat’ oa, was foal. Three mouth hedco Welcome | head rive wav: a. sop Vo lsiaosios’ gtx Abt ‘te, Curse} ull net. as lertak
male . fall confession of hiv guilt in presence | 0) Cb aprager audivithoutopeaing his eyes.) breed inthe beit—it depebds ent
of Sueritt Drew of Darliggton. This corifessic a} he sMd, * 1 ane ado” The Macks cap waalougaliiom CM Lewie’ thought

’ ine : ' : :
he male that he inight lighteo suuewlat the baz-| thenfrawn down over his bead, and with the| portant ff the dalry farmer t) ra
den -which was s0 heavi’ y. weigh! ng pon Via} wor® frow ite exseativce yy Heary Weleors, | cows j hy Wienosad. 0 , e«
own mind, he said, but reydoste} ibat i iphoall oreyie ie Lot bave uisrcy of your souls the} breed® amfeaid he bal teund gr
i i ¢ ; . 5
Bot be uisde public for a tiue. ig wish was | prie@er was lauchod from time into eternity, He} to give, thophest reeults in butt
accelod toand therefore the ee ilaye of the | out six fet sad’it ia though? the cords of fa giver arapun! iat
confession have only been Knowa hy. a few, taj bie Mek were’ broken There was bo strugeling} Ayrehines ford Dasha
whom he wished it cot: 41vntially com» utlicated’ [ae Gbything to evince tha Saifering of prin, His | shires croeded 5
To-day he requested the reporter “fur the Fai | puls@ibecsa.e fectie and intermittent in two or} better bre. Me Low it
Parss axb Times to procute a copy of it from thoog! mi Geaped tobeat in) ten minute His | bujy ntangetyb yruscrs
Sherif! Drew and give it.to the pidlic. through | Dod Abr as 'contignel tye plain coflia and i[terred | ing bis rembrks Cee lt ;
the colamns of this piper. Tr ivus SPlows | im prison yar... The melicat profession ask- phart any «Jee feelin rs ap
eTATCNENT Or PACTS AsOUT Lae MUater Gr [el OR the body, bub it was emphatically refuse} | bad heen i ,
MY. PERRY RUveeLL there y chigdirectote.. ‘Welcome’s family dit | ious
d Aas W pAottiey: "+ Sel unter sentence of} pit gre otal fe remains eent ho , Mec ‘a
ren aged ondieiioccte ee, —_ rig dutioh wa3 Witnessed by ab ul ity | Way Lecess P: fur he wae ture
wat f ’ Be) . 4 4
tween the uoure of eight sad nitie o'clozk ra the | Poem Camp ROL Oo cfcissyohictly, and vito al Ip depreteel ow h
evening, moved by the fear of Gol and for my | thrégpeportte. A less muniber of permits was] t | eS ue with. wi
own relief, and the tenefit of otbers, do solem: OF) grauMd than ever heretofore on such occasions. | carrie! « “ i
make the following etatement of facts concerning Homi. Cl Rise of B TWA? Tarts! ve,
my connection with that crime ‘ne principal | 2 © 8 Benton dohueW. Martehorn) eek res
reason why I have not heretofore made this dis- | %- entursh aod Wm. Sheil of Newbury} portance. Pier :
closure, is the connection of another person with Cone iog the tari ot SratesPrison Directore, | breed: (hath » \
me in the affsir, as will be teen in what follows. |. exer :
eregresent 40, oeke tietuei i iso t DC. iis lee os ates l'f
Two years before the murder a man, akrench- \d ye : vse iho goth F 45 : : ' ;
man, whose name! do mot now remember, hs Mi BP cliardy the’ kebpo-, and Mr. Lull, the] isivd hot.
was employed by Mr. Russel! at tat lute eo wari, wh trike peAtefel ackvoniedements for} can if wes
e about a box ia Mr. KR.’ 8 house, where Me mat A yart yRe arrangenent* were ip shail t eh a} ‘
ussell’s money was kept ; and that ‘he iiten- RT § (he | Wertnont-therp wrt
Get to get the box, botibat tie Gidsnct wantnc | ee eS CME r se ad the chicdre, in the) Vermont epery an
attempt it alone ; and in talking it over, we ditchEre of their prinful duties, lesecve credit [fuited to State van Pe
8 that he ébould tell me just where the bi Ox for te ® + desurum anl pr smptness 4 Col. Mea Cite
was, and that I should get it, and we would a shania be’ gh : ,
wanes be pMyven to ‘ Ala
share equally in its content», pie Waterbury Bank Breakers ’
We were to wait till n good chance sh Ade A Nie, fue beir presence at
rrested.
come, when there woukl be ucholy at bore bars PREY the great hfs perying | \
Mr. and Mra. Ragsell. PNTEVLMING OVaRToorEars Ametciation 2 i iKey Paves
That fall, he went away, aod the fall afier that | Thiel tebintelraitwes of Che dveterhury Nat "
I away. When I was iv jailat Montpelier, | in efit yg baat, x hla gmetad Ft Ala tg, ii po? yay ;
he came to see me, and he told me that thon went una eiank on Wednesday might) tdet, caused | Mice s Doulas t tL AY
our time, as nobody worked for Mr. R., and he} much ritemont Meng the line of the Vermont |tediy «n riking. vote of f whe!
sod his wife were alone. We then agreed that | (est ise GRMN eto Ss the cléte Fe aut yw /
as soon as I got out of jail we woold unlertake | eae ; *+ a sc eg spe waite aber mioe
the job. T waa to meet him as soon as T pot out, | sae Oana peteet retire hy the Meed.” Rack | for the actedfinn with wich they lol
When I left Montpelier I went directly home, ) raj rel tee wae carefully wrerhauled atid all) and the jlefaau! myquaintances ti
and from there to Vergennes, where [ foatd hii | giranfrs olesely . eorutinized during the d - CORY agree !
4 : | ¢ ‘ TuUtinized ¢« ang toe G “ . rrewge! ‘ i
on Friday, Oct. 2d, We took the cars on Suat- , f wa) it N92. tg yh fy here, nol edpresen: a | pe that they
ardsy morning, Oct, 21, ant went tog-ther to) Phorgay, bat wittest avy >atiefactoty resalt,| tinue and idoresse ky future meet!
Shelburn. I was to go to Mr. Rus<e!l’ # ac ihet Mr an it pultes of Claremont, N. 11, an o8] | or ja pebli , the intercours er
was to go on to Burlington and meet me § Sundsy | and dhicient detective bappeped (o be in Me "
facies. \ Ive so “ in Mont- ‘ ” 73 1 ‘ef ing % t
evening at Winooski Falls bridge. U have neither)». rh, sieht oe : a } ey! ee
seen nor heard from him since. { left the depor | POS BA) seiey Sieve, aod hearing vf the! to any members cf the Asmovistion f
and wont straight to Mr. Fletsher's orcbard at | batt Bprexking, he readily took to #0 inquir-| at Frankfort, bis home, warned thes
| Sheibura be oma ye chee or Beare ing Ho of mint. He ron ba? his sagpicions| pect 00 mugh in eoutijuence of b
‘| gathering Went from the orchar at irehad ‘ , ic he ,
‘across lots, Let sent tte exoit@ hy three etrangere wio were waiting vice given lere; and toll of the ,
| FeGherscrsbard ani Batispies Coracre, T Bhond be dejo’ im wii ou. tpelier. Ile watched appointmen of a Canadian geatiens:
, the road ge ed to Buttolph’s Cornera, | toeir ovemments amd was vear, by when they who came Geist e Herkimer Co
g there turned to tand t the road | purch tickets One bought « ticketpfer , ta ad!
7 Ee mente sander erods ‘Douglass’ Sastelll endltlie ccd Nita ’ : after reading some of his able pape
pee 4 then t @eross lots into the road ay 3 ober two fur New York. They | nerin , an} tarned back bome it
ber ic fe wight train south “ ;
top ake 4 exch appearing to.be lithe poor ang email house in whic
a siraggrer to the other. The Boston man took a
4 the author fired,
wh pelier Junction and upon heir ;

a Rete TE VERMC

two o ‘clock athe: morning ‘of. Toesday ;
the 23d, and Started for Ascutneyville, a
distance of little over one mile. On get-
ting to thé covered bridge that crosses
Connecticut river at that place, it not
being day-light, he lay down in the bridge
and fell asleep. When he awoke it was
broad day and he then went into Ascut-
neyville to find a place to work and let
himself to Mr. Weston. He then left
for Windsor to get a truss, when he. was
arrested.

It is said there had been some diflicul-
ty between Mr. Gowing and this Will-
iams last year, when he worked for Mr.
Gowing, but as to this we are not fully
tifecmed, If the object of the murder
was money he failed. It was found a
one or more of the bureau drawers in
the room where Mr.jand Mrs. Gowing
slept had the appearance of having been
searched, but the money was not found.
Mr. Gowing had $400 in government
bonds, which were in the straw ticking
of the bed they occupied, and there was
also $150 in greenback currency between
the feather and straw beds, all which
was undisturbed.

Mr. Gowing and wife were respecta-
ble, well to do people, quiet and indus-
trious, and aged about 50 years. THe
owned the farm where he lived on Con-
necticut river, worth about six thousand
dollars and well stocked and supplied.
He was probably owing some debts.
Two children are left, a boy who is un-
der 20 years of age and non compos, and
the girl above spoken of, and who is al-
so not of average smartness.

This murder surpasses in savage fe-
rocity anything that we remember ever
to have heard of in New England; sur-
passing even the Salem murder of Mr. |
White by Knapp and Crowningshield, a
great many years ago, when an old man
was murdered in his bed in the dead of
night for the sake of his money, and:
when the murderers were convicted by
the astounding logic and eloquence of
Mr. Webster. The subsequent confes-
sions of one of the guilty men ated
it certain that the verdict was just. In
this case it will be impossible that the
guilty one can escape,

Wiiliams had a preliminary examina-
tion at Windsor on Tuesday and was
held to answer for the murder. Blood
was found upon his clothes, which he
could or would not account for, and all
the circumstances seem to point to him
as the guilty man.

THe Wathersfield Murder.

~The mprderpr of Mr.and Mrs.Gowen,

of Weathersfi ‘hl, went by phe name of
Henry Willigms, but his true name is

Hiram Miller, snd he is a native of
Richford, this State. Ife “worked for

Mr. Gowen a short time last year and

again for a few weeks this season. The
Journal say's in the evidence produced

at the preliminary examination, which

closed on Thursday at Weathersfield, it.
appeared that the prisoner was tracked
‘‘directly from the toll-bridge through
the cornfield to Mr. Gowen’s, and from
there back to the river, where he proba-

bly washed up, as a portion of his gar-

monts were wet when he was apprehen-

ded.” The examination took place be-

fore Justices John Spafford and J. HWam-

mond, of Weathersfield, and was con-

ducted on behalf of the state by John

I’. Deane, Ksq., state’s attorney, assis-

ted J. N. Edminster, Esq., of Windsor,

and T. O. Seaver, Esq., of Cavendish.

J. B. Farnsworth, Esq., of Windsor,

appeared for the respondent. We give
the testimony of Ella A. Gowen, the
daughter of the murdered people: °

Iam 13 years old the 16th of last
April; I saw the prisoner last summer :
he came along and wanted to work. He |
called his name Henry Williams ; he |
worked three weeks last summer. IIe.
came along last spring, the 24th day of
March, and wanted to work ; he let him-_
self for seven months at 24 dollars per.
month; he worked two months and then
left. He went to Claremont, N. H.;
came from Claremont and went to Bur-
lington ; father let him have thirty dol- :
lars; he was gone a fortnight and came
back Saturday at 4 o’clock, stayed till
next Monday at 10 and went away; he
did the chores while he was there; he
took his clothes when he went away and
worked no more for father. I slept last
Monday night in a trundle-bed, under
the bed of my father and mother sfather |
went to bed before I did, but mother did |
not go till I went. I heard noise in the
night; I heard a man in the sitting
room (I should think he was in the sit-
ting room) tell father that the cattle
were in the corn; father said, ‘*Who’s
there?” and he replied, ‘‘Mr. Hitch-
cock ;” father got up and told mother
she had better get up; I heard no noise
till father got into the kitchen, then I
heard a threshing and the table rattled.
The man then came into the bedroom
where we were. Mother said, ‘‘Who
are you?” and he replied, ‘‘Who are
you?” Iheard some threshing about ;
he touched me on the shoulder when he
went out and shoved me under the bed ;
I heard the closet door open; I knew
him-by his voice. THe then went up
stairs ; I heard him; I heard his boots
when he came down. I did not dare
stir. Mr. Hitchcock came and told me
to get up, and I went down to his house.
I think it was some tiine after midnight
that he came, for I heard the roosters
crow before he went away. I went to
sleep after a good while. Ie repeated
three or four times what mother said.
Iather kept his lantern under the sink ;
it was always kept there when not used.
T caw the light and when he went up
stairs it was dark.”

8, 186

38. Sos

=fcnaiee er ere eae mca

ersfield saying he had collected for me
$160 and:wants me to. send $7 for his
fees; I then. questioned him and asked
why- his lawyer did not take his pay out
of the $160; he told me then his name
was Henry Miller; said I should have
the money back on Thursday ; this was
Monday at 9 or 10 o’clock; I let him
have the $7; he started right off as
though he meant to send it. Valise pro-
duced and witness identified it. He left
a dirty shirt there for my wife to wash.
Shirt identified. Valise has been in my
possession since; Mr. Hunt brought. it
here at my request. :

Cross Ex, I was not offended when
he went to Jay second time; consented
to his going; when he took the $7 he
started right away and I never saw him
after till I saw him here; I knew Henry
Miller was the name he went by; never
testified before.

Daniel R. Hunt called. Live in Bar-
ton. Knew respondent, Miller ; last saw
him before now the Monday night ‘be-
fore murder; Monday he was’ at my
shop for pair of boots; said be was not
very flush but had money due him in
Weathersffeld ; said he would be back
in two or three days—was going for it:
I asked where his money was and he
said as above; I saw him get on train
that night at Barton a little before 8 p.
m. ; this train goes to White River Junc-
tion.

Thursday, June 11.

Wallace A. King called. Witness
identified a plan of the Gowing place,
house and rooms, where murder was
comitted, and which was made by him;
also, photographs of the buildings. Is
a photographer in Windsor.

The government put in the envelope
of the letter referred to by witness
Chase, and the plans and photographs,
and here rested. _

THE DEFENSE.

J. B. Farnsworth called. Am an at-
torney in Windsor, appeared for re-
spondent .at hearing before justice and
took minutes; Ella Gowing on cross
examination said some one telling her
father the cows were in the corn awoke
her. On direct examination she then
stated that he went from bed-room
directly up stairs. At the time of
arrest was superintending putting on
composition roof opposite Paines, in
Windsor; was heating composition on
side walk, a man going te Paine’s would
pass where battlements projected about
two feet and there was a good deal
dripped on the walk, saw boots at
Weathersficld and thought it was cold
tar, had worse on my shoes and it
looked like my boots.

Cross Ex. by States Attorney. Had
no assistance and intended to make the
minutes very thorough, both direct and
cross examination, minutes are pretty
full, don’t recollect of her speaing about
his coming into the bed room more than
once; When he was arrested I was on
roofand walk was open that morning,
tur had been put on a day or two be-
fore; think no tar had been put on that
morning, don’t remember of seeing tar
on Main street,—on this street he would

eee ite
Joel A. Whitcomb called. Live in
Troy, knew respondent four and a half]
years ; I saw him in June, 1867, in Jay
fand in Troy at my house, first in Jay ;
I was then fishing ; this was middle of
June; I heard at Chase’s store he bad
vot home; saw Miller near his wife’s
tather’s first; I asked him how the cat-
tle grew that I let him have money to
buy; he said letit rest and I shall see
you to-morrow; he came and said he
was going to. Bolton, Canada, and would
be at my house at night; said he could
not pay me but had got money and I
should have it soon; I asked him where
he had been for one and a half years;
said in several places: a good share of
the time in Connecticut and that Spring
in Weathersfield ; said ue should be at
home again soon and would try and pay
me ; next saw him the Saturday at night,
bofore the murder; his wife was at my
house; he staid over night, and till noon
Sunday ; said be had failed to get mon-
ey as he expected, but should be at home |
in two or three weeks again and would
have the money; said he “I have not
been asleep all the time ;” said be had
between six and seven hundred dollars
and should get it; I asked him where it
was, whetber at bank or not and he said
no matter, it is safe, and I shall have it
when I come back; said he should go
in two or three weeks for money ; said
he worked in Barton.
Cross examination immaterial.
Shepard Randall called. Reside in
Jay; knew respondent: he married my
daughter; on Saturday before murder
he was at my house with team ; told him
his wife and child were gone to Whit-
comb’s in Jay; he was offered supper
‘but did not stop, said he wanted to see
his boy; he went into ted-room to talk
| with Ellsworth—offered him $500 down,
Jor said he would give it for Ellsworth’s
150 acre farm: he then came out and
said ‘I have $500 that I can lay my
hand on at any time ;” I said ‘‘Hiram,
when you get $500 let me count it ;”
he said, ‘‘wbhen I come next time I will
have it, as sure as God (or the world)”
he then laid down and went away in the
latter part of the night with his horse;
it is thirty or more miles to Barton...
Cross Ex. by Mr. French. Was told
Hiram lent his father $100 when he
came of age} I once let Miller have a
horse and wagon to go to Sutton for
money ; he did not get it; his wife is
now living in Richford with Mr. Hop-
kins, who married his sister; he was
married in 1861.
George W. Jenness called. Reside
in Barton; knew respondent; he work-
ed for me from June 24,1867; he came
to my place that night and I had talk
with him about working; he said be
would work two or three days and
then agree on price; began work June
25th ; said he should ask $30 per month
for three months; I told him I would
give $28; he said he would. work for
that if I’would throw in half a day to
go and see his wife in Troy, and let him
have $5 to ransom his valise, which was
pawned at a hotel in Weathersfield ; said
he had been at work there that season
and the man he worked for had failed
up and he had lost all his wages; I let
him have $5; he sent for the valise and
it came July 4, 1867; I asked himif he
had made any efforts to get his pay and
he said he had put on a second writ, but
did not expect to get his pay; he work-
for me twenty one days; he worked for
jme till Monday, July 22; he had been
home twice; I was at work in horse-
barn -and he came up: I said, Henry you

i 7 C \ Ai) 0.03 4

inorping, don't remember of seeing tar
on, Main street,—-on this street he would.
BOT poing to Paine’s; attention was
called to the spots on the tops and.
ankles of boots but could not identify
blood, looked as though they had been
wiped through the grass ; saw there was
one blood spot on'back of coat, could
not sce any other blood.

James A, Pollard called. Am super-
intendent of States prison, saw respond-
ent soon after arrest in Hubbard’s store,
and had charge of him there an hour or
two; did not have charge all the time ;
went up to prison and got irons; Bow-
en was about there and asked me to as-
sist him; saw blood about his hands
and called his attention to it, and he
said his nose bled, and I saw the appear-
ance of their having been bleeding but
no fresh blood; there was blood on the
back of his hand.

Cross Er. by States attorney. Saw
blood inside of nostrils; blood on band |
looked as though it had been rubbed on;
thould think the blood inside of nostrils
was fresh; don’t reecollect I) saw him
working at his nose, he might have put
his fingers to his nose and I not see it.

E. D. Sabin calied. Reside in Wind-
sor, in trade there; keep a drug store
and general goods; keep trusses; re-
spondent came to my store morning of
23d of July and enquired for a truss, a
boy waited upon him; he didn’t buy
one; couldn’t tind one to suit him, so
boy said; Paine’s storo is on the corn-
er leading up to prison.

Cross Ex, by States Attorney. Saw
him but did not notice that his nose
bled.

Henry S. Bowen called Bloody gar-
ments were sent to me by express from.

Bellows Falls, said to have been found
in the river; were fcund by men sent
by me to search; had heard before that
clothes were seen floating down the first
day of examination, Wednesday ; the
shirt is here, brought when summoned
before Grand Jury ; shirt was produced ;
haven’t examined it with a glass; ’tis
badly stained on the bosom; took it to
Jenness’ in Barton; had it with me
when I went to Randall’s and very like-
ly showed to Mrs. Randall.
_ Cross Ex. by States Attorney. Shirt
‘was not present at Court of Inquiry ;
had not found it then; it was sent me
first or second day of August; went to
Miller’s original house in Richford, but,
he had not beeen seen there for a year
and a half, oe

A witness, Mrs. Butterfield, who is
said to have seen a bundle of clothing
floating down the river the afternoon of
the murder, not appearing, her state-
ments made to parties in court to that
effect and that the colors were black,
white and red, were admitted ; she lives
about seven miles below the scene of
the murder.

Registers showing the time of the
rising of the sun on the 23d of July and
also the first breaking of light on that
day were put in and the defense rested
at half past ten A. M.

John F. Deane immediately proceed
ed with the opening argument for the
prosecution and was followed by Nor-
man Paul for the respondent, both con-
cluding their remarks before dinner, In
the gtternoon Mr. French made the
main plea for the defense and States
Attorney Pingree commenced but did
not conclude the closing argument for
the government,

AN cA ‘O")
CLG, (A

Friday June 12.

Mr. Pingree concluded his argument,
The charge of the Judge “to the jury
then followed and was concluded at
half past eleven o’clock. We took full
minutes of the charge and intended to
write out the same ‘for insertion here,
but as the remainder of the report en-
croaches very largely upon our space
we are compelled to lay itaside. After
a few brief observations upon the bene-
ficence of ,government in guarantecing
life, liberty” and security to the citizen,
and the majesty of the law, whose prov-
ince it is to preserve and protect rather
than override and oppress, the Judge
expounded the law applicable to the
case and then made a very thorough
review of the evidence introduced by
the government and the defence.

The Court then took a recess till 9
o’clock ‘Tuesday morning, holding itself
in readiness, however, to assemble at
the call of the bell to receive the verdict
when the jury should agree upon and
return with it.

The crowd in attendance surged out
of the Court House, but before the room
was fairly cleared the bell sounded and
all rushed in again, filling the space de-
voted to the public to its utmost capac-
ity. Upon the re-organization of the
Court Deputy Sheriff Stimson conducted
the jury to their places. Being interro-
gated by the Clerk they pronounced
their verdict —‘ GUILTY,”—having
been just eleven minutes in finding it.
All eyes were turned upon the prisoner,
who was in the bar, front of the judges’
bench. He stood firmly, without waver-
ing or showing any particular emotion.

States Attorney Pingree then moved,
in view of the inconvenience of keeping
him and the liability of escape, that the
prisoner now receive his sentence. Judge
Barrett said that if no suggestions were
offered by counsel to the contrary he
would proceed to prononnce the sentence
of the law. With a firm step the pris-
oner proceeded to the dock across the
room and stood up. The clerk inquired
if he had anything to say why sentence
should not now be pronounced upon
him. He replied “I don’t know as I
have.”

Judge Barrett then addressed him
with deep emotion and impressiveness,
substantially as follows :

You have been indicted and tried on
a charge of committing one of the most
heinous murders that ever horrified the
people of Vermont. After a thorough
investigation of all the facts and circum-
stances material to the case, and being
defended by able counsel, and impartial
jary, in view of all the evidence elicited,
have found you guilty. It now becomes
the duty of the Court to pronounce upon
you the sentence prescrived by the law.
This is a moment of vast importance to
you. It is the fatal moment of your
life—the moment which is to seal your
fate; for from what has been developed
in this case you can have no hope of re-
spite or pardon. Your only resource is
to go to that Grace and that Mercy
which man cannot seek in vain and
which the law does not extend. It is
to Divine Grace that you must look.
}You ought to realize that your sins re-

quire the dee pest ef HERE 1Ce and Ay
1 108] CALHOSE \ ate an

:
|
|

REDDING, Navid, white, hanged at Bennington, VT on June 1l, 1778,

"Most men take exquisite delight in seeing OTHER PEOPLE HANGED; in all countries, cur-
ious and eager multitudes gather and press around the gallows to behold a fellow
creature perish for his sins, The following incident, which happened in 1778, in the
New Hampshire Grants, now Vermont, illustrates our remarks

"One Navid Redding was convicted of treasonable practices, and sentenced to be execu-
ted on the th of June that year. The curiosity, which, not much to the honor of
human nature, has ever been manifested on such occasions, was on this greatly
heightened by the fact that a public execution had never been witnessed in V,rmont.

To this curiosity was AMMXAXAdAMA added the strong feeling of indignation which such a
crime was calculated to excite at that period. Under the influence of these feelings,
a vast multitude collected to witness the execution, In the meantime, however, the
learned cousel had discovered an important defect in the proceedings, Redding had
been tried by a jury of six only; and it was very unfortunately discovered that this
was contrary to the common law of Great Britain, which required the verdict of twelve,
% Application was immediately made to the Governor and Council for a reprieve until
a new trial could be had, ‘The reprieve was granted at the moment the anxious throng
were collecting to witness the execution, With such a multitude, and on such an
occasion, it was in vain to reason, or talk of the rights of Englishmen, They had
pronounced the culprit guilty, and were not in a condition to learn upon what prin-e
ciple the verdict of the whole community could be set aside “ith so little ceremony.
While they were agitated with mingled emotions of disappointment and indignation,
Ethan Allen, suddenly pressing through the crowd, ascended astump, and, waving his
hat, excalaiming, ATTENTION THE WHOLE!' proceeded to announce the reason which pro-
duced the reprieve, advised the multitude to depart peaceably to their habitations,
and return on the day fixed for the execution, in the act of the Governor and Coun-=
cil, adding, with an oath, 'You shall see somebody hung, at all events; for, if

Redding is not then hung, I will be hung myselfl' Upon this assurance, the uproar ceased,

and the multitude dispersed, Redding was again tried on the 9th of June and executed
on the llth, The foregoing anecdote has been often related by those who were eye
witnesses of the scene, and accords too well with the spirit of the times, and the
well known character of Rthan Allen, to leave a doubt of its authenticity." DAILY
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, DC, 92-182) (2/56)

i " a CU ety - -
ithe history of |tracts are to oe taken at once and laid
before the Commissioners,

he sixteen |

the nerve- | '? form a part of the publi

e records.

rved to en-
ly curious
> two lead-
the Garden |
ition, and,
1e race to-

wear and

There has. been

Root- and
ure of yes-|
ception and}
¥ some one, order
‘ing to ‘war |

3s work was
‘application for a rece

yesterday to stop

ay since the

such rivalry
Bankruptcy Court among certain lawyers
to get receivers appointed in bankruptcy
cases, 80 as to become the attorneys for | since her arrest, more than three years
ithe receivers, that the Judges of the | ago.

TO STOP SHARP PRACTICE.

Employment of Lawyers In Bankruptcy
Cases Now Regulated by Court Order.
at the

but are not

mont Execution Since 1892.

WINDSOR, Vt., Dec. 8.—Mrs. Mary Ma-
bel Rogers this afterncen paid the pert-
j alty for murdering her husband, Marcus
| Rogers, at Bennington on Atg. 13, 1902.
| To all appearances Mrs. Rogers was the

, She faced the gallows with the indiffer-
, ence that had marked her demeanor ever

She made neither .confession nor

United States District Court issued an! genial of her crime to the last. The drop
the practice.
Half a dozen lawyers kept runners around pronounced dead by the attendant physl-
the court to get the names of the peti- j cian at 1-271 o'clock :

tions filed, and would rush to get in-an| OF pe ci :

fell at 1:13 o’clock, and Mrs. Rogers was

Mrs. Rogers's last act as the deputics

,ealmest person in the chamber of death. 4

Etc. A Great Variety of designs
Land combinations, some as low aS 65 |
KODAK and PHOTO OUTFITS
From the $1.00 Brownie Cameras to
complete outfits with celebrated

Zeiss lenses, for advanced amateurs.

OPTICIAN,,

104 E. 23d St., near 4th Ave.
125 W. 42d St.. tet B’wav G 6th Ave.
650 Mactson Abe., cor. 60th St.

3 Rue Scribe, Paris.

ept up the |jiwrer who, had the mash ahead of the) approached the sctffold to bind her Iimbs |

been suffi- | When
r behind the;

and Waller

nirl of Root
e was fast
t and often, |
won louder}

pr gince the.
us begun by,
took up the
pucemaker,

e whole as-
The crowd

he applause
ild scramble |
Root and}

*he receivership

sel of the bankrupt,
appointment
creditor,

and, voted upon

tuined.”’

was ended. the |
lavver would get an ailowance.

The rule promulgated yesterday is as
follows: “ Receivers anc trustees in bank-
ruptey are directed not to retain as their
attorney or counsel the attorney or coun-
of the petitioning
creditor, of the person applying for the
of a_ receiver,
and trustees are also directed
not to retain as tnetr attorney or coun-
eel any attorney who has obtained
the election
trustee, or who is an attorney for per-
eons holding such prexies, unless @ spe-
cial order authorizing such retainer is ob-

or of

a circult be- +
John Bedell,
nd and Koot
imes around
m. Then all
rmitted the

TG. HEAR CITY’S SUIT FIRST.

Injunction to Prevent Removal of Sub-

lief was but ;
Rit ras ware way. Slot Machines, Must Wait.
a swarm.

purted while
d. His train-
sual custom
of champuage
ork, and Root
cheered and
boys shouted
fter quarter-
riders held to
t and Folger
Ithough Fol-
s, the plucky
eded ‘in plac-
r credit. Mrs.
at with some
couragement
I. Miller, the
n no way be-
burst of ap-

from the Subway

ing the removal of these
its . decision
verses the decision of
livered in Special Term.

The injunction suit
against
and the Borough

partner, was
worn out by
, accentuated

He was in
chorn of the!
n Jost. three |
ode, but. he

of machines.
granted an
in its suit until

should be decided.

be followed,

tinder a decision rendered by the Ap-
pellate Division of the Supreme Court yes-
terday the city’s action against’ the, In-
terborough + Rapid Transit Company. to,
compel the moving of the slot machines |
will have to be heard in
trial term before the court can consider

the injunction proceedings brought by the
company to.restrain the city from order-

machines.

the Appellate Division re-
Justice Stover de-

of the company!
‘action: brought, it having been .begun as
goon as the machines were ordered: out,
Then the city sued to compel the removal

injunctian estopping the city

ion holds that the reverse order should

mate in time
em before a
Achorn? :n-
Downey. in-
gan, taking
e, three laps
é . *
dency among sy
“pace. Just
Senta ene surveys of the route
tes interest in
withdrew the
were compet-
Thursday, and
es for prizes,

‘the tail end-.
as. now main-
but a strone,

mento. Valley to’ Orovil
parallels the Southern
connections with Stockton

in, McDonald, | Aldmeda and San Joaquin

in the worst

Sounty, few. miles to the south and | failure of the
oad or ; } + Bell remained at “White River Junction
he broke-up| Through Beckwith Pass the road parale | until, 1:45 o'clock, when he feft for his
fa other renee lels for a considerable distance the tracks | home af Walden. :
rom & et] of the Sierra Valley Railway. Thence it| Comparatively few person _ witnessed
caught Fogler | ot.cbe “16. the’ northward . of Pyramid | the hanging, the number being restricted
e latter woke ke, and. from that point’ makes a/|to those permitted to.attend by the laws
speed and bY} straight shoot for Winnemucca. From | of Vermont.
was committed in

Iger, however} winnemucca to

ade upon him} jows the tracks of;

Wells it aga
the Southern’ Pacific,

WESTERN PACIFIC’S ROUTE.

Surveys Show Close Adherence to the
Southern Pacific’s Lines

“SAN. FRANCISCO, Dec. 8.—Complete
of the Western’ Pa-
cific across the continent show a close
‘xdherence to the line of the Southern ra-
cific. From the Oakland terminals east-
ward to Niles and thence up the Sacra-
le, it practically
‘Pacific, making
by way of the

Raflroad,

Narth of Oroville,the -road closely fol-
tows the, north fork, of the Feather River
Vora’ considerable distance, and> then
mwings southeast ta Beckw
ing Quincy,: the county se

.. He secured "there on the course is straight; was on 19 years old. She had been sep-
unch and neld tibes Touthern end of Great Salt Mike, |peated from her: husband some time, a
topped for an! entering Salt: Lake City so the terminal | desired to marry Maurice’Knapp. 8
Pe _'»- 1 o¢ the Rio Grande Western Railroad. ranged to meet Rogers, prete “to
afternoon and}... — ; desire reconciliation, ‘in the ods. near
ctators. with]. Ex-Senator McLaurin Attached. _|the Wallomsac’ River. @ caressing

racers the ex-
ntests brought
time was tho

"phe Sheriff received an attachment for
ga00. yesterday: against ex-Senator John
L. McLaurin of Bennettaviue, 8. C., in

any

roxies
such

ith Pass, leav-
at of Plumas

in’ closely fol-

was to remove her eyeglasses and, pass-

** Tnese are for my sister. Please see that
she gets them.” A moment later the trap
was sprung. The rope was a trifle too
long. 2nd the woman's toes barely touched
the floor for an instant, She was beyond
suffering. however, her neck having been
broken at the second cervical vertebra.
-An hour and twelve minutes after the
drop fell the body was taken from the
prison to the railroad station and sent lo
Hoosick Falls, N. Y., where Mrs. Rogers's
mother, Mrs, Josie Callahan, lives. Inter-
ment will be at St. Mary's in that town.

Gov. Charles J. Bell, at» White River
Junction, was promptly notified by tele-
phone of the execution of Mrs, Rogers.
The Governor gave ouf™ the following
statement:

“Tl am much relieved to know that the
execution of Mrs. Rogers wits. accom-
plished promptly, according to law, and
without a hitch or unnecessary delay. It
was a disagreeable duty. I. have been
called upon to perform, but notwithstand-
inz my /private views in regard to the
matter, I have /acted’ on my oath as Chief
Executive, and’ [ believe I have acted in
the interest of public good and according
| tothe law-abiding sentiment of the people
of Vermont./ The incident is closed and I
do not care/to say anything more at this
time.”’ . j doh

‘The carrying: out-of. the sehtence was
due td the firm-refusal of Gpv. Bell to
igrant.a reprieve, ‘despite the pressure
that was brougnt to bear on) him up to
| the very iast moment. Counrel for the
murderess met the Goyernor. at White
| River Junction this morning; and Mrs.
Partion, bearing a’ petition with the sig-
natures of: 30,000 women of Qhio, joined
them. The confcrence began at 10 o'clock

in one of the rooms at the | Governor's
hotel and lasted half an hour,
Gov. Bell listened quietly ae the law-

yer had finished. ‘Then he heard Mrs.
Partlon.. The signatures to the petition
which she brought were secured by a Cin-
¢cinnati.newspaper, on slips.cut from that
publication. ‘fhe documents were brought
tothe hotel in a number. of suitcases.
The Governor examined them with some
interest, and then said: }

“1 believe that I know the sentiment of
the people of Vermont as well as does any
person in this room, I sce nothing to dis-
cuss, and I know of no law that is not as
much for a woman as for a man. I con-
siger that. for me again to meddle in this
case would place me a5 Executive and the

ulous position.”
This closed the
prison was notified

effort for a_reprieve. Gov.

At the time the crime:
Bennington. on Aug, 13,1902,

him she induced him to

his: hands, and whi

she pepe eb
y Leo

es M an, Estella Ba

State of Vermont and its law¢ in a ridic-

conference.| The Staté
py telephone. of: the

rs, Rogers

e was powerless
In this she was
-witted boy,

CIRCUS MAN McCADDON BACK.

ing them to one of the deputies, said; |

He Dcclares His Arrest Abroad Was
an Attempt at Blackmail.

Joreph T. McCaddon, the circus man,
whose show came to grief in France, and
who was arrested later in England,
charged with fraudulent bankruptcy, af-
rived in New York on the White Star
liner Baltic yesterday afternoon. When
arrested he was about to embark for the
United States on one of the American
liners: The dody of his wife, who died a
few duys previous, W18 on the liner at tne
time. ‘

After his arraignment in the Bow Street
Court, in London, Mr. McCaddon was re-
leased after he had furnished $90,000 bail.
‘Lurer, when the case came up for a hear-

ing, the court refused to grant the request
of the French Government for his extras
dition, and Mr. McCaddon_ was released
from custody. * i
“My arrest,’ said: Mr. McCaddon yes-
terday, ‘ was simply an attempt to black-~
mafl me through official channels.
knew 1 had rich connections in En
and America, and they sought ‘to make
me pay. the company’s debts as though
they were personal.” i ;

Now Mrs. Gleason Thinks Cocke Tried
to Tamper with a Legacy. ie

a salesman for the Washington A. Roeb-
ling Company of 117 Liberty Street, was
arrested by Detective Sergeant Flood of?
the District Attorney's office on a warrant
charging Cocke with violating Sgction 566
of the Penal Code. . ;
The-Warrant was procureé by Assistant
District Attorney Krotel. He says that
Cocke's mother left Mrs. Jane A. Glea-
son of 2%) East 124th Street, who is 72
years old, a legacy of $200. Before Mrs.
Cocke's death Mrs. Gleason had taken
care of her. Ne tee ufiaes)
Mra.’ Gleason says, according to Mr.
Krotel, that a few days ago Cocke came
to her and got her to sign a paper, which.

Yn eae was concerning his mother’s
ath. ' > .
*“ Well? wait until I get my les
and_read it,’ Mrs. Gleason says she said

he
r.

paper, Later M
true sped tre of the oe
Krotel.. Magistrate a
$1.08 bail for examination next
ay. : : .

EVANGELIST TORREY HERE.

per and

oe.)
Marsden Cocke of 225 West 127th Street, |

sh held Cocke inj
ednes-{

—

Sarto

He Is. el ren SiR
PE ets GOB Campaign.
The Rey-Dr. R. A. Torrey, the evangel-
ist who is managing an “ around-the-
ofla gospel campaign,” arrived on the
White © Star, liner: Baltic. yesterday, Dr.
Torrey will begin his services on this side

city will go to Philadelphia. ‘From Phila-
delphia he goes to Atlanta, Ga. Soa
His campaign in England, Dr. Torrey:
said, resulted In. the conversion of more

ced by a big) oe rw. was pres-|than 5,000 persons. He added, in answer
around the| favor of Miller & Co., cotton, brokers of Saye sr'¢ chioroforming Rogers, Perham to @ eusation that he did not believe in
‘His time was! this city. The ex-Sena pudiated aland Mfs. Rogers rolled the body into the |accepting so-called “* tainted" money for
Mea amateur | sale bales of cotton for March de-| river, where it wes. found the next day, | use in religious work. He said that this
“5 he oe livery, made by the la hea he ee ap cose er with a bbe Biving ied impression that he Sa Oe oe a not refer to any particular
rved on Crutchfie 0. 0 “comm. , : ;
sik ‘of Boston | Bey citvatont. ners dt, man. ould tht | Sis fe armont for arfeen yes |i, and mas accompanied by bia fam
‘ . raw =| to: ermon ; , Dr,
Le ered Mio: woe i ae me ee to dee tclemeney had been re used. She singing evangelist.” .
J 5 7 ntnianimmevinnnnntel
f mile unpaced | =——=—= a ——————————
lan rider, had ie .

Greater New York

of the Atlantic in Toronto, and from that ;'

d nodded,
his hands

nce more,

ain and |
in put his
ed him as
oulling the
“-k said to
May?’

2 was tak-
nut of her

ark’s head
s lying on
his hands

back and
his nose.
will give

“hose were

and help
oO minutes

Now take
o his hat,’
1e to take
iotted into
; 90: Tveut
nd | then

: and told
tree quite
we were,
then went
our shoes
1ot to dis-

ig confes-
rs to the
hloroform

mediately.
orn state-
y.
m me try-
?” she ex-
not. going
oroformed
n a heavy
rk’s head.
to take
trying to
im.”
- appeared
yn the vic-

ry Rogers
irst-degree
charge of
Ity.

to Morris

dit» all.
e.

nd turned
ties.

ving June
ed and in
1 had re-

ied before
y on De-
1,000 per-
were wo-
signed to
s stormed
ion.

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fession and to pet it on the stand. (It
was exactly as I have given it here.)

The suicide note was offered in evi-
dence and Groves, Thomas W. Cantwell,
an Albany banker, and W. H. Roberts,
cashier of a bank at Manchester Center,
Vermont, told the jury that it was in the
handwriting of Mary Rogers.

William Rogers, a brother of Marcus,
testified that the victim was wholly dom-
inated by his wife and believed implicitly
everything she said. ite

“He was deeply in love with her and
catered to her every whim, buying her
veel she craved so far as his means
would permit,” said the witness. (

Defense counsel did their best for their
client, but the damning evidence of Leon
Perham was too much to overcome. The
trial lasted ten days and at its conclusion,
the jury returned a verdict of guilty of
first-degree murder.

Judge Watson imposed the death sen-
tence and fixed the date of execution as
February 3rd, 1905. On that date Mary
Rogers was to be hanged by. the neck un-
til dead. Leon Perham was sentenced to
life imprisonment. The charge of com-
tae against Stella Bates was dropped

y the prosecution, she being held inno-
cent of any connection with the crime.

MARY received the sentence stoically,
but_ uttered an invective against Per-
ham. “That d—— fool,” she exclaimed,
bitterly, “I’d like to be alone in a room
with him for five minutes before I die‘y

Attorneys Senter & Senter and Thomas

Moloney, later counsel for Mrs.
Rogers, took the case to the Supreme
Court on exceptions. They argued that
evidence at the trial tended to show that
the death of Rogers was due to suffoca-:
tion by means of chloroform, whereas the
undertaker who prepared his body for
burial had found a fracture of the skull,
which would have been fatal. It also
alleged that Perham had not told the jury
the whole truth concerning his part in the
murder.

Another allegation was that Mary
Rogers was insane and as a proof of men-
tal alienation, the attorneys cited the ec-
centricities of her school days, her weak
mentality and her abnormal passion for
the male sex.

Governor John S. Bell had granted a re-

rieve to permit a hearing on this appeal,
but on May 27th, the Supreme Court over-
ruled the exceptions. The Governor then
granted a further reprieve to allow a re-
view of the case by the United States
courts. On June 9th, 1905, the United
States District Court denied the Cie for
a new trial and on November 27th, the
United States Supreme Court refused to
interfere with the verdict of the Vermont
state court. :

Appeals to all courts of dernier ressort
having been exhausted it seemed inevi-
table that Mary Rogers must die on the
gallows. Mary, however, didn’t believe it.
“They'll never hang a woman in Ver-
mont,” she asserted with conviction.

There may have been some justifica-
tion for this opinion, for immediately a
clamor arose against the hanging of Mary
Rogers and petitions for clemency poured
in to Governor Bell. Mass meetings were
held in several states outside of New En-
gland, and in Cincinnati alone, 40,000 sig-
natures were secured. Powerful interests in
the Green Mountain state sought commu-
tation to life imprisonment.

The High Sheriff besought the Governor
to commute the death sentence. He would
have to drop her and he didn’t relish the
job. He called on the Governor accom-
panied by a delegation of under-sheriffs,
every man of whom was opposed to the
hanging.

Master Detective

Governor Bell listened intently to the
arguments. “Any more of this cry-baby
stuff?” he asked finally. “I’ll accept the
resignation at once of any sworn officer of
the state who is afraid to do his duty.
Step right up, gentlemen.”

ae en | *

The hanging of Mary Rogers was a

spectacle which those who witnessed it will
never forget. It is still referred to in Ver-
mont as a’blot on judicial procedure in
that state. pe:
- On December 8th, 1905, the last rites of
the Roman Catholic church were admin-
istered to the condemned woman by Rey-
erend C. C. Delaney of St. Francis Church
in Windsor, where, at the State prison,
the execution wasito take place.

“Kneel down,sMary,” directed Father
Delaney, and) Maty ‘obeyed. The priest
heard her confession of her sins and her
repentance and ‘then. administered Holy

Communton ie ea a ae
To those who believe in retribution
there was a teri ‘irony, in the horrible
end of Mary Rogers. She exhibited no
weakness, walking’ to the gallows with a
firm ate aus as she reached the top of
the scaffold, she stumbled, but quickly re-.
gained her footing.

She removed her gold-bowed spectacles
and handed them to Sheriff James
Kiniry. “Please sénd these to my mother,”
she requested. They were her last words.

The hangman adjusted the rope about
the slender neck. A signal was given. The
trap was sprung.

‘Then occurred a scene never before wit-
nessed at an execution. The tension on
the rope was so great that the young self-
made widow plunged through the trap-
door and swung like a pendulum. The
toes of her shoes touched the floor.

Deputies on the scaffold hauled on the
rope and drew the body two or three
inches from the floor, holding it there by
sheer muscular strength for fourteen
minutes until the doctors announced that
the heart had ceased to beat. Newspapers
referred to the hanging as “a horrible
bungling job.”

at Rogers was not hanged in the
general acceptation of the word. She was
literally choked to death. Muscular
twitchings of the body were observed for
seven minutes after the trap had been
sprung.

‘PRISON Officials came in for a great

deal of censure for not having short-
ened the rope and tested it for tension.
These officials, itis only fair to say, have
another version of the affair. They assert
that with the springing of the trap, Mary
Rogers’ neck was broken and that she did
not die of strangulation.

However, the Boston Herald points out
that the fact that the mishap actually oc-
curred is emphasized by the agreement of
the three reporters, representing Vermont
newspapers at the hanging, to suppress the
news.

Deputy Sheriff R. A. Spafford, who as-
sisted at the execution, said that all the
officers at the prison who were present,
were pleased with the “smooth manner”
in which the hanging was conducted, ac-
cording to the Herald.

The story of the choking to death of
Mary Rogers was revived six years later
when the same rope used at her execu-
tion was used in the hanging of Elroy
Kent. The rope broke and Kent’s body
fell to the floor. Deputy sheriffs lifted

him from the floor and the end of the’

rope was fastened over the balustrade in
the rear of the gallows. It was seventeen
minutes before the body was cut down,
and seven minutes after Kent fell to the
floor, the doctors found a pulse.

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upon which Mary Rodgers was to die a
week hence. It was an awful looking ob-
ject, I thought.

“Terrible looking thing that gallows,”
he said. “Terrible!” |

I got him. This was a prelude to an-
other sermon on the futility of a life of
crime, but he fooled me. Instead he gave
ie a few orders about the cells and started
for the gate. 1 followed him into the
yard, got my whitewashing outfit: and re-
turned to the east wing. That was one job
that I was determined to wind up as quick-
ly as possible, as I didn’t relish the idea
of hanging around that gallows.

But I didn’t finish it as quickly as [
thought I would. I still had a cell to do
the morning of Mary Rodgers’ execution.
Word had come through the grapevine the
day before that the shops would be closed
at ten o’clock and that we all would be
locked in our cells until after the killing
party had broken up.

Ed Harpin hailed me that memorable
morning as I came out of the west cell
house and escorted me over to the east cell
house. He locked the gate behind me.

“T’'ll be back for you at a quarter to
ten,” he said. “Meanwhile keep away
from that thing, John.”

I got him. He was trying to toss a scare
into me. What a chance! “Warden,” I
said, as he turned away from the gate,
“you’re wasting your time. I could take a
nice nap on that thing.”

He nodded and smiled knowingly. It was
one of those “Oh, Yeah?” smiles, and it
made me sore. Ed Harpin was a wise
geezer. He knew that being locked in the
cell house alone with that gallows would
get on my nerves. And it did. The thing
seemed to hold a subtle fascination for me.
One moment I was resolving that I
wouldn’t look at it while the next moment I
was tiptoeing across the cell to take an-
other peep at it through the bars. And
every time I looked at it my bean went to

work,

Did it kill instantly? What if I stood
on one of those things some day and took
my last flash at life through the noose?
Would I die game? How would my _par-
ents, my sisters and brothers take it? Could
any normal human being face such a death

with nonchalance? I doubted it. Only a.

nut could smile when he took the jump into
the dnwaking night with a rope around his
neck and a black cap over his kisser.
Jeeze! It was a horrible “out.”

And poor Mary Rodgers, who had given
birth to a son while awaiting the gallows—
how would she take it? And that kid!
What an inheritance—the son of an exe-
cuted murderess! Hanging a man was bad
enough but hanging a young woman was
worse.

My brain was in a whirl. I wanted to get
out of that cell house. Well, I’d be out
soon. Finally I heard the cons coming
down the shoe shop stairs into the yard
to line up for the march into the west wing.
I pulled off my overalls and washed my
hands. The warden would be calling for
me in a few minutes. A moment or two
later I heard the cons filing into the west
wing. Then I heard them slamming the
cell doors behind them. Where was the
warden? Had he forgotten me? My heart
gave a leap when I heard the gate swing-
ing open at the other end of the cell house.
It was the warden, I told myself.

| WAITED a second, my ears cocked for
the sound of his footfalls. Suddenly I
heard a voice, and then several voices, and
finally | heard the sound of shuffling feet.
I dashed over to the cell door. Keepers
and witnesses were filing into the cor-
ridor. I saw Mary Rodgers between two
keepers. A minister in front of her was
reciting a prayer. And there was Ed Har-
pin bringing up the rear.

The procession of death halted at the
foot of the scaffold for a second, Mary
Rodgers had fainted. The executioner, a
little. bald-headed fellow, must have an-
ticipated this because he was Johnny-on-
the-spot with a flask of whiskey, which
revived Mrs. Rodgers. In another second
they were on their way again up the steps
of the scaffold. ; :

Mrs. Rodgers was raising her feet high
in the air as if walking had become labo-
rious. Her face was ashen and there was
a stricken, haunted expression in her wide
eyes. When she got up to the platform
the keepers ushered her over to the trap-
door directly beneath the noose, which
dangled menacingly from the cross beam.
It took them but a minute to put the rope

“Calling Car 69—go to Sixth and Elm. Fil-
bert’s Filling Station has been held up.”

around her neck, slip the black cap over
her face and truss up her ankles.

Then over the house of death there fell
a sickening suspense as the executioner
waited for the warden’s signal to spring
the trap. Presently Ed Harpin raised -his
hand and immediately Mary Rodgers shot
down into the gaping hole. But not to
death! The gentlemen who had con;
structed the weird-looking instrument of
bloody human justice had miscalculated the
drop necessary to break a neck.

T could hear Mary Rodgers gasping for
breath, moaning, choking in the hole under
the trapdoor. But fortunately the execu-

tioners were equal to the shocking emer- |

gency. They did the only thing they could
do. They jerked on the rope until they
had broken Mary Rodgers’ frail neck!

I had seen enough. Shaken with horror
and pity, I turned away. But curiosity
drove me back to the door again. Mary
was stretched out on the floor of the gal-
lows. A doctor was on his knees beside
her, a stethoscope in his ears. Presently he
said: “I pronounce this woman dead.”

I could feel a solemnity stealing over me
when I came out of my daze. So this was
capital punishment! :

T began to think. I felt sure that Mary
Rodgers had never been guilty of anything
in her short shabby life that was half so

vicious as what society had done to her.

She had killed in a frenzy of passion, while -

society had executed her with cold-blooded
premeditation. It had locked her in a cell
for five long months, watched her night
and day lest she should take her own life,
fed her off the fat of the land—and then
led her out to the gallows and killed her
as nonchalantly as a butcher would slaugh-
ter a pig. .

Suddenly my twisted brain, which had
been occupied all my life with nothing but
schemes for crime, began to propound ques-
tions and demand answers. ould Mary
Rodgers’ execution deter other women
from killing their husbands? Would it
deter crooks from killing cops and de-
fenseless citizens, bank tellers and payroll
messengers ?

Not on your life. I couldn't understand
just how a criminal could be deterred from
murder by an execution he hadn’t wit-
nessed. And I couldn’t reconcile society’s
faith in the chair and the gallows with the
fact that homicides increased year by year.

of ONE THING, however, I was dead
certain—the spectacle had made me
think as I had never thought before. Where
was I going? Had crime paid? Would I
wind up on the gallows some day like my
old pal Dayton Dutch? Would I have been
better off if the enormous energy wasted in
crime had been devoted to honest endeavor?
When I put my life under the microscope
of sober reason I realized at once that I
was a sucker, that all crooks were suckers.
Then and there I resolved to turn to the
right and prepare myself for a new future.

So I began to read the books the warden
sent me—books I’d sneered at before. I put
in a solid year on Herbert Spencer’s “First
Principles.” I read Emerson’s “Representa-
tive Men,” and looked into Anatole France
and Oscar Wilde and a lot of others.

At the end of four years of prodigious
reading, I quit the Vermont stir with my

wits sharpened. I left prison with the-

deep conviction that capital punishment
was a failure because society didn’t
dramatize it. It had been dramatized for
me—and look what it did for me!

That’s why I say show them death! We—
and I say “we” because I’m a_ taxpayer
now—must dramatize executions if we want
to cut down our homicide record. Instead
of executing our assassins in the dead of
night before a few citizen witnesses, we
should execute them in our reformatories
where the young killers of tomorrow may
see with their own eyes what happens to
the crooks who wave the red flag in so-
ciety’s face! Almost every killer I have
known was a graduate of some reforma-
tory.

Show them death . . . My suggestion
won’t meet with the approval of the senti-
mentalists of the new criminology who
believe that every young crook is a sick
boy in need of treatment. I was never sick!
I know they will label my suggestion de-
grading and uncivilized. So is our homi-
cide record—10,000 murders a year for the
last fifteen years.

If you think that a paragraph or two in
a newspaper on the execution of a killer
will deter another killer from committing
murder, you had better roll over and
scratch yourself, Mr. Taxpayer. It can’t
be done. If we are going to have capital
punishment, let’s have it administered in
the most efficacious manner possible, or
ditch it. As it is administered today it’s
the bunk and every honest man must admit
it.

Eprror’s Nore: The views expressed in
the foregoing article are those of the author,
and-not necessarily those of INste Detec-
tive. What do you think? Readers’ com-
ments are invited,

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1905

DEATH!

By AN EX-CONVICT

WENTY-FIVE or thirty years ago outbursts of crime

were sporadic. Robberies would follow one another in

quick succession and then outlawry would subside. So
familiar was this phenomenon that some guy invented the
term “crime wave.” It stuck because it was accurate. The
phrase still fills the newspaper columns, but overuse has made
it meaningless. Crime no longer moves in spaced intervals;
it is as steady and repetitious as noon. Sensational holdups
and murders by young criminals are as much a routine part of
the day’s production as the rise and fall of stocks.

Youth rides the underworld trails today with
hot gats,. killing without provocation and stag-
ing crimes that the crooks of yesterday would
pass up. The seasoned criminal surrenders when
he’s cornered, but the punks of today draw
their gats and fight it out. Thus do they be-
come killers.

Every death house in the nation has its quota
of youthful assassins. The reform schools are
crowded with juvenile offenders, as are also
the big houses. They come and they go. Release
one today, and another checks in tomorrow to
take his place. Execute one tonight, and another
pulls into the death house tomorrow to take his
place,

I met the warden, Ed Harpin, a six-footer who weighed
around 200 pounds, who talked turkey to me from the
beginning. ,

“You know why you have been sent here, do you not?” he
began.

He interrupted me when I proceeded to beef about my
innocence. .
“Tm not interested in that,” he said. “You'll have lots of
company here if you're innocent. There isn’t a guilty man
in the institution. Now, you and I will be good

friends so long as you are a good prisoner. A
good prisoner does his task every day. He is
obedient and respectful to the keepers. He
doesn’t pretend that he’s sick when he’s well,
just to get out of doing a day’s work. Simple?”

“Yeh,” [ grunted.

“Yeh?” he cried.

“Yeh,” I grunted again.

“Yeh?” there was a challenging inflection in
his voice. “You mean ‘Yes, sir,’ don't you?
You must learn how to be courteous, son.”

“You must be running a tough joint here,
warden,” [ said.

“It’s a prison,” he snapped. “We trv to re-

Is there no solution for this problem of youth
in crime? Is there something wrong with our
prison system? Isn’t capital punishment a
deterrent ?

I'll tell you what I think.

KINDLY Ed Harpin,
Vermont prison warden,
made the author view
a spectacle which sud-
denly changed the
course of his entire life.

form men here. We will try to reform you. Ever
occur to you that you’re headed for the gallows
if you don’t mend your ways ?” ;
“Don’t make me laugh, warden,” I said.
I left his office that day believing that he was

I will agree that capital punishment, as it is
administered today, is not a deterrent. The rec-
ord proves that. But, T hasten to add, it would be a powerful
deterrent if it were properly administered,

This is not a flash thought with me, Mr. Reader. Far from
it. It is a thought born of the womb of experience and
nurtured by many years of serious meditation behind prison
walls, I believe that criminals, young and old, can be scared
into thinking correctly, for I myself have been scared into
cultivating the right social point of view. Let me set down
the birth and growth of the conviction that I could not flim-
flam my way through life.

I began my career of crime at the tender age of nine, after
I had been kicked out of school for “habitual truancy.” There-
after, for thirteen years, my life was one depredation after
another until I landed in the Vermont State Prison, at
Windsor to serve a seven-year stretch for the robbery of a
bank that T didn’t rob. It was my third harpooning for crimes
of which I was innocent. Never was I convicted of a crime
of which T was guilty.

The Vermont prison was just a little bit different from the
other stirs I had been in. This realization was- born when

FEBRUARY, 1041

a psalm-singing bug. Every time he came
through the shoe shop he stopped at my bench
to bid me the time of day and Inquire how |
was getting along. Now and then he called me out of the
lineup in the yard or summoned me to his office for a chat.
Always he cracked about the futility of a life of crime. He
was “‘sorry to see a good-looking young fellow” like me
“riding for a fall.” His sermons went in one ear and out
the other, as also did his suggestions that 1 join the Sunday
school class and write to my folks. Nor did I read the books
he sent to my cell.

No sap Yankee warden was going to make a sissy out of me.

I was to learn, however, that Ed Harpin, God rest his noble
soul, was the kind of guy who finished what he started. Some
months after my arrival at Windsor he took me out of the shoe
shop and assigned me to the maintenance department, I
smelled a rat. Then one day he had a “special task” for me,
whitewashing cells in the unoccupied east wing of the cell
block,

“Come with me,” he said, “and I'll show you the cells,
John.”

1 stiffened when L entered the cell house and saw. the
carpenters working on the gallows (Continued on page 48)

Master -Detective

At the conclusion of this interview, , and neither of them paid any attention

Estella Bates was held for further ques-
tioning. as,

When Leon Perham was brought in im-
mediately afterward, the nineteen-year-old
boy appeared about to collapse. His story
was so horrible, so preposterous, that it
was almost unbelievable. It seemed as
though it must emanate from a disordered
brain. !t was a detailed statement of one
of the most cruel, cold-blooded murders
in the history of New England homicides.

The boy required little prompting and
for the sake of brevity I shall eliminate
the questions of the State’s Attorney, giv-
ing the reader the sordid story exactly as
he told it.

“On my way to my room on the night
of August 10th, | was passing through
Mary’s room when she asked me to sit
down, saying she wanted to talk to me.

“She asked me to hire a rig the next day
and go with her to Hoosick Corners to
keep a date with a man. She said: ‘This
man has a life insurance payable to me
and I want to get rid of him and get the
insurance money. | want you to make a
date with him to be down by Morgan’s
Grove on some pretext. If you'll get him
there, I’ll do the rest. I’ll knock him on
the head and roll him into the river, Then
you can drive back. I'll jump in the
wagon and we'll whip up the horse and
get out of the place and get back.’

“FINHEN she told me that the man was
her husband, Marcus Rogers, and |

did what she told me to and made the date

with him and he said he would be there.

“On the afternoon of the murder, |
passed Stella Bates’ house and saw Rogers
talking to her.

“That night | went to bed at eight-
thirty, and half an hour later I heard
Mary come in and go to bed. At half-
past nine, she opened the door of my
room and came in quietly, closing the
door behind her. | was sound asleep and
she said she had to shake me several times
to awaken me. While | was rubbing my
eyes, trying to get fully awake, she said:
‘Well, Leon, are you ready to go?’ | Said,
‘yes,’ but | fell asleep again.

“At half-past ten, she came in again and
shook me roughly. ‘Come on, Leon,’ she
said, ‘get up and put on your clothes.’
She sat on the edge of the bed, while |
dressed. :

“While I was getting dressed, she said,
‘let me take your jack-knife,’ so | gave it
to her. She took a two-ounce bottle of
chloroform out of the bosom of her dress
and scraped off the label with the knife.
She put the bottle back in her dress and
said, ‘now come on, Leon, don’t forget the
rope. She took off her shoes and told me
to take off mine. ‘We mustn’t make any
noise getting out of the house,’ she said,
‘and then no one will know we've been
away.’

“So | took off my shoes and carried her
shoes and my own until we got out of the
house. We walked along until we came to
a fence which we crawled through and
followed the path into Morgan’s Grove.
We waited there quite a while but Rogers
didn’t show up. *

“‘T wonder if that guy could have got
wise,’ said Mary, then she added quickly,
‘no, the poor simp wouldn’t know enough.
I’m going to find him.’

“We had been sitting on the grass and
she got up and left me, telling me to stay
where I was until she came back. It
wasn't long before she returned and
Rogers was with her. They had their arms
around each other and Mary was patting
his cheek. They acted like a pair of lovers
and Marcus kissed her several times.

“They stood there leaning against a
stone wall talking for quite a few minutes

to me. ;

“Finally, Mary said, ‘sit down on the
wall, Mark.’

“They sat on the wall and Mary began
asking him about his health, how he was
getting along, where he was working and
things like that.

“Ym awfully glad to see you again,
May,’ said Rogers, ‘you don’t know how
] miss you. I’ve been told some things
about you though that bother me.’

“What do you mean? What things?’
asked Mary.

“About you going around with a fel-
low named Morris Knapp. It isn’t true,
is it, Mary?’ He put his arm$ around her
neck and kissed her.

“‘What old tattle-tale told you that?’
she inquired, ‘the town’s full of gossips. |
wish they’d mind their own business and
let my affairs alone. Of course, there isn’t
any truth in it, Mark,’ She snuggled up
to him, took off his hat and ran her fin-
gers through his hair. ‘You know | don’t
love anybody but you, darling.’

“They hugged and kissed some more
and then Mary said, ‘let’s sit down on the
ground beside the wall here, sweetheart,
it’s warmer. They sat down and in a
minute Mary said to me, ‘let me take your
overcoat, Leon,’

“I! took off my coat and gave it to her
and she laid it lengthwise along the wall
and we all three sat down on it. Mark
was between Mary and me. It seemed as
though we had only sat there a minute
when Mary said, ‘You get up, Mark, this
does not set right.’

“Tl thought the time had come and |
was terribly nervous. | tried to light a
cigarette, but my hand trembled so |
dropped the match.

“Mark got up and Mary smoothed out
the overcoat and they sat down, while |
stood looking on. Suddenly, | broke into
a cold sweat, for I knew the moment had
arrived.

““Put your head over in my lap,’ said
May. ‘so you will be comfortable’ and
Mark did so. They talked for a while,
mostly about the same things they talked
about before. Mary stroked his head and
petted him. Mark seemed very happy.

“Alt of a sudden, Mary said, ‘Oh, by
: the way, Mark, Stella has been show-
ing me some tricks with a rope that she
saw Houdini perform at the Rutland
Opera House.’ Then she looked up at me.
‘Did you bring the rope, Leon, so I could
show Mark?’

“I knew this was when she was going to
kill him and I could feel my knees shak-
ing. | supposed she was going to strangle
him. I handed her the rope. She said,
‘I’ll bet I can tie your hands so you can’t
get them apart, Mark.’

“Mark laughed a little and held out his
hands. ‘I’ll bet you can’t,’ he said. He
seemed delighted because Mary had been
so nice to him.

““Put your hands behind your back,’
said Mary, and as he did so, she tied them
together.

“Mark was still smiling and appeared to
pe ree the sport. He squirmed and
twisted and finally got his hands free, al-
though for a time | thought he wasn’t
going to and | wondered what Mary was
going to do next.

“Well, she handed me the rope and
said, ‘you tie him, Leon, and I’ll bet he
can’t get away.’

“| was so weak I could hardly stand and
1 hesitated for a few seconds and Mary
scowled at_me. ‘Go on. What are you
waiting for? You know the trick.

“! tied him pretty tight and Mary
laughed merrily at his struggles -to free
himself. I guess she thought I’d done the

trick for she looked at me and nodded,
but Mark gradually worked his hands
loose.

“Then Mary said, ‘try it once more,
Leon, for the last time,

“I! looked at her and saw she was tak-
ing the bottle of chloroform out of her
bosom so | pulled all the harder.

“’m not doing anything,’ said Mary.
but she emptied the bottle of chloro-
form on to a handkerchief. Mark’s head
was still in her lap and he was lying on
his face, still trying to get his hands
loose.

“She tipped him over on his back and
stuck the handkerchief under his nose.
‘Smell this, Mark,’ she said, ‘it will give
you strength to get free.’

“‘Stop it, May, said Mark. Those were
his last words.

“Mary told me to sit on him and help
her hold him and | did. In two minutes
he was dead.

OF ‘HES gone,’ said Mary. ‘Now take

this note and pin it on to his hat.’
I did that and then she told me to take
the rope off his hands. It was knotted into
the flesh and | couldn’t untie it, so | cut
it off with my knife. Mary and | then
rolled him into the river.

“She then handed me his hat and told
me to tie it to the bough of a tree quite
a distance away from where we were,
near the path in the grove. We then went
back to the house. We took off our shoes
again and crept in softly so as not to dis-
turb anyone.”

Perham signed the: foregoing confes-
sion and then took the officers to_ the
place where he had hidden the chloroform

ottle and the rope.

Mary Rogers was arrested immediately.
Upon being shown Perham’s sworn state-
ment, she denounced him angrily.

“So he put the whole thing on me try-

+ ing to save his own skin, did he?” she ex-

claimed bitterly. “Well, he’s not going
to get off so easily. After | chloroformed
him, the poor sap brought down a heavy
rock with all his might on Mark’s head.
The chloroform didn’t seem to take
much effect and Mark was still trying to
free himself when Perham hit him.”

Mary’s version of the murder appeared
plausible in view of the bruise on the vic-
tim’s forehead. ;

Both Leon Perham and Mary Rogers
were arraigned on charges of first-degree
murder and Estella Bates on a charge of
complicity. All pleaded not guilty.

Mary sent the following note to Morris

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Knapp ignored the appeal and turned
the missive over to the authorities.

It was not until the following June
(1903) that the trio were indicted and in
the meantime Mary and Leon had re-
pudiated their confessions.

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Judge J. W. Watson and a jury on De-
cember 12th, 1903. More than 1,000 per-
sons, the majority of whom were wo-
men, crowded a courtroom designed to
accommodate 500, while hundreds stormed
the doors, clamoring for admission.

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W. A. Daley to defend the accused woman.

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If the trusting, Rogers had not been so
blinded by his devotion to his fascinating
bride, he might have suspected that the
ecstatic delights of their nuptial night were
not unrehearsed.

Mary felt some compulsion to explain,
at this point, that Mark was not the first
on whom she had bestowed her love. For
the past two years, she confessed, the
bolder boys had been accepting her
favors. It was her way of getting even
with the girls who had ignored her.

“You're not angry, are you, darling?” she
asked Rogers, holding his face between
her hands.

“I—I don’t know what to say,’”’ Mark re-
plied, burying his head into the pillow.
“You make me feel like a fool.”

“No!” she insisted. “I’m the one who’s
been a fool. How could I know that such
a darling man would come along and marry
me? Now Im so sorry.”

“Promise me, Mary,” Mark begged.
“Promise me you won’t go with another
man again.”

“Of course I won't,” she promised, kiss-
ing him fervently. “You're everything I
want.”

With skill Mary had acquired in circum-
venting nature, she remained childless for
the first year of their marriage. But at
17 she found herself pregnant. She be-
came more attractive than ever and Mark
no longer satisfied her.

Even before the baby came, Mary Rogers
began looking for other men. It was diffi-
cult for her, living out on the farm three
miles from town, but she managed regular
trips into Bennington on the pretext that
the change would calm her nerves.

Mark was convinced the trips were doing
her a world of good. But if he could
have been in a certain cafe in Bennington
at certain moments, he would have noticed
the blissful expression on the clean-cut
features of a suave young salesman. He was
one of several men who were sharing the
benefits of Mary’s visits. Mary’s former
Hoosick Falls boy friends, now young men,
suddenly acquired a rash of important mat-
ters which demanded their presence in
Bennington.

Marcus Rogers was the last to hear the
ugly gossip about his wife. But he had
begun to suspect, until her condition forced
discontinuance of the trips, that it was not
peace of mind alone she had been seeking
in town. After the baby’s birth, he had
a quiet talk with her about the matter
and once again Mary made a_ purging
confession.

“I must have been out of my mind,” she
said remorsefully, tears welling in her
dark eyes. ‘“You’ve heard of women be-
coming deranged while they’re carrying
a child. But that’s all behind me now.
You’re the only man I want, Mark. You
alone, I promise.”

“I understand,” Mark said tenderly, pat-
ting her hand. “You've had such a hard
life, darling. I know how unhappy you
were before we were married.”

Mary’s baby girl lived only three months.
Infant mortality was, of course, much
higher in those days. But Mary blamed

Mark’s neglect of her for the baby’s weak
constitution, and he blamed this defect on
her dalliance with other men.

These mutual reproaches led to endless
bickering and Rogers found himself unable
to keep up with his work. The farm al-
ready was losing money and finally was

foreclosed by the bank which held the
mortgage.

Mary decided it was time to leave her
husband. He pleaded with her to go back
with him to Hoosick Falls, where he plan-
ned to take a job in a mill. But her mind
was firmly made up. She would move
into Bennington alone and look for work,
she insisted.

“It’s no good, Mark,” she told him coldly.
“T’ve got to live my own life.”

“All right, Mary,” he sighed.
what you want.”

So, two months after her nineteenth
birthday, Mary Rogers and her husband
went their separate ways. She took a
room in the two-story white frame house
now operated as a rooming house by Mrs.
Ella Perham on Stafford Street. Although
not originally designed for that purpose
it turned out to be peculiarly suited to
Mary’s needs. :

Heavy, gray Mrs. Perham and her thin,
self-effacing husband Abner, who _ per-
formed odd jobs around the house, had
two handsome young sons, whose jet-black
hair and high cheekbones showed the strain
of Mohawk Indian blood in their ancestry.

The tallest and strongest was the eldest,
Levi, 22. His brother Leon, 19, was better
looking. He also was more susceptible.
Levi abstained from the use of tobacco
and alcohol lest it impair his athletic
prowess. Leon had begun to show an
inordinate fondness for the bottle.

The sleeping rooms of Mary and Leon ad-
joined and in order for Leon to get to his
room, he had to pass through that of
Mary. On the first two nights after her
arrival, Mary sat up talking with Mrs.
Perham in the parlor until after Leon had
retired. But on the third night, in passing
through her room to his own, the youth
found her partially disrobed. She sat
on the edge of the bed in the soft lamp-
light, bending over to take off her stock-
ings, when Leon came through the door.
His cheeks a fiery red, he stepped back.
Mary laughed. “Haven’t you ever seen
a woman before? Come, sit down with
me. I’ve been wanting to talk to you.”

Leon did not reach his own room until
early morning.

The following week Mary Rogers tried
her wiles on Leon’s older brother. But
Levi, a pillar of strength and recitude, re-
fused to succumb. It was easier for him,
for his room was on the other side of the
house.

Mary had not even bothered to look for
employment. While continuing her night-
ly talks with young Leon, she made still
another romantic attachment on the out-
side. This was Maurice Knapp, 23, a good-
looking blond giant who had been a foot-
ball star in high school.

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Mary had met Knapp while visiting at
the nearby home of Rose Jordan, 17, a
slender, pretty blonde with flirtatious blue
eyes. Maurice, who lived two doors from
Rose, looked dashing in the blue uniform
of the Vermont National Guard, with which
he was encamped for the summer at Fort
Ethan Allen.

The effect Mary Rogers had upon the
handsome young guardsman was electric.
On the evening of the same day they were
introduced, while he was on 24-hour
leave, she and Knapp were snuggled close
at the foot of a tall elm, shielded from
prying eyes by a clump of bushes. They
were in Morgan’s Grove, a popular picnic
ground along the Walloomsac River.

“My husband was a brute,” she con-
fided to Knapp. ‘We were married when
I was only fifteen and he made my life
miserable. He beat me until I couldn’t
walk.”

“No wonder you got a divorce!” Knapp
cried. “Poor little girl! I’d like to make
you happy.”

“Oh, you can, Maurice, you can!” she
purred, her dark eyes gleaming.

In the weeks that followed, Mary saw
Maurice as often as he could get away
from camp. When they were not making
love, he escorted her openly to dances
and parties.

However, at least one person in Benning-
ton knew that Mary Rogers still was a
married woman. That was Mrs. Eva Ken-
nedy, a maternal aunt of Marcus Rogers,
who kept in touch with her nephew at his
family home in Hoosick Falls.

At the end of July, word reached Rogers
that his estranged wife was going out
with other men, in particular Maurice
Knapp. On July 3lst, Mark appeared at
the door of Mary’s rooming house and de-
manded to see her. At the urging of Mrs.
Perham, Mary came down into the parlor
for a talk with him.

“I can’t live without you, Mary,” he
said forlornly. “You must come _ back
with me.”

“It’s all over, Mark,” she told him firmly.
“There isn’t any use talking about it.”

“You’re making a fool of me!” he de-
clared in sudden anger. ‘Going with other
men.”

Her eyes were hard and cold. “I’m no
longer living with you. What I do now is
my own affair. Besides, I intend to get
a divorce. I may marry again.”

Panic gripped Mark. “Don’t do
Mary!” he begged. “Please give me an-
other chance. This time it will work.”

“No, Mark. I feel sorry for you, but
I’ve made up my mind. Let’s just be good
friends,” Mary said firmly.

Rogers refused to accept her decision.
“You don’t know what you're saying,” he
insisted. “I’m going to stay here in Ben-
nington with my aunt and I shall keep
an eye on you. You're still my wife and
I’m not going to give you up.”

Mary shrugged. She rose and led him
to the door. “I can’t stop you from

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retired to her room early. She was lying
in bed, still awake, when Leon Perham tip-
toed past.

“Leon!” she called softly, a sob in her
voice. “I’m so unhappy! Please comfort
me.”

Early in August, Mary made a discon-
certing discovery. She was pregnant again.

She slipped over to Hoosick Falls and
consulted a reputable general practioner,

whom she knew. She told him of her €
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predicament, begged him to remedy it.
“I couldn’t do that, Mrs. Rogers,”
said indignantly.
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She was not a pretty girl, but she had a quality of

beguiling charm few men could resist. She was aware
of this power. To her it was a heady draught and, like
all power, it grew by what it fed upon.

It had not always been so. As a child she was plain,
lonely, starved for love. She was born Mary Bennett in
the village of, Hoosick Falls, New York, a few miles across
the state line from Bennington, Vermont. With a frequently
absent father, a resentful, brooding and often tearful mother,
Mary became a bundle of: complexes. At school other
girls ignored or ridiculed her and she grew sullen, secretive
and defiant. But even then boys were attracted to her
and she soon realized that she could turn this to her ad-
vantage.

In her fourteenth year Mary seemed to develop almost
overnight into bewitching adolescence. Her slender body
took on lovely curves. Her complexion was pale and clear,
and with her raven hair and dark, mysterious eyes, she
soon had all the attention for which she had yearned.

Her father protested, fearful perhaps that it would lead
her into trouble. Or perhaps he envisioned for her a
really good match someday, with a man of wealth who
might redeem the family fortunes, never good. He forbade
his daughter to go about alone with boys.

In this her mother unexpectedly agreed. A child bride
herself, she had known the pitfalls of a too-hasty marriage
and she considered Mary too young to know her own mind.

It was a challenge to Mary, now in her second year of
high school. Both at home and in the schoolroom, life was
irksome to her. The girls, jealous of her predatory way
with the boys, practically ostracized her. And the boys,
clamoring for her favors, she was forbidden to see. She
determined to find some way of escape.

She found it, not in a schoolboy, but in a man 13 years
her senior. He was Marcus Rogers, 28, a tall, handsome
farmer, with eyes and hair as dark as her own. She met
Mark, when he visited his boyhood home in Hoosick Falls.

He was fascinated at once by her ravishing gaze and
the promise of her tenderly curved body. She saw .in
him a means of getting away from her unhappy environ-
ment and a pleasant way to satisfy her hunger for power.

Their courtship was as brief as it was violent. Two
days after their first furtive hours alone in his room at his
family’s house, Mary and Mark eloped and were married.
It was December 18th, three months before her sixteenth
birthday. |

When her father, Charles Bennett, heard the news, he
rushed out and got drunk. But
later, reflecting on the situation,
he decided that Mary had not by DAVID R. GEORGE
done so badly, after all.

In a touching scene at the Bennett cottage, the remorse-
ful father bestowed his delayed blessing on the newlyweds
as Mary and Mark rolled off in a hired rig with their
luggage for the small farm Mark had bought outside the
college town of Bennington. (Continued on page 72)

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became hysterical and the doctor finally
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That evening Mary returned to the Per-
ham home and went upstairs early. She
was desperate. Mark would never give her
a divorce, yet marriage to Maurice Knapp
now was not only advisable but impera-
tive. In her cunning mind a plan was
taking shape.

On the way to his own room, Leon Per-
ham found her waiting for him. “Sit
down a minute, Leon,” she said. “I want
to talk to you.”

The youth obediently sat beside her on
the bed. He did not reach his room at
all that night.

Two days later, on the sultry evening
of Tuesday, August 12th, Mary Rogers sat
stiffly in the parlor of the Perham house,
working on.a piece of embroidery. From
time to time she glanced through the
window into the mottled shadows cast
across the lawn by the moonlight filter-
ing through the elms. That afternoon she
had been on a picnic in Morgan’s Park
with Mark, Leon and Rose. Now she was
waiting. ...

Mrs. Perham came into the parlor where
Mary sat. “Mary,” she said, worriedly
rubbing her work-roughened hands _to-
gether, “I’m afraid something has hap-
pened to your husband. His aunt, Mrs.
Kennedy, told me Mark had not returned
home and she was alarmed.”

“Well, after the way he acted on our
picnic this afternoon, I’m worried, too,”
Mary said. ‘“‘He was so depressed. He told
me he couldn’t go on without me.”

Her landlady looked startled. ‘I can’t
imagine Mark Rogers taking his own life!”
she exclaimed. ‘He’s not that weak.”

Mary sighed. ‘“We’ll just have to be
patient,” she said. “I’ve talked with his
aunt. She promised to send him over here,
as soon as he got home.”

Patiently she explained to Mrs. Perham
that when Mark saw that his ardent at-
tempts at a reconcilation with his wife had
failed, he had threatened suicide. His aunt,
Mary said, had asked her if she had de-
cided to give their marriage another
chance.

“I told her, ‘No, Mark and I just can’t
make up again,’” Mary went on. “Rose
and Leon and I left him on County Street
at seven-thirty tonight. We thought he
was going straight home to his aunt’s.”

Mrs. Perham looked up at the tall grand-
father clock. Its hands pointed to 11:45.
“It’s so late,” she said. “If he doesn’t
show up soon, I think we ought to notify
the sheriff.”

Mary looked thoughtful. “I might write
a letter to the sheriff,” she mused. “Ask
him to look for poor Mark. Levi could
take it down to him.”

Midnight struck. Mary Rogers. still
worked at her embroidery with trembling
fingers. Mrs. Perham watched the win-
dow. There was still no sign of Mark.

At last the landlady said, “I’m going
over to Eva Kennedy’s. If she hasn’t heard
from him by now, I’ll wake one of the
boys and send him down to the sheriff’s
office.”

Very soon she returned. “Mrs. Kennedy
hasn’t had any word,” she reported. “I’ll
go upstairs and get Levi.”

His eyes heavy-lidded with sleep, Levi
dressed hastily and came down into the
parlor. Mary Rogers was busily writing.

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kins; I went to Burlington be-
fore I went to the Falls; no one
rode with me from Burlington
to Winooski; there was no team
that drove with me from Bur-
lington to Winooski that day.
* * * We did not intend to start
for Canada until late on Satur-
day night; a message was re
ceived from some member of
Rev. Mr. Scott’s family that he
was dead, and requesting Clark
Potter to be there.”

George W. Kelly. Am a mes-
senger of the National Express
Company and run from here to
New York. I first heard of the
Williston murder when I return-
ed to Burlington the next Wed-
nesday night; heard that it hap-
pened the Sunday night before.
Monday morning one of the driv-
ers told me there was a man
who had been inquiring for the
messenger; the driver soon said
that the man was outside the
car waiting to see me. Stepped
out of the express car and this
man stood by the side of it; he
wanted to know whether he
could ride down with me and
said he was going to New York.
I told him, no, for it was against
the rules to let anybody ride
with me. Said he was acquaint-
ed with some of the boys in New
York and it would be pleasant
for him to ride down with me;
said he did not want to sponge
his ride as he intended to get
a ticket. Told him that as he
was a friend of some of the boys
in New York I would let him
ride, but would rather he would
wait until we got down the road
a piece. When we got to Ver:
gennes he came and got into my
ear. After leaving New Haven
I got into conversation with
him; he told me he had had a

fight the night before somewhere
back of Burlington; said he had
been up here for three or four
days, said he had a little busi-
ness up here. When he had got
ready to start from Jack Mer-
rill’s with a horse and carriage
which ne had hired at a livery
stable in Burlington he saw
four men watching him and he
started off then thinking he
would get out of sight of them
and drove along down until he
thought he had got away from
them and turned up the side
of the road and stopped; as soon
as he stopped he said he saw the
men coming again; they came
up to him and asked him what
business he had there. Said he
didn’t know it was any of their
business; they replied “they
would make it their business”
and pitched dn to him. He
fought them off until he got
away from them; said he struck
some of them and fired his re
volver at them and didn‘t know
whether he had hurt any one or
not. He showed me his revolv-
er, a common six-shooter; don’t
think I saw enough of it to iden-
tify it. This revolver looks like
the pistol the man showed me.
Said he fired off all the shots
there were in it; didn’t know
whether he killed him or not;
thought from his appearance he
had walked from where stated
he had the fight; his shoes and
pants were quite dusty; showed
me marks of blood on his cloth-
ing; said he got quite bloody in
the fight, said his coat was so
bloody and torn that he could not
wear it, put it into his carpet
bag; he had a leather bag with
him which hung up in the car,
and one which was checked, they
looked rather slim as if they

JOHN WARD. 565

did not have much in them,
showed me where there had been
blood on his pants from his knees
to his feet. He had tried to wash
it off. The man was rather slim,
taller than myself, had very
dark hair and whiskers; had on
a cloth hat with a stiff crown
and brim. Saw him next day
in New York in west Broadway;
I was on the wagon at the time
and just said, “How do you do?”
Next saw him in the jail here
last October, recognized him as
the same man that rode with
me in the car, his appearance
was changed, his dress was dif-
ferent and his whiskers gone;
had a little conversation with
him in the jail; I said ‘Good
morning” to him, he replied,
“You’ve got the start of me—I
never saw you before.” I told
him, “I guess you are mistaken
—you must have seen me be-
fore;” “You might have seen
me, but I don’t think you ever
did;” he asked me where I had
seen him, told him in New York,
up by the Girard House; I told
him there was no use of his say-
ing that he had no recollection
of meeting me, for he knew me
well enough; he then asked me
if I had seen Ed. Pease—that
was the man whom he told me
he knew in New York when he
asked to ride in my car—Pease
was one of our express drivers
in New York; he then said he
didn’t want me to say that I had
ever seen him before; said it
was life or death with him.

Cross-exramined. He had no
whiskers when I saw him in jail,
nothing but a small moustache;
should think his whiskers had
been shaved off by the looks of
his face; did not have the same

hat on as when I saw him be
fore; recognized him at once.

Noble B. Flanagan. Had been
employed by the authorities to
ferret out the author of the
Williston murder; made the ar-
rest of Ward, alias Lavigne.
First saw the prisoner in New
York about a fortnight after the
murder; I passed him on the
sidewalk, observed him as close-
ly as possible. Next saw him
on the cars at Charlotte the 19th
of September the second day of
the County Fair. The conductor
came and directed my attention
to this man; requested the con- -
ductor to pass along and pay no
attention to me. I got up, went
to the door and opened it, found
prisoner standing on the second
step of the platform with his
hand on both sides of the rail,
with his head round the corner
of car to keep it out of sight.
Saw that he had lost his whisk-
ers; he was dressed differently
from when I saw him in New
York. I passed right through
into the car and closed the door
and sat down by the window on
a seat at the end of the car and
watched carefully until I caught
sight of the prisoner’s face; he
was the man I was in pursuit
of. I went back to the other car
and requested Mr. Edwards to
come into the car and take a
seat there and keep an eye on
the prisoner; when I got to the
depot of the Rutland & Burling-
ton Railroad here, I learned that
the prisoner had left the cars;
when the cars started to go he
came out from behind a freight
ear which stood on the side
track, and jumped aboard, he
took position on the platform
again, I went back where I could
keep an eye on him; when the

bad

562 XIV. AMERICAN

STATE TRIALS.

{Lavigne stands up.] This
don’t look like the man I saw
at the Grand Jury Room either;
should say this was not the
man I saw at my house.

Hiram B. Fish. Recollect
when Mrs. Griswold was mur
dered, worked for Mr. Tyler at
his hotel in Essex Junction, a
man came there Saturday night
before, he was there through the
day on Sunday, last saw him
about nine o’clock that evening,
he sat in the sitting room, read-
ing. I went to his room next
morning to call him to break-
fast; he was not there and the
bed had not been occupied, or
else had been made up, it was
not customary to make the beds
so early, have since seen a man
in jail I think to be the man,
suppose this is the man in the
prisoner’s box. [Lavigne stands
up.] To the best of my recol-
lection this is the man.

Cross-exramined. Don’t recol-
lect about his pants and vest;
he wore a low crowned hat, a
soft hat of a grayish color; he
wore sidewhiskers and a very
light moustache; think his chin
was shaven. Had no particular
conversation with him. The man
left without paying his bill.

Elliott H. Bowman. Resided at
Essex junction last summer.
Saw Potter there the Sunday
morning before Mrs. Griswold’s
death. Saw the carriage stop at
Mr. Tyler’s hotel and Mr. Pot-
ter get in. Saw another man
standing with his arms on the
fence by the side of the carriage.
Saw Mr. Potter give him a cigar.
He then stepped round and got
into the carriage; there was a
woman and a child in the car-
riage. The carriage started
north and the gentleman went

with it. The man I saw leaning
on the fence I have since seen
in the jail, he is now in the pris-
oner’s box.

_ John Redmond. Wednesday
previous to the murder, I met a
man inquiring for Mr. Potter on
the road; he inquired for Mr.
Potter’s residence, directed him
to Potter’s; the man wore a
black coat, a roundabout hat and
black whiskers; couldn’t say
whether he had a black mous-
tache; think the prisoner, Ward,
is the man.

Park P. Wilkins. Saw Potter
the Friday before the murder at
my house at Winooski; asked
me to get in and ride with him.
Next saw him the day following.
Saw a couple of men ahead of
me who were driving smart,
they did not seem to desire to
let me go by, but finally I passed
them. Looked to see who the
parties were. Saw Mr. Potter
driving down the street with
the same team, this was about
noon. The man who was on the
near side was a dark complex-
ioned man with full whiskers
and a round top hat with wide
brim which looked as if a man
had stuck his fist into one side
of it; saw a man in jail in Sep-
tember last who looked like that
man. The prisoner Ward is the
same man.

Warren Atkins. Kept the ho-
tel at Winooski last August;
knew Potter by sight; recollect
the time of Mrs. Griswold’s mur-
der. Mr. Potter came to my
house the Thursday or Friday
before the murder, he inquired
if a dark complexioned man had
called there, I told him there
had not. The Saturday after,
such a man came, he inquired
after Mr. P., this man was a tall-

JOHN WARD. | 563

ish, slim man, dark complexion,
and dark side whiskers, his hair
was dark and he had on a dark
colored hat and clothes, think
Mr. Potter came there that fore-
noon, this man waited till he
came, the man said he had been
waiting some time for him; they
started off together, their wagon
broke, and they went towards
the blacksmith’s shop, the man
came back after Potter went to
the shop and went into the bar-
room, he staid a few minutes, I
have seen a man that resembled
him very much last fall in the
Grand Jury Room, saw him the
time he was arrested, when Mr.
Flanagan brought him into my
house, thought he was the same
man that came to my house and
inquired for Mr. Potter, he had
some whiskers at the time, look-
ed as if he had a growth of
whiskers, and that they had re-
cently been shaved off.

Cross-examined. Mr. Potter
did not give this man’s name
when he inquired for him; saw
Potter and this man together for
about five minutes; swear posi-
tively that this was the man
that was at my house.

Louis Loncke. Reside at Wi-
nooski; am a blacksmith. Saw
Potter the Saturday before the
murder at my shop, he came to
get his horse shod. There was
aman with him at the time;
did not see enough of the man
to recognize him.

Joseph W. Pratt. Reside near
the Williston Poor Farm; saw
Mr. Potter about four Saturday
afternoon, before the murder,
near my house; he was driving
east and had a man with him;
the man had a dark colored coat
and had whiskers and a mous-

tache; he also had on what some
call a “rowdy” hat.

William H. French. Was cor-
oner at the time of the inquest.
Potter stated in his testimony
at the inquest: “I did not have
any conversation with anyone
at Painesville; stopped there
and got a cigar but did not see:
anyone I knew. There was sev-
eral round the hotel when I was:
there at Painesville, sitting im
the bar-room. I did not see any-
one after I left the hotel on the
road from there to Colchester;
did not have any conversation
with anyone I know of; did not
speak to anyone at the hotel, ex-
cept the man from whom I got
the cigar, and a man who was
holding a horse at the hotel
steps, who was grumbling about
it, and I told him to hold the
horse as long as he got pay for
it; I did not talk with any man
at Painesville, except as above
stated, did not walk along by
the team talking with anyone;”
Potter also testified, “There was
a person came to look at the
horse about two weeks since.
The gentleman said he was from
New York; he looked at Mr,
Griswold’s horse more than at
mine; he came there at noon;
took dinner there. He did not
give his.name and I did not ask
it; should think him from 35 to
38 years of age; I had been away
and found him there when I got
home. I carried him to Essex
Junction in the afternoon, to
take the train, have no recollec-
tion of the day when the man
came to buy a horse.” Mr. Pot-
ter further testified, “The day
the king-bolt was repaired was
the last day I went to the Falls,
it must have been the first day
I went to see, and did see, Wil-

566 XIV. AMERICAN

STATE TRIALS.

cars stopped at the Central De-
pot he got off and ran through a
crowd which was there waiting
to take the cars, behind the cars
which were going to Essex Junc-
tion; watched him until he got
out of sight behind the Central
train, then got on the forward
car of the train; when the cars
started a person came from be-
hind a pile of lumber and got
on the same platform that I stood
on, he drew a wide-brimmed hat
down over his eyes and pulled up
a handkerchief over his chin,
drew his coat collar up and sat
down on the second step; went
back and found Mr. Appleton,
and requested him to take up his
ticket and keep it; when I got
to Winooski I had Mr. Edwards
with me on the platform, and as
the cars stopped, the prisoner at-
tempted to step off as usual. I
seized him by the collar, hauled
him up on the platform, and told
him I must make a prisoner of
him, he asked what was the ac-
cusation, I replied, “Nothing but
murder.” He said “that was
very strange, as he was an en-
tire stranger, and never was
through here before in the
world;” took him up the hill
from the depot, Mr. Edwards
had hold of his. collar. I
saw prisoner slipping his hand
into his pocket; said to Edwards
“look out for his hand.” We
took him into the tavern at Wi-
nooski; admitted to me that he
had been through here once be-
fore, said he came through about
a year ago in coming from Can-
ada. Searched him; I drew from
the pocket in which Mr. Ed-
wards took out his hand @
“seven-shooter,” loaded, next
drew out of his waist-band 2
“spring billy;” found a patch in

his vest pocket, also found on
him a lancet and a bottle of chlo-
roform; and in his coat pocket
among a parcel of songs, a cer-
tain paper. Said he was licensed
to carry them, and that he used
the chloroform for the toothache.
Told me he was a_ boatman
and was going to Rouse’s Point
to buy a boat; found in his
pocket-book $3 in bills and a lit-

‘tle scrip.

Rollin Pease. Was keeping a
livery stable in this place at the
time of Mrs. Griswold’s murder.
Had no teams out that evening
but one, which Mr. Patee had.
Heard of no fight between a
party of men that night.

Henry Ballard. Visited the
County jail to see Lavigne at his
request the first or second day
after his arrest. My impression
is I carried something to the
post-office for him within two
weeks after his arrest; the let-
ters were directed to New York
City. Have carried quite a
number of letters for him; can’t
recollect if any one was ad-
dressed to Mr. Pease of New
York or not (Envelope shown to
witness marked “O”) Can’t say
if I carried that letter to the of-
fice. My impression is that the
direction is in Lavigne’s hand-
writing.

Cross-eramined. Am one of
the prisoner’s counsel. Had
some conversation with Mr.
Bowman who testified yesterday.
I asked him to give me in detail
his evidence in this case; he did
so in substance as given in court.
I asked him if he was positive
that the man he saw in jail was
the man he saw with Mr. Pot-
ter at Essex Junction; his reply
was, “there was a chance for a
mistake about it.” I said, “then

JOHN

WARD. | 567

you are not certain this is the
same man”; he further said that
he had never said it was the
same man. Have been some-
what active in looking up testi-
mony in this case.

Edward H. Peuse. Reside in
New York City, have resided
there 13 years. In August,. 1865,
was an expressman; am _ ac-
quainted with Mr. Kelly; am ac-
quainted with Lavigne or Ward;
his name is Ward to the best of
my knowledge, always heard
him called by that name; recol-
lect being with Mr. Kelly in an
express wagon in New York one
Tuesday, and seeing Mr. Ward
on the sidewalk. Ward called to
me. Kelly asked me his name
and I told him. I had some con-
versation with Ward that after-
noon, about where he had been
that week. He asked me where
the messenger was who came
down the day before, said he
had seen him in the country
and rode a piece with him. He
did not mention any place. [En-
velope and letters marked “O”
shown to witness.] I received
those at my house..

Cross-examined. Ward did not
board with me; he professed to
be in the substitute brokerage;
he was never a driver in the
city to my knowledge; don’t
know Patrick Hayes or Jenkins.

Wm. B. Munson. Have been
the keeper of the jail since last
August; have never known Ward
to complain of toothache in jail;
saw him every day, sometimes
three or four times a day. Ward
has never to my knowledge re-
ceived any money since he has
been in jail. [Objected to and
excluded.] Papers marked “S”
shown to witness. Have seen
this paper. It was handed to me

in jail by Morris Flanagan,
about two weeks since. Flana-
gan was then confined in jail.
The envelope was sealed when
handed to me. This letter (an-
other one) is addressed to Mr.
Counsellor Wilbur, Jericho Cor-
ners, Vt. Mr. Ward told me that
he wrote the letter. The letter
was handed me last Friday
morning by Daniel Harrington
in jail. I have here another let-
ter addressed to Luman Drew;
it is marked by my autograph;
I saw Mr. Ward write that let-
ter. About two weeks since, Pot-
ter told me I could help him if:
I had a mind to more than any
man in the world. He said he
would give me $500 to assist him
or to do what I could for him.
He took a $50 greenback out. of
his pocket and put it into my
vest pocket; said he meant what
he said. I took the bill out of
my pocket and wanted to have
him take it back; he refused and
I laid it either on the bunk or
on his knee; told him I would
do all I could for him fairly and
squarely and he said that was
all he wanted; said I could help
him about the jury if I felt so
disposed. He mentioned some
hames that he thought would
make good jurymen who he said
had no ill-will against him.

Cross-examined. Potter re-
ferred to a prejudice against
him in this county. Said he
thought people were prejudiced;
he expressed fears that he should
not get a fair trial. His first re
mark was to the effect that I
could help him have a fair,
square trial. In calling the jury
he wanted to call on men not
prejudiced against him. Told
him I had nothing to do about
the jury, that I should call on

568 XIV. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

men that had not been spoken’ der, there was no party of four
of to me. Think this was be at my house the night of the
fore he showed the money. murder. Mr. Potter called at
Andrew Jackson Merrill. my house about the middle of
Heard of Mrs. Griswold’s mur- the day, on Saturday he got a
der Monday morning. Had nev- cigar, he came from ‘towards
er seen this man (Ward) before Winooski and went back towards
to my knowledge; have seen him Winooski.
once since in jail. There was The State’s Attorney then read
no affray the night of the mur-_ the following letters:

Buriinetron, Sept. 25, 1865.
Friend Pease:

I have been arrested in Burlington, and am now in jail. Tell
Kelly that he must not know anything about me at all, if he is
called on. I was taken off the train last beyond Burlington.

Recollect Kelly must not know me and I want you to tell him so.
No more at present. Yours respectfully,

JEROME LAVIGNE,

Burlington Jail, Vt.

Don’t write at all. Merely do as I tell you, &c. W D.
This envelope was directed “In Haste’ to Mr. Edward H. Pease,
324, 9th Avenue, New York.

BurLINGTON, Sept. 30, 1865.
Friend Pease:

I write again to inform that K., the rake, has been here looking
at me, but did not say if he knew me or not. He told me he had
not seen you at all; that he had not been in New York in three
weeks. If you see him you will tell him to say that I am not the
man at all, that he has seen the man in New York since. You will
see the policy of this. He merely said here that he had seen me
before, and when I asked him where, he said in New York, that is
all very well, it amounts to nothing. I spoke a few words to him
on the sly, and he said that he would not do anything that would
hurt me. I want you to see him and talk to him on the subject. I
have sent my brother seventy-five ($75) for him to pay the expenses
of the party up here.

And I have got more ready when they come. I wish you would
go and see him, and find out what he is doing in the matter. He
stops at 439, 7th Avenue, cor. 37th street, in Strain’s Porter House.

I have sent for him for a witness, and also for Strain and Jen-
kins, folks who I was living with, and Murray, who keeps that
porter house, corner of 30th street and 6th avenue. Please go and
see those parties and let me know if they are coming up, and also
if you are coming.

Hoping that you will attend to those matters,

I remain yours respectfully,
JEROME LAVIGNE.

JOHN WARD. 569

Direct all letters to Jerome Lavigne, care of Mr. Henry Ballard,
Burlington, Vermont. I have got two lawyers in the case at pres-
ent. Hurry them up down there, as the trial comes off this week,
I have sent for eight (8) witnesses besides yourself, [W.]

Mr, Englesby next submitted a

the person of the prisoner Ward.

paper found by Mr. Flanagan upon

The paper consisted of the song,

“Pat Malloy,” printed on coarse news print, with a fancy border.
Upon the back of the sheet was scribbled a number of figures and
the following: “John Ward, Canal Boat, F. J. Davis. Albany to

Oswego.”

THE TESTIMONY FOR THE DEFENSE.

Jackson Potter. Am a cousin
of Charles Potter. Charles came
to my house the Sunday before
the murder in a covered car-
riage with wife and daughter
Katy; remained all night at my
house, said he was coming from
home and going to Canada. We
sat up that night until nearly
ten o’clock; suppose he then
went to bed. Went to the stable
next morning before he got up.
Charles’ horse had no appearance
of having been out the night be-
fore. They took breakfast.
Wednesday morning he called at
my house with the same team:
think Katy was not in; he mere-
ly watered his horse, said he
had come from Canada and was
going home.

Electa Potter. Am wife of
Jackson Potter; remember
Charles Potter coming on Sab-
bath day, same day of the mur-
der,

John A. Potter. Am cousin of
Charles Potter. Mr. Griswold and
Clark Potter stopped at my
house about 6 o’clock Sunday of
the murder, saw Charles next
morning coming from Jackson’s
with the same company and wife
and children, observed the horse,
who looked well, he appeared
fresh.

Edmund Waite. Keep the toll-

gate in Sheldon, knew Charles
Potter, remember his passing
through about 4 o’clock Sunday

of the murder, the first carriage

with a young man and Griswold
passed through just ahead of
Potter’s carriage, saw the same
teams again Wednesday morn-
ing, then saw Potter’s face, Pot-
ter’s team did not to my knowl-
edge pass through again Sun-
day night.

Edward Call. Remember
when George Williams was at
the table and the complaint took
place about the meat; Dr. Ham
was not there, he had not come,
she said the meat smelt -bad,
Mr. Griswold said it was good,
and eat a big piece, the old lady
said nothing, but soon got up
and left the table, Charles said
if she did not eat any, there
would be more for us, said noth-
ing more, made no remark about
giving money to any one to take
her out of the way, made no re-
mark about the devil.

Katy Potter. A man came to
the house the Wednesday before
Mrs. G. was murdered, father
was not there, he talked with
grandpa about the horse, talked
about the black mare, grandpa
said. he could not have her, Ed.
Call went down to the field and
caught grandpa’s horse, he took

WINDSOR COUNTY COURT

June Term

‘ Hon, Frank L. Fish, Providing Judye
ee N Gane f Aasistant Judges
“OFFICERS OF THE COURT
Jay Read Permber, Clerk
Karl A. Pember, Deputy Clerk
kK EE Cole, State’s Attorney
James H. Kiniry, Sheritl
Fred A. Leland, bHigh Bailitl
H. BE. Whay, stenographer
Fred’k C. Southgate, Probation Officer
(Continued from second page)

Friday was taken up with the details

of the physical examination of George
Warner at the retreat. in Waterbury
and a multiplicity of evidence to show
that there was insanity in a number of
his relatives, and that he was_ very
nervous, excitable and unbalanced over
alleged‘relations of his wife with two
or three other men. His physical ex-
amination was said to show that the
“special senses were about normal and
the reflexes showed nothing wrong.

The testimony of Mrs. Etta (Wiggin)
Warner, wife of Geo. Warner, was to
the effect that it was the first of Octo-
ber when she ordered her husband
away and she immediately began divorce

roceedings.
bau were true and some were not.

were true, but not with regard

Stuart.

morning of Nov. 4. Her father was

called to her home that morning on ac-
He came again |
and |

count of the trouble.
| about two o’clock in the afternoon
‘went home a few minutes before three.

Jay Graves, half-brother to Warner,
told among other things that for the
last three years Warner had been quite
a hard drinker of alcohol, Jamaica gin-
pets peppermint, etc. He, with anum-

er of. other witnesses, said Warner
tried to have them go and induce his
wife to take him back. He also told of
going after the cows in Mr, Rowell’s
pasture in the afternoon of the next
day after the Wiggins died and finding

him. He said no and laid the gun
down. He wanted to know where his
wife was.
done an awful thing.
couldn’t help it, he:had to do it. i
he was going down that night and kill

Warner said he

something to eat and a fur coat. Wit-
ness put the cows in

talked with Devutv Sheriff Leland.

Some of his criticisms of |
Some.

of them with regard to Mr. Garfield |
to |
There had been some trouble.
between her husband and herself on the |

Warner there with a rifle and revolver.
He asked Warner if he would shoot

Witness told him he had

| Went back and induced Warner to give
him his rifle and revolver and go down
‘and give himself into the hands of the
‘deputy sheriff. Warner said he was
| going to kill himself on his wife’s door-

‘|\ step. The rifle he had was said to be

-Mr. Wiggin’s. Witness found his own
‘rifle in the pasture afterwards. Wit-
ness said he went with Warner when he
went to his mother’s to change his
clothes before being taken to Chester
jail. His mother and those there be-
gan to cry and Warner told them not to
feel bad, that he had to doit. Oncross

examination witness claimed that War: |

ner told him, “If it was not for the
Wiggins he could get back with his
wife, He thought Wiggin was helping
to keep his wife away from him.”’

Dr. H. C. Jackson of Woodstock,
who attended Warner a number of
times when he was sick, in+the jail, was

asked as to the results of his physical |

examination of him, and they seemed
to be practically in accord with that
made in the retreat in Waterbury as
far as that was given. He found that
he could walk a crack in the floor fairly
well, but when standing with his feet
together and his eyes shut he swayed
one way and the other. Had to give
him about three times as much seda-
tive as toan ordinary person in order
to keep him quiet. "ound a_ small
leakage in one of the valves of the
heart, and when he came back from
Waterbury the reflexes were almost

ings.

The doctor claimed to find scars of
an old attack of syphilis, and also con-
siderable hardening of the arteries to
which in part his frequent headaches
were due. His testimony tended to
show that from his talk, his nervous-
ness, trembling, and_ his mind contin-
ually dwelling on his troubles in the

Creanedawra,

abolished according to the doctor’s find-’

Said
himself. Wanted witness to get him

the barn and then

end of aric \e)

1ONT, JULY 8, 1915

ay . . , . |
| way it did, together with the facts |
brought out in the physical. examina-_
tion, Warner was insane and that he, |

the doctot,

believed he was; and he’

agrees With Dr. Wasson of the Water- |

| bury Retreat that the three great or

‘principal ‘tauses of insanity are hered- |

ity, syphilis and alcoholism,
"he testimony of Dr.

r ; William D.
‘Flanders of Burlington, expert’ wit-|

ness for the defence, as elicited by F. |

G. Bicknell, counsel for the defence, a-
mounted to a physio-pathological lec-
ture on the organs of the special senses |

|
{
|
{
|

and their effect on the brain and mind |
in health and disease, with results simi- |
lar to those given by Dr. Jackson, but |

more specific in detail.

From his oph- |

thalmoscopic examination of the eyes
of George Warner he deduced that there |

was alcoholic and syphilitic degener- |
ation of the retina which he claimed |
signified’ that the brain was similarly |
affected and that there was hardening

of the arteries of the brain also that the
| trouble inthe brain was to. the left of
'eenter. From these physical exam-

saneand has been for some time.

Mrs.-Etta Warner. was recalled and
allowed to correct her statement with
regard to her husband’s criticisms of
her conduct with other men to the effect
‘that ‘‘the things that are criminal and
wrong between a woman and aman
le he charged her with are not
rue,

There was considerable more evidence

after which the defense rested and the
state put in evidence in rebuttal b
people who had known and done _ busi-

ness with him and called him sane.

}inations, and some conversation with |
him the doctor concludes that he is in-,

from people who knew Warner tend- |
ing to show their belief in his insanity, |

’

By order 0
bid at co
rtd ’s Prisonin Wind-
my to the State’s Prison in Wi
sor for safe keeping, et oi Ersits
ate ahi cares iieveabtence of
Iso taken tos ;
ane and a half to two years.

on the verdict. Itis expected that the

WINDSOR COUNTY COURT

{ June Term
Hon. Frank L. Fish, Presiding Judge

Hon./E. H/ Edgerton, : i
eyes IN. Gage t Assistant Judges

OFFICERS OF THE COURT

’ Jay Read Pember, Clerk
Karl A. Pember, Deputy Clerk
B. E. Cole, State's Attorney
mes H. Kiniry, Sheriff
Fred A. Leland, High Bailiff
H. E. Whay, Stenographer
Fred'k C. Southgate, Probation Officer

The trial of George Warner for mur-
der of Mr. and Mrs. Herny Wiggin in
Andover, which had been in progress
nearly two weeks, came to a close last
Thursday afternoon. The arguments
of lawyers began about four o’clock
Wednesday afternoon. The case was
given to the jury a few minutes past
twelve on Thursday and after deliberat-
ing about four hours they brought in
the verdict of guilty of murder in the
first degree and judgment was decreed

case will be taken to the supreme court.
State’s Attorney Bert E. Cole and At-
torney-General Herbert G. Barber pros-

ecuted. F, Gy Bicknell; counsel for de-
fence. e | \

we we mbt

f Governor Gates, George
nvicted of murder ini the
was taken on Tuesc4s

ch he has

VI SSandared,

‘Ajayi @

et ew ey

in charge of Sherriff J. H. Kiniry and
denne and was taken back to Wind--

sor on the afternoon train.

Argues to Save Life of George
Warner

At a session of the Vermont Supreme
court in Brattleboro last week Attorney
General Herbert G. Barber called the
attention of the court to the case of the
state of Vermont against George War-
ner of Simonsville, in the town of An-
dover, who, in November, 1914, killed
Mr. and Mrs. Henry F, Wiggin of that
town, parents of Warner’s wife. He
fas tried in Windsor county court and
convicted of first degree murder, after
entering a plea of not guilty by reason
of insanity, but took the case to the su-
preme conrt on exceptions which inelud-
ed a claim that the court had erred in
admitting certain testimony and again
that there had been an error of law in
the charge. to the jury. As the law
makes it discretionary with the court
whether a defendant shall be present
in court when questions of law are be-
ing argued the attorney-general called!
the case to the attention of the court |
that they might decide as to whether |
to require Warner’s presence, ied

Il was the decision of the court that |
Warner should be present in court and
Sherif J. H. Kiniry of Windsor county
was notified immediately to have the |
prisoner in court the following morning.

Accordingly on Wednesday morning

arner was produced in court and At.
torney I". G. Bicknell of White River
Junction, counsel for the respondent,
argucd his exceptions which were based
on the ground that the state did not con-
fine itself, in attempting to disprove the
insanity plea of the respondent, to the
pela of two years covered specifically
*y the defence in presenting’ evidence
to prove insanity. State's Attorney
Cole and Attorney-General H. G. Bar-
ber argued for the state.

The prisoner arrived in Brattleboro
from the state's prison at 9:10 0’c¢lock

VT Sten ddd
2 iat ce ©

}
i

_in the case of State vs. George Warner,
‘convicted of murder in the first degree
in Windsor county in June, 1915, were

‘| The condemned pleaded for a new
| trial, charging that Attorney Bicknell, |
who defended him in County court, had|

George Warner to Die Week of July
3, 1919

Execeptions filed by the respondent

held by Justice’ Powers in an opinion
read last week at the opening of the
May term of Supreme court, to be with-
out merit and the sentence of the court
'was that Warner be electrocuted at the
| state prison the week of July 3, 1919,

_ Warner was brought from the state
prison, where he had been confined
‘for nearly two years, to hear the
; Opinion read and at the conclusion was
‘given a chance to make a statement.

not introduced much of the evidence

'thathe had told him in a seven-hour|

conversation and that the attorney was
ashamed to ‘‘show his head here to-
|day."" The attorney was not present.
Warner told the justices he had not
| had justice and pleaded for a new trial
on the ground that he had much_ evi-
; dence which he would introduce if he
‘could secure an attorney anda second
trial. “‘I want an attorney who will
not do me crooked,’’ declared Warner,
In his statement he asserted that his
mind was a blank concerning the

_ The first execution in the state of Ver-/Mrs. Marsh of Walpole, N.H., one half

murder, :
Justice George M. Powers sentenced

of 1912, ordering him committed to
the state prison at hard labor until, 30
days prior to the week of his execu-
tion. Warner asked the court to re-
peat the date set for his death and on
being told again declared ‘grimly, ‘‘I’ll

be dead;before that time; all worn|

the convicted man under the statutes |

out,’?-

Double Murderer Walks to Cha
Is Sure of Forgiveness

After one shock of 2000 volts, lasting
one minute and 12 seconds, George E,
Warner paid the Supreme penalty at
the Vermont state prison at three min-
utes and 12 seconds after 3 o'clock
Saturday morning, for the murder of
his wife’s parents, Mr. and Mrs, Henry
Wiggins of Simondaville in 1914,

For several hours preceding the exe-

ir—

The following persons witnessed the |
execution:—R, H. Walker, superinten-
dent of the institution; Rey, J. W. Raf-
ter, chaplain of the prison; Dr. F. 4,
MeKewen, prison physician; J, Ww.
McDermott, warden; J. W. Kimball,
cution, Warner slept peacefu ly, appar- deputy warden; F. W. Bressor ste-
ently unmindful of his Impending death. | ward of prison; Rev. P, C, Manzer of
He was led into the execution chamber Jersey City,
at 2.58 by Deputy Warden McDermott,
Rev. J. Wesley Rafter and Rev. P. C,
Manzer. Outwardly the condemned
man was calm.

Rev. Rafter read the 23d Psalm and/s
Warner repeated

land; Joel C, Hibbard of Windsor; J.
ee Dr. B. H.
aboratory of
t the Lord’s prayer | hygiene, and an electrician, z
with the chaplain. He was not blind-| “Warner has been in the death hous
folded. fora month. This building is attach:
The current was turned on at 2000 /ed to the south end of the east wing of
volts at exactly 3 o’clack. The current /the institution,
was raised and lowered for one minute! The body of Warner will be taken to
and 12 seconds. At three minutes and jlocal undertaking parlors and will be
12 seconds after 3 the man was pro-/|removed Monday to Simonsville where
nounced dead by Dr. F, H. McKewen |the burial] will take
of Windsor. : |_ He is survived by his mother, Mrs.
When taken from the chair, the body | Hattie Graves of Simonsville, two half
had no appearance of being |

mont in the electric chair went off brother,

without a hitch. children, Dewey Warner aged 21, mar-
The following statement was given of Claremont N. H., Madeline

out early this morning by the condemn- aged 15, who lives with her mother with

ed man, following a brief Visit in the|her two younger sisters,

death house last evening by his mother Warner’s wife wag granted a divorce

and oldest son:— about a year ago and hng remarried,
“Give my best regards to all the boys | Mrs. Huntoon also lives in Simonsville

and if I have wronged them in any way | with her three children. ee

I want them to forgive me. [Lat any ay tis is the first electrocution in the

trouble be an example to them. | want | State of Vermont, the last death pen-

to thank all the boys for many kind- | alty having been paid by Bosworth, who

nesses tome, The matron has been a! was hung in January, 1914, The electric

mother to me and I want to thank her | chair was placed in tha institution in

for her kind acts. I also want to thank June, 1914,

Mr. Walker, the wardens, and Mr.

Ward who has been as kind as a father

to me,

“Mr. Walker and the chaplin have
done all they could to save my life,
Mr. Rafter has been with me every

day and has helped me bear up in my| ee
ce. I believe in God and know I; | Orieot r
was forgiven my sin. I am trusting |

him to take me home in Heaven. | al. | art

80 want to thank everyone who has
been so kind to my mother, sisters,
brother and son when they visited me
during the last days of my life. God
bless them all for their kindness. I al-|
80 want to thank Mr. Manzer for’ his
help.’’

TOA
Farr
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WATSON, Ronald Joseph, wh, elec. VT (Rutland) January 2, 1947

HENRY TEELON (left) drove a passenger into the
bitter Vermont night. Searchers found first his taxi,
then his body. It was sagging over a fence (arrow) at
the roadside. Hank Teelon had been stabbed to death.

Service office on South Main Street F
in Rutland, Vt., but the red belly of ©

T HE LIGHTS were out in Red’s Taxi

the stove gave a cheery glow by which

two men smoked. their pipes in content- ©

ment and. silence.

Finally Gerald “Hop”. Hostler, one of |
the drivers, extended his wrist toward. the |
feeble light and scanned the dial of his

watch. ‘Almost time for the 2:45,” he
said to. Norman Wetmore, a friend who

had dropped in for an early morning chat. 4
“Hank should be here to meet it with me.” |
A car pulled up outside the office and |
Hostler said, “That’s probably him now.” §
But it wasn’t. A man named Halliday, (

known to both, stuck his head in the door.

“Hi, Hop!” he greeted. “Say, I gotta E
meet the train. Soldier friend of mine}
coming in. But listen; I just came through ©
Chittenden and ‘saw one of your cabs stuckF

Poo ey

INSIDE DETECTIVE, April,~9o+8

in the road, cros<
open. Had to clo:
around. I figure
driver went for he

Hostler 'jumpec
Hank! Fine ni;
around 18 below.
there.”

“And miss tl

- queried.

“Tl phone Bur
with a car. We ca:
in weather like th:

A few minutes |
Hostler’s cab for t
nine miles north
funny,” Hostler
phoned.” °

“Maybe he coulc
pointed out.

The cab took a

ity cops iimmedintely swarmed out
search hangouts, while others
ched the human flow on Center
‘et, Rutland'’s main drag, with the
te, hazy skiing slopes in the back-
ind, It was too bad that these men
to leave their homes on Christ-
; Day—the one time they could let
n and be with their families. But
y had to find Henry Teelon’s killer
that was most important at the
nent.
Imo Franzoni, meanwhile, made in-
‘ies at a local garage as to whether
cab had been towed in; and when
reard it had, he set out to scour the
o for fingerprints.

FORE anything came of all this
ictivity, Doctor C. F. Whitney re-
ted to Sheriff Franzoni. Doctor
itney had performed an autopsy
his findings changed the picture
siderably.
irst, Teelon had not ,been killed
the one terrific blow on his head.
was it apparently this blow that
pulverized the whisky bottle. The
er, it seemed, had smashed the
k afterward in order to eliminate
rerprints.
econd, Teelon, crazed with fear and
1, and bleeding from many knife
inds, may have run from the cab
become entangled in the barbed
e fence in a frantic effort to escape
n his killer. The immediate cause
leath was a deep stab wound in the
k which had severed the jugular

x
‘hird, all stab wounds were deep.
implication being that they had
n inflicted with a long-bladed knife.
Tone of the autopsy findings was
practical value, excépt perhaps for
type of knife that was used—ap-
ently the type of knife people don’t
inarily carry around with them.
ind before the Sheriff had had time
zive much thought to the matter of
knife, Charlie Callahan came in to
him. He was a farmer who lived up
ur Pittsford Mills which is where the
ittenden Road forks off the Rutland-
tsford Road. ‘

DROVE to the depot last night,
‘bout three o'clock,” the farmer
4. “Had to pick up a nephew of mine
o got a discharge from the Army.
;’ "bout a mile south of Pittsford
lls I saw a man walking along the
hway toward Rutland. Suddenly
it man was gone, like th’ earth’d
ulowed him. ‘There’s nothin’ but
od “long that stretch, y’know. He
ist of ducked’ behind the bushes
use he didn’t ‘want to be seen, I
kon.”

‘That's smart thinking, Charlie.”
: Sheriff said. He was elated at the

broak, “Now tell me what the man
looked like, Height, age, clothes, every~
thing you noticed.”

Callahan scratched his head. “He
was "bout medium height. Can’t tell
you anything regardin’ his age. Didn’t
get a good ‘nough look at him. He
skipped into the bushes before I got
real close. He was a slender feller, and
from the way he walked, kinda briskly,
I’d say he was young, maybe in his
twenties.”

A’2 then Almo Franzoni returned
from the fingerprint check.
wa find anything?” the Sheriff

Almo Franzoni shook his head
wearily. “There isn’t one single print
in the whole works. We're up against
a baby that’s as tough and as clever
as they come. He seemed to have
wiped the car clean, or rather smeared
the blood, probably with his gloves, and
he didn’t miss a single pawmark. Not
even that smudge on the ignition that
I first thought might be a useable
print.”- He paused, then: “What’s the
news around here?” :

The Sheriff told him of the hiker
who had dodged Callahan’s headlights
near Pittsford Mills.

Almo Franzoni frowned thought-
fully. “That’s about two miles from
where Teelon was. killed, or a half
hour’s walk. The time element and the
location fit.”

A brief smile lifted the corners of
the Sheriff’s mouth. “You forget one
thing, Almo. Earlier today we had
another car follow the cab—the get-
away car, maybe.” ‘

“It’s more’ likely that the hiker was
the killer,” the State Investigator said
insistingly. ‘Only somebody up to no
good would be caught walking there
on a cold night like that.”

T= phone bell had shrilled into the
investigator’s last words. When the
Sheriff picked up the receiver the voice
of Rutland’s Police Chief Potter came
over the wire.

“It looks like I’ve got a line on the
man you want,” Potter announced. “A
girl's come up here and she told me
quite a story. Maybe you'd better look
into it.”

Immediately Almo Franzoni hurried
over to the Rutland Police Station.
The girl was waiting, young, attrac-
tive, and a bit shaky.

“T’m ‘sure he killed the cab driver,”
she kept saying.

Franzoni made her tell the whole
story. ‘She had met a sailor last night
at a dance in nearby Mendon. His
name was Fred—that was all she
knew. He was a nice fellow, Fred. Nice
smile, a dashing way with girls, good
dancer. He carried a bottle in his hip
pocket and kept drinking from it. And

est We Lose Vigilance

out the conscience of the German

ople.
The United States Office of Military
vernment in the American zone of
supation reports the facts you are
iding here. And that Office issues
is warning: Combat troops—who
ight against the Nazis and saw their
ddies die by Nazi bullets, know at
st hand what kind of fighter the Ger-
in soldier can be-—--they never will
‘vet the barbarism. they saw; they are
ing replaced in the Army of Occupa-
in by fresh troops lately out of homes
d freshly off American soil. These
ys, extreme youths without combat
perience. are extra ripe for the
sidious propaganda the German girls
sixteen to nineteen are stuffing into
e sympathies of our G I's. If you
ive a boy going over, if you are one
wurself—don’t let this insidious sym-
ithy-play get you.
The United States Army’s Informa-
on and Education Division recently
ok a poll of G I’s in Germany, as re-
yrted in Time Magazine, issue of Jan-
ry 14, 1946. That poll showed that
wer and fewer American soldiers feel
yward their former enemies as ene-
lies. “The longer they stay, the more

(Continued from
Page 12)

friendly they feel.” says Time, speak-
ing of G I’s. Thirty-four percent of
the newly-arrived troops spoke kind-
ly of the Germans. Fifty-nine percent
of those who had been in the Army of
Occupation for two months or more
thought they were a little bit of all
right. The Germans, they said, are
“like us.”

S° MUCH for insidious propaganda
that can lull to such complacency
soldiers of the U.S., the very nation the
Nazis declared they would govern and
enslave! Their propaganda must have
gotten in some good licks against us for
our boys to feel as they do now, for it’s

less than a year since they were strain- .

ing to tear our throats!

In the words of General Eisenhower
himself, issued at a press conference in
Frankfurt last October before he be-
came Chief of Staff: “It would take 50
years of hard work” to re-educate Ger-
many in democratic ideals.

And we add: The way to de-Nazify-
ing Germany is certainly NOT by lend-
ing a sympathetic ear to a siren voice
that tries to soften the most atrocious
mass crimes in the world’s history.—
The Editor.

aa the bottle got emptier his temper
became nastier, He wanted the girl
to go with him—though he never said
where. He said he was going to stop
a car, like he was trying to hitchhike
and then he’d stick a knife in the guy’s
ribs and make him drive where he
wanted him to go. He said he wasn’t
afraid of the law and he showed her a
big knife, and then had another swig
from his flask. The girl wanted to get
away from him—they were still at the
dance place—but he dared her to try,
and his finger closed tighter around the
handle of the knife as he threatened
her. In desperation the girl told him
to come outside with her and just as
soon as they were through the door
she ran away with the drunken sailor
stumbling after her. She ran until she
met friends who gave her a lift back to
Rutland.

au HAT time was it when you left
him?” Franzoni asked.

“Shortly after eleven.”

“Describe him.” :

She said he was skinny, tall, thin
brown hair, about 25.

“Oh yes,” she added excitedly, “he
had a big scar. A scar that went from

his nose almost down to his chin. He

said he got clipped in a fight some
time back.”

The hunt for Fred, the scar-faced
sailor, began immediately.

Questioning of waiters in Rutland
made Fred an even greater suspect.
He had been seen in Rutland after
midnight; that was after the girl had
left him. The cab driver who was fin-
icky about his fares might have made
an exception of the drunken sailor out
of respect for his uniform. The trail
of the scar-faced gob had become hot
suddenly, and the search was on in
earnest.

It was the morning of December 26
now, and when the Sheriff arrived at
the courthouse he was told that a
woman was waiting for him. She was
Mrs. Marguerite Pelkey, of Pittsford.

“I didn’t hear about poor Henry
Teelon’s being killed until today when
I read the paper, what with Christmas
and all,” she said. “I would have come
up sooner. I have some information
I think you might be interested in.”

“All information is welcome,” the
Sheriff told her eagerly. “Go ahead.”

The woman then said that she had
been driving to Rutland that night to
meet her husband arriving by train
shortly after 3:30 a.m. Below the Mill
Village power station her son Richard,
who was riding with her, spotted a
young man on the highway trying to
thumb a ride. Richard said, ‘“That’s
one of the ‘Newfies’ from around here.
Let’s give him a ride.” The “Newfie,”
one of the 700 Newfoundland volun-
teer farm workers employed in the
Rutland area, got into the car. He
seemed dazed and said he had been
drinking too much and couldn't re-
member: how he had got into that
vicinity. His hand was bleeding and
he seemed badly hurt. He explained
the injury by saying that he must have
cut himself sometime during the night.
He asked to be let off in Rutland at
the corner of West and Elm Streets.
On the following morning, when Mrs.
Pelkey got the car out again, she
noticed bloodspots on the back seat,
he aga from the hitchhiker’s injured

and.

au D2 YOU know where you can find
this fellow?” the Sheriff asked.

Mrs. Pelkey shook her head. She
didn’t know. Neither did her son, she
said. He had seen the “Newfie” around
for some months, but he didn’t know
where he was employed. Those volun-
teer workers who had followed a call
to alleviate the United States farm
labor shortage during the war emer-
gency for renewable six-month periods
were scattered over the farms of the
county and ‘often changed jobs. — It
wasn’t always easy to keep track of
them. Generally they were well-liked,
industrious, honest, and the farmers
appreciated the services they rendered
at a time when farms were desperately
short of help.

“What makes you think he has a
connection with the killing?” the
Sheriff asked.

“Necaune of hin out Hera T read of
the broken whisky bottle, Heatden,
where I picked him up—it was only a
few miles from the spot where Teelon
was killed. Ordinarily you don’t find
hitchhikers along that road on a cold
Winter night.” She paused, then: “He
had wavy, reddish-blond hair, if that
will help you any. He looked between
twenty and twenty-five.”

The Sheriff thought it all over, but
was not convinced. A short distance
from where the “Newfie” had thumbed
a ride another witness. had reported
that he had seen a man ducking into
the roadside brush. It was unlikely
that a killer who knew he was hot
would hide and then flag a car again
almost at the same spot a short time
later. Another thing: The hitch-
hiker was said to have been under the
influence of liguor. The killer—or
maybe the killers—had done a rather
sober, cold-blooded, cunning job of
obliterating clews and possibly plant-
ing a few bum steers.

But so as not to pass up any bets,
the Sheriff put the “Newfie” down
for a going-over. The number one sus-
pect was still the scar-faced sailor who
was successfully eluding ,the dragnet
spread out for him. Efforts also were
kept up to trace the lumberjack,
Teelon’s last-known passenger, and the
man who had alerted the cab drivers.

TREX suddenly, a few hours later, the
case broke wide open when Chief
Potter called that he had under arrest
a sailor who matched the description
of the wanted scarface.

The Sheriff and Almo Franzoni hur-
ried over to the city jail. The sailor,
unshaven, grimy, with blood
forehead and clothes, had been picked
up at the Rutland railroad depot, a
ticket for Boston in his pocket. His
papers identified him as David R.
Medo. He said he was on leave, didn’t
know what he was doing in Rutland,
said he must have got off the train. by
mistake because he was lit-up and
couldn't remember what he had been
doing in the last few days outside of
more drinking. The blood on his
clothes, he guessed, came from the
bump on his forehead, probably the
result of an encounter with a lamp-
post or a similar unyielding object. In
his pccket he carried a knife of Army
issue type.

“Maybe you remember this,” Almo
Franzoni said harshly. “You went to
a dance in Mendon night before last.
You met a girl there and tried to scare
her into going some place with you.”

The sailor was shaking his head.

“Don’t remember,” he said. “If I did
that I musta been awful stewed.”

They sent for the girl.

“This the man?” the Sheriff asked

er.
“That’s him,” she said. “Only he
told me his name was Fred.”

The sailor gave her a disdainful look.
“I don't know this dame from Adam's
housecat. If I ever met her she didn’t
.kncck me out.”

“Bor you nearly knocked her out,”
Franzoni said. “Your story's full
of holes. You're in a fix my boy—unless
you remember what you did that night
after you got back from Mendon. Wit-
nesses saw you in Rutland around mid-
night.”

“I don't remember nothing. The
only thing I know is that I woke up
in a barn.”

The Sheriff laughed. “What barn?”

The gob shrugged. He insisted some-
body probably picked him up that night
while he was still wandering around
the streets of Rutland and had taken
him to the barn to sleep. When he
woke up he didn’t make any inquiries.
just left. The barn was several. miles
in the country, he said.

“What did that barn look like?”

“It was right by a narrow road. It
was red-painted.”

“All barns here are,” Franzoni said.

Hours of questioning failed to pro-
duce any further admissions from the
sailor. He was held pending further
investigation and action by the Naval
authorities. °

Was he the killer?

Opinions were divided. The Sheriff

on his’

A
‘,
4

Poe eer rine aise al soesiieentrhoen ens

for $7,000, the south-west corn

Decellea bas auld the house and
West side of Union street, now
Ly John Baxter, to°R. «1. Pietrwon
Denar ‘ Se :
erway has bought of L. L. Bige
8,900, his far of 220 acres on
ue.

pemerethaieeibendaanee

are tw Esexx. ~ Real Retate ape
ve been lively of late, in Kates. The
some of the changea, a4 follows :

c sold his Tata “we WHE Centre to

drewe, for $2,900, Widow Abbie
sold her farm to Ht. N. Tracey;
me ty Leonara S. Witherby. J,
® sold his fine river farm to his
1,000. OF. Tattle has bought
“) acres owned by William Blies,
toola, and wood lute, for $4,700.
wn haa obanged his email farm
orners' With Milo Dougiaes, tor «
r faro? in Westford. Fooch
tobaced the. Richard's fara lor

1 aleo the largo farm at hase x
merly owned by Byron Stevens.
4l.—The Spring arrangement
t Ceatral commences to-day.
change in the times ot leaving
t Barlington; byt dns dein oh

The foe shows strong agns of
A large ‘patch of Open water
tday morniag soath of Sharp.

streaks of blue were visible

On the west side... |

of the Beard of Aldermen.

Sarvapar, Apuil 7,
st 2-30 P. M.; the President

THE DAILY ‘tren PRESS,

iit "gue sun.
M,N; Hoeroap, Simkow M, Maan,

Francis FE. GALk, MHhavwan Srracey, 4

Jouru Bray, Geo. Aten,

Dean Hostoxn, F.C, Wincex,
“Ww. SaNnEnson, © Temas Fay). ,

‘Cimietian Van Vixit, Davro It Tuowreos,

The Clerk read the jodictm: Ht, State ye,
Charles Uf. Potter aud Joba Ward ahas
Jerome Lavigne, for the murder uf Mrs.
Griewold,in Williston, 08 the mothing of the
2kth of August last, Plea, not guilty,

State's Attorney Lf. Engleshy opened
the care.” Exhibiting « large chart of Mrs.
Griewold's house and place, he detailed to
Atre- jury. the-cireumetanece—which he ward
Would be
der, most of Which are alteddy known to thie
most uf ouf render, He eaid the prosccu-
tion would show had feeling between Mr,
Potter and Mrs, Griewold. They would
show “Lavigne and Potter together ans ip
cunversation on several OVCUnities [teceding
he murder, They ‘shumtd Prove that the
Morving alter the murder. Lavigne took the
Cary; that in conversation With an exprena

4-90.10 the express car he showed blued on

bie pantatoons and drawers, ‘and related «
story of a Byht with mumc Fertica iv which
he wad he had uved his revolver. and. billy ;
that be returped to this region a tow weeks
alter and took care at Charlotte; ¢hat he
Wae dieguieed and shrank {trom jobscrvation;
thet when arrested at Winovsly he chad on
bim « revulver and billy, » vial of ehlorotorm
aod an eye patch ; that he attempted to une
hie pistol of the officer: and that he men-
tioned in conversation Citcumetances which
could only be known to one Cvaceroed in the
murder, hots wast bee ashi sit

The witnesses for the State, sume
number, were called up and sworn ;

dozen Lt)

Williston; wae
lest saw dire

are;

eboet 8 0 clock ;

an early riser, wae
when gving op te the omall
boy called out from ap
ch of the’ door

bim oat; saw a atic
leading up stairs; let the boy out and he came
be kitchen ; Qoked

Cross.
> bave difficult
them,
the Stoop in which he sup
'oame off beet s both went 1
aw Mr. Potter”
Potter...

d put ap his horse, After ‘lin.
Der they harnessed up and went down after oats.
(Man had talked about horses —about Mr. Pot.
let's sod Mrs, © Griewoll'y horse, atat table
With bim, man inquired how he shoulil get to
Essex, Mr, Potter said perhaps he could get
Mr. Sullivan to take him, Mr, Sullivan was bot
Seing and Mr: ‘otter said he was going afters
stove, after he got the grain in. Mr. Potter
kept and sold a good mat y horses, Other people
Were there at diflereut times to look at: horses:
Mr, P. sold several horses duriag the summer,
Witness was with the man contidcrable that
od; he hed bis knife and Picked: up a stick
to whittle and witucss potwed bis hand ; Kate,
the little girl, also noticed it and) talked about
it’; Kate eaid whe guemed he had been to the
war. ( Lavignejwas asked to rise, and stood up
io court, ] tie w
Witness thinks thie does not wok
much hke the mau; thinks be. ia not the man.
Saw this man bef. re tie Frand jary ; never saw
thie man around Mr. Potter's.

Redirect. Witness still lives at Mrs. Gris.
Wold's; Mre Potter live! “there: thie winter;
could not pay what the difticalty between Potter
and Mre. Oriawol} Was, ian went intu barn
ON00 OF bw iwe to hwk at Potter's horses,

Re-cross.—Mrp, Griswold and the Poutera
had some trouble, heard cit) but dida't eve its
heard scolding and loud talk: don't know as he
abused her: old lady *hollered’* to Mr, Potter;

Wet! lengthen life and promote

if she got into difficulty old lady always called
@o Mr. Potter; did no When witness had the
ecefle with her.

Court here took « Fevers to 2 PM,

~Prorstx Merear fire IwevrarceCcuranr,
of Hertford, Conn. We invite attention to the
&lvertivoment of this Company in anotbor col-
umn. It is one of tight years standing, has a
capital of over $800,000, and if ite increase in
business forms any criterion ig certainly a fe.
Vorite company. . We Perceive from: ite state.
ment, that ite business increased 266 »per cent.
from 1864 to 1866, and-we. notice further that
ite liet of references comprise the Presidents of
almost every Bank of Hartford. The company
have selected for their Agent here Mr. Geonaz
Pereasos, whose wide Sequaintance in Bar.
linton sad throughout the County, will oa
doubtedly be areaudy for the advantage of the
company, and who will be fusd ready at any
time to explain the latge feci'ities and |
methods of Wife insurance ‘to any who desire tg

sound sleep, by sah

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Hust ui aise: mnfort of:
itferm outmde? We next find
tWard ip ail; and those letters ury Writ tet
{auch distine: proof hed remuil thatif the St:
dade tadertaken

“Hoe Wa. V RYNOLDS, |
‘ . Sarroxp Conny,

Lnglesby 's argument. Temtindcd ) ‘

¢ednesday a strange man's

400 depot “nine for Chaa, Pola gig 6

Got the most natural ruste for one cum:

; from thie way to Potter’ e rea edad that .

‘was @ eee

auth Potter 4 buy a

no conversation in-

iog such’ busioces.’ Horsemen when
‘det RY to buy are always talking about |
| horses. Did this etrander wake’ a Cousins”
4 don about way particular Lore t No, unless
"| ®bhout the’ black mare which was notfor: sale,
ef and fur that he makes ‘no ‘off enor tur’ the
{ buckskin: borne. dio Me. Potter ‘outries bits to
j the tel and he ai Behetas

+ Fecognizes

Jdreased to, bim
oe go back on

vor eBay whet
ere tras, would |
ory: of the: State,

Y that
hia. brother ‘were
At is to be noted;

Teving u
P the defence rests

here nea ;

bat “thi: Accordingly this wit-
ot [ness is ‘brought to tell us that thia sma
1] wns welt -known-to-bimand that: ‘he-sa
him at a time and place wholly: Sheonsia®
S | tent aur his pea Tie ict on i
merle EET, time’ of the mur ¢ told you furt er,
pou have anything to oe men, saat othe 2 ;
“Uerough and fective |.
the fact—-Anvearin. a i
- yen"?
ne largest ee of . ic, Was with the: respondent on
’ pantaye and accompanied him to Albany
on} Monday, 8 NOW i court wi he]
not’ brovphe on the: stand? ”
posvible explayution ’ is that-the defence
* threw | dared not Dut him on, becaure they y know
Krandmuther was not revo. | this story 18.false.: It was plain from this, |,
, / 98 well as fron %, MOrLiNg’s evidence, |;
a | that the defence;
sin, bad rsh
must havo *k

ae he doen’
© fingered nian Wits
thee.

huon, we sball
stances Indicate th
et iho

as going to perpure
g Ward w his 7, te,
eile
f the charge in: the indictment, it will be
| | Reowmary for you to find him connected
v_| With this crime in auch a Way as to show
‘@_ conspiracy with Ward tu ‘secure the |i.
‘| death of Bally Griswold. : And eo much
I deem to be proved beyond a doubt. All
a circumstances’ about Ward—his sud-
‘. den ar ree on a stranger to
; or, foe him aelving ore pne— Usiness to ¢all |
swe comes Upon’ the stand | hini here—his disap immediately |”
ae i ileinicd that ‘hefther’ | after the rer bessive i in
on | Friday of Saturda gee any stranger - eretance of an arran ae wit
sa ride with him to ma Falls. What: be then: Lig The” f
‘proved utterly untrue, must. be tokne,. that he must
: hgnines hin ane link ‘Of the evidence.” Fol- 4 é
ees him People we Bad ou Bunday ‘morn
ia confidential commun}-. | 4
ith vit poteee at Painesville walking be-
% tae site Folkers 7 laroebrbee bbe Potter”
: risen tomes oy ie |b
tant otemen o :
jer isa wet t paint thls stray

i ia ale they pay Hae |

s dove ‘Dut aweer to bis daeetits a
ah dor parkeettty, but thinks he
aed

Yet dot ¢ wlk
the coroner

have been

otter’a comes: Pine

have hw tePea in 1846 Mre.
constituted ‘the: ‘helkallaw |

Griswol fter'h

: ibe
OF the cutd ty of @ person
mneet, on sou any “one,"of you.

in tind took
ris'® yeer ‘hence, ia
net then teil ‘

get ibd han ontof

» We ard asked, should mu:

+ Bat wv rder
éomini ito seeure Property whigh would

sary to” ng me Baad 0 tag aan he My

leath with me.” |}

n? should not long: detain’
ro -ndeuts Ward aud 2

Vard. Was ut in wae

in the

ere CONVICE rie Off

ela
aed | Oo.

elsewhere til! phe
btm Gr ra an} i, “y

: | was St bared wy

iia f
be tance of eT or

many pay a points, bat if Bo it is front

knowledge that-any of then: wonldtellia

favor of the respondents, . A have nothing |:
aiost them, only the

his case that y ave, te,

the majesty of the: Taw

und that Hic: comma
ch. > Your daty is hit

1: ‘the facts, under the inatru
Cc ato and &

een: cin in: the ¢ tri

fe
€ indictment ig: agai
jdnte it will be competent. for yaa, to
Bnd ope guilty and the other innocent...
There is ho question ‘thats 8 murder wast:
mmitted. ‘Lhe queantion'is, wan either :
both of head respondents guilty of itt}:
1s conceded that Putter was not: “present f'
at the deed, . oe see is claimed that while}
Ward was thie | that Potter waa}!

eidodoet

@ testimony j treal and has been fully

| comment ed On. ‘ 4
di estion

jury tust remember’ tha
tion of petyons oder such.
is Poumonly: a matter of more OF less: un-
LG veFtuinty, |
ju 4 bewe- ever, ali-the arcu
and decide the« question of identity, |

At fe pe

Protect a hired uses. |
fm a 8 witnes who they |,

eae on he noes ‘aud: on his de
fence, It will not be enough to establish |
‘a provetait beyokdn guilt. It must be estab- |...
a. reasonable doubt, There]

mperat ee Moral certainty that satisfies
the fudent To convict ard you must |
believe. ity, ‘and believe it a
it has been proved B fe

ciroumtanqes | baad ahow. eid

y find that soa
be ap eno the Cy

nae oral neta! oi
faltilment of he part, removed the fami- |;
ly 4O~ that Ward should ‘have’ the: oppor.
tunity to commit the act, it. makes no dif:
erence whether he took them to. a dis. | The m
40 milon. He | would

Bite

‘You must bring’ your best] met
) &!

veoneceteuar Ri eds
ja bets “ard, ‘it throws] 7 ™™

were Mim Pruugl-*
; injured in the face,

*
#

they taeet,
wot knew" Mer,
}alcutia, though you could
soles He his waneh, re
wu wou dee Lida. deca
Sal Beau lyin the burglar's and sssusas.,
yp ade carry
Deng Of ching
‘struction, ta
"| Observed ia’ th
Poway;

‘ AlMnunY dat
theraily
He Uhe en oP Wwhiakery
‘PhocielyS but any. 6
Roberts wo year:

? es

Jord

wuld with dhe for
wise. It in no ‘ont

f she saw him /p

cry out, | mus

: He deacribes
which hiddfothes ane
he must have

Bowman iden
: a Hats f
: febide

ee]

* Inw' coun
ut is’ kKoown

be knew ‘him to:
rape

{until Mex: Grinwald

: Vat any fa
Did they ni
{Pperty might éaxi
fother direction?

.4 Man entered ‘throu

el aud th
“perenal Vitene
‘he utabitlered fr

SE Pea plan tap

CNT win to fiay
*)fullilgent of bee pu

ly BESAMiat’ Ward’shou

tunity to commit the,

forenen whether he: too

ig Inerensed,
determined and took
means to get the Pattorsont Of hey hose,
But why, we aro asked. should thirder be
committed ta secure Property woAb would |)
d to the Potters iu tunes
Thathy ic wil mepra:
yy ninde to tuke

And belt

could’ neo Sto.

Of any arrangement bet
Potter previais ty W
Williston;

has buen a

are evi

Wetoved. the fui jn
ve the oppor-} ce
makes po dif ut
teu to a dine? Them) Me
fageo of AU feeboor 40 niles, He would) apondeaue w,
Ye TC case ay Muilty wat he stood: by
Ue We Ly tak a

ho evidence)

'k ApPpPOwance in
Nau arrangement:

Nevis feepduyiing
hi ‘eucdy: a aquelt Ve

® great ae
mystery fy «

‘welt (Wa personal
Appeare from thelll

WS dot Conse |
{With (wo person i
Mra Halbert. 1
Mes. Gelswat

by the State.) Lidl
diubbs come.ia.
ey’ Bo careful &
tan forty: miles »

Vard ond:

“on his

dence only that 8

he was wherp a pla

tik dbonton ul
ta : i 5
shows familierity i abont. horses: is»
old. been Planned the ‘murder
they did's6°
As to the question of in
51h tine Votter’s wife w.
Md Fa,
ed

also tld thut robbe

‘Treat of

tell some sort
an- +

t, and he mast

sing on the ontsi
Sd lowe

wn—he

Potter's, oh a
could have | TR
presence thére and the
Consistent with |
J ngocence. But they coud bave: then

lucement, it] bimunt,
the heir of
hin sh-

cuse, thu ‘life pf old Mr. Grin.
} Mold stood between Patter and imac wt

possession of.
the Circumstances, th,
been no
the Potters and Mrs. G
More 08 the old!
There is, on-the whole,
that any almngenient

Ore

facta. Se |
| wholly’ circumstantial,
necessary. The jury
i tircumstances j
[single link is dofee
As to M

ge time he is

money
said he. ouly
ele ovuld he

‘Again, (aud T wor
80 paitfal w tubject b

of duty,) is there-

ey, it w.
drawn of

19 Of. perjury ? ule
terice: stink B + mht

Y be accounted |
witiun that the:
Opaness of th

mast decide, *- i
: Lou tlemen of the
the tase: und’ tr.
as yuur,

'aébttngdt yf! nbe® furtl

your patience.: Th donbtleas, omitted |

mmedinte|.
the’ Property.” Taking alt
heemn to ‘have
Great ill-will or animonity between
rawold, and that
wdy’s part thu

pert 4
Pith, : Hard ball
iog of Potter's to
cover (er hie esttleds
taking the man tok

wibtetinge to covers
Motter's toward M

about it?

'U the ‘convall
athe ef Puiter. ge

2 @8 a2 Well as ‘eny |
A ar hrhe tree ne
8 Conti 'COute creas... he
Sour ‘eon=! of the aurs WH i

& that the Wiifesses alwa
fy

om
of Ta

“ie

. “He'd been drinking quite heavily,” the
man added. “He pulled out quite a large
roll of bills when I gave him the price for
all the articles.” :

That’s the kind of a man Franzoni
wanted to catch up with. But the jeweler
did not get the name of the Christmas
buyer, as it had been a cash transaction.
He also had no idea who the youth’s
friends might be who were to receive the
gifts.

When Franzoni returned to the
sheriff’s office to discuss the Christmas
splurger with McClallen and his brother,
a visitor was in the office—an Edward
Fontaine of Rutland, who had recently
returned from the battlefields of Europe.

Franzoni stopped at the threshhold as
he heard this man say to the sheriff: “So
I thought I ought to tell you about what
happened last Saturday night. Four or
five of us were in the railroad station.

“An argument started over something
and one of the fellows—I never saw him
before—pulled out a knife and said, ‘I’m
right and I’ve got this to back me up.’
I read about a knife figuring in the taxi
driver’s murder and thought of this fel-
low right away.”

The state detective stepped into the
room, “Let me ask you,” he began, “was
the fellow with the knife red-haired?”

Fontaine’s mouth opened. “Yes. How’d
you know?”

Franzoni didn’t tell him; but after tak- |

ing the man’s name and address, he said
to his brother: “Get McClallen right
away.”

The state’s attorney hurried over to
the jail. Detective Franzoni told him of
how his canvass of the shops had borne
fruit, adding Fontaine’s information to
bear it out.

“H E’S the one we want, that’s sure,”
said McClallen. “A fellow with a
long knife and a pocketful of money fills
the bill toa T.”

“Where do you think he might be?”

“Probably in some bar, drinking up
the last of Teelon’s Christmas money,”

The three officials began a tour of the
city’s taverns. No red-haired youth was
discovered, but Detective Franzoni, by
asking questions in a bar on Elm Street,
learned that one had been a recent patron.

“A stranger, too,” the bartender said.
“I haven’t seen him but three or four
times. He came in first last Thursday.”

“Think he lives nearby?”

“Well, he might. We were talking the
other day and he said something about
quitting his farm job to get work in Rut-
land. I understood he was living in a
furnished room.”

McClallen and the Franzonis debated
their next move. “All we've got,” the
State detective said, “is the possibility
that he lives in this neighborhood, since
he patronized this bar a number of times.
I’m for checking the rooming houses up
and down Elm.”

McClallen decided to accompany the
sheriff on a tour of lodging places lying
east, while Detective Franzoni elected to
ring doorbells to the west. :

At No. 29 Elm, a friendly woman
greeted the detective. “No, I haven’t any
such roomer,” she said, “but I’ve seen a
young fellow with red hair going in next
door. He calls on some girl there.” -

Franzoni’s interest quickened. “What's
the family’s name?”

“Greeno. The girl’s name is Helen. I
hear she became engaged over Christ-
mas.”

When the officer rang the bell at No. 31

the door was promptly opened by a young
woman, Standing at her side was a red-
haired youth who stared at.the detective
with bloodshot eyes.

“Who do you want to see?” asked
Helen Greeno. “We were just going out
to the movies.”

She turned toward a hall mirror and
put a hand up to her hair. Franzoni saw
the sparkle of a ,diamond ring on her
finger.

“I’ve got business with your boy
friend,” he said. “By the way, is that ring
new?”

Helen Greeno surveyed the stone. “Oh,
yes,” she replied innocently, “Ronnie gave
it to me for a Christmas present. We're
virtually engaged.”

The detective wasted no words on the
young man. “What happened to that long
knife you were showing in the railroad
station Saturday night?” he demanded.

The youth, his florid face growing even
redder, started to stammer a denial.

“Never mind that!” Franzoni said
shortly. “You'd better come along with
me. You too, miss. There’s lots of things
to be straightened out.”

WI
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By Joseph Fulling Fishman

EVER have I seen it “rain cats and

dogs.” But, in my early days as
inspector of prisons for the United States
Government, I did see it rain something
else almost as fantastic.

At that time many penitentiaries pro-
hibited the smoking of cigarets by in-
mates. Most of these prisons, however,
did permit the smoking of cigars and
pipe tobacco,

With the latter the manufacturers
furnished gratis little packets containing
twenty-five or thirty sheets of rice paper
for those who wished to “roll their own.”
It was the practice of the prisons to de-
stroy these in order to keep them from
the inmates.

I happened to be at the Federal Prison
at Leavenworth on one occasion when
a huge shipment of thousands. of bags
of tobacco was received. With each
bag came a booklet of cigaret papers.
They were immediately taken to. the
bojler .room to be thrown into the
furnaces,

Two conditions existed. which were
destined to make this a memorable day
for officers and prisoners alike.

One was that it was Saturday after-
noon—a half holiday—when approxi-
mately 2,000 prisoners were milling about
the yard, some playing baseball, some
handball, some checkers and other games.
Still others were coaxing tunes out of
banjos, guitars, mouth organs or any-
thing else which could. be tormented into
giving out a bit of melody.

The second condition was that the
fires had been put out so
that the boilers could
be cleaned. As a result,

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Then, to make sure that the flames
would consume them all, he turned the
drafts on full.

It was a mistake. The sudden influx
of roaring air grabbed hold of the feather-
weight contents of the fire boxes and
whirled the cigaret papers up the chimney
and out of the opening, two hundred and
fifty feet in the air. Then, like a sky-en-
shrouding flock of seventeen-year locusts,
an avalanche of hundreds of thousands of
the tiny papers, twisting and turning like
wind-driven snowflakes, started their
slow descent to the ground.

For a moment the gray-clad inmates
in the yard gazed upward in amazement.
Was it possible that nature could be be-
stowing on them such unheard-of-benef-
icence?

It was! As this fact penetrated their
consciousness they hurled everything
aside: balls, bats, gloves, masks, checkers.
tennis rackets, mandolins, mouth organs,
banjos and anything else which impeded
them in their wild scramble to grab as
much of this modern-day manna as pos-
sible. They fell to the ground, scooped
up with both hands the precious papers
and stowed them away in pockets, hats,
coat linings, trouser benes, shoes, and
the numerous other places in which
prison habitues keep contraband.

The guards labored manfully to restore
the status quo ante, and one on a tower
even fired a shot over the prisoners’
heads. The busy ones crawling about
the yard never even heard the warning.
They kept at their labor of love until

the ground was as bare
as the desert, and until

when the cigaret papers .
were shoveled into the
huge maw of the fur-
naces, they didn’t go.
into a fire already built
so that they would be
destroyed almost imme-
diately. Instead, they
went into cold fire boxes,
following which the
engineer- instructed
his prisoner-helpers to
touch matches to them.

they had pursued and
captured the last fugi-
tive papers kept tempo-
rarily in air by the
vagrant breeze. ‘

The aftermath was
twofold: sly wisps of
smoke rising for days
afterwards from hid-
den corners of the big
prison, and a cat-that-
ate-the-canary smile
on the faces of the in-
mates.

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Day was tainted with blood.

the Christmas card. Sheriff Fran-
zoni asked whether there was: any
record of Teelon’s last passenger.
“Not unless it’s in a little black
hook each driver carries with him for

that purpose,” the employer re-

sponded.

The medical examiner could find no
black book. The absence of this
seemed significant, especially after
Burke said that all his drivers were
instructed to write down the destina-
tion of their trip before starting out,
and that they sometimes added the.
name of their passenger, if known to
them.

It appeared as if Teelon’s killer,
who might have been someone the
driver knew, had stolen the book
which turned out to be a memo for
murder,

Franzoni scraped the fragments of
the whiskey bottle from the road, since
some of the pieces were approximately
a half inch in diameter and might
contain fingerprints. Then he in-
spected the tonneau of the cab, in
which the killer must have been seated

when he slugged Teelon.from behind. :

There was evidence that someone
had put his hands on the door frame-
work while emerging, but* whether
it was the slayer, the detective didn’t
know. However, he proceeded to dust
and photograph the prirtits.

A search of the area surrounding
the murder scene failed to disclose
any knife; nor was there an indica-
tion of how the killer might have left
the spot. ‘

Toward daybreak, two Chittendon
men drove up and gave the investi-
gators a new insight itito the mystery.

DETECTIVE

According to them, they were driving
to Rutland just before 2:30 and saw
Teelon’s cab os toward them.
Another machine was following close
behind.

Did this explain how the killer had
gotten away after the murder?

“It’s becoming clearer,” Sheriff
Franzoni said. “Teelon could have
been displaying his Christmas money
in some public place. The killer must
have plotted a robbery, declaring a
confederate in on it. The second car
followed the taxi in order to take
Teelon’s assailant from the scene.”

But where had the victim been dis-
playing his money?

“Probably in the railroad depot
lunchroom,” Burke said. “He went
there every midnight for supper.”

Chief Potter recalled that he often
had seen Teélon in the place about
that hour. Furthermore, the officer
knew there was a regular crowd of
night workers who frequented the
depot restaurant, the only late spot
in the city. He could probably lay his
hands on a dozen persons who had
been there that night.

“If we find out Henry Teelon was
there last night,” State’s Attorney
McClallen said, “that would seem the
thing to do—pick up everyone who
might have knowledge of his move-
ments after midnight. How long has
he been dead ?”

THE question was addressed to. Dr.
# Quigley, who replied that he could
give no true estimate because of the
frigid weather. Detective Franzoni,
done with his photography of the
fingerprints, pointed out:

“If those Chittendon men saw the
taxi around 2:30 and Halliday came
upon it stalled some 15 minutes later,
we can figure the killer struck in that
interval. Estimating .back from 2:30,
when Teelon must have been alive,
and considering the fact that he had
to come nine miles over icy roads, it’s
almost a sure thing he picked up his
last passenger around 2:15.”

With this to work on, plus the dubi-
ous bottle fragments and the prints
taken from the cab framework, which
might or might not turn out to be
valuable, the investigators returned to
Rutland, Quigley removing the body
to the Clifford Funeral Home for an

«autopsy.

McClallen, Sheriff Franzoni and
Police Chief Potter wasted no time
in getting around to the depot lunch-
toom, where the night help was still
on duty., State Detective Franzoni
left for Montpelier, where his labora-
tory was located, to check on the
fingerprints and examine the bottle
fragments.

Two girls were behind the lunch-
room counter and both remembered
having seen Teelon in the place
around midnight. The pair verified

Burke’s suspicions, saying that the
taxi driver had been counting his
money and boasting about the amount
he had received in Yuletide tips.

“Almost $200 here,” the man was
reported as having said, “and that will
make this a fine Christmas at our
home.” ‘

While McClallen and Sheriff Fran-
zoni remained behind to question the
girls on who might have been present
at the time, Chief Potter and some of
his officers began checking on Tee-
lon’s movements after ‘the victim left
the lunchroom around 12:45.

They discovered that he had an-
swered two local calls, both parties
being reputable persons. The last re-
corded ‘call from the office also was
handled by him—a passenger to Madi-
son Street.

After that the police learned that he
had stopped at a Wales Street garage,
where he obtained eleven gallons of
gas. At that time, about 1:50, he told
of having to. make a trip to Chitten-
don but he didn’t give the name of his
passenger,

When Potter reported back to the
depot, he discovered that the sheriff
and the state’s attorney had gathered
about fifteen names of the restaurant's
midnight patrons. Franzoni asked the
chief to scan the list.

As Potter did so, he noted about
half a dozen with whom the police had

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had dealings for one reason or another.
In particular, he noted the Harris broth-

_ ers—Tom and George—and Bill Sullivan,

who boasted of. being the town’s tough

uy.

8 aia say that we'd better gather in all
fifteen,” McClallen suggested, “adding
the restaurant employes and anyone else
around the station who might be able
to tell us anything. It’s practically certain
Teelon’s killer was here and saw him
counting the money.”

Sheriff Franzoni, agreeing, said he
would leave the roundup to the local po-
lice. As Chief Potter and his men went
to work on Monday morning, seeking
the Harris brothers and Sullivan first, the
police station began to fill up with pos-
sible witnesses to Henry Teelon’s last
ride.

The man had worked for Burke six
years, alternating as an assistant to a

local undertaker. Married, he lived at 117 |

South Main Street with his wife and
niece.

Well known around Rutland, it was
hardly credible that no one had seen him
pick up his last passenger. But, accord-
ing to the stories told McClallen and
Sheriff Franzoni, none of those ques-
tioned had.

Most interesting, from the police stand-
point, were the stories told by the Harris
brothers and Bill, Sullivan, The former
pair said they were home and in bed by
two; yet the sheriff's deputies, reaching
the house before the brothers’ relatives
knew anything was amiss, learned that
it had been closer to four.

QUuREIV EN said that he had been at
the depot until around 3:30; but some
of the employes said there was a period
of about an hour when they hadn’t seen
him around.

The Harris brothers owned a small car
similar to the type the Chittendon wit-
nesses had seen apparently trailing Tee-
lon’s cab. Sullivan, although he did not
have an auto, had been in the company
of another man who did. The police also
questioned this man, but he gave what
seemed to be an ironclad alibi.

Careful examination of the clothing of
the Harris brothers and Sullivan failed
to reveal any telltale stains. Neither did
they have considerable money in their
pockets. Despite this, and because their
stories couldn’t be immediately verified,
State’s Attorney McClallen ordered
them held for further investigation.

It was then that State Detective Fran-
zoni telephoned from Montpelier and re-
ported that the bottle fragments revealed
no reproducible prints.

“But the State Police have a record for
a man whose prints I found on the door
frame,” he told his brother. “Have you a
fellow around Rutland named Harry
Roberts?”

The sheriff whistled. “We've had our
eye on him for quite some time,” -he re-
plied. “No job, no earning power, plenty
of jack. You say he rode in Teelon’s
car?”

“Well, his prints are on it. Of course,

he could have been a passenger earlier in
the evening.”

“Could have,” the sheriff agreed, “but.
we're going to see.” !

Almo Franzoni said he was returning
to Rutland. “If we can find Roberts,” his
brother assured him, “we'll have him at
the police station by the time you arrive.”

Roberts was in custody by that time,
the man having been found in a local
tavern with a brand new $10 bill on the
bar in front of him.

“Kind of flush, aren’t you, Roberts?”
asked Chief Potter, who found him.

Potter made no explanations but took
the man in tow. At the jail, Roberts was
found to have about $80 on his person.
There was no sign of Teelon’s wallet or
the Christmas card Burke had given his
employe.

Detective Franzoni told the suspect
about his fingerprints on the cab frame-
work. “We've checked the taxi office

-records,” he added, “and don’t find you

listed as a passenger. ‘But someone rode
out toward Chittendon with Hank Teelon
early today and killed him for the money
he carried.”

“Yes, I was in his taxi, but I only rode
from the station to a joint up on Liberty
Street,” Roberts declared. “That was
around 1:45. I can’t help it if he didn’t
put me down on the records.” ;

The investigators knew, however, that
Teelon might have recorded Roberts”
trip. His name might be in the missing
black book.

“Where'd you get all the money?” De-
tective Franzoni queried.

“In a dice game,” Roberts answered.
“Up in the joint I was telling you about.”

Who did he have to support his story?
Roberts immediately began to hedge, say-
ing, “You don’t expect me to turn in the
other fellows, do you?”

So here was a man with money, an ad-
mitted passenger in Teelon’s cab on the
murdet morning, and he lacked a
supported alibi. Chief Potter set out to
check Roberts’ story.

One thing was quickly substantiated.
From the waitresses and patrons of the
depot lunchroom it was learned that
Roberts had been in the place around
midnight, when Teelon was counting his
money. But he could find no one who saw
Roberts riding with Teelon toward Chit-
tendon. ;

Unable to either prove or break down
Roberts’ alibi, McClallen, Sheriff Fran-
zoni and his brother went back to the
roadside murder scene. Finding no new
evidence, they canvassed the vicinity, but
discovered no one who had seen or heard
anything out of the ordinary the morning
of December 24. :

The nearby towns of Mendon, Pitts-
ford, Sherburne and Proctor were visited
in the hope that the slayer or slayers

’ of Henry Teelon had gone to one of them

instead of returning to Rutland. There
was no trace of a suspicious car. or per-
‘sons with ready money.

The officers then visited Henry Tee-
lon’s home and talked to his wife, whose
Christmas had proved so tragic. She
could throw no light on the mystery and
insisted that her husband had no enemies
and must have been killed for his money.

The undertaking parlor, where Teelon
was occasionally employed as a driver,
was visited next. None of his co-workers
there had ever heard Henry Teelon speak
about being in trouble.

The Harris brothers, Sullivan and
Roberts, were thoroughly investigated
from every possible angle. None of them

had what might be called a substantial
alibi for the hour of the crime, estimated
to have occurred around 2:30. Yet, there
were no witnesses or evidence to connect
any of the quartet with the Henry Tee-
lon’s fatal taxi trip.

Dr. C. F. Whitney, Vermont state
pathologist, was called by Dr. Quigley
to perform the autopsy. He found that
the wounds in the victim’s neck and back
had been made by a knife with a blade
between four and a half to six inches long.

The skull was fractured in two places
and three of Teelon’s ribs on the right
side were caved in, as though the man
had been savagely kicked.

The length of the blade gave McClallen
and the Franzonis new hope. It was the
size of a hunting knife, but none of Rut-
land’s hardware stores reported selling
such a knife recently. -

Two days passed, during which the
state’s attorney, sheriff and detective
questioned hundreds of persons in a futile
effort to obtain a hint as to the identity
of the man who took the last ride with
Henry Teelon or a description of the car
that followed the taxi on the road to
Chittendon,

On Wednesday night Detective Fran-
zoni, mulling over the case, came up with
a new theory.

“T feel certain Teelon’s killer took that
money to buy Christmas presents,” he
said. “If so, he could have gone on quite
a splurge with $200. If my idea is correct,
then it’s a 100-to-one shot he wanted to
buy something for a girl.”

“That may be so,” said McClallen, “but
how will we find that spender? Every-
body and his brother was buying Christ-
mas presents. I never saw such crowds
in the stores as there were this year.”

| eerste suggested checking
friends of the Harris brothers, Sullivan
and Roberts to see if any of the four had
indulged in expensive presents. “If so,”
he added, “it would show that one of
those men came into some money just
before Christmas.”

Sheriff Franzoni said his deputies
would pursue this phase of the investiga-
tion.

His brother nodded. “Tomorrow morn-
ing,” the detective declared, getting up,
“I’m going to start touring the shops
myself. Somebody who didn’t look as if
he had a dime might have been going
overboard on jewelry, perfumes, lingerie
and such things. It’s just a stab in the
dark, but it might turn out worthwhile.”

The following day, while his brother
interviewed friends of the four men held
in jail, Detective Franzoni went in and
out of Main Street shops, pursuing a new
line of inquiry. He made no bones about
his mission, putting his idea squarely up
to the merchants.

By noon he had made no progress, but
shortly after lunch a visit to a small
jewelry shop produced results.

“That's right,’ the merchant said.
“There was a fellow like that in here the
day before Christmas. Didn’t look as
though he had a nickel, but he sure
bought heavily for some girls he knew.”

“How’d you know that?”

“He told me. Said the girl he was go-
ing to marry was getting the diamond
ring. He bought two watches and a
string of beads, besides the ring.”

Franzoni whistled. “What did this fel-
low look like?”

The jeweler said his. customer was
around 20, medium build, with a shock
of curly red hair.

en pina , | . _ : ) 3 _

At the sheriff's office the arrested youth passed Mill Village. Standing in the
gave his name as Ronald J. Watson, 20, highway, waving his arms, was a man.
a former farm hand of Pittsford and had “It’s Red Watson, who works up at
come originally from Newfoundland un- Baird’s,” the son said. “Let's give him a
der the Canadian-United States volunteer _. lift.” ;
labor system. Watson declared he had Mrs. Pelkey said the farm youth rode

yed the stone. “Oh,
ently, “Ronnie gave
las present. We're

Watson said Teelon staggered out of
the cab and tried to run away but that he
caught up with him when the victim be-
came tangled in the barbed wire fence.

“Then I drew my knife and struck
him,” Watson concluded.

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bought the ring with money he had earned
while working for Ralph Baird, a farmer
to whom he had been assigned.

Baird, the youth added, had fired him
on the previous Wednesday after an argu-
ment over leaving the barn door open.

Watson, who had.evidently been on
quite a drinking spree, denied he ever
owned a knife or had ridden in the cab of
Henry C. Teelon on the morning of De-
cember 24.

Two witnesses were produced. Fon-
taine identified Watson as the youth who
brandished the long knife in the depot
and the jeweler recognized him as the
purchaser on the day before Christmas
of two watches, a diamond ring and a
string of beads.

McClallen and the two Franzonis drove
to Baird’s place, where the farmer, after
confirming part of Watson’s story, de-
nied he had paid the youth any sizeable
amount of money on discharging him.

“Fact is,” he told the state detective,
“Ronald had less than $10 coming to him.
He’d drawn on me in advance of his
a al
Where, then, did the youth get more

than $100 to pay for the jewelry? The
authorities knew that it came from the
Christmas fund of the murdered Teelon,
but they couldn't get Watson to admit
It.

He had been arrested at 7 p. m. De-
cember 27. The local radio stations im-
mediately broadcast the news and at
midnight Mrs. Marguerite Pelkey of
Pittsford and her son Richard arrived at
the courthouse. ‘

« The woman had a strange tale that was
promptly confirmed by her son.

At 4a. m. on the morning of December
24, she said, while they were on their
way to Rutland to meet a train, they

.in the back seat and got off at Elm Street,

where, after she had given him a cigaret,
he tried to purchase the rest of the pack.

The next day, according to the woman,
she noticed the cushion of the back seat
was smeared with what appeared to be
blood. It was as though a man with
stained hands had grabbed the seat to
brace himself.

The officials inspected the cushion and’

a laboratory expert was summoned to
determine whether the blood was .of
Henry Teelon’s type. Meanwhile, Mrs.
Pelkey and her son identified Watson as
the 4 a.-m. hitchhiker,

Since Mill Village is less than a mile
from the murder scene, the authorities
had placed Watson virtually at the spot.
Confronted with this fact, the testimony

of Baird, and stories told by two Pitts- .

ford girls to whom Watson had given
Christmas watches, the suspect broke
down.

66 KAY,” he said, “EF was broke and

needed.Christmas money, because
I'd promised Helen a diamond ring for
four weeks and didn’t see how I was go-
ing to make good. But all three girls to
whom I gave presents believed I had
earned the money honestly.

“T saw that taxi fellow counting his
money in the depot lunchroom that morn-
ing and decided to take him.”

Watson admitted hiring the cab at 2
a. m, and asking Teelon to drive him to
Pittsford. Near the Mill Village chapel
he ordered the driver to take a right turn
toward Chittendon.

“Then I took the whiskey bottle from
my pocket, which was half full of whis-
key,” his confession read, “and hit him
with it twice.”

The youth denied kicking Teelon, but
the officers could account in no other way
for the broken ribs.

After the killing, according to Watson,
he started walking toward Mill Village
About half a mile from the scene he
threw the hunting knife into some brush.
Although a two-day search was made, it
had not been found as this story was writ-
ten.

Watson's confession exonerated the
Harris brothers, Sullivan and Roberts.
who were released by the police with
apologies.

The story likewise cleared the mystery
of the second car on the murder morning.
Watson said the machine was not in-
volved in the plot, but had merely been
following the taxi from Rutland.

The dead man’s wallet, the Christmas
card from Burke, and the black book
were found in Watson’s room, virtually
cinching the case against the confessed
slayer. His name was in the book as a
passenger. The seat blood was of Tee-
lon's type.

The youth admitted that the loot was
$106, not including some “loose bills”
which he didn’t count. Helen Greeno
said that she had been presented with the
string of beads, as well as the ring.

Attorney General Alban J. Parker hur-
ried to Rutland, conferred with State's
Attorney McClallen and ordered a special
session of the grand jury for January 9.
At that session Watson was indicted on
a charge of first degree murder. He will
go on trial for his life at the spring term
of County Court,

(The names Tom and George Harris, William
Sullivan and Harry Roberts are fictitious to avoid
embarrassing persons not connected with the crime
--The Editor.)

ALABAMA'S
ASSASSIN AT DAWN

[Continued from page 29]

this,” Coupland told the brother. “It was
a brutal way to kill him. Besides, he was
sleeping. A burglar might have found
some money and taken it without arous-
ing either of them.”

“Looks that way, for sure,” Albert ad-
mitted. “Maybe he had some trouble he
didn’t tell me about.”

“Something might have happeried ati’

the sawmill where he worked,” Boggan
suggested. “Let’s drop around there.”

Coupland glanced at his watch. “It’s
.still early. Let’s talk to some of the
neighbors while we're here.”

They walked outside. A tight knot of
people still stood around, talking in low,
excited tones. When they saw the two
deputies, a hush fell over them.

The deputies walked into the center of
the group. “‘Did any of you see someone

come out of the house around 5 o'clock.

this morning?” Coupland inquired.
There was a silent shaking of heads
all around. No one spoke.

“Wrell. who was the last person to see
Mr. or Mrs. Hawkins? That might help
us catch the murderer.”

At mention of the word “murderer” a
ripple of excitement ran through the
crowd. Presently a man stepped forward
—a tall, gaunt man, with eyes set deep in
heavy sockets.

“T’m Lee Emsley,” he said. “I came
over to see Forest last night. Left about
9 o’clock.. He didn’t seem to be expect-
ing any trouble then.”

“You didn’t see anyone else around?”

“No. But I heard there was a car parked
just a little way down the road some-
time during the night. About 4, or 5
o’clock maybe.”

“A car?” Boggan repeated. “Who told

‘you? Did it belong to anyone known

around here?”

“T didn’t see it. Tom Kidder did. Better
ask him.”

Kidder’s house was pointed out. He
lived across the road about a hundred
yards south of the Hawkins place. Coup-
land and Boggan knocked at the door and
were received by a chunky man with a
wrinkled, toil-worn face,

“Yes, I saw a car parked near the place
during the night,” he told the deputies.
“Never recall seeing it before. It was a
Chevvy—an old jalopy. It was too dark
to tell whether anyone was in it, but the
headlights were on.”

“How long was it there?”

“It was still there when | went back
to sleep about five o'clock. When I woke
up again around seven, it was gone.”

The officers departed and visited the
homes of several more neighbors who
lived within a half mile of the dead man
They learned one thing. No one in the
neighborhood was better liked or held in
greater respect than Forest Hawkins. He
went to church regularly, was a hard
worker and had always saved money out
of his earnings. For a long time he and
his wife had talked about buying the
farm that had been purchased only the
day before.

“She wanted to move even more than
he did,” said a woman living a quarter
of a mile down the road. “She acted
mighty unhappy these last few months.
Seemed she couldn’t wait to leave that
place.”

This sounded odd. Coupland inquired
the reason.

“IT don’t know,” the woman replied
“People laid it to different things. Some
said she didn’t like his brother always
being around the house. Al’s a bachelor
and he gets lonesome. Others thought
she didn’t like the interest her husband
was taking in Sally Nichols. She's the
young widow who lives down the road
on the other side of the place.”

The deputies showed their interest

FA Cn ple

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si petals 'ythorrow.

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dey Om the bill to

. pe young murderer,
e. Tt wae ae solemo debate, for every

ue Fealiged that the decition involved the lite
, fa haman being. The points ma te in favor of

mS Dill, ghd on which ‘the House was carried,

re forcibly restated by Senators Carpenter,

anil Gardaer, They were, ‘the youth of

- prisoner ; She sasertion that without the ad.

mission of an extorted confession, he would never

| Rave bean convicted ; that his behavior on the
a ig trial indicated deficient m»ntal organizstion or

ibly insanity ; and that ospital punishment

(> Wimexpetion: in gencral. | Several Senators

=» 080; Sendtor Dickerman ‘reminded the Senate
‘i thst imprisonurent for life did pot remove auch

spoke in opposition’ to these views. Sonat or
Bailey, who was vue of the committee to whom
the ogae was referred, which stood three opposed
t0 Commutation to two in favor, said that noth-
ing appeared before the committee to show why
thie case should be made an exception to the or-
diuary course of law, Senator Camp bore per-
sonal testimony to the charn ter of Weleo ne, as
® Very vicious and reckless youth.. Senator
Heath relate] Welcome’s behavior on his'trial
for horee stealing, three days before the mur-
Mer, ant testified to , bie intelligence and
quickness of apprehension, sh Wa on that ocea-
sion ; Jadge and Senator Roxs suggestel that
the very éase with which Welcome escapet the
penalty of that crime, probably led him to ac-

io Cept the risky of the commission of a greater

@ desperad) from the opportanity of murder—
there were those ia the service of the State,

» Wardens ia-the State prison, ant prisoners, the
~ pefety of whose lives:was t) be regarded in this

matter, Sengtor Miles b-ietly and forcibly

" Btated-the argument for capita! panishment. He

“Wat Not a non-resistant. He claimed the right
se take life in protection of hiv own, and the

_ ight of self defence which he claimed for bim-

wali, he asserted aleo for society. So the disous-
sion went on, in brief speeches ; but each con-
‘taining an effective point, and each contributing

et © something to a clear aud reasonable determina-

tion of the question. But perhaps the.most effec-

if: re ‘~* tive remarks were those of Senator Hartshorn of

Egeex couuty, who is one of the directors of the

States prisop. He narrated some recent conver-

sations. with Welcome, in which the latter une-
~quivooally admitted that he murdered Mr. Rus.
geil deliberately, und solely for his money. To

- ‘the question put by a tenator, « Did Welcome |
® —wrowin any of there interviews signs of ofdinary | _
‘a B sensibility!" Mr. Hartshorn replied ;

“When tm answer to my question, he dold’me that
hip parents and brothers and sisters byl. never
*ipited or written to h since }

| ell at City
Grees will be deli
well-known Roman divine of New York, |)

Ee SP aA ee
Otte. 2 a dnl
“2. Coote

evenigg sn ad.
by. Father, Heeker, the

before the Young, Men's Catholio’ Society —sub.
ject: “Luther snd the Reformation :** Thurs.
day evening aleo the ball by “Evening Star
Lodge in honor of the ot of the 15th
smendment comes off at Union Ilvil 5; on Fri-
dey evening Anna Dickinson's Jeoture on ‘’ Joan
Of Ave’’ will be given at City Halland it is to
be hoped no untoward accident will prevent it,
this time, What is to dome Saturday evening
is pot yet snnounced—ff nothing ela, why,
rest!

_ Tt our citizens should bear to-Jay the becoming
of three hundred osnnon, and the rattle of mus-
ketry, ina great batile, and by halfan hour's
walk,could become beholders of the confliet,
from @ point of perfect safety to themselves, how

many would stay away from the scene’? We
shall not hear the guns to-day ; but those who
Choose can see the sights—can look upon a most
trathfal sad vivid presentation of the crisis of
the greatest battle of the war. They can behold

® landscape of miles in extent covered with
armed men ; the foreground filled with the er-
citing incidents of the actual conflict—the bat-
teries sweeping into action or retiring disabled,
~ the wounded and dying men and horses ; the
feu d'enfer with which the assault of Long-
street’s corpe was repulsed at Gettysburgh ; and
stretching far away the lines of combatants, in
the shock of the final struggle. This can bs
geen at City Hali to-day and this evening. This
Opportunity is one which our citizens will not
agsin enjoy. We can tell them that those who
do not improve it, will deprive themselves of a

raretrest,ofa sight as interesting as it is in-
structive. Let all take their opera glasses if
they inve them, and all be sure to go and see
the Battle of Gettysburgh at City Hall.

Tax Deaate 1x THe Senate ON Tar Wex-
Come Covmeration Bitt —The following sre
the closing remarks and vote on the Welcome
Commutation Bill in the Senate, which took plece
after our report Je on Friday evening;

Mr. Nash gave briefly his reasons for voting
against the bill. uld not interfere with
the decisions of the court in this matter,

Mr. Heath wished th correct « sentiment
which had been promulgated in relation to this
boy, and did so by relating his appearance upon

horse stealing. He appeated self-possessed aad
to unflerstand himself fectly. He related
other ¢iroumstances which| tended to show clear-
ly his moral and mentai ponsibility. He al-
luded fo « recent pardon as evidence that these
high criminals are not al ys safe because they
ison. He could Wot vote for this bill. -
- Carpenter male few explanatory re-

ons was satisfied ag to the sanity of the
b. He thought (he ease with which he
fromthe crime of had en-

couraged him to’ commit the greater crime of

mure °

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On the third resdin

the witness stand in this town when tried for |:

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Fy must het suppege {hat they can sdjourn
‘ont having socempll
ing the Listing
. ‘jwhick a wew appraisal
, q i a0 be takeb im 1871,’
throughout ime State.

_[eesinens on the tables of the bwo Houses thas
: days remaining, failed in the Houre

{tures of the painting and of the battle, relating
legis- | many thrilling

poe

a0 possibly be dieposed of in the two working
‘ by o heavy
vote this forenoon.
sie ae tad Teenday, the Laginlative me.
ebine will rus likes buzz saw, What will be
what left updone, no one can under-

ae ey | Toor,

j
_ Tx haaling earth from the filling on College’
street from the Battery, where there was an en-
campment of troops in the war of 1812, an old
eatnon ball was dag up at such depth as to
lead to the belief that it must have been fired
from one of the British vessels.

Tur Pvsue Scnoois.—Examinations will be!
tesumed in the city schools this week, and oon-
tinued in the following order ‘Monday, at
school No. 6, Miss Brownell, teacher ; Tuesday,
®t school No. 7, Mise Peters, teacher ; Wednes-
day, st school No. 8, Miss Collins, teacher.

Bacuntpen’s Gerrrspvacu.—Thete was a ra:
ther thin house at the exhibition of the great paint-
ing of the Battle of Gettysburgh on Satarday
evening, owing to the storm. Col. Bashelder
Seve au interesting explanation of the main fea.’

incidents, and making every thing
clear to every beholder. Col. Benedict was also
ealled out, and bore unqualified testimony to the
truthfulness of the painting, as a representation
of the actual scenes of the bettie. It is the finest
thing of the kind ever brought to this city. It
will be opem this forencon at ten’ o'clock, and
again this ovening at seven, when we look to soe
& crowded house. Le

present per year for the remainder of theoollege
course to the student of the Freshman class who
shall, at the conclusion of this college year, pase

the best classical exa nination.
The University of Virginia has 450 students.

A much larger class came in this year at
Dartmouth College than was anticipated, there
being eighty-six in the Academical, sed twenty-

| five im the Scientific Department. One-fourth

of the whole are Vermonters.

A graduate of Yale, who has placed his son in
that educational institution, writes from New
Haven to the New York Sun as follows ;

I brought my boy here, an only child, think-
ing that he might do as well at Yale as anywhere
elee. The aspect of affairs has much changed
since I was student, not, a8 it seems to me, for
the better. The boys are a deal more cubbish
and lubberly than they used to be, especially
those of the younger classes. Evidently they
are not gentlemen, and if their fathers belong to

| that category, they must have neglected thelr

offspring in childhood. My son, at home in Vir-
Givis; wasn simple-hearted, natural lad, who
shot like a Sportsman, rode like a dragoon, and
made loveto all the girle within a circle of thirty
miles; he ie now an olious young prig, who talks
the slang of the college, and ig constantly quo-
ting. “* our fe'lows.’* He belongs to al sorte of
societies, and is covered with medals and tokens
of membership, He Biay come out all right,
but the chances are against such @ result.

New Haven largely overestimates the material
advantages derived from the college, So far as
the young ladies of the city are concerned the
students are a pest and a nuisance. They never
marry those to whom they are devoted during
their collegiate course. They are like the gallant
knight “ who loves and ridés away.’’ There isa
of ** college widows” here, who will never be
anything elee. The young men who are * town
born’ stand po chance againat the students, Tie
college brings rome money here, fo be sare, but
® manufectory ewploying @ couple of handred
skilled workmen is worth twice as much to the
town.

New Haven affects great literary taste, and
su itself to be second only to the modern
A It reverences the Hub above all places
om earth, and there is a prevalent opinion here
that when good New Haveners die they go to

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The history of Fair Hoven is now in prose,
pnd will be published in ® month. rye
C. M. Judkins* new house oi barns, of Cas-
tleton, were barned on the night of the 12th;
». 44 | they had been bat a little time completed, at a
pe 4] cost of over $8,000.’ Tnsurance $7,000.
‘| Park, Benjamin & Dexter have bought the
| steam mill at Ludlow, paying. forthe mil! nnd |
, large lot of mountain land $24,000.
SSN COMPOE Theee Wes'nghed deal: dbukshéindhlat Heil
pr lerge ‘aon sud heads of families. er ville on Satarday. A Mr. Hoskison bad hired a
Fotis aia ecture was ® pretty desultory gang of Frenchmen in Montreal to chop wood
He nyt | stade affair, and in most respects except physi- | for him; but after working for him a while, they
Weleor ¢ Gal beaaty, the fair lecturer mast have disap- lie for the service cf another employer. Mr, ,
1g ointed many of her hearers, iy Hoskison procured a warrant to recover the
Brae > "Commer (MUTATION OF HENRY weLoome's Se NTENCE, | Money, clothing and other things he had advanc-
pad at ra) Bey The House this forencon passed the bill com-| ed to them, and went with the Deputy Sheriff} -
| 4 muting the sentence of Henry Welcome to im-| McCoy to serve it. The men. attacked them,
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~~ aprigonment at hard labor, for life, by a vote of] beat Hoskison severely, and out MecCcy on the
| VSB fo 61. The subject excites much interest and | wrists, armsand head. In the afternoon war.
‘the result in the’ House arouses very various | fants were azain issued charging them with as-
; comments. The genera) subject of sbolishing | sault with intent to kil! 3; and their leader and
a? capital punishment is also before the House, and overseer, together with R. D. Bucklin, of East
this commutation bil! ie considered a strong in- | Wallingford, were charged with impeding an
Gication that it’ will pass that branch of the|oficer while In the discharge of ‘his duty.
4 ture. Francis Jeremon was held for examination in the
House voted down the State police bill, [sam of $1,200; Peter Guiette was held in $1,-
this aflernoon, by a very heavy vote 000; Bucklin, $500, and the other nine were
} The joint special committee om the Grand | held in the sum of $450 each for trial on Fri-
List, have, after prolonged deliberations, report- | day next at Healville; the entire bail on the sev-
eda new listing Iaw: The measure is perhaps | eral charges amounting to between $16,000 and
s _ the most important one brought before the Legis- | $17,000. Mr, Hoskison's injurier, though very
“Mature, thus fer. I must reserve a statement | severe, will probably not be fatal; but that he
.. Of its provisions for a future letter. was not killed is almost marvellous,

© The two Hoases have voted to adjourn on ; SUGRF TRE Stee eeete
Weduesda morning next. We have many times heard of heroic actions
Bechelder's sinting of Gettysburg opens here | 824 deeds of daring being performed by Eaere-

P B ; & °P sentatives of the softer sex, but we must confees

this evening. ; that im no place had we ever seen or heard of
Yours, ~~~ fone of the yentle sisters turning butcher, until

we saw a st. Albans lady slaughter a hog on

We were told yesterday by a geatleman of ac- Monday morning.— St. Albans Tra necript.

“Kkpowledged taste, who had seen (Col. Bachel-
der’s painting of the Battle of Gettysburg in
Bobtog, that it was the only painting be had
‘geen. in this country or Earope which coaveyed
: ind adequate impression of an ac-
ene raion Ce this selied the | ®¥ait the enfolding snows‘of winter. Yet are

jetures even of Horace Vernet, whose paintings these later bag days not altogether devoid of
ornament. Stroll with us some morning ere
_ Of this kind are pay Se the mists have arisen from the valleys, and we

Tuk Lixotring Leaves.—The giory of the
sutamn has departed. Although an occasional
maple retains the eplendor of its red and yellow,
yet the leaves of most have fallen, and now

rok isk : pe ink wecan show you much remaining beauty.
>) Bap Acctpesr —At Essex Junction Tues- Those same mists, by the way, are among the
day, 8. 8. Jackman of St. Albass, a freight con- | special Pega pera As we stand upon
, , e some height and look into the valley, dotted with
ya dactor on the Central road, while shackling cars farme and villages, we can trace yee china af
|, Arad hia hen! caught between cne car anda the vivifying rivers and streams by the fog that
plank projecting from the end of the other, and | bangs above them. As the rays of the sun be-
at firet was thought to be fatally injured, bat at cn nave eet er ee break “Ps
oe ‘ and little pieces o 006€ In Corners an:
~ Tast sccoun pe was living and some hope of bu cannot escape. Masses of vapor will long remain
Fecovery is entertained. in the lower hollows, and it pretty to see the
A brakeman on the same road had two of his| leafy ht od trees projecting above the clouds
, this forenoon, while | like islands in a tropic sea.

1 ee ee dh The vines and tangles along the roadside: are
— BhapRling cars. beautifully tinted with different shades of red,
valle -~ . and here and there appears a dash of actual
"Reever or Bispracep Curwency,—It ip well | dame as the i Up some solitary leaf, The
F Hendee did & somewhat | few remaining are bleached into skeleton
Apows thet byn , fronds of most exquisite pattern, and an occa-
‘ busineys im the way of pardoning cri- sional aster speaks pathetically of its departed

7 hia short term of office. One of | sisters. :

those pardoved during the last days of Goy-|

of Faller, who had served out a p tion of a sen-

take life in protection
figtht of self defeace which be olaimed

Statis prison.

“qe |
Wdeliberately, and solely fur his money. 'To

kh nensibility 7”

Abie parents sad brethers and sisters bal never

ye ‘Winited or written to him, since be bad been in
me \. Prison, the tears ran down his cheeks

. ok did down mine.” There was no need to asy

aoyth ng Parther. The vote was taken, and

sted fight for commutation to seventeen

t. S$ that without executive interposi-

~an unlikely oontingencey—Welcome must

meet the extreme penalty of the law, which he #0

ruthlessly violated. The Benate chamber was

. erowded with auditors of both sexes, and

case is @ prominent topic of conversation here.

Weeult.of this bill forbodes a similar fate for

gre abolishing capite! punishinsat, ia the

Sqnate. The House has been debating the Grand

List bill in cbmmittee of the whole. Some of

; ite features are unacceptable to many members,

Pc, ys ed the fate of the bill is uncertafn. It ja to be

ho that séme of the more valuable features

Bars may be nave. All own that something

ought to be done to oure the present wretched

edatome of listing property without uniform

standards of yalaation ; and al! ough! to be

to tay, we we will not separate till we

have reformed.come of the evils of the present

; as they

FeSs

arte th a alee eS OE Set oT

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1
)

General Railroad Jaw, as you have seen,
‘em able report against it from the apecial
‘and an able aad earnest effort to

it on the part of ite euthor, Jadge Kel.
weat to.the “* tomb of the Capulets.””

A Siiglety of whose lives wan ty be ‘regacded in this |
bbe tatter, Pensfor Miles btiefly and forcibly
cit the argament for capital punishment. He

|) Wat mot a non-resivtarit, | He slaimed the right

of his own, and the
va » him-
asserted aleo for society, 80 the disous-
Went op, in brief speeches ; but each eon.
ag #2 effective point, aiid each contribuiing

thing to a clear aod reasonable determina-
2 the question. But perhaps the.anost effec-
Temarks were these of Senator Hartshorn of
K Couuty, who is dne of the dire stora of the
f He narrated some recent conver-
with Weleome, in which the latter une-
ally admitted that he murdered Me. Rus.

‘the question put by a Senator, “ Did Welcome
show in any of these interviews signs of ordinary
Mr. Ifartshorn replied ;
“When io answer to my question, be told me that

Tas Devare ww rue Sena
comm Coumotation Bit. —The
the eldsing rewarks and vote on the Wei
Comammtation Bill in the Senate, whic

He could net vote fo
Mr. Carpenter ma.

T]3 on tae War-||
are

h tock pisces |!

after our report eR on Fr sy evening:

Mr. Nash gave brv reasons for voti
againagt the bill. He d not interfere on
the degisions of the this matter, -

tre State #

and menta! ponsibility. He al- Restera ?

luded fo » recent pa: evidence that ‘these | Ohio» ivan §
inals are not always safe Gt4 met wok

vane they
r bill,

le w few explanatory re-

1 COTTON
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gew Spring

_ fee attempt to reverse the decision to sdjourn

| + en Wednesday next, made by those who realize.

i i |the undoubted fact that there is more important
te . a 4,

ee |

Se 8

: ai ts wa

mark mrygie i %
. Me. Hon was satisfied ag to the sanity of the Recsipss ny
young - He thought the ease with which he| % conus 1.)
eacaped frém.the crime of boree-stealing had en-| $!¢ - ge
cour bim to/commit the greater crime of } omtg on ;
mu . @62 for uh
Va the third reading, Mr. Grandey called for} -PROVIsI:
the yess and nays, which were as foliciws - ened 100 bare
Yras,—Messrs. Brownell, Carpenter, Eddy, | mie hear)
Gardner, Hastings, Lynde, Martin aod White— | is ,@1i:1
8. 0168 for 6
Nare,—Messrs. Bailey, Benedict, Brown, RAGS ast o
Camp, Colton, Dewey, ’ Dickerman, Grandey,} | PETROL!
Hartshorn, Heath, Hibbard, Hill, Merrill, Niles, | tefined in bow
Pingry, Ross and Saxe—17. Shenae
On motion of Mr, Bailey, adjourned LEATHERS
— See Hight weighwm
‘ d ‘alffornia light
COLLEGIATE, ae fie
ees wi OL Arnage
The Sverage cost of each student in the clase | Pathe) :
of '70 at Yale, during the course of four years, | By Telegraprg
was $4,265 50,
The Fall term in the University cf Vermont| Gold: pene
closes Nov. 22. | leckesian
Ia the United States just now, it is said, there aeenain ye ad
are twenty-seven young women studying theo. tangas t 3
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Lie Huei: ME: HH: went intg gtliet
rooms in the house, but saw no one, and
upon going into the bed-room where
Mr. Gowing and his wife slept, he saw
some one covered up in bed. He spoke
and no one replying he went to the bed-
side and raised the bedclothes and found

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dead in the bed, having been killed with
a blow from an axe, with which she was
struck in the face, the axe going nearly
through her head, passing from her eye
a little to the right of her nose, down
through her mouth, killing her probably
instantly. On looking further, their
Caughter, a young but simple minded
girl of thirteen years of age, was found
under the bed where her murdered moth-
er lay. Upon getting her out she had
no knowledge that her father and mother
had been murdered, but said that. to-
wards morning she thought she heard
some one knock on the outside door and
her father called out to know who was
there. A name of one of his near neigh-
bors was given, and upon Mr. Gowing
asking what he wanted, he said he called
to tell him there were some cattle in his
corn. Upon this she said her father got
up and partially dressed him and went
to the door. She then heard some blows
and some one’ fall, and that she was
scared and went and got under her
mother’s bed in her fright, and lay there
until she went to sleep, and until she
came out as above related. She has no
recollection or knowledge of the mur-
derous attack upon her mother.

On further inqui.y, the girl said she
knew the voice of the man who came to
the door and told her father there were
cattle in his corn, and that it was the
hired man who worked for her father
and lived at their house Jast summer,
whose name was ——-- Williams, a man
of French descent, as we Jearn,

A little later in the day it was disccv-|
ered that Williams came into the place
that morning, and went to two places
to let himself to work, and at the last
place, which was Mr. Weston’s, he
did engage himself, but said that before
going to work he wished to go to Wind-
sor to get him a truss on account ofa
breach, with. whieh he was troubled, his
old one being broke, and left early to
go to Windsor to get one.

Tn an hour or two or more after he
lelt, aftey hearing what the girl said, an
officer, Mr. Bowen, was sent in pursuit ;
he was followed to Windsor, and into
the stores there, where he inquired for a
sythe in one store and for a truss in an-
other and in which he bought a trnss,and
then left, going off in the direction of
Ascutneyville. The officers came to
Windsor and after inquiring found he
was last seen going towards Ascutney-
ville, not far from the South Church!
in Windsor village. They soon over-
took and arrested him.

IIe accounts for himself as follows:
that he left the town of Jay in Orleans
County, Vt., in the morning on Monday
the 22d, to go to Ascutneyville to work
out; that he took the cars and came
down on the sccond train and got ol

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A doublp mufdef exceeding any thing
in savagesferogity that ever took place
in Vermor , of perhaps even in New
England, gvas perpetrated in the town of
Weathersfield, fin this county, on Tues-
day morning, the 23d inst. The facts
as we learn them are briefly as follows:
About 6 o'clock on the morning of
Tuesday the 23d inst. a Mr. Hitchcock,
| living in Ascutneyville, a small village
jin Weathersfield, about four and a half
miles below Windsor, on Connecticut
River, had occasion to go to the house
iof Joshua G. Gowing, a farmer living
near him on the river, but a short dis-
tance below Ascutneyville. On ‘arriving
there and secing no stir about the house,
which was unusual at that hour in the
morning, Mr. i. knocked at the door
leading into the kitchen, and receiving
|no response and hearing no_ noise, he
ventured to try the door to'see if it was
locked. The door easily opened and Mr.
Gowing was found lying upon the kitch-
en floor, partially dressed and dead.
His head was found to have been struck
with a club, which Jay near by, and cut
open with anax. <A large quantity of
blood lay beneath and around him on
tbe floor, Mr. H. went into other
rooms in the house, but saw no one, and

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& man named Flanagan had them exhibiting
them in the road about night.

Ltenan H. Cummings called. Reside in
the west part of Weathersfield.. First heard
of the murder on the morning of the 28d of
July, on my. way to Claremont, when I met
Mr. Bowen. Went to Gowen’s and exam-
ined respondent’s clothes; found the bottum
of the pants wet.as though they had been
stepped into the water; one coat sleeve was
wet and had on it what I called spots of
blood; saw also what I called blood upon
the vest, and it appeared fresh. Examined
with the naked eye. Next day, Wednesday,
started to tind the trail of the murderer.
Exhibited a plan of the ground thereabouts.
Examined both sides of Mill Brook down to
where it empties into the Connecticut, and
found where a man had apparently jumped
from a log into the brook; followed from
this point tracks which had a peculiar boot
mark up Connecticut up to Connecticut
river bridge; got the boots of Bowen and
self and Flanagan tracked him first through
acorn field, then down the brook on to the
river beach; left trail and went up through
a hay lot into another corn field, over into
the Gowing lot to the road near the house.
Compared the boots with the tracks, per-
haps a hundred times, and they fitted per-
fectly. Took .the boots and- explained
the peculiarities of the boots, which had
taps upon them distinguishing marks. Went
to the house and found blood tracks with
the marks of these boots; tracked him
around to the cistern, back of the house,
where found appearances of a man’s wash-
ing blood off his boots. Followed the trail
from the house back to the river. Then re-
turned to the house, went up stairs and
tried the boot to the marks upon the door
of the chamber and it fitted perfectly. Went
back toy the river and took up’ the trail
and folloWed it up to the road about a mile
from the bridge through a large corn field,
through which the tracks indicated that the
man was running. The tracks went through
three plowed fields, and through the same
fields going to and from the house.

Cross ex. by Mr. French. Live about six
miles from the scene,of the murder. Made
the examinations on Wednesday ; stayed
over night at Ascutneyville Tuesday at the
request of the people; requested me to stay
because I have sometimes acted as a detec-
tor. Made no chemical examination of
spots on the clothes but believed they were
made by blood. Examined-some of the
tracks on Friday.

Adjourned for the day.

Wednesday, June 10.
N. B. Flannagan called. Reside in
Burlington. Am deputy U. S. Marshal ;
am also government detective. Hap-
penned to be in Windsor day alter
the transaction and was called ypon to
help logk the matter up y went ta the
house in company with a Boston detec-
tive; found a murder had been commit-
‘ted ; took some minutes of marks about
the house ; then went to the office where
the man was in keeping; looked him
overa while and pulled off his boots and
examined them and his clothes; said he
bad pose bleed whieh cased the hlpad +
advised the officer to have his clothes
taken off and preserved, and they were
taken off; after making a pretty thor-
ough investigation hod a talk with him ;
examining the edat found the right hand
sleeve had been washed } it appeared As
though it had been washed and rubbed
down with the hand; had dirty spots
and with a glass found it was blood ;
inquired of him and he said it rained
the night before; asked him why he
didn’t come ont a make a clean breast
of it, ‘the ey idence is strong against
you?” (Reply objected to and reserved. )
Said {o him there was testimony against
you enoygh to bang yeu as high fg the
heavens; he said what is your testis
mony ? replied the testimony of this girl
is enough after following you up to hang
‘you ; then said to him “everybody sup-
posed you was up on Canada line, and
‘the first thing when the girl was accos-
ted in the morning, she gayg our hired
man came in the night had called father
out; on the strength of that the authori-
ties follow you and find you in the vi-
cinity ; you were found here with those
marks of blood and other circumstances
corroborating, now how are you going
to get rid of it; his reply was she is a
foolish edrl and ‘her testimony wan't he
taken. Left him then and went back tu
the house; after looking some of the
watters over there went into the cham-

ber and made some examinations there +
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ahd lett; took his clothes ia small trunk;
trunk (valise) produced and identitied;
While there last worked hoeing corn and do-
ing chores; did not work after that for futh-
er; [slept inthe trundle bed the night of the
pmurder, in the bedroom where they slept;
trundle bed run ander their bed; pulled out
against door that opened into a closet; fath-
er retired about nine o'clock and rst; heard
somebody in the house that night; the tirst
I heard he told father that the cattle
were in the corn; should think he stood
at sitting-room door; knew who it was: I
knew his voice; it was our hired man, Hen-
ry Williams; then father got up and dressed
him, and told mother she had better get up
and dress her too; father then went out in-
to the kitchen: next heard some noise;
sounded like chairs and tables rattling ; fath-
er did not come back: then the hired man
came in the bed room; did not hear him
speak; mother spoke to him and said ‘‘who
be you,” ond he replied the same “who be
you;” was coming toward the bed, should
think from the kitchen; repeated the words
over two or three times; knew who it was
the ‘last time he spoke, knew his voice; af-
ter he got to the bedroom heard a noise,
sounded like a thrashing or pounding ; moth-
er was deaf; I kept still, L was frightened:
did not see him; if I stirred was afraid he
would kill me and did not uncover my head;
he touched me with his finger on my shoul-
der; my head was covered up, did not stic;
thought if I stirred he would strike me; he
iInight thought 1 was asleep, did not move;
thought he went in the parlor next; from
there he went up stairs; heard him step-
ping, heard him when he came down, and he
came in the bedroom and pushed my trun-
dle bed under so he coulde open the closet
door; then he took out some of the clothes
and carried them into the sitttiug room;
found that out in the morning; then I sup-
posed he’ went away; ’twas about three
o'clock in the morning should think; he was
there an hour or more, I should think; the
rooster crowed before he went away; did
not know till morning what he had done;
thought he had come to steal, went to‘sleep
again; cant tell how soon; in the morning
Mr. Hitchcock came and waked me up; he
came about seven o’clock. with some other
neighbors, Mr. Tuttle and others; told Mr.
Hitchcock who had been there, and told Mr.
Bowen also that morning; heard the voice
plainly that said ‘the cattle are in the corn;”
the lantern is kept in the sink, underneath
it, saw it’ the next day by the side of the
sink in the kitchen; the candle had been ta-
ken out; looking glass produced and ident-
fied as one that hung inthe kitchen; didn’t
see it in the morning, ’twas there the night
before ;did not see it after till I saw it before
the Grand Jury; father had a nice axe, and
kept it in the back room, behind an arch;
the candle stick was found the next morn-
ing out of its place, and on the arch: there
Was a cupboard door under the sink; heard
no noise aside from the rattling noise die
scribed; futher kept his sled stakes in the
summer in a shed across the road, sled was
kept in the shed at the front side; think
there was a large pile of shingle in the
shed; the outside kitchen door had a lock,
and was kept unfastened, one reason so that
brother could get up'and go out.

Cross Ix. by Mr. Freuch. Fix the time
father hired him the 23d of March, because
father told me it was the 238d; didn’t say be-
fore the justice twas the 24th; nobody in
inthe family but father, mother, brother
and myself; always slept iu trundle bed;
hired man ‘and brother slept up stairs; fath-
er and hired man never had any difficulty
that I know of; think he didnt get a truss
at Claremont and he went to Burlington to
get one; think father paid him all he owed
him; said he came back to work, when he
came ip about two weeks; saw the valise
next, after he went with it, before the Grand
Jury; it had no particular marks; kpew
father had money did not know he had
bonds; always kept it between the ticks,
mother sometimes kept spoons .there; al-
Ways kept the front door locked; mother
was usually the last one to go to bed, father
got up tirst in the morning—looked at the
clock when father went to bed the night of
the murder, we were in the kitchen usually
and that night—got up and went and looked
at the clock, dont know why, was accus-
tomed to when father went to bed; heard
the hired man speak first, think he was
at the door into the bedroom, heard no

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heard the man told father the cattle were in
the corn; father asked ‘* who be you,” and
he said his name was Hitchcock—didn't-cov-
er my head up till heard nolse in the kitch-
en—father did not ask him who it was_ be-
fore he said the cattle were in the corn, fath-
er made no light, put on his pants and vest,
did not see him do {it—think mother was
putting on her clothes in bed; heard no
talk between father after he got up and the
man, heard no noise of any kind inthe sit-
ting room, after heard the noisein the kitch-
en ’twas but a very few minutes before the
man came into the bedroom, no light there,
my head was covered up, and did not un-
cover it; mother spoke to the man first, did
not testify before the justice that he went
up stairs before he went into the parlor;
heard nothing of him after he went out of
tlie bedroom the last time, didn’t uncover
my head till I was waked in the morning;
couldn’t tell why did not speak to mother;
was awake all the time he was in the house
—not a great while before I went to sleep;
rooster crowed before he went away—did
not. think it was Mr. Hitchcock when he
said it was; left in the morning as soon
as I got dressed—saw father but not
mother; did not look around the house any
then, came back in the forenoon when Bow-
en brought me—found the lantern before I
went away,think father hand’t usedit ;candle
was usually kept on the shelf, it was burn-
ing when I] went ts bed, did not know where
mother left it, but think on the shelf; some-
times kept the best axe on the portico near
the door. .

Re-direct.. First knew of father’s keeping
money in the bed before Henry Williams
worked there; could not see mother on the
bed from my bed because there was a foot
board; never knew mother to leave her can-
dle on the chimney jam where this was
found.

George Bar'lett called. Reside in Clare-
mont; in 1867 worked for Daniel. Davis of
Windsor, worked for him the 28d of July;
saw respondent about 6 .0’clock in the morn-
ing, he came and wanted to know if I want-
ed to hire some help haying, told him Mr.
Davis was the man and I would show him
into the house where Mr. Davis was; said
he meant to have been there early in the
morning but overslept himself, said he came
down in the night train and slept in the de-
pot at Windsor, came from towards Wind-
sor; Mr. Davis resides about a mile and a
half from Windsor on the river road.

Cross Ex. by Mr. French. Was in the
door yard;.there were two driveways,
about twenty-five or thirty rods apart at the
road, he came on the north driveway; could
not say whether I testified before the jus-
tice that he said he simply slept in the de-
pot, without naming any particular depot.

Daniel Davis called. Reside two miles be-
low Windsor, some four miles from Joshua
G. Gowing's; another Mr. Gowing resides
about two miles trom me a little off the
road towards Weathersfield—heard of the
murder between 8 and 9 o’clock,should think
—have met the respondent, he came to my
door on the morning of the 23dof July,
came for work; Mr. Bartlett asked if I
wanted more help, and I said I had all the
help I needed then; told him that Mr. Wes-
ton, below, wanted help, and he turned and_
went there and let himself, and an hour or
two afterward came back, said he had been
to work, but had a truss that troubled him,
and he must go to Windsor to get one; he
would like to ride as it hurt him to walk—
told him I was going up and would overtake
him; did so and gave him a ride: he asked
if I ever had a man by name of Joseph Mar-
tin work for me: told him I had; he said
he saw him and told him I had a large farm
and thought I would hire him; asked him
his name and he said it was Henry Williams,
and said he was from Barton; did not no-
tice that he had the nose bleed; asked if he
had a family and he said he had not—carried
him to Windsor and told him where he}
would be most likely to find what he want
ed; pointed out respondent to Mr. vat
on the street and was present ac gorge
when he was arrested | Mr. Weston reaiies
one mile below te.

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Reside in Windsor,

when he was arrested;
one mile below me,
Horace Weston called. Reside in Windsor,
southof Mr. Davis about a mile; respond-
entcame down the road from Mr. Davis’
and wanted to work for me—he went to
mowing after he went to the house and
pot some brenkfast; worked a short time
hand complained that his truss hurt him and
| he must go and get it fixed; he had mowed
should think as much as an hour; sent a
a boy at his request to the house for his
-coat—was at work towards Windsor from
the house; asked him where he was from
and he said Canada, should think he suid
Sutton; didn’t say what he came down _ for.

Cross Ex. by Mr Paul. Was pretty warm,
good hay weather—did not see the respond-
ent walk much—think it did not rain that
day or the next— man would be apt to sweat
pretty well if he worked any.

Sarah Weston catled. Last witness was
my father-in-law; saw respondent on the
morning of the murder and gave him break-
fust—noticed his bair was very wet when
he was eating.

Cross Ex. by Mr. Paul. Respondent wash-
ed after he came in—noticed the hair when
he first came in.

Sarak E. Gowtng called. Reside a mile
above Ascutneyville—my husband was cous-
in to Joshua G. Gowing; first saw the re-
spondent at Mr. Gowings and after at our
house—knew him as Henry Williams—have
‘made him two pair of overalls, blue cotton
drilling—saw them here to-day; made one.
pair after he had been at. Mr. Gowings it
might be three weeks, and the last pair
perhaps three weeks after—this was in
1867; he took the last pair just before he
went to Burlington, the last time I saw him
I was there and took the pants to make
them larger; had a conversation on Monday
when he came after the pants—he came in
and appeared excited or different—thought
he looked as though something had hap-
pened, and I asked if they did not live well
‘at Mr. Gowings, and he said no: I said he is
well enough off to live well and he said yes,
he has got $700 in government bonds which
he keeps in the bureau drawer, and has had
$200 paid in since, and how much more I
dont know: he snid he must be going and
asked what time it was and went—this was
four weeks before the murder; inform: d
Mr. Gowing of the conversation had with
respondent about the money.

Benj. F, Gowing called. Reside in Weath-
erstield—found a looking glass on my prem-
ises on the morning after the murder. above
Mr. Gowings, on the east side of the main
road not more than a foot from the stump
fence, fleld side, face down, glass broken;
saw it before in Mr. Gowings’ kitchen—
found about six inches from the glass a
cloth,—this was on the 6th of August—-
thought it had stains but could not swear—
twas not a towel cloth, looked like the
back of a shirt.

_ J Abel Chase called. Reside in Jay, have
& small store, and am postmaster; have
seen respondent occasionally since 1854—
saw him at my store the last day of May,
1867; he was known as Hiram Miller, sup-
posed it to be his true name—he came into]
the store this afternoon and wished to buy |
some candy and tobacco—wanted to carry
the candy to his boy; he came home the
day before, said he had been in California—
had not seen him before for a year and a
half: made the remark.that if he had been
in Calitornia he had come home rich: he
said he was not very rich or very poor—he
said I have 6 or $700 which I cun put my |
hand on at any time; he next came there
some two or three weeks afterward and
simply dropped a letter in the oftice—he
next came two or three weeks later. as near
as I could make out to give me a blowing
up for not sending his letter out; told him I
did send it, that it was very badly put on
and I could not well tell where it was to go
nor to whom—he said it was well put on;
asked him to spell it, and he badly spelled
Ascutneyville and Weathersfield, and told
me this letter contained a check on a bank

in New Hampshire and he had sent it
to an intimate friend to draw it and send
the money to him; told him if the let-
ter was lost ’twould go to the dead let-
ter office and then come back; he said
he had been to Ascutneyvilie and saw
the man to whom he had sent it and he

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day previous to the murder about noon ;
called for candy and tobacco, and his
mail, the mail for his father-in-laws folks
and perhaps others; after getting the
mail for him, inquired if I kept stoves ;
told him did not, but could get him one
in Troy ; said he wanted I should get
him one and other articles as he intend-
ed to purchase a place of A. C. Ells-
worth and go to keeping house; he told
me he had 6 or $700 and was going to
get it and pay Ellsworth down for the
farm ; was going to get it between then
and the first of August, when he was
to go to keeping house by himself; his’
father-in law’s name is Shepard Ran-
dall; in due time the letter returned to
my office; it went to Cuttingsville, and
from there to the dead letter oflice, think
it was mailed June 13, and it was left
the day before; the fare from Newport
to White R. Junction is $4,153; and
propably 50 cents less from Barton.
Cross Ex. by Mr. French. Did. not
testify before the Justice; have helped
look up the case a little; saw respond-
ent I think a few times in ‘Jo. A. Filth
Vt.; was myself in Co. B. 2d Vt.; he
is married and has one child about four
years old; his wife lived most of the
time with a brother-in-law in Richford,
but was frequently in Jay; have esen
his brothers in Sutton and think they
lived in Sutton or Richford.
Amos C, Ellsworth called. Reside in
Jay. Knew respondent, saw him about
i middle of June, 1867, at his father-ia-
}law Shepard Randall’s four rods from
where I livé; his is nearest house; he
had before this,about 1 and a half years,
tried to buy a piece of land of me and
looked at it; he ssid he had some mon-
ey coming by. way of his father and
could make a payment in June, 1867;
he asked how much I asked for the
land; told him $700; he said it was
worth $500; he said he had 5 or $600
that he could put his hand on at any
time. This was Sunday before murder
in afternoon; did not say what he had
been doing; said he had been away a
year or year and a half, but had not
been asleep all. the time; that he was
going away to be gone two or three
weeks to get it; said he had got to work
two weeks at Jenness’ at Barton before
be went; said if I would take $500 he
would pay it all down when he came
back; said he was going back to Barton
that night ; only his wife and child with
him; had a team and said it was hired
at Barton. : :
Cross Ex. by Mr French. This Sun-
day talk was at the house of his father-
in-law ; had not lately talked with him
before this day; this was same land;
dont know where his father lived or
died ; he spoke of money by his father ;
one and a half years before; he never
said his mother was going to live with
him, that I knew of ; in June, 1867, he
did not speak of her father’s estate, |
did not trade ; heard he went to Haron |

that night.
Joel A Whitcomb called, Live inf
Troy, knew remymorietasil four ab } mn (Uf f

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sound convincing, as he
‘up against it. :
ities analyzed Phair’s sto
ty had heard a carriage go
> at 11:45 on the Monday
2 8th. About this time,”
{ th ith, he was preparing
mi t train out of Bran-
ad. Wiver J. Cain, the night
Berwick House, discredited
He told Sheriff Field that’
o Brandon to see the circus
June 8th, but he hadn’t:
‘re, and neither had he seen
lidnight train coming back.*
‘jes were made. The ticket
depot couldn’t say for sure’
iswering Phair’s description’
ticket for Brandon. aa
have a leg to stand on.”
2 Rutland. was taken as-
ed to divert suspicion. The
uged that Phair had been in
house Sunday night, Mon-
Monday night with plenty
imit the crime and to engi-
:*fire which, as he was a~
Idn’t have been at all diffi-

ties reconsidered the milk-
and were of opinion that
mistaken in thinking that
‘wo men arguing with Ann
had been Phair alone—the
who killed her in a jealous
2 realized she would never

ainst Phair, however, :was
omplete’”The investigato
» locate Ann Freeze’s miss-
1 order to strengthen their

arrival in Los Angeles
‘acific Coast racketeer.

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case to absolve all element of doubt.

In this respect, the $3500 reward turned

the trick in a peculiar manner.-.) > *

S. STEARNS, who had no official con-
nection with the case, went to Provi-
* dence to do a little sleuthing. There,
accompanied by Detective James O. Swan,
he made a vain attempt to find the lodg-
ing house where Phair had slept and the
nearby restaurant where the accused had
eaten. He made no headway, so he re-
turned to Rutland. His actions aroused
some criticism, for the veracity of Phair’s
story could easily. have been determined
by taking him to Providence and letting
him make the effort to bolster his alibi.
Nobody, however, adopted this measure
to refute Phair’s statements. ie
Stearns, meanwhile, got together with
J. C. Thornton, another eager amateur
with no official connection. They were
convinced that Phair had disposed of
Ann Freeze’s valuables somewhere in Bos-
ton. Therefore, with a picture of Phair
in their possession, they went to Boston
and enlisted the aid of the local authori-
ties in order to make a survey of all
pawnshops and _ second-hand _ establish-
ments. - :
Lady Luck favored them, for they
found that Ann Freeze’s watch had been

-pawned at the establishment of Myer

Abraham at 18 Salem Street. The man
who pledged it was a “Mr. E. F. Smith”
of St. Albans, Vermont, with a Boston
address at the Adams House. The trans-
cation involved $35. The picture of Phair

was laid on the counter. The pawnbroker

identified it as that of “Mr. Smith.”

At the Adams House, the investigators
talked with John Donovan, Jr., the desk
clerk. Donovan told them that “E. F.
Smith” had occupied Room 61. He look-
ed at the picture of Phair and said it was a
“spittin’ image” of “Mr. Smith,” who was
about 33 years old and who had checked
in about 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 9th.

On Tuesday, June 16th, the probers

. got another break at the establishment

of James G. Pierce at 25 Howard Street,
near the Howard Athenaeum off Scollay
Square—known to this generation as the
Old Howard, the oldest and most famous
burlesque house in the country. Pierce, a
versatile gentleman, combined tailoring
with a cleansing business and a pawnshop.

Pierce had loaned. money on two of
Ann Freeze’s missing valuables—five dol-
lars on a pair of opera glasses, and the
same amount on a Paisley shawl. Shown
the picture of Phair, Pierce identified it
as that of the “Mr. E. F. Smith” who
had plédged the articles on June 9th or
10th.

The next day, at the pawnshop of
Samuel Ehrlich at 502 Washington Street,
it was discovered that three rings be-
longing to Ann Freeze had been pawned
there for five dollars. This transaction
had taken place arounnd 11 o’clock on
Wednesday, June 10th. The pawnbroker
said the picture of Phair greatly resembled
that of “Mr. E. F. Smith.”

The investigators were unable to run
down the more valuable pieces Ann Freeze
was known to possess. In all proba-
bility they had been disposed of elsewhere,
and on this premise the search was termi-
nated. Stearns and Thornton returned to
Rutland, turned over to the sheriff the
evidence they had accumulated, and sug-
gested that a sample of Phair’s handwrit-
ing be obtained for comparison with that

“of “E. F. Smith” on the Adams House

ledger and the pawnbrokers’ records. Ap-
proached, Phair at first balked, but then
consented and wrote his name and that
of “E. F. Smith” on a sheet of paper.

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The day set for the execution, Marshall
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in his office at 52 Scholl Street in Boston
reading the Morning Globe, which car-
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the description of Phair’s trip from Rut-
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Downing flung aside .the newspaper.
The time neared noon. The hanging was
scheduled for two o’clock.

Downing rushed to the offices of the
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ernor Fairbanks at Montpelier. With,
Downing, he waited until one o’clock
without receiving any answer. He sent
another telegram. This time he got an
answer. The Goveror was out to lunch.
Taylor sent a third telegram, requesting
that the Governor be located at once.
Finally, the Governor was located at St.
Johnsbury and informed of the Boston
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The telegram was received at 1:36. Phair
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necessary to obtain a statutory amend-
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and that a new one couldn’t be issued
because Phair could not be resentenced.
The petition was not upheld.

Phair took this last defeat with nosout-
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told about the employment situation was
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Freeze. He said he had gone straight to
the Berwick House and to bed. Most
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and reading the newspapers, and, during
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Johanna Gleason, a chambermaid, heard
him, and asked him to play for some of
her fpjends. Phair, flattered, entertained
the girls until 9:30. :

On Monday, after getting up late, he
took the train for Brandon to take in

Barnumi’s circus; of course, without Ann

Freeze this time.

After eating supper at the Grandon
House, he boarded the midnight train
for Rutland. Reaching his lodgings, he
went right to bed and got up early to
catch the 4:30 train for Boston. Phair

said he hadn’t met anybody that he knew
at the circus, or on the train back. He
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Emeline Hardy had heard a carriage go %
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to board the midnight train out of Bran-
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this statement. He told Sheriff Field that
he had gone to Brandon to see the circus

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who would admit ever being there. This,
of course, was understandable. Moreover,
Phair couldn’t short-circuit the charge that
he had the opportunity to pawn Ann
Freeze’s possessions in Boston, and, by
the same token, neither could he support
the defense contention that “E. F. Smith”
was a myth. Strangely, no pains were
taken to determine if such a gentleman
really existed in St. Albans.

The defense made a great deal of the
point relating to Ann Freeze’s valuables.
If Phair had pawned them, they asked,
then what had happened to the money?
He had had less than six dollars in his
pockets when arrested.

The case was placed in the hands of

Phair couldn’t pro-.

newly appointed police chief of the Windy City, shown just
over his new duties of enforcing law and order in Chicago.

the jurors at eight o’clock on Saturday .~
evening of October 4th. At 11:52, a
verdict was reached—guilty of murder in
the ist degree. j

Phair was staggered, for this verdict
meant the gallows! ;

ERE most cases usually end, but this
was the beginning of a fight for vindi-
cation which lasted for more than

four and a half years. In January, 1875,
at the Supreme Court, Phair’s case was
heard on exceptions and on a motion for ~
a new trial. The exceptions were over-
ruled and the motion denied. Phair was
sentenced to be hanged on April 6, 1877.
He was taken to the State Prison at Wind-
sor to sweat out the intervening two years.

Governor Horace Fairbanks reviewed
the case, but could find nothing on which
to base a reprieve or to extend clemency.
Phair, resigned to his fate, began prepar-
ing a lengthy “dying statement” on his
case.

He wrote in part:

“I am. today confined in a solitary cell
awaiting execution of a death sentence
for the crime of murder which no one
can justly say I have ever perpetrated.

“As for the matter of death, it has no
terror for me. Indeed, I can view it as
a welcome messenger, knowing that with
it will come freedom, Divine justice, and
a righteous acquittal before the Saviour
of Man, Who knows my heart cannot be
mistaken. :

“What I have said about my enemies
I have said with all the charity a wronged
man can bestow upon, those he has every
reason to think have sought his life
through malignity and for the gain of a
few paltry dollars. I trust that I have
been gentlemanly and kind to everybody

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to the State’s Attorney by a local furniture dealer and -

Undertaker J. Ed. Walbridge. The story he told was this:

“Mrs. Rogers was pointed out to me on the street today
and I recognized her as a young woman who was in my
store a few days ago, but the name she gave me was not
Mary Rogers. She selected quite a large amount of furni-
ture saying, ‘I expect to be-married soon.’

# | ASKED her the name of her intended husband, re-

marking that I was acquainted with most of the young
men in town, but she refused to tell me. She smiled and
said, ‘I don’t wish it to be known yet.’

“At her request | set aside the furniture she had chosen
after telling her the terms on which it could be purchased.
i be I'll probably have the cash to pay for it soon,’
she said.

Shakshober reflected. While the cumulative evidence had,

established a possible motive, nothing had been discovered
to connect the young wife with the murder. Nevertheless,
it had made her a suspect and investigators began a more
intensive study of her early life.

The Bennetts were nominally Catholics and Mary. had
been baptized in that faith, but the church meant little to
Johanna and Charles Bennett, who, as has already been
indicated, were looked down upon by their more prosperous,
church-going neighbors.

During her schoolgirl days, Mary was more or less a butt
for ridicule, due, not to her unsavory parentage, but to her

“I bet I can tie your
hands so you can’t get
them apart,’’ said the
woman (above) to the
man she meant to
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own eccentricities of dress and deportment. Those who did
not deride her, shunned her and she was ostracized from
the little social activities of her classmates.

As a natural result, the child became sullen, resentful and
defiant. But though snubbed or ignored by the girls, her
pretty face and plump, symmetrical figure won her the
open admiration of the boys. She developed into a hand-
some, voluptuous young woman and when Marcus Rogers
proposed marriage she seized upon it as an avenue of
escape from a school life which had become irksome.

The number of her admirers increased rather than de-
creased with her marriage and the girl, always susceptible
to adulation, began to sit up and take notice. Despite
Mark’s adoration and dog-like devotion, she started to look
about a bit and to accept the attentions of several youthful
swains. And Mark, perpetually infatuated by her wiles.
never suspected her defection. She was reputed to have
become Obltvious to her marriage vows on numerous oc-
casions.

Her separation from her husband, the gossips said, was
solely to enable her to enjoy absolute freedom in the be-
stowal of her favors. She courted the voluble flattery to
which her pretty ears had become accustomed and yearned
for greater opportunities to display her charms in a new
environment.

* * *

The Perham family, with whom Mary had found accom-
modations, consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Abner Perham and
their two sons, Levi, nineteen, and Leon, seventeen.

They occupied a modest cottage on Safford Street, living
in a primitive way, and observed few, if any, convention-
alities. The sleeping rooms of Mary and Leon adjoined and
in order for Leon to get to his room, he first had to pass
through that of Mary. |

One day Mary found herself in the condition popularly
(and modestly) described as “interesting.”

On August 7th—one week prior to the finding of her
husband’s body—she slipped over to Hoosick Falls and
consulted Doctor Leroy B McWayne, a reputable physi-
cian, and telling him of her predicament begged him to
remedy it.

“T couldn’t do that, Mrs. Rogers,” he protested, “it would
be illegal.”

The girl pleaded and coaxed but the doctor was adamant
and refused to be cajoled into violating the law and the
ethics of his profession.

“She then raved and stormed and ultimately became
vehemently abusive,” declared Doctor McWayne later, add-
ing that the girl departed, uttering maledictions.

in spite of the physician’s uncompromising attitude, Mary
Rogers again appeared at his office on August 10th and re-
newed her request, embellished with specious arguments,
and again he declined in no uncertain terms to have any-
thing to do with the matter. She finally became hysterical
and he experienced some difficulty in terminating the in-
terview.

“At the time of these visits, what would you say as to her
mental condition?” asked Barber. (Continued on page 60)

our discovery spread so rapidly. Within
a few minutes, it seemed to me, the de-
serted house was surrounded by hundreds
of grim-faced citizens. | ’

Munger barely had time to explain that
when he and Pfeiffer had entered the cel-
lar, they had found a new spade, resting
on the steps. Dried dirt which had not
dropped from the blade told them it had
been used recently. A minute later they
had found freshly turned earth, and they
had quickly uncovered the body. Then
Pfeiffer had run out to summon me.

To the grief-stricken crowd around the
scene, there was only one explanation of
the crime; Rusty Nash must have killed

Evelyn, and buried her right near his ~

home! As I was leaving the house to
summon Coroner Rupert Stephens, a
group of men stopped me. “Where's
Rusty?” one of them demanded. | didn’t
answer. They turned away, but they made
no effort to keep me from hearing their
plans. And | immediately went into ac-
tion.

I BECKONED Corporal Munger to one
side: ‘““There’s going to be a lynching if
we don’t watch out,” | whispered to him.
“They're talking about it. Can’t you send
a couple of troopers over to Manistee, and
move Rusty up to Traverse City? We
don’t want to lose him before ‘we can
talk to him again.”

Munger agreed, and presently two of the
officers slipped away unnoticed, and safely
made the transfer. When | got to Free
Soil, Captain Hathaway informed me that
Calvin Edwards, the boy garage attend-
ant, who had told me that he was present
when Nash had scratched his face, had
volunteered additional facts. He had not
actually been present when Nash suffered
the scratches, but the latter had come. to
him with the story and the request that
Edwards verify it if called upon, - :

“You know how they always accuse me
of everything,” Nash had: ‘pleaded. . “I
don’t know anything about Evelyn—but
they'll think I do. Help me just this
once!”

Master Detective

Edwards explained that he had _ felt

sorry for Nash, and also that he had not.

believed the man had any knowledge of
the case. However, upon second thought
he had decided that his only course was
to tell us the whole story—and this he did
as soon as possible. : ;

“Nash vill have a hard time talking his

way out of this,” I vowed, and when.

Evelyn’s body had been removed to_Cor-
oner Stephens’ mortuary in_near-by Scott-
ville, Captain Hathaway, Corporal Mun-
ger, Prosecutor von Sprecken and | hast-
ened to Traverse City to question him.
And there, in a small room in the State
Police barracks, Francis Nash told us all
the gruesome details of his horrible crime.

He said that he had gone to his home
and had started to retire at about nine
o'clock ‘Saturday evening. Then he had
dressed again and gone for a walk. He
had met Evelyn on the hill just on the
edge of the swamp.

“As we met | took a step by her, then
I tried to put my arm around her,” Nash
wrote in his confession. “Just then she
hauled off and hit me in the face, then |
hit her once with my fist in the neck, She
fell right down in the road. She just said
‘Rusty!’ when | grabbed her but when |
hit her she did not make any noise or out-
cry whatsoever.” .

When he saw her lying on the road he

became panic-stricken, Nash said. Then .

he dragged and carried ‘the unconscious
girl into the swamp—to the point where

_we had found signs of a struggle. Leaving

her there, he returned to his home and got
a two-wheeled cart which he pulled back
to the swamp. He tied the cord around
Evelyn’s neck, he’ admitted, then fixed’ a
gag, and also tied her hands ‘together, al-
though we did not find them so when, we
dug ‘up the body. ::.:- eect

- Nash said he pulled her on the cart to
the deserted house, and buried her in the
cellar.- Then -he returned to his home. and

retired. From this part of his confession, —

we get a revolting picture of the man’s
nature. .“I felt very bad about this I had
just done,” he wrote. “After going to bed

] lay awake for about half an hour be-
fore | could get to sleep and slept until
about daybreak Sunday morning. | never
went back to the scene of the crime.”

Nash insisted that Evelyn did not re-
gain consciousness after he felled her with
a single blow on the highway. This did
not check with the fact that we had
found a girl’s footprints and signs of a
struggle in the swamp, nor did it check
with the coroner’s report which certified
the cause of death as strangulation, and
also revealed the sickening fact that the
girl had been the victim of an attempted
criminal attack.

We were never able to obtain from the
risoner a satisfactory account of Evelyn’s
ast minutes just before death. He in-
sisted and the facts bore him out, that no
one else was in any way connected with

the crime.

We kept the prisoner in Traverse City
until Thursday noon, when we had made
arrangements for his court appearance in
Ludington. Lynching threats were still
being heard in Free Soil, and we antici-

ated trouble. We had a detail of eighteen

tate Troopers, and enough deputy
sheriffs to give us an armed force of thirty
men in and around the courthouse.

Grim-visaged men and women packed
every available foot of the courtroom, and
overflowed on to the lawn around the
building. At twelve-thirty Thursday after-
noon Nash pleaded guilty, and Circuit
Judge Hal L. Cutler sentenced him to
serve the rest of his natural life at hard
labor in the Michigan State Penitentiary
branch at Marquette. There is no death
sentence in our state.

. The spectators broke into spontaneous
applause as sentence was passed. We threw
an armed guard’ around the man, and
hurried him out of the building before the
intense feeling could crystallize into ac-
tion. Late that night | had turned him
over to the prison warden at Marquette.
And. the most: fiendish crime in our

. county’s history was entered in our records

‘as closed.

Love-Mad Medusa and the Rope of Death

McWayne reflected. “Well, from her
history and from her conversation and
actions, | would diagnose her case as puer-
eral insanity.”

‘ Mary returned to the Perham. home
after her fruitless visit to the doctor and
in passing through her room to reach his
own, Leon Perham found her partially
disrobed. ; fre

“Sit down a minute, Leon,” she said, “I
want to talk to you. | just had a funny
dream. Let me tell it to you.”

Leon obediently sat on the edge of the
bed and did not reach his own room that
night. What she said to him will appear
later. ; ‘

In the meantime Barber had secured
specimens of the handwriting of both Mr.
and Mrs. Rogers and these, together with
the suicide note, he submitted to George
F. Groves, president of the First National
Bank in Bennington. :

“You're an expert on penmanship,
George,” he said. “Which, if either, of
these persons wrote this note?” —

Groves studied the exhibits critically. “I
am of the opinion that it was written by
Mary Rogers,” he declared “in a clumsy
attempt to imitate her husband’s writing.

“Would you be willing to. go into court
and swear to that, knowing that your tes-
timony might be instrumental in sending
a woman to the gallows?”

(Continued from page 41)

. “Well, I wouldn’t like to be placed in
that position, but | should have to do it,
if | were asked the question.” ‘I

Then came a strange revelation, a weird
story that seemed to tighten the web of
circumstantial evidence against the attrac-
tive young widow.

Levi Perham, the older brother of Leon,
came to the prosecutor with an amazing
tale of a cold-blooded proposition made to
him by Mary Rogers.

“She wanted me to help her murder her
husband,” he announced. .“‘He’s more
than thirty years old,’ she said, ‘and we'll
get him to jump rope and tire him out.

hen we'll pretend to show him some
tricks with a rope.and tie him up. After
we get him tied, I’ll chloroform him, Ill
pay you for your part as soon as I collect
my insurance money.” He paused.

“Well, go on, Levi,” encouraged Barber,
“Vet's have the rest of it.”

“Well, | told her she could count me
out. She seemed surprised. ‘Why won't
you help me?’ she asked, ‘J’ve got the
chloroform.

“1 didn’t believe her, so I said, ‘where
did you get any chloroform?’

“She. said, ‘In Hoosick Falls.’ ”

“Did she mention any specific amount
which you were to receive for helping her
commit the murder?” | - ;

“Yes, she did. She said Mark had an

insurance policy for $500 and she would
give me the whole of it.”

Barber studied the youth keenly. He
had a frank, open countenance and every-
thing about him inspired confidence. Leon,
on the contrary, he knew, was exactly the
opposite. The younger boy was an invet-
erate cigarette smoker, listless, indolent
and lacking in will power. It seemed odd
that Mary should have approached Levi,
the strong-minded, with her nefarious plan
instead of the susceptible Leon. He re-
sumed his questioning.

“you say you refused to fall in with
with Mrs. Rogers’ plan to dispose of
her husband. Who do you think mur-
dered him?”

Levi fidgeted, shuffled his feet and mois-
tened his lips. It was apparent that he

. was greatly embarrassed. Then with low-

ered eyes he said, hesitantly, “I hate to
tell you what | think, but I suppose |
must. I’m afraid that after I refused to
help, she got Leon to go into the scheme
with her.”

“Why do you say that”

“Well, | know she had Leon right under
her thumb and besides, he told me some
things.”

“T see. Just what did he tell you?”

“She seemed to exercise some hypnotic
power over him. She hadn’t been in the

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leff. When Doctor Daly was called to the stand, his testi-
mony caused a sensation.

“This man did not commit suicide,” the physician testi-
fied, “he was murdered,”

“How do you arrive at that conclusion?” asked Judge
Shurtleff, as the courtroom of listeners seemed stunned by
the declaration.

“We found a severe contusion over the right eye and a
compound multiple depressed fracture of the skull. The
left ear, too, was badly torn., We examined the lungs and
found that they were filled with air. The man was dead
when he was thrown into the water.”

Doctor Potter confirmed this testimony. The bruises, he
said, were inflicted by some blunt instrument and were the
result of a heavy blow.

The undertaker who prepared the body for burial added
to the mystery. At the conclusion of the inquest, he called
Deputy Sheriff Nash aside. “The man’s wrists were badly
swollen,” he said.

Nash started. “You mean—” he began, slowly.

“T mean that the man’s hands were tied betore he was
struck. There would be no object in tying them afterward.”

Assistant State’s Attorney O. M. Barber assumed charge
of the investigation. | had a long interview with him at the
time. “There is no question that it is murder,’’ he asserted.

me HEN, of course, the suicide note is a forgery,” | said.
“Either that or it was written under duress.”

“What possible motive could there be for the crime?
Rogers had no money and so far as I have been able to
learn, no enemies. No one could profit by his death.”

“No one except Mary Rogers.”

“You don’t think she would murder her husband for an
insurance of $500?”

“1 don’t know. There may have been a further motive.
I've been getting a line on the couple and here’s what |
have learned thus far:

“Marcus Rogers was a quiet, inoffensive chap, easy-going
and good-natured. Mary, as you have seen, is an exceed-
ingly pretty girl who has never lacked for admirers. She
married Rogers before she was quite sixteen and he felt
elated and highly flattered to think he had won her. He
was kindness itself to her, gratifying her every caprice so
far as it lay in his power. If as ary has ai 4 they quar-
reled, | am of the opinion that the fault lay with her rather
than with Rogers. He gave her free rein and I am of the
opinion that she took advantage of his indulgent nature.

“Now let me tell you Minas 2 2 about Mary. On March
9th, 1883, a baby girl was born to Johanna Bennett in the
town of Hoosick, a small village just south of Hoosick Falls.
Johanna was a woman of low mentality and her marriage
to Charles Bennett was a forced one.

“With this pre-natal handicap, it is not surprising that
Mary Bennett early developed abnormal proclivities. She
was a precocious child, peculiar and eccentric. School was
a place of terror to her and | suspect she married Rogers
to escape from it.”

Barber had referred to “a further motive” and naturally
| got the impression that Mary Bennett Rogers was a pos-
sible suspect, but as he volunteered no additional informa-
tion on this point, | did not question him along that line.

_ From other sources | learned that there had been con-
siderable moe Cone Mary’s association with a young
man named Morris Knapp, a boarder in the Perham
family. Estella Bates, a seventeen-year-old chum of Mary,

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collected outside the
Windsor, Vermont,
prison during the sensa-
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infatuation for another
man’s wife brought him
into the shadow of the
gallows

told me that the pair were infatuated with each other and
that Knapp expected to marry her.

This struck me as naively incongruous. “How could he
expect to marry her, knowing she was already married?”

“Stella,” as she was usually called, smiled. “He didn’t
know it. Mary made him think that Marcus was her
brother.”

So there was another motive besides the insurance money

‘Knapp, a quiet, unobtrusive chap of twenty-three, with a
good reputation, was questioned by State’s Attorney Jacob
}: Shakshober. Knapp admitted that he was deeply in
ove with Mary and added modestly that his affection was
reciprocated. As evidence of this, he exhibited several burn-
ing love-letters he had received from her.

‘I never suspected she was married until the death of
her husband became known,” he protested.

Shakshober regarded him attentively. From his expres-
sion it was apparent that he was skeptical of this state-
ment.

“Where were you Tuesday night, Knapp?” he asked
abruptly.

“On iesilis) I was attending the annual muster of the
N. G. V. M. at Fort Ethan Allen and | didn't return to
Bennington until the next day with Company K. of which
| am a member.”

“How soon after you got back did you see Mary Rogers?"

“She met me at the armory.”

“How long have you known her?”

“About two months.” .

“Have you ever had any illegal relations with her?”

Knapp colored. “I’m not going to answer that question.”

“All right. That’s all.”

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house a week before he had been intimate
with her. She tried to get me interested
but I wouldn’t have anything to do with
her. Well, Leon told me she had made
him the same offer she made me.”
toe did you say when he told you
that?”

“T told him not to be a fool and I didn’t |

think he’d do it, but now—” ;

“Now you think he may have. That’s
what you mean, isn’t it?” .

“Yes, sir.”

“Did she suggest the same method to
Leon that she had outlined to you?”

“Well, Leon told me that there was to
be another party in it.”

“Who was it?”

“Stella Bates.”

“All right, let’s have the whole story.”

“I don’t know as there’s much more to
tell, Leon was in love with Stella and she
was crazy about him and so much under
his influence that she would do whatever
he told her to do. What Leon said was,
that he was to shoot Rogers while Mary
was kissing him and then Stella was to
stick him in the back with a kitchen
knife.”

“Well, there must have been some
change in this plan as Rogers was neither
shot nor stabbed. Frankly, Levi, I’m a
little skeptical about this Stella Bates
story.”

“I’m just telling you what Leon told

“Well, now let me get this straight. Am
I to understand that you accuse your
brother, Leon, of participating in the
murder of Marcus Rogers?’ .

“I’m not accusing anybody. I’m simply
telling you what Leon told me,” 5

DEPUTY SHERIFFS brought in Es-
tella Bates.

It was at once apparent that she was
not of the aggressive type, not at all the
sort of girl one would select to stab aman
in the back with a butcher knife—a man
against whom she could have no animos-
ity. She might be truthfully described as
a pretty girl, having a slight, girlish figure
and scarcely looking her seventeen years.
Her mild, blue eyes, fixed on the State’s
Attorney in a frightened stare, were in-
dicative of a gentle, complaisant disposi-
tion.

anf OU TE a friend of Mary Rogers, Stel-

“Yes, Sin?

“And of Leon Perham?”

“Yes, sir.”

“As a matter of fact, you're his sweet-
heart?”

“Well, we've been going together.”

“You're quite fond of him, aren’t you?”

The girl hung her head, evidently on the
verge of tears. “Yes, sir,” she acknowl-
edged, softly.

“Now Stella, did Mary Rogers ever say
anything to you about wanting to get rid
of her husband?”

“Well, she told me she was in love with
Morris Knapp.”

“Your answer is not responsive. My
question is did she ever tell you she want-
ed to get rid of her husband?”

“I—I—don’t remember that she did,”
faltered the girl.

“Did Leon ever tell you about a plan
to do away with him—a plan in which
you were to assist?”

“No, sir.”

“You knew Mrs. Rogers had obtained
chloroform?”

“Yes, sir.”

“What use did she intend to make of
the chloroform?”

“She didn’t tell me.”

“You didn’t suspect that she wanted it
to chloroform her husband?”

“No, sir.”

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If You Love Me—
Kill Him

(Continued from page 37)

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Mary Rogers.....--+-++> .estranged wife
Marcus Rogers......--++++se8> . husband
Leon Perham.......----eeeeeees a friend
Levi Perham.......-.--se+esee% a friend
Maurice Knapp...... National Guardsman
H. H. Peck. .....- eee eee eens .... Sheriff

I was going out with other men, and the
first thing 1 knew, two weeks ago, he came
here. He said he wanted to talk things over.
We had a terrible argument.”

Rogers had made repeated attempts to see
her, she continued, and that afternoon she-
consented to meet him. She had invited
him to go-on a picnic with her, a girl friend
named Susan Bassett and young Leon Per-
ham. Her husband eagerly accepted, and
the foursome, carrying a well-stocked wicker
basket, walked down to Morgan’s Grove on
the banks of the historic Walloomsac River.

When the meal was over, Sue and Leon
went for a walk along the river, Mary re-
lated, leaving her alone with Marcus in the
secluded grove. He had begged her to pick
up their life together where it had broken off.

He Talked Silly

“He was so pathetic,” she recalled wistfully,
“that I even let him kiss me. But when I
refused.to go back with him, he threatened to
kill himself. ‘If you don’t do as I say,’ he de-
clared, ‘this is the last you'll ever see of me.’
I thought he was just talking silly.”

Peck nodded. “We'll have a look around
Morgan’s Grove. I'll call out a couple of
deputies and we'll make a search.”

For two hours the officers searched the
area by lantern light, but found no trace of
the missing man. There seemed nothing they
could do until daylight. It was then almost
3 a.M. on Wednesday, August 13, 1902.

Early the next morning, a short, stocky
man rushed panting into Peck’s office in the
Bennington County Courthouse, brandishing
a piece of paper. The sheriff recognized him
as Raymond Ovie, proprietor of a candy store
on County Street.

“This was under the door of my shop when
I opened up today,” he reported breathlessly.

Peck studied the paper carefully. It was
a blue-ruled page torn from a notebook, on
‘which a message had been penciled. The
handwriting seemed strangely familiar as he
read the text:

Dear Ray—I just want to say goodby
and thank you for all the favors you've
done me. I can’t go on living. without
Mary and I hope you understand how I
feel. So long, friend. Good luck.—Marcus
Rogers.

Spurred by the discovery of the. note, the
sheriff and his deputies returned to Morgan’s
Grove and renewed their search in the bright
sunlight. Half-hidden at the base of a wild
raspberry bush, Lovell found a man’s sailor
straw hat, upside down and containing an-
other note written on blue-ruled paper.

Peck studied it eagerly. The handwriting,
in pencil, was the same as that in the note
left at the cigar store: >

To Whom It May Concern—This is the
end. I cannot bear to live apart from my
wife, Mary. I still love her, but she does
not love me. I have nothing to live for
now. Goodby and God forgive me for
what I am doing. I can’t help it. I am
depressed.—Marcus Rogers.

The straw topper appeared to be new and
bore the label of a Bennington haberdashery.
Leaving his men to continue the search, Peck
hurried into town and sought out the store
manager. “Do you recall’ selling this hat?”
he asked. ¢

The manager nodded. “Very well. I sold
it only last week to young Marcus Rogers.
I remember he insisted I replace the plain
black band with a red-and-blue striped one.”

The hat, together with the two notes, con-
vinced Peck that Rogers had come to a vio-
lent end. Dispatching McCauley to notify
Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Rogers of the morn-
ing’s discoveries, he gave the order to start
dragging the river.

Down on the banks of the Walloomsac
River, Peck continued a search of the
thickets while his men dragged the .stream
for a body. A few yards from where Lovell
had found the hat and the second note, Peck -

The Case of the Telltale
Whistle

(SOLUTION)

1 (a) Fran Meadows says she
stepped out into the back hall at 9:30.

2 (b) There was no ice there then.

3 (a) But Miss Meadows says she
saw ice there.

4 (b) She wouldn’t have known of
the ice if she hadn’t seen it.

5 (a) So she did see it there at some
point.

6 (b) But that couldn't have been
before the iceman was there.

7 (b) That was at 10 :30.

8 (c) And the ice was there to be
seen until 12:10.

9 (a) The factory whistles blow at
12:00 noon.

10 (a) Miss Meadows heard the
whistles as she left apartment 4D.

Sergeant Haskel held Frances “Toots”
Meadows for murder.

Her story of having left apartment 4D
at 9:30 was a lie, doubly disproved. In
the first place, the ice had been lying in .
the back hall when she passed through.
She said so herself. And the ice wasn’t
delivered until 10:30. Secondly, the
factory whistles-were blowing when she
walked out of the apartment. She ad-
mitted that. And they don’t blow at
9:30; anyone knows that.

Her alibi nullified by the evidence
contradicting it, Miss Meadows soon
cracked and confessed. Rowley had been
kidding her with talk of a divorce; actu-
ally, as his ‘wife said, a reconciliation was
in the offing. The band leader had told
her that the night before; they were
through.

Unable to sleep, she had let herself
into his apartment, helped herself to the
gun she knew he kept in his bottom
dresser drawer, pulled up a chair beside
the sleeper who had two-timed her and
bided her time. ,

Rowley had slept soundly until noon.
As the whistles blew, she squeezed the
trigger. The“ racket covered up the’
shot. She’ unlocked the back door and
raced out. The whistles were still
shrilling when she hit the street.

Frances Meadows was sentenced to 20
years’ imprisonment on her plea of
guilty to second-degree murder. After
serving four years she committed suicide
by hanging herself in her cell.

-cork, which Peck studied intently.

discovered a 12-foot length of stout clothes-
line, carefully coiled and hitlden in the roots
of a shrub. Examining the rope, the sheriff
saw stajns on it which appeared to be blood.

The two men swiftly dug away the loose
dirt where the roperhad been concealed. Soon
they were rewarded by the discovery of a

It bore
a circular identation around the middle as
if it had stopped a container with a~ hard,
sharp neck. The sheriff raised it to his
nostrils and drew a deep breath. It held a
faint, sickish-sweet odor.

“Chloroform!” he exclaimed, turning to
Lovell. “Maybe Marcus Rogers didn’t com-
mit suicide after all!”

Shortly before 6 p.M., loud shouts from
his deputies in the boats drew the sheriff to
the water’s edge. He saw his men pulling a
corpse over the side of one craft. In a matter
of minutes, the deputies brought the body
ashore. The dead man was Marcus Rogers.

The officers recognized him from pictures
furnished by Mary, even though his face
bore deep scratches, his forehead was bruised
and his left ear torn. He was fully clad ex-
cept for his hat.

“looks like more than suicide, all right.”
Peck observed. “We’ll see what Doc Wilt-
sie up at the university has to say about it.”

Peck ordered Lovell and Kiniry to take the
body to the University of Vermont morgue

. for an autopsy by Dr. N. J. Wiltsie of the

school’s medical department. Then he set
out with McCauley for the Perham rooming
house.

Little Emotion

Mary Rogers, paler than ever, was un-
perturbed at hearing that her husband’s body
had been recovered. “I’ve done my weeping,”
she said simply. “I knew this morning when
you found the notes and the hat that Marcus
was dead.”

The young widow said her husband had no
enemies of which she knew. “But you must
remember that he had been going his way,
and } mine,” she added. “I wouldn’t know
what kind of people he might have become
mixed up with.”

The sheriff saw that further questioning of
the dark-eyed beauty at this point would be
useless. instead, he asked Mrs. Perham
where he could find her son Leon, one of
the last to see Rogers alive. The landlady
directed him upstairs to the boy’s room.

Peck was admitted by the handsome youth,
whose heavy, straight black hair glistened in
the lamplight.

“Leon,” Peck inquired in a fatherly tone,
“Just how do you feel toward Mary Rogers ?”

The young man’s cheeks flushed: “I—I do
like her, a lot,” he stammered. “But I don't
think she cares about me.”

Peck sensed that the young man was hold-
ing something back. “What about your older
brother, Levi? Is there anything between
him and Mary? And by the way, where
is he?” ‘

“Oh, he’s out sparking his sweetheart. He
has a steady girl, you know. He’s not at all
interested in Mrs. Rogers.”

“Tell Levi to come down to my office to-
morrow morning,” Peck requested. “I'd like
to ask him some questions.”

“P’l] do that,” the youth assented. Then
he grasped the sheriff's arm as he turned to
go. “Say, there’s something you should
know. If you're looking for a man that
Mrs. Rogers really is sweet on, go see
Maurice Knapp!”

‘Knapp, he explained, a young man about
Levi’s age, was a former high school, foot-
ball star and was at the time with the Nation-
al Guard.

“He's in camp with his regiment now,”
Leon Perham added. “Just outside of town.
Mrs. Rogers has been seeing a lot of him.”

The next mornin;
the autopsy he had
fore. Roger;
body was ple
water in the
there was enough «
two men!

_ Peck turned to
said, “you’re an ex}
the Perham house ;
Rogers.”

The sheriff face:
over to the Basset
Susan. She’s the
haven’t questioned.”

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Peck ordered him fi
rooming house and

the Sheriff’s office,
National Guard e
Knapp and bring hi:

Lovell returned fi
a pretty ash blonde

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told a story ident
Perham. Except fo:
and Marcus Rogers
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matched the young
every detail.

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a tall, blond, broad-s

uniform,

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demanded.

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“That’s what
all about?”

“Never mind now,
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“You mean her brot
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The next morning, Dr. Wiltsie reported on
the autopsy he had performed the night be-
fore. Rogers, he found, was dead before his
body was placed in the river. There was no
water in the victim's lungs, but in his liver
there was enough chloroform to have killed
two men!

Peck turned to McCauley. “Angus,” he

“ said, “you're an expert at shadowing. Go to
A

the Perham house and stand watch for Mrs.
Rogers.”

The sheriff faced Lovell. “Bill, you go
over to the Bassett house and bring back
Susan. She’s the only one at the picnic I
haven’t questioned.”

Kiniry was the last to get his assignment.
Peck ordered him first to stop at the Perham
rooming house and remind Levi to come to
the Sheriff’s office, then to drive out to the
National Guard encampment for Maurice
Knapp and bring him in for questioning.

Lovell returned first with the Bassett girl, -

a pretty ash blonde with flirtatious blue eyes.

Speaking slowly and carefully, the blonde
told a story identical with that of Leon
Perham. Except for the interval when Mary
and Marcus Rogers were alone, about which
Susan and Leon could not have known, it
matched the young widow’s statement. in
every detail.

Kiniry appeared next with Maurice Knapp,
a tall, blond, broad-shouldered young man in
uniform.

“Do you know Mary Rogers?” the sheriff
demanded. -

Knapp lowered his eyes, a little shyly.
“Yes,” he said with a faint smile. “I hope
to make her my wife.”

“What do you know about her 2”

A Divorce?

“Well, you’d never guess from looking at
her, but she’s had an awfully hard life. She
was married when only 15, and her hus-
band was a brute. No wonder she got a

“A divorce?” Peck cut in.

“That’s what she told me. Say, what’s this
all about?”

“Never mind now. Tell me, did you know
Marcus Rogers?”

“You mean her brother? Of course. He's
a good egg.”

So she called Marcus her brother, Peck re-
flected wryly. Then he said, “He’s dead—
drowned—probably murdered !”

“My God!” the militiaman exclaimed, leap-
ing to his feet. “Poor Mary! I must go
to her!”

“Hold your horses,” Peck advised. “She's
not as upset as you think. Take a tip and
have my deputy drive you straight back to
camp. I may come out there and talk with
you again later in the day.”

“But I’m to take Mrs. Rogers to the dance
tonight !”

“Don’t worry about that now.
I say.”

As Lovell left with the perplexed Knapp,
McCauley burst into the office. “Sheriff,”
he reported eagerly, “Mrs. Rogers left her
house shortly after I took up my post this
morning and I followed her downtown to an
insurance office and a furniture store.”

“Good,” Peck said. “Now go back and
keep watch on the house. When Lovell re-
turns, I’ll send him downtown and find out
what business she had there.”

A few moments after McCauley had left,
Levi Perham arrived alone and took a chair
beside the sheriff’s desk. He obviously was
ill at ease. As he sat down, Peck’s alert eyes
observed a notebook protruding from his left
hip pocket.

Swiftly Peck snatched the pad. “Let me
see that !”” he snapped. Opening the desk; he
withdrew the two suicide notes and com-
pared the blue-ruled paper with that in the

Do as

notebook, The. sheets were identical, and
the torn edges of the notes matched two
jagged stubs in the binding.

“Is this notebook yours?” Peck demanded.

Levi Perham was wide-eyed as he saw the
comparison made. “No,” he responded
weakly, “it’s Leon’s.”

Lovell appeared in the doorway and Peck
shot him an order. “Go get Leon Perham!”

When Lovell returned with the younger
Perham brother, the sheriff left the two
young men alone in the office as he stepped

_ outside and gave Lovell the names and ad-

dresses of the insurance office and furniture
store visited earlier by Mrs. Rogers. “Find
out what she was doing at these places,” he
instructed, “and report back to me.” ;

Back in his private office, Peck faced the.

brothers. Holding up the notebook, he turned

to Leon. “Levi says this is yours. Is that’

true?” ‘

“Yes?” the youth nodded, pale as parch-
ment. “It is.” .

Peck shoved the suicide notes across the
desk. “These were signed by Marcus Rogers.
The paper on which they were written was
torn from your notebook, How do you: ex-
plain that?”

“I can’t understand it,”.Leon insisted. “That
notebook was in my room all Tuesday.”

But the young man admitted he couldn’t
prove it.

The sheriff, hearing Lovell return, left the
Perham brothers alone again as he stepped
out into the next room.

“Mary Rogers must have had some advance
information that her husband was going to
die,” the deputy reported. “Two weeks ago,
she ordered living room, dining room and
bedroom sets at the furniture store. She
told the manager she would bring in the
money within a couple of. weeks. Last week
she called at_the insurance office to ask if
her husband had been keeping up the pay-
ments on his $500 straight life policy. To-
day she came in to cash in on the benefit.
The broker told her he would have to hold
up ‘payment until the usual investigation was
ended. She was furious because she was
afraid the store might not hold the furniture
any longer.”

“Good work!” the sheriff said.

Brothers Sulk

Back in his office, Peck found the Perham
brothers sulking in silence, Ignoring them.
.for a moment, he reopened the desk drawer
and took out the two suicide notes. He
studied them briefly, then went to a filing
cabinet and withdrew the note written by
Mrs. Rogers asking him to search for her
husband.

He placed the missives side by side. The
handwriting in all three was identical !

As the sheriff looked up triumphantly, Levi
Perham asked to see him alone outside. Peck
walked out with the youth. ;

“T.don’t like to get my brother into a jam,”
Levi said, “but I think I should teli you
this for his own good. I think he was per-
suaded by Mrs. Rogers to help her kill her
husband !”

“What makes you believe that?”

“She tried to get me to help her first,” Levi
told the amazed officer. “She said she had
the rope and Sue had the chloroform. She
wanted me to drive them to Hoosick Falls
with Marcus on a picnic party. I pretended
to agree, then backed out at the last minute.
She was very angry. Up to that time, she
hadn’t been paying much attention to Leon,
but from then on, she was always making
eyes at him‘and patting him on the cheek.
Mary has a way with her, almost a hypnotic
fascination, and I think she used it on him.”

Confronted with Levi's accusations, the
younger brother broke down and made a full
confession. Tears streamed down his cheeks

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CAT AND MOUSE

= Murders are solved in as many different ways as they are com-
mitted. The telltale clue is one common fashion; the testimony of
an eyewitness is another. There are many more—but few are as
fascinating as the dangerous cat-and-mouse technique.

This method was used several years ago by a Royal Canadian
Mountie up in Saskatchewan. A prosperous farmer named Alex-
ander J. Vansickle had had his head bashed in and three. .22 slugs
pumped into him.

Corporal J. Sexsmith was the Redcoat assigned to the case. He
had a grand total of one clue to work on: a man’s overcoat button
with a length of thread attached.

When the grain growers’ association, to which Vansickle had
belonged, posted a $500 reward for information leading. to the kill-
er’s arrest, Corporal Sexsmith got his first good lead. °

A’ young man named Ernest W. Teale came to headquarters and
said that he had overheard two strangers talking in a bar in Tisdale,
a nearby town. The men, both pretty drunk, had babbled some-
thing about the robbery and murder of Vansickle.

Corporal Sexsmith watched Teale closely as he told his story and
noted that the young man was dressed only in a coat jacket despite
the chill weather.

Sexsmith acted on the information immediately, he, Teale and a.
couple of aides scooting over to the Tisdale tavern.

Only one man was in the booth—apparently his companion had
disappeared... And when Sexsmith got a look at him he recognized
him as a petty crook with a long record. But the questioning
proved fruitless. However, the suspect was arrested on suspicion.

Now. Sexsmith took Teale aside and told him to do his best to
locate the crook’s companion. He might talk, might even divulge
where the murder weapon was. Teale seemed dubious, but agreed.

After this Sexsmith moved swiftly. He had his men stake out a
certain house in the suburbs, then returned to headquarters. There
he waited until a call came through at 8 P.M.

Sexsmith raced to Teale’s home and arrested him for the mur-
der of Alexander Vansickle.

He had indeed played cat-and-mouse with young Teale. From
the outset, the fellow had seemed to know too much and to be too
interested in the case. Then he walked around in the cold without
a coat. Was it because a telltale button was missing?

So Sexsmith had baited the trap by arresting another man. and
sending the murderer out to hunt for the weapon he had used him-
self! The Mountie figured that Teale would reassure himself by
checking the murder gun’s hiding place.

That’s precisely what Teale had done. And it was a simple mat-
ter to locate the gun in the cranny where Teale had hidden it, for
his actions had been carefully watched by a Mountie.

The cat had let the mouse run away—straight into the trap.

as he told how the dark-eyed young en-
chantress had lured him into helping her
murder her husband so she could marry
Maurice Knapp.

He admitted he was in love with Mary
and had been ever since she came to live at
the house. But he knew now that she had
just led him on—like the night he had come
to her room when she was getting dressed.
“She looked at me,” the youth said, “and
told me to come in. But I got so confused
and flustered that I finally excused myself
and ran out. But I was crazy about her.
Otherwise I couldn’t have fallen in with her
scheme.”

On Tuesday, after they had eaten their
picnic meal on the river bank, Leon Perham
went on, he and Sue Bassett had gone for a
walk, leaving Mary and Marcus alone. But
he had returned ahead of Sue—just in time
to see the estranged couple gaily playing at
tying each other up with a length of rope
Mary had produced from the-picnic basket.

By prearrangement, Leon took the rope
away from them and Mary, with feigned
sweetness, cradled her husband’s. head in her
lap. Bending, she kissed him tenderly on
the lips. At this instant Leon coiled the
rope around Rogers’ wrists and yanked his
arms over his head.

Goes Limp ,

Moving with ‘catlike speed, Mary drew a
can of chloroform from the basket and un-
corked it.. Drenching a large handkerchief
with the fluid, she held the cloth to the
struggling man’s nose while Leon held down
his legs. Finally Rogers went limp.

“When ‘it was all over,” Perham said, “we
carried his body to the river and threw it in
the water.”

“You did all this,” the sheriff inquired,
“knowing Mrs. Rogers planned to marry
Knapp?”

“Yes. She told me if I loved her, I ought
to be willing to do whatever I could to make
her happy, even to murdering her husband so
that she could be free to marry the man
she loved.”

When Mary Rogers was shown the signed
confession, she promptly fainted. Revived by
a cold cloth and smelling salts, she calmly
admitted her own guilt.

Her full statement corroborated the formal
confession of Leon Perham in every detail.

Before trial, Leon Perham pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to life imprisonment. At
the same time, the indictment against Susan
Bassett was dismissed for lack of evidence.
Mary Rogers meanwhile had recanted her
confession, charging that it was made under
duress.

nington County Court found ber guilty of
first degree murder and she was sentenced
to be hanged the following February. -

The conviction of Mary Rogers set off a
desperate battle for her life, in which her
lawyers had the support of feminists the
country over. No woman had been executed
in Vermont for a century, and capital punish-
ment for women then was extremely rare
and unpopular.

One reprieve followed another until the
United States Supreme Court finally refused
to grant her a new trial.

On Friday, December 8, 1905, Mary Mabel
Rogers walked to the gallows unaided. The
trap was sprung and she shot downward,
but the rope stretched and her feet touched
the floor as she writhed and twisted in agony
before the horrified spectators, two deputies
sprang forward, grasped the rope and hoisted
her trom the platform, holding her there 14
minutes until she was dead.

She had suffered—but so had the husband
she murdered. Justice this time had been

Biblical in an unintended way.

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556 XIV. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

April 9.

John Ward alias Jerome Lavigne and Charles H. Potter
had been previously indicted for the murder at Williston, Vt.
on the morning of August 28, 1865 of Mrs. Ephraim Gris-
wold. They pleaded not guilty. The trial began today.

L. B. Englesby,* States Attorney and Z. R. Hard® for the
State; Daniel Roberts,? Jeremiah French’ and Henry Bal-
lard® for the Prisoners.

The following jury were empannelled: M.N. Hosford, Francis E.
Gale, Joseph Bean, Dean Hosford, Wm. Sanderson, Christian Van
Vleit, Simeon M. Mead, Heman Sprague, Geo. Allen, F. C. Wilcox,
Truman Fay, David B. Thompson.

Mr. Englesby opened the case for the prosecution. He exhibited

and execution of the Williston murderer, who was hung in the
State Prison at Windsor, Friday, March 20, 1868: Together with
his confession, intercepted correspondence, and the chaplain’s diary
of visits, etc. By the chaplain. Vermont Journal Print 1869. This
book written by the Chaplain of the State Prison at Windsor,
Vt., contains a report of the trial, taken from the Burlington Times,
the subsequent legal proceedings, his attempts to escape from prison
his intercepted correspondence, his life in the State Prison where
under the Vermont law he had to suffer solitary confinement before
being executed, his confession and execution. The frontispiece is
a woodcut of the criminal and his autograph “Jerome Lavigne.”

8 PIERPONT, JOHN (1805-1882). Born Litchfield, Conn. Member
Vermont House of Representatives, 1841. State Senator 1855-1857.
Judge Supreme Court 1857. Chief Justice 1865-1882.

4 ENGLESBY, Everett BrusH (1827-1881). Born Burlington, Vt.
Graduated Uni. of Vt. 1845. Studied law Harv. Law School one
year and with Phelps and Smalley, Burlington. Admitted to Chit-
tenden Co. bar 1848. State Senator 1865-66, and president pro tem-
pore. State’s attorney Chittenden Co. 1867-69. City auditor, asses-
sor and city attorney, Burlington. Trustee Univ. of Vt. and for
ten years member executive committee. Mason of high degree. See
Carleton, Vt. Family hist.

5 Harp, ELeazer Ray (1824-1899). Born Essex, Vt. Admitted to
bar Chittenden Co. 1845; began practice in Jericho. Moved to Bur-
lington 1852. Attorney for many large interests and corporations.
State’s attorney Chittenden Co. 1857-60, 1869-70. Member city
council, Burlingon, 1862. State Senator 1867-68. City attorney
1868-70. For fifty-five years a member of Chittenden Co. bar. Died
whet eiredeirs See Vt. Bar Assn. proceedings, 1901. Vt. Hist. Mag-
azine.

6 Roperts, DANIEL (1811-1899). Born Wallingford, Vt. Grad-

JOHN WARD. 557

to the jury a large chart of the Griswold place. He related to the
jury the circumstances of the murder, and that the prosecution
intended to prove: First, That there had been a bad feeling be-
tween Potter and Mrs. Griswold. Second, That Lavigne and Potter
had been seen together, and in conversation previous to the murder.
Third. That the morning after the murder Lavigne took the Rut-

press car he showed blood on his pantaloons and drawers, and
related a story of a fight with some parties in which he said he had
used his revolver and billy. Fourth, That Lavigne returned to this
vicinity disguised, a few weeks afterwards, and took the cars at
Charlotte, but was arrested, where was found on him a revolver
and billy, a vial of chloroform and an eye patch. Fifth, That he
attempted to use his pistol on the arresting officer. Sixth, That he
mentioned in conversation circumstances which could only be
known to one concerned in the murder.

THE WITNESSES FOR THE STATE.

Morris Sullivan. Ama neigh- 8; the boy called from up stairs
bor of Mrs. Griswold; the night to let him out; I did so; saw
before the murder saw her and bloodonthedoorstep; asked him
the boy Call about 9 in the pas- where the old woman was, he
ture putting up the bars; went said he supposed in bed; I hal-
to the house next morning about lowed but got no answer; sent

uated Middlebury Coll. 1829. Admitted to bar Rutland Co. 1832.
Practiced law Jacksonville, Ill., 1833-85. Wallingford 1835-36. Man-
chester 1836-56. Burlington 1856-1899. Bank commissioner 1853-54.
Special agent of U. S. Treasury Dept. 1865-66. Author “Digest of
Decisions Supreme court Vt. 1789-1876”; “Courts of United States
for District of Vt.” 1878; “Vermont Reports” (1876-88). See Rann.
Hist. Chittenden Co.; Vt. Bar Assn. v. 5; Ullery, Men of Vt.

7 FRENCH, JEREMIAH (1835-68). Born Williston, Vt. Studied at
Univ. of Vt. Graduate Harv. Law School. Began practice in Bur-
lington with Levi Underwood. Soon had a large and successful
practice, notwithstanding his constant struggle with a disease to
which he succumbed when only 33 years old. See Harvard Uni.
Quin. Cat. 1636-1905. Rann. Hist. Chittenden Co.

8 BALLARD, Henry (1839-1906). Born Tinmouth, Vt. Graduated
Univ. Vt. 1861; Albany Law School 1863. Served one year in Civil
war. Began practice in Burlington 1863 and remained there all
his life. State Senator Chittenden Co. 1878-79. Delegate to Repub-
lican Natiohal Convention, Chicago 1884 and chairman of Commit-
tee on Credentials. City attorney, Burlington. Member Legislature
1888-89. Reading Clerk Republican National convention, 1888.
Member of G. A. R. and Judge Advocate for that order in Vt. See
Carleton, Vt. Family Hist. v. 2; Who’s Who in New England; Ul-
lery Men of Vt. Rann. Hist. Chittenden Co. Vt.

560 XIV. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

wold. Mrs. Griswold would
sometimes quarrel with people;
she was easily excited and was
apt to get out of humor.

George Williams. Heard Mr.
Potter say that God had got a
devil but not so great a one as
he had. Potter then remarked
that he would give $200 to put
that old devil out of the way and
if that was not enough he would
give $500; this conversation oc-
curred in the middle of July
last.

Cross-examined. This conver-
sation occurred at Mr. Potter’s
table when I was at work there
haying. There was present at
the table Mr. Griswold, Mr. Pot-
ter, Ham Potter, the Frenchman,
Edward Call and myself. The old
lady had been “sputtering” about
some baked mutton on the table
which she said was not good;
she then got up and left the
table, then Potter made the re-
mark about “God had got a devil
but not half so big a one as he
had.” He then said “I will give
$200 to get that old devil out
of the way, yes, by G—d, I'll
give $500"; didn’t think he
meant his wife, neither did he
mention Mrs. Griswold’s name,
he did not speak very loud.
Mr. Griswold could not hear for
he was deaf; did not think he
heard the remark.

Harry Charles. Reside on the
road between Williston village
and depot. When the morning
mail-train from the north, on
Wednesday, August 23d, 1865,
arrived at Williston depot, a
gentleman stepped off and asked
if there was any conveyance
to Williston. I told him I would
take him along and did so. He
asked me if I knew a man
named Charles Potter; asked

where he lived and I told him.
I carried him as far as Dr. Al-
ger’s; he then paid me his
fare and I directed him where to
find Mr. Potter. He was a nice,
tidy looking young man, had a
brownish mixed coat on and a
low crowned black hat; his hair
was black and he had some nice
black whiskers and a black mous-

tache. Have seen this man

since; second time I saw him
was in Burlington jail, I next
saw him in the Grand Jury
room last Fall. The prisoner
Ward is the man.

The State’s Attorney offered
evidence that Mrs. Potter was
heir-at-law of Ephriam and Sal-
ly Griswold. Torrey E. Wales
Judge of Probate testified that
the inventory of Mrs. Griswold’s
property amounted to $6210.

Chauncey W. Brownell. Had
an interview with Mr. Potter a
day or two before the death of
Mrs. Griswold. He inquired about
Mrs. Griswold having come to
my house. He wanted to know
what she was going to do and
what she said about him. Told
him she did not say very much,
that she found some fault about
his being abusive to her. He
asked if Mr. Griswold found any
fault. I said he did not; he said
he could get along with Mr.
Griswold and with the old lady
as well as any body but the devil
could not get along with her.

Cross-examined. Had known
Mrs. Griswold a good while, she
was a woman who generally at-
tended to her own _ business;
should think she was not so easy
to get along with as the major-
ity.

Ephriam Griswold. Was the
husband of Mrs. Griswold. Mr.
and Mrs. Potter came to live

JOHN WARD. 561

with us in April a year ago,
lived there during the summer.
Had thought of going to Canada
but a few days before I went.
Potter spoke first of going on
Friday towards night; don’t
know where Potter was on Fri-
day and Saturday previous to
the murder; he went away on
the fore part of each day, Fri-
day and Saturday, and. came
back towards night; did not gen-
erally know where he was going,
sometimes he would tell and
sometimes not. I started for
Canada Sunday morning; Clark
Potter went with me. Charles
Potter and wife were all ready
to start when I did. Clark and
I started first and kept ahead
till we got to Essex; we did not
stop at Essex; have heard that
Charles Potter stopped at Essex.

Cross-examined. Wife was 57
or 58 years old. Adelia was
about three weeks old when we
took her to bring her up, she
always lived with us, did so
when she was married. Charles
and his wife lived with us soon
after they were married for
nearly a year and since last
April they have lived near us,
the families have been intimate.
Mrs. Griswold always * thought
everything of Delia and the
children; there was some
hard feeling in the summer.
Old lady generally spoke to
Charles if she wanted any
help. Delia always. did
everything to please her till
they had some fuss last summer.
My wife, when in anger would
say what she was a mind to and
then would be sorry for it. She
always had the direction of her
own business and was a hard-
working woman out of doors
and in. This fuss last summer

was because Mrs. G. wanted to
go on and take charge just as
she used to but Delia didn’t want
she should. Never heard Charles
threaten my wife. Had heard
of the murder; & man named
Brown saw it in the papers and
told me; we all started for
home that night and got home
Wednesday about four. I found
two pieces of a silver-plated tea
set, a water pot and another
piece had been taken, also a set
of nice knives and silver or sil-
ver-plated forks, also 12 silver
teaspoons, very heavy ones, and
six or seven silver table spoons,
all were taken from a cupboard
in the buttery, cupboard had
been wrenched open from the
top, the lock was broken. Every
bureau in the house had been
ransacked; remember a gentle-
man came on Wednesday or
Thursday before the murder; he
said he wanted to buy a horse
of Potter’s—his black mare, I
told him “you can’t have that
horse for love or money,” asked
him how he knew anything about
that horse, he said he had seen
Potter drive it two or three
times; told him he need not
wait for he could not have that
horse. As we came back to the
house Charles drove up, I told
him the man had come to buy
his horse, he appeared as though
he did not know the man. Man
took dinner there that day, I sat
at the table, took no notice of
him, Charles told me he was go-
ing to take him to the depot,
they left at nearly four o’clock,
the man was a pretty smooth
looking young man, pretty good
looking; saw Jerome Lavigne
before the Grand Jury, could not
see any of the man’s looks in
him.

554 XIV. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

observation of the messenger, for his shoes and clothing were
dirty and stained with blood and his manner was excited.
Ife explained that he had just come from a fight with four
men, having come off victor after a hard struggle. Later this
man was discovered in New York City; he- proved to be a
person named Ward or Levigne’ with a criminal record, with
no trade or occupation and the companion of thieves and
crooks. It was found that he had been in the vicinity of the

1 Very little was ever known of him as he was a stranger to the
scene of his crime. Even the prison chaplain who wrote the ac-
count of the trial and of his life after sentence had only the fol-
lowing to say of his previous career: “Who is he—what his true
name—his parentage and past history? To these questions we
can offer only partial reply, since to the very last, his reticence
on these points was most remarkable. In the light of the sequel,
we may here say, that he was unquestionably connected with a gang
of the most adroit and desperate villains that ever existed on this
continent. He was bound to his confederates, whose centre of
operations was New York City, with branches in almost every part
of the land, by the most awful oaths, to secrecy, vigilance and un-
faltering fidelity. His ‘pals,’ or associates, were sworn to assist
him with money, tools, arms or any other aid needful to elude
arrest, escape imprisonment, or slay any that stood in the way to
his ends. Although he was less than thirty years of age, he had
for some time been an expert ‘jobber’ in the foul business of crime.
It was a ‘job’ which brought him to Vermont, and its horrible work
which led to his arrest and conviction for the crime of murder.
He is a remarkably well built, lithe, muscular young man, about
five feet ten inches in height, weighing about 140 pounds—erect,
with dark hair, keen, round, dark hazel eyes, and dark eyelashes
and eyebrows. His complexion is fair, and his features regular.
His step and motions are quick and vigorous. He is twenty-six
years of age, and though calling himself a machinist by trade, his
hands are as soft and delicate as those of any city exquisite. He
answers to the name of Ward or Lavigne; says he does not care
which he is called; hints that he was born in St. Louis, Missouri;
that his father was of German origin and his mother Irish; that he
was bred a Catholic, but that he is ‘no Catholic.’ His speech bears
a slight foreign accent, and his demeanor in public, or to one not
in his confidence, is that of calm, resolute defiance. He has a
degree of education which excites doubt of his word concerning his
parentage. He reads well, and has evidently considerable general
and historical knowledge of the world. His hand-writing is plain
and graceful, and his spelling generally correct, and his sentences
mostly grammatical. Of religious tenets he has more information
than many suppose. He is quick of perception, close in observation,

JOHN WARD. ; 555

murder some weeks before and had even visited the farm pre-
tending to be engaged in the purchase of horses.

The marks of the death-grapples in the kitchen, the size
and strength of the victim, the distance over which the body
was carried, the condition in which the house was found and
the amount of plunder that was taken, suggested the prob-
ability that at least two persons were concerned in the
assassination. Therefore when it became known that. the
Potters were on bad terms with Mrs. Griswold, that she had
hinted more than once that she was going to disinherit Mrs.
Potter, and that Mr. Potter had frequently threatened her,
this with the fact of the absence of the family at the time.
of the murder as if by some concerted arrangement, led to the
indictment of Charles H. Potter with John Ward for the
crime.

The trial resulted in the conviction of Ward who was sub-
sequently hanged and the acquittal of Potter. But in a
written confession, given to the Prison Chaplain, the day
before his execution, Ward declared that he and a man named
Moore had been hired by Potter to murder Mrs. Griswold.

THE TRIAL?

In the Chittenden County Court, Burlington, Vermont,
April 1866.

Hon. JouHn Pierront,’ Chief Justice.
Tion. WituiAM V. REyNOLDs, Judges.
Hon. Sarrorp Corsy,

easy in manners, lively or forbidding in conversation, with marked
relation to his feelings or confidence. But he isa mystery—a young
man really wnknown and inaccessible to any pleas for disclosing the
secret which he persists shall be buried with him respecting his
true name and parentage. Of the bloody deed of which he is con-
victed, he solemnly protests that he is wholly innocent. His faith
in ultimate escape by the friendly aid of boon accomplices, appears
to be abounded, and his confidence in them unlimited. Such is the
man that leaves the jail at Burlington, to enter the Prison at
Windsor, from which he is never to depart save by death.”

2 Bibliography. John Ward, or The Victimized Assassin, a narra-
tive of facts connected with the crime, arrest, trial, imprisonment,

558 XIV. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS.

the boy to call the neighbors
and we searched the house but
could not find her, searched out-
side and found her body in the
calf stable, partly stripped with
some old quilts wrapped around
her; there was blood in the
kitchen and the tracks of a man
without boots all over the floor;
found a piece of a knife there;
Potter’s family and Mrs. Gris-
wold were not on _ friendly
terms; on the Wednesday or

Thursday previously saw a man

with Potter, a stranger; they
were riding in a box wagon;
have seen a man in jail supposed
to be the man but can’t say
whether or not he is.

Cross-examined. Can’t say
whether I saw Potter coming
back that day or not. Mrs.
Griswold was a quick-tempered
woman and when mad would
say almost anything; used to
scold the servants. Have known
Potter 15 or more years; the
Potters came there last Spring.
Never knew Potter to abuse the
old lady; heard Mr. Potter once
say they got quarrelling and he
threw a kettle of water on her.
Never heard Mrs. Potter abuse
the old lady; Mrs. Potter was
brought up by Mrs. Griswold
who thought a good deal of her.

Edward Call. Am 12 or 18.
Lived last August at Mrs. Gris-
wold’s; slept over the kitchen.
Recollect a man coming to buy
a horse a week or so before the
murder; a white complexioned
man, a nice looking man. Mrs.
Griswold said the man came to
buy horses; caught Mr. Gris-
wold’s horse for him to look at.
Man went with Mr. Potter to
the barn; took dinner there that
day, was in and out of the house.
He went away between 4 and

5 o’clock in a wagon with Mr.
Potter. Mr. Potter was going to
Essex after a stove, he came back
about 6 o’clock and _ brought
stove with him; man was all
around the dooryard that day.
Mrs. Griswold and Mr. Potter
did not quarrel that I know of,
they had some difficulty but
couldn’t say when or what about.

Cross-ezramined. Mrs. Gris-
wold was apt to have difficulty
with people, sometimes attacked
them. Never saw Mr. Potter
abuse the old lady or Mrs. Pot-
ter. The man and Mr. Potter
came together. After dinner
they harnessed up and went
down after oats. Man had talked
about horses—about Mr. Potter’s
and Mr. Griswold’s horse; in-
quired how he should get to Es-
sex. Mr. Potter said perhaps he
could get Mr. Sullivan to take
him, Mr. Sullivan was not going
and Mr. Potter said he was go-
ing after a stove after he got the
grain in. Mr. Potter kept and
sold a good many horses. Other
people were there at different
times to look at horses.
Was with man considerable that
day; noticed he had a finger
gone on right hand. This does
not look much like the man,
think he is not the man, never
saw this man around Potter’s.

Wm. K. Taft. Was present at
Mrs. Griswold’s the morning aft-
er the murder. The tracks in
the house seemed to have been
made by a person in their sock
feet; did not think the tracks
were made by more than one
person; seemed as if the per-
son making them came from the
south. The window opening
from the dining room upon the
piazza bore marks of having
been pried open, the doors were

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JOHN WARD. | 559

evidently pried open by the
same instrument. The door from
the parlor into Mrs. Griswold’s
bedroom was also broken open,
pried open as the other door.
Found in this bedroom a bureau
with the upper drawer broken
open. Examined the window of
the sitting-room, found marks of
blood on the sill. Mrs. Griswold
was reputed to be a woman of
property.

Mary Sullivan. Lived at Mrs.
Griswold’s for some weeks be-
fore the murder. Was _ there
when a man came to buy horses
previous to her death. He took
dinner there that day; he had
rather a light complexion, black
whiskers and hair. Heard them
say he was buying a horse that
Mr. Potter had bought lately.
He went away about 2 o’clock,
heard Mr. Potter say he was
going to carry him to the junc-
tion;, Mr. Potter returned home
before night, he brought a stove
with him; think have seen that
man since, saw him before the
Grand Jury last Fall. The pris-
oner Ward is the person I saw
at Mrs. Griswold’s and in the
Grand Jury room. The family
did not live pleasantly together
all the time, they had some
words once in a while, heard
them have some words once
about a lock; Mr. Potter was
putting a lock on his bedroom
door, Mrs. Griswold thought he
did not do it well and wanted
him to get somebody to do it
who understood it; Mrs. Gris-
wold seemed to make the most
words about it. Mr. Potter was
not present at any of the alter-
cations between the old lady and
Mrs. Potter. Never heard any
altercation between the old lady

and Mr. Potter, except the one
about the lock.

Cross-examined. Mrs. Gris-
wold had had trouble with the
boy Call; never knew her to
have trouble with any of the
workmen except the boy; when
Mrs. Griswold got vexed she did
not seem to have any control
over her temper and would say
anything that came into her
mind. When I was there Mrs.
Potter had the management of
household affairs.

Dr. C. A. L. Sprague. Went
to Mrs. Griswold’s the morning
after the murder; found the
body of Mrs. Griswold in a calf-
pen wrapped in a blanket; found
cuts on her throat and face,
three contusions on the left side
of her head, the scalp was
broken in three places and there
were also bruises on the left
temple and cheek, there were
also some bruises about the
chest, several small cuts in the
throat. The contusions on the
head seeemed to have been made
by some blunt instrument which
broke the scalp and fractured
the skull.

Curtis FE. Baldwin. Live south
of Mr. Griswold’s; had been in
the habit of taking care of their
horses and cattle; Mr. Potter
told me on Saturday that he was
going to Canada the next day;
heard Mr. Potter say a few
weeks before her death that the
old lady had got into a “stew”
and wanted to drive him off.
Said that he’d like to see her get
help enough to drive him away.
Never saw any quarrels between
Mrs. Griswold and the Potters.

Cross-examined. Potter did
not appear very angry when he
talked about the old lady; never
heard Potter threaten Mrs. Gris-

th ccna:

| WINDSOR COUNTY COURT

| June Term

Hon. Frank L. Fish, Prosiding Judge
Bete hesiesie doteas

OFPICERS OF ‘Tit COURT

Jay Read Pember, Clerk

Karl A. Pember, Deputy Clerk

BE. Cole, State's Attorney

Jinies H, Kiniry, Sheriif

Fred A.“Leland, High Bailiff

H. i. Whay, Stenographer

Fred’k C, Southgate, Probation Officer

. Court opened last Monday afternoon
“at about 3 0’ clock. The newly appoint-
ed assistant judge, Hon. Seth N. Gage,
‘of Weathersfield was in his seat, and
» the case of the state against George |
| Warner for the murder of Henry Wig.
igin of Andover on November ‘4, 1914,
; Wak taken up, Warner who had pleaded
(not guilty by reason of insanity, chany-
(ed his plea to simply not guiltv. Nine
new jurymen were added to the panel!
and sworn after Which twelve were |
chosen vor this trial, The defenc then
called for a poll of the jury anu the
state’s attorney and attorney for de.
fence, F. G, Bicknell, proceeded to ex.
amine each juryman with regard to his
knowledjre of the case, his prejudices ns
to capital punishment, ete, This work
was not completed Monday night,

After examining over fifty men the
jury was completed at 3,89 Tuesday
with three talesman Ten witnesses |
for the state Were sworn. Testimony |
for the state was to the effect that two |

Witnesses saw George Warner during
| the forenoon of the day of the alleged
‘murder, once near the Rowell Inn and
about a mile from the Wiggin farm |
when he was oing toward the Post Of-
fice in Simonc sville; the other was be-
tween the church and Clarence Hast-
ings’ place when he was going toward
“Derry’’, Also that W. S. Richardson
of Chester, near the Andover line, was
at the house in the evening of that day,
found quite a gathering of people, ex-
amined the premises around the barn
and found a wagon out back of the
| barn, off the road, with two spots of
| blood in it. That he found some hay in
)@ stall in the barn, When he poked it
jhe found with'his foot found a body un-
‘der it which Proved to be the dead body
‘of Henry Wiggin. In the house he
found bullet: holes in a cupboard and
‘through a door near the cupboard, also
'a window apparently broken by a bullet,
After going through a passageway he
found another body. His testimony is
Not yet complete,

WINDSOR COUNTY CouRT |

December Term

Hon. Fred M; Butler, Presiding Judge

aly Ee ee Assistant Judges

OFFICERS OF THE COURT
Jay Read Pem ber, Clerk
Karl A. Pember, Deputy Clerk
Raymond J. Trainor, State’s Attorney
James H, Kiniry, Sheriff oat
id Paul C.“Tinkham, High Bailiff

John H. Mimmas, Stenographer

Fred'k G, Southgate, Probation Officer

The special grand jury last Wednes-

day afternoon brought in two true bills
and none not found, _ They consisted of
two indictments against Geo, Warner
of Andover, one for murder in the first
degree of Henry Wiggins, and one for |
murder of Mrs, Georgiana Wiggins also |
first degree,

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» James H.Kiniry, Sheriff

~ Fred A.-Leland, High Bailiff

H. E, Whay, Stenographer

- Fred’k C, Southgate, Probation Officer

In the case of state against Geo.
Warner on “Wednesday a map was
shown to the jury giving the location of
the house and barn on the Henry Wig-

in farm and showing the stalls in the

arn where Mr. Wiggin’s body was
- found, also the shed attached to the
house where the body of Mrs. Wiggin
was found, and in elevation the window
and cupboard and door beside the cup-
' board in which bullet holes were found
and giving the location of the bullet
holes. About a dozen photographs of
the premises were shown to the jury.
Testimony as to finding the bodies
agrees with what has already been said
and Drs. B. H. Stone and C. F. Whit-
ney of the laboratory of hygiene in
Burlington told of the autopsy and the
finding Mr. Wiggin with a bullet hole
through the left lung and another
through the liver and kidney, either of
which would Hive produced death in a
short time. :They also found bullet
wounds in Mrs. Wiggin’s head which
must have produced instant death.
They found stains on the pole of a lum-
. ber wagon, on the floor of an express
wagon and in the road near the corn
barn which tests showed to have been
made by blood.

Miss Anna Stoddard, who lived with
Warner and his wife four years ago
and went to school, also visited them
last sumimer, told of hearing him say in
a conversation with her last summer,
“He would have revenge on Henry
Wiggin if he died on the gallows.”’

Pember, Deputy Clerk

During her testimony as to the friend- |

ship between her and the family and

the care they took of her, George War- |

ner wept freely, the only time he has
seemed to show any real emotion.

An- |

other witness had some talk with War- |

ner in respondent’s blacksmith shop

three or four years ago about his trouble |

with Mr. Wiggin and said that Warner |

told him that Mr. Wiggin was the mean- |

est man andif he could catch him out
after dark he. would kill him.
mony went to show that he had been
drinking when he made such threats,
Fred A, Leland

sheriff, told of the search for Warner,

Testi- |

of Chester, deputy |

and of his first seeing him in Simon s- |

ville opposite Rowell’s Inn near Hattie
Graves’ place, and of taking him into
the Inn for something to eat because he
was hungry. Some weapons were turn-
-ed over to the witness in Warner’s pres-
ence, one of which was a gun, and War-
ner was taken to his mother’s to change
his clothes and from there to Chester
~ and locked up in jail. The next day, at
Mr. Stearns’ susrgestion, it was said,
he made a written confession and signed
it and it was witnessed by Stearns and
Leland, and Mr. Leland identified the
confession and his signature on it in
court. Testimony went further to show

that Mrsa Hattie Graves missed a gun,
- from her house on the day of the trag-.

edy.
shoot a deer and c’ aldn’t find it.

Her son looked for the gun to

Warner said to him,

The defence put Dr. J. B. Millington |
of Londonderry on the stand out of
proper order. He claims to have treat.
ed ‘George Warner seven years azo and
had been his family physician, ‘Treated
him last summer. Itrom his observa-
tion of him as physician and otherwise
he judyved that he was laboring under!
excitement and that he was excitable |
on xecount of trouble in the family and |
didn't hardly know what he was. doing, |
was unbalanced. The trouble was |

about jealousy of his wife.
evidence tends to show that Warner |
had a rifle and revolver when he was
apprehended. The rifle was handed to_
Deputy Sheriff Leland by Jay Graves,
half-brother of Warner. Evidence by
Deputy Sheriff IF. S. Lockwood and
Sheriff J. H. Kiniry was to the effect
that Geo. Warner talked freely after he |
was apprehended about his part in the
tragedy at the Wiggin-efarm, and on!
November 6, in the jail in Chester at}
the suggestion of Detective Stearns of
Boston made a_ written confession |
signed by himself and witnessed by the
sheriff and three deputies. This con-
fession was identified in court, admit-
ted as evidence and read to the jury.
The substance of it was that George
Warner on Nov. 4, went to the post
office to mail a letter. His wife, Itta
M. Warner, postmistress, ordered him
away und threatened to call the sheriff,
Warner then went to his mother’s
house and got his brother’s rifle. He
then went to the Wiggin farm and
watched in the barn for Henry Wiggin.
After an hourhe went out of the barn
and seeing Mrs. Wiggin through a win- |
dow in the house, fired through the
window at her. He went into the
house and she ran to the shed, he shoot-
ing at. her as she went through the door
and following her. Just as she was!
to enter the toilet room at the further |
end of the long shed he shot her again
in the side of the head and she fell to-
ward him. He covered her with a
piece of carpet and went out to watch |
for Mr. Wigyin. When he drove up!
“You know you!
have broken up my family and J told)
you you would suffer for it. He said |
‘George’ and IT shot him and dragged |
him into the barn and into the stall.’? |
Warner had told the sheriff that he!
got the rifle about 9 o’clock to shoot |
himself in Kis wife’s home before her, |
and that the trouble in his family was,
his wife's illicit relations with two or |
three other men.
Here the state rested and the defence, |
¥. G. Bicknell counsel, took up the rest |
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that Warner’s aunt, uncle and grand-
father were insane, that his grand-
father was in the insane hospital at
Brattleboro for 16 or 17 years and died
there, that his aunt was crazy on the
subject of the end of the world, and his
uncle would not eat without saying he
must ask Christ if he should, and he
thought his wife was dead, that it was
her spirit that talked to him. She al-

‘leged that her own first husband, Geo. |
-“Warner’s father, was of a jealous dis-|

yosition and not very kind to her, that
Es lived with her three years and left)
her. After George was born bis father
took him away from her and gave him
away. The whole tenor of her testi-
| mony tended to show | that by_inherit-
ance and through family troubles Geo. |
Warner was very excitable and that for |
two years she considered him more or |
‘less insane. That Geo. Warner mar-
ried Etta Wiggin 19 years ago and they
lived together until last October and
had six children, five living, and the |
witness never heard them have any |
trouble. Since then his whole trouble
geemed to be from his desire to get his
wife back again, crying and taking on
and couldn’t keep still a minute, was so
exeited, said if his wife would only take |
him back she might go with Garfield.
Cross examination brought out the fact
that none of the relatives mentioned as
insane had the homicidal tendency.

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That Warner had not fone far cit:

that he was armed with a 82-50 rifle | Jy foe See?
that he took from the home ofa half. | Bhs 3)
brother, James Graves, Wednesday after-
noon, and that he had also a shotgun
and ammunition which were the proper-
‘ty of the murdered man, the officers
| | were satisfied,
ed They believed that he h
Se GON Ee | the woods and that if he had not com-
George. E. Warner, Son-in-law, Armed! mitted suicide he would put up a des-
with Rifle and Shotgun, Captured in; erate battle before submitting to
Pasture and Lodged in Windsor Coun-| S#P ture. Je 20. citize theste
ty Jail at Woodstock Without Bail, | A posse of 20 citizens of Chester
pelicula

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anight anda day in the open, thousrh |
armed with a rifle and shotgun, gave |
ad taken to himself up to his half-brother, J, |
Graves, and does not a pear to appre-
ciate the seriousness of hig position.
Warner’s half-brother, who makes
his home with his mother, Mrs, Hattie |
Graves, went. late Thursday afternoon |
for the cows’ jn a pasture on a hill near

Aged Pair Murdered in Andover

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| rounding ‘territory Thursday without the Graves home where he came upon,
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When Ramsdell Amsden of Simons etti . : the fugitive. Word t at once!
F } 8- setting a trace of Warner and another e tugitive, ord was sent at once
ville, in the town of Andover, heard. rw fataee posse was at work under the to the ollicers and Deputy Sheriffs F.
the telephone ringing the call of ina direction of Sheriff J. H. Kiniry of S- Lockwood of Proctorsville ard B.A:

P ee father-in-laws’s house about six o'clock Windsor, who reached the scene by au-; Leland of Chester, who took the man
last he Wednesday ep pe without ' tomobile last Wednesday evening. into custody.
apparently getting a reply, he listened | With him were Deput Sheriffs F, i
in upon the line, andhis forte the Cortd Acc Heeland of Chovtar: who wer tis: Autopsies Performed

aroused. He hurried over to the farm | 0 be called to the scene: ‘aire When Sheriff Kiniry reached An-
ier and acing no signs of the fam-: rele of Spriogheld’ and v4 N. me dover Wedhesity night he immediately
lly, e YA i i Mh C08 das who, after | of Windsor. arranged to have north and southbound
ae ound the bodies of aged, Mr. | C. E. Wellman, a Chester photogra-| trains on the Rutland railroad searched
and Mrs. Wiggins, evidently the vic. pher, was there Thursday morning |_| but no trace could be found of Warner,

tims of murder. ! d F ; : : = he last seen of the man, until he wag
a Se Mes, Wigeing wag found Grap,cture of He acnan tnmac |_| The let son ofthe man ant hea
hidden in’ the woodshed, with the bul- persons o'clock Wednesday morning when War-
let holes in the head, She had appar- The officers learned Thursday morn- ner was seen on a wood road leading in
ently been dead for several hours, ing that Warner early Wednesday after-| | the direction of the Wiggins’ home.
Nearly an hour later the body of her noon appeared at the home of his half- Officers at Brattleboro, Londonderry,

husband was found under straw in a brother, James Crs F Bellows Falls, Bennington, Manchester,
sate a tae | hewar gong Huncan’™ faa, that] Belews Fats, Bennington Manchester
. Suspicion pointed to another son-; for the use of his relative’s rifle, but were notified to be on the lookout for
in-law, George Warner, who disappear-| after he had gone it was discovered| Warner but the sheriff's coperyeers of
ed Wednesday. His wife, who is post-/ that the weapon was missing from its| | Windsor county was inclined to believe
mistress at Simonsville, a hamlet in usual place in the house and it was sur-| that the alleged fugitive had too great |
Andover township, recently started suit} mised that he had taken it, Some am-| 2 Start of the officers and had been able

for divorce on grounds of abuse. Tues- munition for it, 32-50 cartridges, we “e to get out of the state.

day afternoon, according to the story; also missing. The tifte was = phate Drs. Stone and Whitney of the state
told, he called on her at Simonsville and repeating weapon, fully loaded, laboratory went to Simonsville Thurs-
beat her. She notified Mr. Wiggins, | This means that he was well supplied day and held autopsies on the bodies of

her father, who lived three-quarters of | — with rifle ammunition and in addition Mr. and Mrs, Wiggins, State’s At-
& mile distant. Warner left for his he had the shotgun of Mr. Wiggins and _ torney Traimor and Sheriff Kiniry were

home about three o’ clock. shells for that whic Sok fr present at the inquest. The result of

hat happened at the home of the ; a that which he took PEGRL, bbe the autopsies would indicate that Mrs, |
aged couple isa mystery, to the solu- | With sheriffs, deputies and police Wiggins was killed between one and |
tion of which a Window broken possibly; officers in Windsor, Windham Rut- two o’clock Wednesday afternoon. An
by bullets offers little in the way of ex-) land and Bennington counties watching examination of the Wiggins’ house leads
planation. It is believed that one of | every avenue of possible escape a de. the authorities to think’ that the mur-

the victims tried to telephone for help termined effort began at daylight derer shot twice at the woman through
after the other one had been shot.} Thursday to locate eee BE. aiher a window and that neither bullet took ‘

Some persons thowzht that perha sWar-| and shortly before darl he fugitive effect.
ner had committe suicide. . hungry and cold, was fount ieee From the position of Mrs, Wiggins’
The dead man was a wealthy farmer, ture near his mother’s home. It is body, where it was found in the wood-
Andover, where the murder was com- stated that Warner expresses gatis- shed adjoining the house, it would ap-
mitted, is a town in the mountains, ad-| | faction over his brutal deed. He was pear that the murderer followed her |
Joining Ludlow, and ‘a few miles West} | taken to Chester for safe keeping and into the shed and shot her twice in the |
‘of the Rutland ‘railroad line from Rut-| | was given a hearing Friday at that head, both bullets causing fatal wounds. |
land to Bellows Falls, || place before Municipal Judze H. H That the murderer worked carefully
Bloodstains were found on the seatof; Blanchard. Warner waived examina. and with the intention of covering his
the dead man’s wagon and upon a horse; tion, was bound up to county court tracks is shown in the methods used
blanket which Mr. Wiggins carried in} without bail, and was brought to the; | to prevent anyone entering the shed |
the vehicle, county jail at Woodstock Friday after. | where Mrs. Wiggins’ body lay. One
It was arranged that a systematic noon, arriving about five o’élock by} door to the shed was locked an another j
search should be made Wednesday in automobile trom Chester, in custody. entrance was closed by wedging a chain
the belief that the body of Warner} — of Sheriff Kiniry and Deputy Sherman against the door in such a manner that
would be found. Meantime a Seneral| Taylor of Windsor, Waiter wax plac- the door could be opened only from one
alarm was sent out and the authorities | ed in the cell formerly occupied by side.
of Windsor county and elsewhere were George W, Briges, on the upper floor, Wiggins Shot in Wagon H

on the lookout for. the blacksmith. and a “‘trusty’’ was given quarters in
Besides the two daughters, Mr. and} the same ceil to see that he did no |
Mrs. Wiggins leave three sons, Eugene harm to himself, Warner has admitted

It is believed that Mr, Wiggins was
shot about 3.30 o’clock Wednesday atf-

Wiggins, a carpenter in Chester, Er-| the killing, and expressed a desire to EonOo o he He pe curning to his home
win, employed by the Rutland railroad | Set one Garfield, a stage driver, against | | from Simonsville, : eee a,
and living in Rutland, and Harry, em-| whom he seems to be actuated by | dt Would appear that the murderer
ployed by the same railroad and making | jealousy, ; | | Was inside the house as Wiggins ap- |
his home in Burlington, The half-magazine rifle, property of | proached his home and that as the man
bes r BO} Y. ‘stopped his horse he was struck by

The Wiggins family are highly re-; James Graves, and bullets. that killed |
_spected in the community and feeling; the two people, are in’ the hands of | ild have caused his death. Blood
‘runs high over the een. i; Sheriff Kiniry. Mr, Wiggins was shot | wee “. : vr Sh lad nae and 7
| Warner is described as being 47 years; in the neck and chest, and the back of | ‘ veekn rk * in te ae + r t
of age, 160 pounds in weight, dark com-| Mrs. Wieyrins’ head was blown off, | pir a ts th t Mr Winnhon 4 toe
penn nite a rh ls apa black hair The alleged murderer, who had spent | while in Ris waeuee oe
peoreare ace nie ah aa a besad Sesh As the harness had been stripped |

from the horse and the animal turned

two bullets in the head, either of whieh

med, soft, light colorec at. . . ran
in Wares "e Noi yeapectéd’ in Y Sternda: A loose, it is supposed that the murderer |
eeneae as were her Yirlsaieg we I | tae horke br i a Pa Te Sere io
1s about 15 years younger than her hus- bee ft ie rosa Ailes tetaa " ‘
Pagans the mothe fs hire, 1 Dreamin ke 6, meer
Sing in ag our to 16 years, ENO er i aad where it was found buried beneath a

lr, Wiggins was ab 3 ; : :
‘and his wife about the samen old quantity of hay in one of the stalls.
That Warner had not gone far and An unloaded double-barrelled shot gun,
that he was armed with a 82-50 rifle which it is known that Mr, Wiggins had
‘that he took from the home of a half. with him in the wagon, was found
brother, James Graves, Wednesday after. hidden beneath the house, evidently
‘noon, and that he had also a shotgun placed there by the murderer.
and ammunition which were the proper- One Victirn Prominent in Grange
ty of the murdered man, the officers laa i
Mr. Wiggins was a prominent towns-

were Satisfied. 2 I
man, having served in all important
ollices. He had represented Andover
in the legislature. He was much in-
terested inthe grange, having served
as master several years,

Mrs. Warner, wife of the alleged
confessed murderer and her children are
with friends in Factoryville.

Sheriff Kiniry early Thursday offered
a personal reward of $50 for the appre-
hension of Warner on the charge of

murder, ' ;

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-Christmas Eve, 1945, Why Did He Have to Choose the One Who Killed Hin

the seat, all over the dashboard, and
on the ignition key. Fragments of
glass sparkled inside the cab and on
the ice-glazed ground. None of the
particles was larger than a thumbnail.
On the floor of the passengers’ com-
partment lay the top wrapper of a
whisky bottle—quite obviously the
death-weapon. The fact that the glass
was nearly pulverized pointed to the
terrific violence with which the killer
had smashed down on the victim’s
head. Unless—

“This could have been done in an
effort to destroy fingerprints.” State’s
Attorney McClallen suggested.

id ro dust the car when I get it to
town,” Almo Franzoni said. “It
doesn’t look like the killer was too
clever. I can’t tell for sure in this light,
but it looks to me like he left a beaut
of a print on the key when he turned
off the ignition.”

While Almo Franzoni_ continued
poking in and around the car, the
Sheriff retraced his steps to the fence
where the body hung entangled like
a ghastly scarecrow.

Presently McClallen, looking over
Franzoni's shoulder, spoke.

“That old man who told the cab
drivers about this—did he mention see-
ing the body?”

“He didn’t,” Almo Franzoni replied
curtly. .

“Strange. Who is he?”

“The cab drivers don’t know him.”

Investigators at the death-scene, after they removed Henry
Teelon’s body which was found hanging from the barbed wire
fence; cab stands just about where victim's cab was discovered

Pranzoni paused, then: “He could have

_-“It seems he took the train. Maybe
he figured he wasn’t risking too much.
He told the cabbies so as he could say
in a pinch that he was the upstanding
citizen who gave the alarm.” ;

“What do you think the motive is?”
McClallen said. “Robbery?”

“Teelon didn’t have an enemy on
earth. Couldn’t be anything else.”

Sheriff Franzoni came out of the
dark. He held out.a_ sheaf of bills.
“There wasn’t a thing in his pockets,
except this. Some thirty dollars.”

McClallen shook his head. ‘There
goes our robbery motive.”

The mystery was growing more com-
plex. And there were still other things
about this crime which were weird and
incongruous. For instance, the open
car door and the turned-on headlights.
Had the killer been surprised by a
passing car? Not too likely. Few cars
traveled that lonely lane, and noth-
ing would have been easier than to
shut the door and turn out the head-
lights so as not to attract attention.

E was the mad fury with which

the slayer had struck. The blow
over the head alone seemed deadly.
But why all the stab wounds which cov-
ered the victim’s neck, back-and chest?
And why had the killer carried the
Body out of the car to the foot of the
embankment and draped it around the

When officials learned that a man had flashed a knife in this
restaurant, they thought that they had their best clew and an
immediate search was started to track down the suspect

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“Good work,” Smith told him. “We'll
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Smith and England returned to their

firmed the lead they had picked up on
Boyd’s Hill. During their absence,
Harvey Reynolds—the farmer—had

phoned in to tell them how he had been :

awakened the death-morning by a
Ford coupe that had only one head-
light. He told the official, who took his
statement, that he had only just re-
membered that point.

Ar now all the officers could do was
wait. Their lines were out. They
could do little else. Someone, they
knew, had arranged a rendezvous with
Tom Gullett late Friday night on

Hill—someone with whom Tom

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~ probably had planned to go to New

Mexico. After parking his own car in
the garage, young Gullett had gotten
into the killer’s auto. And then—

Who, the. officials wondered, had
been the one who slugged Tom Gullett
and then burned his body in the barn?
Would they ever find him?

Three hours after the broadcast was
made on the one-eyed Ford, two men

“} don’t know d Gidlil see Lit
front.”

“Do you know who was in it?”

“Well, I know the fellow who was
driving, and that’s how I remember it.
There was another guy with him, but I
didn’t know him.”

Sheriff Smith tried to control his
emotions as he asked: “Who was it—
this fellow you knew.”

“Name’s Cobb.” the answer came
slowly. “Chili Cobb.” :

OBB! But how could that be? He

was supposed to be over at a dance

in Blum? What was this fantastic
twist the case suddenly was taking?

Sheriff Smith immediately ordered
Deputy England to check Cobb's story
thoroughly. So far they hadn’t had
time to do it. :

“Find as many people as possible who
were at the dance that night,” he told
him. “Find put if Cobb really went
there, and how long he stayed. I’m go-
ing to get Freeland and try to run down
the car. We won't let Cobb know we’re
checking on him. Meet me at Free-
land's office as quickly as you can be
sure whether Cobb's alibi checks out
or not.”

At Freeland’s office, Smith quickly
ee the Hill County officer up to

“Now that you mention it, Cobb does
fit the picture all right,” Freeland de-

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mystery to the case.
“Cobb was at the dance,” d.

“I found several witnesses wno said
they noticed him among the first to
arrive. I.found others who were sure
he was there when it broke up.”

The two Sheriffs looked at each
other, baffied. What did this mean?
Where could they turn now?

And then Sheriff Freeland shook his

other evidence was against him. Smith
read the expression in Freeland’s face
and he agreed with what the Hill Coun-
ty officer was thinking. :

“Let’s find Cobb,” he said. -

They found their suspect sacking
pecans. Even in the face of a charge
of murder, he remained calm, sticking
to his story as he first had told it.

“| WENT to the dance that night,”
he declared. “I didn’t see Tom
after he left me Friday afternoon.” |

“Where is x Mee

ing Tom and burning iis body.

Officers also succeeded in proving
the statements Dick Lewis had made
to them and he was cleared of all sus-
picion.

S yteree denying his guilt, Cobb went on
trial in Johnson County before

February 2, 1934. The jury found him

Penitentiary at Huntsville; but some
aspects of the case still remain a
mystery, since no weapon had been dis-
covered. :

Cobb appealed the sentence, but it
was confirmed in higher court and he
was transferred to Huntsville. How-

Tom Gullett on the back of the head
with a-length of two-inch pipe and

had.
thrown the pipe into a creek. He had

mentioned nothing about the gun with
which the youth was shot. ,

The names of Fred Anderson and

. Dick Lewis are fictitious to protect men

innocently drawn into this investiga-

"So Henry Had to Pick His Newfie Killer!" (Continued trom Page 11)

tomers or drunks. If he went to Chit-
tenden at that hour you can bet your
life he knew his fare. The killer prob-
ably made arrangements with him to
be picked up under the pretext he had
to make a train.” Burke squinted quiz-
zically. “Which way was the cab
headed—toward Rutland?”

“No,” the Sheriff said.

That finished another theory. —

A moment later Sheriff and the

“What's on your mind, ‘Almo?”

ory ae: Teelan might have bought gas
before going to Chittenden. We
ought to check with filling-stations.”

The Sheriff was all for it.

Only a few gas stations had been
open during the night, and the first
one they made for was one on Wales
Street. They were given the address

of the night attendant and a short time
later they were talking to him at his
— while he was finishing his break-
‘ast.

“Henry Teelon bought some gas last
night,” he said. “I think it was eleven
gallons.”

“At. what time?” the Sheriff de-
manded.

“A little before two.”

“He have any passengers?” —

The filling-station. attendant said
no, he hadn't, but then he suddenly
changed his mind. “That is, he had
a passenger before he pulled into the
station. The cab stopped at the curb
right by the station, the fare got out,
then Teelon pulled in. I don’t know
the customer, but he looked like a
lumberjack to me—he was dressed
like one. You know, boots, red shirt.
leather jacket, and cap with ear flaps.”

Pressed by questions, the witness
added that the lumberjack was of

stocky build, short, and between 40
and 50 :

“Did Teelon pay cash for the gas?”

“He charged it.” . i

So he hadn’t broken the brand-new
ten-dollar bill he had received as a
Christmas bonus.

Ar= they had left the gas-station
attendant, Almo Franzoni said,
“Everything’s crazy in this case. Tee-
lon, who’s been so fussy about his fares,
picks up a killer. When his cab is sup-
posed to head toward town it heads
away from it. We look fora man who
got into his cab and instead we find one
“who gets out of it. And that within
minutes of the time he was bludgeoned
and stabbed. What a crazy set-up.”
The Sheriff gave him a sidelong
glance. “Did it occur to you that the
lumberjack and the man who told the
cab drivers of finding Teelon’s car
could be the same person?”

“Yeah.” Almo Franzoni_ replied.
“Maybe you've got something there.”

They questioned the three cab driv-
ers, who all agreed on two points. The
man who had given the alarm hadn’t
been stocky, and he had been more
than 50 years-old. As to his clothes,
their descriptions were vague and
therefore valueless. But they all said
that he looked and talked like a farmer.

TH investigators then tried the
ticket seller at the railroad station
on the previous night. But that turned
out to be another failure. The ticket
seller was unable to recall anyone fit-
ting the description. The suspect who
looked like a farmer either had’ not
boarded the train or he had bought
his ticket from the conductor on board.

To put more zip into the probe and

enlarge -its scope, the Sheriff called -

Rutland Police Chief Harry S. Potter
and requested him to help in the search

Helen Greeno,

had faith in “Red"—a man whom police

eves
a oe

barbed wire fence? What was his
motive?

Those were some of the puzzles that
confronted the investigators,
which even bold guesswork seemed
unable to solve.

Upon the State's Attorney’s sugges-
tion, the next step was to arouse people
in the small community of Chittenden

‘and farmers along the roadside in an

jroaty to shake them down for some
leads.
That was when the officers got their
first real break. Only a short ways up
the road, beyond the Barstow School,
a pre-Christmas house party was in
progress, with lights and laughter
spilling into the snow-blanketed deso-
lation outside. One of the celebrants.
-unaware of the grim tragedy. told of
seeing a taxi cab about two miles down
the road at 2 a. m., or shortly after.
“another car was right in back of
it. like it was chasing the cab.”

E officials glanced at one another

in surprise. Had more than one per-
son been involved in the crime? Had
the slayer been a passenger in Teelon’s
cab and made his escape in the other
machine, driven by an accomplice? For
a man whose life had been simple, an
open book, his death was certainly a
deeply involved mystery. Why should

with her fiance, Ronald Joseph Watson, told officials that she

as a suspect in the slaying

stand?

“A little after one-thirty.” a driver
told them.

“With a fare?”

“Nope. He didn't tell anybody where
he was goin’. He jus’ drove off. I fig-
ured he had an appointment to pick
up somebody. It should be in the book.”

Almo Franzoni frowned. “What
book?”

“The book where we write in the
time and destination of the passen-
gers,” the cabbie explained. “All driv-
ers that work for Red's Taxi Service
have a book.”

Part of the group that searched for the killer's knife; the long hunt,
which extended throughout the death-area, ended in complete failure

C
ee

Mrs. Mai iitte: Medien points to bloodstains on the ‘cits of her car'which were
left by a hitchhiker whom she and her son picked up on the morning of the crime

But no such book had been found
in the search of the car.

“The killer took it,” Almo Pranzoni
said.

“He was in such a Hell of a hurry
that he couldn’t turn out the head-
lights, but he'd take the book,” and
the Sheriff was shaking his head.

Franzoni again faced the cab driver.
“Who could possibly know where
Teelon went?”

The cabbie shrugged. “Search me.
But try the cafe.” He pointed toward
the red-bricked railroad station.

A sign said “Lunch,” and the officers
went inside.

The waitress said, “Yes, he was in
here a little before one-thirty.

That was just before he went on the
fatal errand.

“He say where he was going?”

The waitress shook her head.

The Sheriff asked: “Do you know
by any chance whether he had money

- on him?”

TRE girl drew her eyebrows together.
Then she said quickly, “Why, yes,
he had quite a bit of money on him. He
counted it while he was here. Must
of been between one hundred and two
hundred dollars.” She pulled in her
lower lip, shook her head. “He had a
funny habit of always counting money.

Like he was happy with it. I told him
at one time to be more careful, but he
just laughed.”

The an apparently had robbed his
victim. demi’ _ take all his cash?
Why only a

rn the 5 station, the offi-
cers went to see the owner of Red’s

Taxi yo and Teelon’s employer.
Prancis W. Burke.

“Did you find an envelope on him?”
Burke questioned.

“No, what envelope?” Almo Fran-
demanded

a GAVE every employe oi mine an

envelope with a ten-dollar bill for
ristmas,” Burke explained. “Henry

oa he ine last night at eleven o’clock.”

“He could have thrown the envelope
away.” the Sheriff commented.

Burke wasn’t satisfied. “You find
a brand-new ten-dollar bill on him?”
he queried. “All the bills I handed.
out were fresh from the bank.”

The Sheriff replied that the $30
found on Teelon had all been in well-
worn, tired-looking notes.

“Then he certainly was robbed.”
Burke told the officers. He shook his
head. “That this should happen to
Henry! He was fussy about his fares.
He’d never take on any rough cus-

(Continued on Page 47)

State’s Attorney Edward McClallen, Junior, Investigator Almo Fran-

zoni and Sheriff Geno Franzoni go ‘through their records for a clew

iething written in the
ik. This man had his
iting it out of the way.

STARTLING

He made certain Henry Teelon was
dead. But he had to be sure to re-
move the connecting link between

the taxi driver and his last passenger

—Gerald Hostler, another taxi driver
known as “Hop”—stuck his head out
the door. Halliday told him about the
stalled cab.

“Could be Hank Teelon,” Hostler
told his friend Norman J. Wetmore.
‘He hasn’t reported since midnight.
Maybe we'd better run out there and
see what’s wrong.”

Driving his own cab, with Wetmore
in the front seat beside him, Hostler
soon was proceeding over the treach-
erous road toward the designated spot,
about nine miles north of the city.

The other cab was still there. “It’s
Hank’s, all right,” Hostler said, “but

Stains on the back seat of this car
provided an answer to the riddle of
how the night marauder got away.

One of the officers investigating the Christmastide traged
caught on a barbed wire fence as he fled for his life to

demonstrates how the taxi driver was
e snow-covered woods bordering the road.

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By Wade I. Roberts

HE car stood almost in the

center of the. soynery:

snow-packed curve. J. E.
Halliday, rounding the turn from
Chittendon, Vt., at 2:45 the morning
of December 24, 1945, braked his own
machine suddenly and skidded to a
stop.

“Fine place to leave that bus!” he
stormed, stepping out into the 18-
below temperature.

The lights of the other car were on
but no sound came from its motor.
Its door was open but no one seemed

¢to be around. Halliday read an in-
scription on the side of the machine.
“Red’s Taxi Service,” it said.
Across the field a lone farmhouse
_ light was visible. ‘“Driver’s probably
had trouble and went over there for
help,” the Chittendon man told him-
self.

Back in his own machine, Halliday
managed to squeeze past the stalled
car. Twenty minutes later he pulled
up in front of Red’s Taxi Office, ad-
joining the railroad station in Rut-

land, and honked his horn. There was something written in the
Two men were huddled around the little black book, This man had his

red-hot pot belly stove. One of them ‘ ¢ reasons for wanting it out of the way. .
: STARTLING

STARTLING DETECTIVE, May, 1946.

he doesn’t seem to be around. Maybe
it’s motor trouble. Let’s take a look.”

Reaching inside to turn on the ig-
nition, Hostler saw a broad stain’ on
the front seat. He touched it and
then held his finger under one of the
dash lights.

“Blood!” the driver told Wetmore.
“Hank's been hurt, though his cab
hasn’t been in a smashup !”

He scanned the snow and saw a
trail of red dots. Raising his eyes in
the direction they led, Hostler dis-
cerned something apparently draped
over a barbed wire fence just off the
edge of the road. Reaching the fence,
Hostler stood momentarily stunned.

The figure was Hank Teelon’s body,
frozen stiff in the sub-zero cold. His
hatless head was badly beaten and
there were several wounds in his neck
and shoulders,

“Murdered!” Hostler cried out as
Wetmore came up. “On the day be-
fore Christmas, too!”

Hostler at once drove back to Rut-
land to notify the sheriff while Wet-
more kept warm in Teelon’s car as he
guarded the evidence from any dis-
turbance.

Hostler reached the jail at 3:45
o’clock and roused Sheriff Geno N.
Franzoni. This officer took the taxi-
man into his home while he did some
phoning,

Within the next fifteen minutes he

had called from their beds State’s At-
torney Edward G. McClallen, Jr.; his
own brother, State Detective Almo B.
Franzoni; Rutland County Medical
Examiner Dr. Francis E. Quigley,
and Rutland’s chief of police, Harold
S. Potter.

Then, at the sheriff’s suggestion,
Hostler notified Francis W. Burke,
owner of Red’s’ Taxi Service. Horri-
fied at the tragic death of his employe,
Burke said he would go right out to
the scene.

The assembled officials arrived
ahead of him. Dr. Quigley found five
stab wounds in the neck and shoulders.

In addition, Henry C. Teelon, 46,
had been slugged over the head with
some heavy instrument and his skull
fractured in at least two places.

Detective -Franzoni surveyed the

scene and found pieces of glass, ap-

parently from a smashed quart whis-
key bottle, in the middle of the
highway. He then reconstructed the
crime,
“Teelon was bludgeoned by some
passenger carrying a bottle,” he said.
“The bottle was undoubtedly the
original weapon. Teelon, though
badly injured, undoubtedly got out of

‘the cab and tried to run away. It

looks as though he had gotten as far
as the barbed wire fence when his
attacker caught up with him and used
a. long-bladed knife. Then the killer

Henry C. Teelon, inset, managed to extricate himself from his cab and cross the
road to the fence. Detective Almo B. Franzoni, right foreground, and State’s
Attorney McClallen, wearing overshoes, were among the first to arrive:

stamped on the bottle in an effort to
destroy any fingerprints.”

The others nodded solemnly. “And
the motive?” McClallen asked.

Franzoni shrugged and began beat-
ing his arms against the numbing cold.
“Probably robbery,” he replied. “Or
it could have been vengeance.”

Francis Burke arrived and threw
some light on robbery as the motive.
“Hank had almost $200 with him,”
his employer said. “I know he col-
lected a considerable number of tips
for Christmas, including $10 I gave
him in a special holiday card. If that
money isn’t on the body, you can figure
somebody got it.”

Quigley soon determined that aside
from about $5 in silver, wrapped in a
canvas bag, Teelon hadn’t any cash
on his person. A wallet in which he
habitually carried his money, accord-
ing to Burke, also was missing, as was

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wit r. Potter :to the barn south of the house;
man took dinner there thet day, was in and out take pptltestrased ha
of the house. was in the old kitchen, and tonk | size to cech other Sekt ‘
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‘from all appearances, a» being ond wh» was | besides thec imney, which too
"particularly vicious. _ Upon entering the coart- | tute some of t ¢ enumerations.

~ xe0m he did not ‘evince any wnpsual emoticn, | feet high, tl highest in the Btate.
but Wokei arfuod upon the different coun. | work was dgne by G.'N. Wiflard
_ tenances with os much apparent’ calinness “as | WT. Crookar laid the briek, an Towasen 4 | the taal
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stend up while the cler, propounded the queation: | burn & Gate upon the success Rhat has er vei |

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why the sentence of tho itl should io: Le pass. |, protperous a business,
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of wickedngss ard ars ny that, warked his, J, Foca oh ap tae Aves TY Quartotte sf
crime in easing the death of the imrocent and | Chorus,
unsuspecting. It was high time that he sou ares: "tee. ace whe Trt. Maher: 5 Bogut es Seay Jobn
begin to appreciate the fearful eonditi Jie in ‘ LS rebh gy S Saat aoa Mbs's % Chord ir ge
which he was plicel ; standing as he did, in'| ie. Bong. Li! \ps.—Kaeore, cdag, “tStuther take | 4, re i
imayinent peril of an outraged law, and resting Peri, Manteca The lica is. great]? Trio and Chorh- : com} whi

under the displeasure of Him. whore Diving | INTERMISSION. bot inhats i
command he had ruthlessly rath ym] . Music. + Albans Baud. wor

| were u

ead r

jboree “ie
i

|
;

. The hardihood marking his carreer chig-far;) |’ ana na Nee Ries Tol vuke, +n - ee

r could avail bin’ bo longer, ark it was for him, | " Atel Tho. Me esara. C. abb, PRitliy # and Mies ly {ri ‘.
aa } J ; . “a *

ia the space between the sentence and the exe. |. % Chorus frpm “ Eujah. & THanks he to God. phorses w

} tir ne bet

most Marriod, ir) party fe

esreer, and see what was in store for him in the fu-! boug “Not for Jue,’
: 7, Quartettd, “0, hush thee my bal.’ Mo«@e | €ach othe
ture. Fearful a> hal lem his orime, acd! *. » Paillipal aude obb, Mrs, Stranahan and Mies, by him
" terrible the anetbama pronounced upon bim who Acyt c rus. Chorus, Banit pa t fence ; ur
sheds intiggent blood, there might yet be hope | The audie ce kesembled to listen to this qq: | x se gg
for himin the eye of the Ope sipotent, Le: fore | , cert wee the|largest ever ‘assembled in Abad: by | Paintifl
whom even the chief of sinners may find | Hall on » similar oceabion, perhaps op any ee \n acti
room for repentance. |! casion. Allithe available mwas packed xo | rn te 3
During the remarks of Judge Barrett the | its utmost ciipacity, Rtas “descas| from the} eoart, 1
- erowded court room was still as the house of | neighboring! towns, tome frpiy as far ay Bor. | plainsist |
death, Every tne seeming to feel-the boleiait } Hustéo; were present. The cert wad the brat | O59 re
force ‘of the “words to whieh they werg }ever given here at a Musical (Convention, Phe 7 Start
listening. While the Ju was apeaking, music ‘was ip variety afd eclecticn, dnd = Thene
prisoner watehed him clovely, but did not well executed. The ‘Anvil Choras”’ ant thes was Willi
ia the least affected ; wearing the same stolid Comig song , Almost Married)’, were repeated, Reset
Jook thet characteriedd his entrance, Not a md west. | The hymns and énthems were i¢n- | Termin t
_ ele of his Gountenancd changed when the Ju in uch € style as tordise mifsic in o + ' embreved
: ce. The conduct oka ® proper meang of worship. DY ey me
ye dari the whole scene, evinced cither | the songs it {s sufficient to say\shat they pi! IP ge
st hard i, or an unusual amount o loadly encoged ie on as a Ww MAS continue t
been a 90 many | sore | the eye

| from differept parts ¢ State, ers to of the di

ie pcenshes Same ee TOME ia gp Ban A Rte

Feds.

Welcome, (the murderer

bok vee WRLCOME, " :
as : morning a bill commuting

4 o : : Hinesburgh) who is un.

der gentence of death, to be executed on the third

_ trodueed by Mr, Whittemore of Milton. Accom-

> panying it was the petition of Isaiah Dow and
‘6 169 others, which recites that the said Henry
Welooine was but boy of the age of seventeen

years and one month ; that being the son of
French parents who were in poor circumstances,
_ he was comparatively uneducated ; that he has

4 ; : ; / aged father-and mother, six sisters, and four

f Ry Fy

the oldest of whom is twenty-five years
of age and the youngest six; all of whom,

et though poor, are respectable, and who are over-

“whelmed and heart-broken at the fate of their
®unfortunate son and brother; and that said

Welcome, during his confisement in jail and

Prison, has conducted himself well and is repre.

_ sented as being sincerely penitent and fally dis.

posed “ty atone for past wrong by goo! conduct
in the future.
A renfonstrance was also put in, signed by
260 citizens of Hinesburg and vicinity, protest-
ing againat any such interruption of the course of
Justice, believing that the crime of Welcome was

art Wilfal, premediated, and most atrocious

murder.’’ “In this belief, there can be no doubt
that the community best acquainted with the cir-
cumstances attending the commission of that
orime generally shares. is

Se DASE BALL MATCH,

A match game of base bal! between nines of
DartmouthCollege and of Norwich University, hae
been one of fhe’ excitements to-day. It took
place on the Fair ground out of town. The Dart-

“mouth boys were spreving it at 4 pretty atrong
rate last night, according to all sccounts ; but
they appeared to be in sufficient trim to-day to
lay out their opponents with all case. The soore
etood 47 for Dartmouth to 17 for Norwich. The
Weather was too cold anyhow for a very success-
ful match, the cold wind beaumbing the fingers
of the players and making it tedious for specta-

interest connected with the histo t of the great
rebellion, beginning with the breaking ou} of the
war, and closing with the capture lof Jel Davie
in woman’s apparel. Thos who havé been
it performed elsewhere, say it sparkles with
mirthfulness, and again the sjost pathetic acenes
aro witnessed from the enlistment through the
bivouac, batile,"and starvatio on Belle Isle. The
songs of the canfp are reproduced and the life of
the soldier is dramatized with all its varying
fortunes.

This play has been performed ig many.bf the
leading cities of the Union, and hag received the
most flattering criticisms from the press. While
the drama itself is pronounced exceedingly mer-
itorious, we predict a much larger houge to-
night than falls to the ordinary lot of theatrical
performancee, on account of the object being for
charitable purposes. Tickets may We oljtained
during the day at Huntingtoa’s bookstore, and
at the ticket office City Hall in the evening,
where a diagram of the hal! may ‘be seen and
seats selected. Go early if yok would get & good
seat.

aiin!-_

The Racca,
SECOND DAY.

The secoud day of the raceg opened clear and
cold, the wind blowing fresh ‘from the north.
Overcoats and gloves were in| genéral demand,
and the crowd found watchiag the ‘‘ course of
events ’’ anything byt warm work, The change
from the mud and rain of the preceding! day,
however, was so very accept able that nd one
seemed disposed to grumble, even had it done
any good. The track was in splendid ‘con fition.
Promptly at 2 o’clock the tapof the bell sent
the horses to position. 1

The entries in the first race, fot a purge of
$175, for horses that never trotted better than
44, mile heats, best 3 in 5, were as follows :

T. H. Tirney, St. Albans, brpwn gelding Jack
Barnard ; T. F. Carpenter, Hartford, Conn.,
bay mare Another Such ; Chet ah 29
ford, brown gelding Brown Keenty ; B.D.
Mayo, Port Henry, N. Y., bay 4 ding | Red
Bird ; James Hastings, Brandon, wn intre
Kitty Hastings. Py |

Jack Barnard had the: pole ; Kitty Hastings,
second; Red Bird third ;/ Brown Keeney,
fourth ; Another Such, outside. i

In ; Bird pashe i

SS i < eee.
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Justicgst :
vorabl ie
attend®
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physic# :
theref

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longer &
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th ay MASE

b. Chords aks

yt Pe oP, cote
Lor r Quartotte
mane ing’ Cia eh — Kadyra S
i : Gras igs Bk oe, t.'? pails
10, Bong. . Liilps, TO, Sia, “Mother take

CH; si hw act ¥ greasy ? ‘Trio and Chorbks |

inre ng
1. Music, Qt, Albans {

i, Song, ‘Tho Merry nde izs Holy cig,
eore, * The Nightingale.” bs fie
Lt Tallan Thio, Cobt,| PRildips and Sifpes '
Gates, ni ‘1;
ae ‘ PDs. Chorus f om “Enel, if “Tanks he ‘to dood.” |b
eution of the. lew, to exemine Wimeel? and his) i. are Martiod,”” J Pradeep = | time t

| oareer, arid see what was in store Bile iiceel 1 dead xt for Jue,” i pets Hee
anahan and N by bir
fiates,

le the anethama pronounced upon him sl % 2, hres, Chorus, Ban and Anvilr, |} F

largest ever | ass¢fubled in Abadeiny | plait

even the chief ‘of sinners ang find | fall on @ similar ocedbion, perhaps’ on unyée.) 40

room for repentance, a a. Alljthe available room was pavied -y tee tg

During the remarks of Judge Barrett the| its utmost capacity, Many persons ‘from, the codrt,

_ @Powded court room was stil! as the house of ; neighboring} towne, rome fr¢m as far a4 Rar. Puain

death. Every one seeming to feelthe solemn | lin gton, werg present. The cancert was the lst 5 ne tp

force of the “words to which they whet evie avin re ata Musical Conveilien, Poe ji <.,-ae

listening. While the Juige was speaking, the music Was in variety a eciection, apd, Then i

prisoner watched him closely, but did not seem | well executed. Phe ¢ Anvil Ch: orny’’ ‘an] the} ¥** "

im the least affected ; wearing thé same stolid | comig song t* Almost Married, *’ were repeated fame a

Jook that charactericed his cntrance. Nots | by uest. | The hymns and gégthems were :¢n- | fern in ee

ele of his countenaneé changed when the Sr dered in ruch fine style as tordise mysic invne’s em! Drgce ‘yh

; pronounced the sentence, The general conduct of | stimation ab & proper meang of worship. Of Cully @
Welcome daring the whole scene, evinced cither | the songs it is sufficient to say ghat they wesc all |

* the utmost hardihood, or an unusual amount of | loudly encorpd. The Convention as a whele has oontint

' brutieh indifference,—eomething terribly pains been a grand éuccesa. That so many singers ny 4 ny

- fal to witness in either case, Aer the Prom! from different parts of the State, strangers‘ to Peete ai

_. pronouncing of the following sentence,the prisoner | each other and to the mupgic, $hould be alte in perty a

wae taken back to the jail, from whence he will | 0 short a time to shOw such proficiency, speags , «Tered-egee

be conveye! to Windsor : | well for the talent of the chorus and the skilof i 1 aap ro

THE SENTENCE. ; the director.) For the chorus it may be s | ved on hie

It is ordered by the Court on the 34 Fri. | that am ungeually large number of excellent ruled thi sa

eis January, A. D. 1871, Between the hours singers we present, many of them teachers | fr oe Pe

of eleven g'glock in the forenoon and two o'clock | The chords gras not only the largtot, but the} baa yf

pol ym gees ery thal clgad best ever in attendance on convention here. Mr. | HN. ae

the County of Windsor—and that, in * mean- | Emerson is | too well known to need §ps cial | L. FP. Wi in

j mention v fully sustained his reputation am

during this Convention as a master of the sitta- | The at

tion. Fe evidently excels in giving proper ex. | ‘taken up

ture. Fearful as had beq bis erime, aod)’. Paillij ‘aude oe ee

Bat nicks: &

sent, |

orm weed

a ney

; Pression to the gradd and majestic io music, | Rensom fae
Agt wise 304 Avene eathoags ie the music selected and practised was of \ihe! Thies ;
highest order. The eolo taleht employed gitve | | Court ia
+ hh oar madoragrine gd » aga 2 | good satis » and contributed largely to the | ing way
wt vmapershsed euccens of convention and the pleasare of | The dete
laf te ti spring 1858, Gates & Bro. Commenced / the audien Mies Gates was not in the best | | teed fo:
the manufacturing of furniture in: the old voice, suffes from a severe cold, bot ‘abe | it
Ploaser building They hed hardly egmmenced | .howed fine woeal powers and ‘Fare musical ¢ul-| Rdg
magne domatpmhcunlien Sat involved | tare Fler tousic wae of the fost difficult kipd, "The a
im the disastrous fire, occurring at ‘that time. | pu; her shill was always equal to the emergency, | cases os fam
Upon the re-construction’ of the buildings, maf Mr. J.P. Cobb was equally af home at the pigno | | morning's
agsin commenced basioess, “Tn 1850,. Mr. Ril- | or in vongs, jseridus.and pomip, He has a fre | -
arm beosme a member of the firm, dnd-at the voice, well galtivated. To i the: conven
ag paid waa opened in Philadelphia | ‘Ils indebted for its hemerous entertainment. He| at
fue the parposcs of putting up and selling the | was always pncored ahd in rpeponse gave | Yen, be
| furaitare that wee manuteotured by be com | of hin beet : sebrons |iaied. | Whenever ripe Ronvwaday

| Cases, thea

Drawn frog

pane. W ; menced | contention A held hore it in says ig At ant soe

ss“ ATA PURSUIT OF THE ASSASSIN |
| Was activo and gucceastul, The services of N. B.
; Flanagan, an empert detefiive of Buril n, were
immediately secured, and a reward of $1,000 was
| odered to bring the villain, to justice. On the Sih of
| October, just twoj|days after the batchery, he was
| arres at Waterbury, Vt, w he had gone on
the cars irom Essex Junctien, and Be was taken to
‘ Burlington. On his way there he met the fonera}
aie of his victim and displayed the most as-
*foniening Indiference and utter coolness. j

. ) THE TRIAL :

After a prelimipary examination before 4 Plated
he was committedito fall to awalt trial at the County
Court: Tne folowing April his case came up, ang &
verdict of guilty was aiven: P ir @ techni-al.ty of
law he was allowed te appeal @ the Supreme Court.
‘Pending the eeasien of that tribunal be was re-
mnanded to the Biate Prison at Windsor, the jail at
Bariington. not being considered sullictently secure,
The Supreme Court haviag confirmed the edict of
the aty Coart Welcome was sentenced ‘to soll-

tary confinement one year in the State Prison at |
| re , and then to be hanged by the neck until

BPFORTS POR COMMUTATION

: |
of sentence to: {fe imprisonment at nard labor were,
nearly successful. The Legialajure 1p scesion ‘ast |
Ustober were petitioned on two Spry Wid, ae |

» ‘kne’ House of resentalives turned a
. rN the |

freeouce more. Tse efforta of a few files pidlan-
oe UF UNHET DED te punt andl weotbaans iaws of,

th State, whieh Bae been Fiaudly

@ : fare bi en
toroed, have signaily faited. | Ya consequence of this
extraor ‘effort madeto pave ove of the. worst:

vulame fi m Aus Just deserts intorest ia maai-
ted in th "tno people of | feet th

THE HIRAM MILLER CASE JULY 1867 - JUNE 1869

ae,
(Seven clippings from Woodstock's weekly newspaper, "The Vermont Standard")

OPES as

1) 7/25/67 "Shocking Murder"

2) 8/1/67 "The Weathersfield Murder"

3) 674/68 Miller brought to court

kh) 6/11/68 "Murder Trial"

5) 6/18/68 "Murder Trial" conclusion

6) 6/24/69 Exdcution notice

7) 7/1/69 "Execution of Hiram Miller"

twelve days and then went away sick; he
called at my house in June last to get my
son to carry him to Claremont; son was
away and he started-on fuot; when he came
back it rained and he came into my barn and
talked with me sometime; he said the truss
he got at Claremont did not fit and he must
go and have another one made; saw him
next a short time after, he came to Mr.
Gowing’s to stay over Sunday; this was to-
wards the latter part of June. Mr Tuttle
told me first of the murder and requested
{me to go to the house at once; I went.
Saw the bodies, mr. Gowing near the kitch-
en door, and Mrs. Gowing lying upon the
bed in the bedroom; I first discovered the
lever upon the hearth. it had hair and blood
upon it; achest in the sitting room was
overhauled and the clothes scattered upon
the floor; at the door into the bedroom was
the print of an axe in blood; the closet door
in bedroom was closed; in appearance a
suit of clothes that mr. Gowing wore had
evidently been overhauled, taken down and
put back, anda pocket in the pants turned
inside out; the coat had a grease spot upon
it, which seemed to have dropped from a
tallow candle; in the parlor found the axe
upon the floor, covered with clothes that
had been taken from the bureau drawers.
Up stairs the chest had been ransacked.
Mr. Gowing’s sled was kept in a little shed
on the opposide of the road; presume I
made the stake in court; made a sled and
and cight stakes for Gowing of that kind of
wood. Helped move the beds on which mrs
Gowing lay; under the feather bed picked
up his wallet; emptied the straw bed and
found in the straw a paper of government
bonds, in amount should think four or five
hundred dollars: in the wallet found about
one hundred and fifty or sixty two or three
doNars and some odd cents; found silver
spoons between the beds. The outside
kitchen door had a lock upon it. There
were spots of blood upon the walls of the
bedroom, the window and door, about three
feet from Mrs Gowing’s head; the blood
soaked through both the feather and straw
bed, and on to the trundle bed; discovered
the tracks upon the stoop floor and covered
them over with tin pans to preserve them;
a good many had been out there before I
I discovered the tracks; witness identitled
the tracks; I gota man to cut them out.
Tracks out by the cistern were about as
plain as on the blocks.

Cross Kx. by Mr French. First went to,

Gowing’s not far from seven o’clock. ‘Tut-

tle was after a jury when [ met him; the

house was kept shut till after the jury got
through; the cleaning up commenced imime-
diately after; ‘the jury went into the front
door: might some of them gone in through
the kitchen; did pot see all who were pas-
sigg inand out; marks on the floor ahoyt
natural step from the door; saw them next
after they were taken out before the grand
jury last fall. Would not swear it was the

saine axe I put the helve into, but it looks.
like it, Think I saw respondent in the fleld

flrst season he was there: first knew he was
there last season in Mareh; weeding my
carn first when he came fora team to go to
Claremontys the same (ay when he came
hack he stopped; he did yat camplajn tiat
truss did nat ft; the lagt time he went
away was the latter part of June or the first
of July; could not tell how long it was be-
fore the murder.

Dr. J. No Stiles cailed. Aged 5B, reside in
Windsor; ama physician, and have been In
practice 29 years, examined the bodies of
Mrand Mrs Gowing, Mr Gowing first. It
was about eleven o'clock when I got there;
the bodies were laid out; Mr. G. had a se-
vore bruise over the left eye; and a cut, as
if with an sige, entirely throygh the head,
from ear ta ear, almost separating the
face from the head; the bruise seemed to
haye been caused by falling un the floor; a
brnise on the back of the head, which I did
not particularly examine, myst haye been
made witha club or stake. sirs Goyying
had three wounds; one jn front above the
ear, seemed to have been made with a club;
another made with an axe from the corner
of the mouth extending up to the eye and
deep into the head directly to the base of
the brain; the third wound extending from
the lower part of the nose into the hase of
the brain.

flenry 8. Powey called. Age 50, resjde in
Ascutneyville. Have beea for some years
CUISINE Of the, town, Arid Mog KNOW AiG

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MURDER TRIAL.
‘urspay, June 9, 1868.

The Court opened at 9 o'vlock and the
case of the State v. Hiram Miller, charged
with the murder of Joshua G. Gowing, was
called,and the process of selecting a jury was
proceeded with. © Each man called took his
place in the jury box and was interrogated
by respondent’s counsel. ‘This consumed a

good deal of time as nearly ll those called
were challenged, having formed opinions of
the case from reading newspaper accounts
of the justice trial and from common talk
inregard to it. Finally a panel was com-
pleted and is as follows:

Tue Jury.—Egerton Sprague, West
Windsor; Irvin Russ, Hartford; Henry C.
Burton, Norwich; Benjamin Carpenter,
Quechee; Henry F. Pinney, Plymouth; El-
bridge Leavitt, Barnard; Albro E. Perkins,
Pomfret; Charles Raymond, Bridgewater;
Alfred Sargent, Bridgewater; Charles S.

Raymond, Bridgewater; John D. Mitchell,
Bridgewater; Alonzo, Averill, Woodstock.

The Court inquired of the jury if they had
any conscientious scruples on the subject of
capital punishment which would prevent
their finding a verdict of guilty, if the evi-
dence to be offered should show the re-
spondent guilty. No response from the pan-
el and they were duly sworn by the Clerk.

States Attorney Samuel E. Pingree, John
F. Deane, and Stephen M. Pingree, appeared
for the government, and Norman Paul and
Warren C. French for the respondent.

The States Attorney having read the in-
dictment Stephen M. Pingree made the
opening statement of the case,

The prisoner is a man about five feet
ejght inches tall; somewhat squarely built,
and probably in good flesh would weigh one
hundred and seventy-flve pounds. He
walked firmly into the bar and took a seat
behind his counsel. His appearance would
by no means seem to indicate that he was in
possession of a disposition to commit
such a horrid murder as the one with
which he is charged. Evidently below
mediocrity in: intelligence he yet bore
hinself well, throughout and would per-
haps pass ordinarily for aman of aver-
nge jntellect. His hair and whiskers are
black, oyes blue, and forchead high, but the.
formation ot his head would he claimed by
phrenologists as indicating a weak brain,

Lemuel Hitchcock catled. Reside in Weath-
ersfleld; aged 56. Live 100 rods south of
Joshua G. Gowing’s. Was at his house on
the 23d of July, 1867; was going to work
for him with a mowing machine; went up
in the morning to grind a syche; 6 o’clock
when I started fron home. Didn't see any
stir abont the house and went to the door,
and rapped two or three times, but recety:
ing no answer, opened it and saw Mr. Gow-
ing. Called Mrs. Gowing two or three
times, reccived no answer, and stepped over
Mr. G. and went to the sitting room door,
which was open. © Mr. G. lay on his right
side, lay crosswise, just room enough to
swing the door open. His head was all
split open; passed and went to the sitting
room, then called to Mrs. G., turned and
went for Mr, Tuttle, a neighbor; he eane
back with me aud thon went into the sitting
room; found Mrs. G, lying upon the bed.
She had been chopped or struck in the face
{u several places. She lay on her back,
crosswise, head to the front; feet a little
nearer to the head than the foot of the bed.
Her head was four or five feet from the wall.
I turned down the clothes of the trundle bed
to see if the little girl was there. Spoke
to her, she waked and looked at me. ‘Told
her to get up and go to my house. Could
not see that anything had been overhauled.
Knew Mr. G. was dead, and also Mrs. G.

‘Then looked for the weapons they were kill-
ed with. Concluded it was done with an
axe and in Jooking for it found a lever, in
the sjtting room between the stove and
the chimney. Bed roon) is front of the
the house, kitchen in the rear and sitting
room between. The sled stake was of ‘“lev-

er Wood," 88 Banteay hetwean tHERS AA FONE

feet long; there” Wag” big ua uy Y ais Spot
it; short and long hair. Looked Ke the
axe out door but “did not find it then; after-
wards In hauling over the bureau found the
axe. ‘Two drawe ra of the bureau were
smashed jn; the bureau was inthe parlor
in northeast corner of the house. Pretty
much everything was pulled out on to the
floor. Stake and axe were shown to wit-
ness and he identified them. Went up stairs
and found things there scattered about some.
Saw blood afterward on door, leading into
sleeping room ino ch ee over parlor,
Blood was near bottom of door and seemed
to have come there from aoman's foot.
Tracks of blood on the ‘stoop nearly dn
front and a dittle ta the pleht of the door;
there were two tracks, Mieces of floor on
which were tracks were presented and fdepe
titled by witness. Have seen respondent
before; he went by uame of Tlenry WH
Hams. Tle worked for Mr. Gowtng year be-
fore and Jast season, should think a couple
of months; was there in June, should think,
in 1866, 2 short time. When I went back
with Tuttle, found Ben. Gowing in the road
and a boy, son of Mr. Gowing, with him;
the boy is 17 or 18 and is recarded us under-
witted. |

Cross examined by Mr. French,’ but noth-
ing further of material Importance was elic-.
ited.

Zopher Tuttle, called. Live in Weathers-
fleld, and aged 68. Live about a mile, little
short, south of Mr. Gowing; was born
there; Hitchcock came down the morning
of the murder, and said Gowing had been
murdered or had killed himself. Went up
and found Mr. G. dead in the kitchen, and
then through the sitting room into the bed-
room and found Mrs. G. dead; the girl was
in the trundle bed. Mr. G. had a gash in
his head froin a sled stake; Mrs. G. had
two pashes. Gowing lay on his right side;
gash “front of left ear and cutting off part of
it and went through into the floor; he had
bled should think as much as a hog would,
Had on no stockings or shoes, which were
beside achair in the room. Mrs. G. lay
cross the bed, feet nearest the head;
blood on the partitions, some four or five
feet from her head; told the girl to go down
to Hitehcock’s; then went after the select-
men; afterwards found the axe in the par-
lor covered by articles pulled) from the bu-
reau. The stake was on the hearth, and
had on it blood and hair, some short, the
color of Mr. Gowing’s, and some Jong the
color eh his wife’s ; stake and axe were iden-
tifled. Saw the boy in the road first. Went
up stairs after the inquest; saw chest with
things pulled out, mostly women’s wear.’
Boy slept in room over the parlor. In the
afternoon saw blood upon the door into the
west chamber; ft was low down upon the
door and looked as though a man had push-
ed the door open; were marks upon the
door as if made with nails in the toe of a
boot; marks and blood five or six inches
from floor and jam. Went into boys’ room,
ed band box open and bonnet taken out.

Saw blood marks on the stoop; understood
Sliingle had been put over them and went to
pe “them ; there were two; identifled the

racks on the bits of floor. Have seen the
se spondent at work at Mr. Gowing’s; he
went by the name of Henry Williams ; he
rode with me a little Ways and said he was
going to Claremont to get a truss.

Cross ex. by Mr. French. Was going to
mill at Ascutney ville had a lumber wagon,
he said it hurt him to ride and he had rather
go foot and got out; girl was asleep and
Mr. Hitchcock woke her; trundle bed was
pushed under the bed, stuck out about a
foot; Went up stairs with Flannagan and an-
other man, astranger, who called attention
to blood on the door. Good deal of. blood
upon the floor and the bed; there was a
good many people passing in and out and
the blood was cleared up about 10 0 clock ;
Saw ho one go up stairs before that.

Amos Royce called. Resides i in Ascutney-
ville, aged 64; resides about a mile from
Mr. Gowing’s; have known him for nine
years; worked for him the second season
he was there, and every season since till
last season; knew his hired man Henry Wil-
liams, but never worked with him; knew of
Mr. Gowing’s havipg what he called the
“ best axe’: identitied the axe in court ‘as
the one; he kept it when J worked there in
a back room that cornered on to the house,
fn a little cupboard; I put the helve into the
axe myself at my house; respondent brought
the axe to me at night and came for it again

bator and went
f Daniel Davis and told him of the murder,
Pand he said he had overtaken aman on the

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| Summoned a jury on the Sor July. Start-
Hed for Windsor to telegraph to see if re-
} spondent was in Jay or ‘Troy; went at the
| instigationjof Ella Gowing ; it was about nine

o’clock when I drov@‘into Windsor village;
draye to the aie but did not find the oper
mick to the village. say

road and eiven him a ride; the man saitlhe

P Was in porsult ofa truss; he pojnted out
Mthe nan and it was Henry Willams, the re-
Pspondent; Dfotlawed him and when To got
Prear him he turned and said good morning.

He sald he had come down on night trata,
the night before and got of at High Bridge;
cant to the Connecticut river Dbridgre and be-
Ing sleepy fell asleep, and did not) wake up
hl abont tive o'cloek Jn the morning. Sald
he came from Barton, at whieh place he
bought a ticket for Windsor. Said he was
voing to work for Joseph Weston haytnug;
he had commenced work for Mr Weston, but
found he could not work till he came to
Windsor to get a truss. I asked him to
walk back with me and he readily did so to
Wubbard’s store. Ina minute to two some
one asked me if Dhad got a clue to the mur-
derer: WilHams asked “who has been mur-
dered?” told him mr. Gowing and his wife
were both murdered and I was going to ar-
rest him for the murder. He made no reply
and asked no questions. He said he went
after he woke, up through our village to-
wards Windsor, first to Daniel Davis’ and
then to mr. Weston’s; asked him why he
got off at High Bridge when Windsor was
so much nearey to Mr Davis, and he said: he
was not aware Mr Davis lived so near Wind-
sor; told.-him I had information from Bar-
ton that no tickets were sold at that station
that night for Windsor; then said he paid

} his fare in the cars to White River Junction,
Hand at the Junction bought a ticket to

Windsor, from which place he paid his fare

ito the conductor. Hand cuffed and took
}him to Ascutneyville and took oft his

clothes; the clothes and boots taken from
him were produced; the shirt appeared to
be clean; one coat sleeve was wet and had
the appearance of being wrung—think it
was the left sleeve; Ciscovered some spots
ou the coat which I called blood, though it
had been washed as much as possible; saw
blood on one coat sleeve and on the back ;-
on the sleeve thathad been wet; the vest
had blood on it down in front. I did not
make a thorough examination of the clothes

} but saw mr Flannagan examine them. While

we were in Hubbard’s store he kept pinch-
ing his nose and I saw a little blood on it,
but not enough to drop; impression at the
time was that he produced it with his fin-
gers. Examined the right hand pocket of
the pants and found tobacco in it; it was
wet; the other pocket had nothing in it and
was dry. Respondent said he settled per-
fectly satisfactory with Gowing. Train |
usally passed the High Bridge between two
and three; another train passes about five,
the first is a through express which left
Newport the evening before.

Cross ex. by Mr. French. Respondent
was not walking very fast when I discover-
ed him in Windsor Village; did everything
IT asked him to without objection, and made
no attempt to escape; the talk about how
he came down in the cars was while he was
walking back to the store; did not go out
of the store while he was in the store. Kept
the clothes till they were delivered up to
the Grand Jury in December. Coat was
shown him and could not point the appear-
ance of blood, with the unaided eye; had a
magnifying glass when examined it) before.

CHARLES Srory called. Reside in’ Wind-
sor. Saw respondent in Paine’s drug store,
sitting on a box; this was before Bowen
had found him; told clerk Mr. and Mrs.
Gowing had been murdered, when respon-
dent rose up and said, ‘‘What, his wife,
too.”

H. H. Sparvorp called. Reside in Per-
kinsville, Weathersfield. Was constable in
1867; assisted in taking off the clothes from
respondent; pulled off his boots; thought
he saw spots of blood on them; identitied
the clothes and boots. Pockets were damp,
he thought from sweat; ’twas a warm day;
respondent said he had had the nose bleed
In answer to question how it came on the
clothes, .

Cross ex. by Mr. French. ‘Told Bowen
he had better take care of the clothes they
would be wanted again; next I saw of them

Vermont Sjandarca
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site where the track came up from the
}other way ; that ended the investigation.
Witness identified®the boots and gar-
ments; had’ the boots all through the
tracking of the tracks; the shirt was
clean according to yy yepollection ; the
left pocket of the pants was dry ; iden-
tified the three nails on the left boot toe
which made the mark upon the door ;
dan’t reeollect as [ saw any blaod on
the hoet at the point where the impres-
)sion was made, but there were blood
}marks on the door; was mark of blood
on the sole of the boot; the spots now
by a glass appear very different; the
marks on the blocks from the floor were
at the time as digtinct blpod as though
you had lapped your arm, Got to the
house on the 238d, think about 3 o’clock
r. M.; the tracks were not covered up
when I went there. aN

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v. B. Flannagan :

Cross ecamined by Mr. Paul. Swore dis-
tinctly as to the identity of the boots and
that the spots upon them were blood: the
sell was such that the mark of the boots re-
mained perfect; according to my best re-
collection there had been no rain after I got.
to Windsor before the examination was
made; don’t know as I can find the olood
spots upon the coat; pointed out a spot on
the back of the coat which ne knew was
|} made with blood; could not find any spots
on the vest, but at the time they were very.
plain; there were evident stains of bjood
on the pocket, but cannot find them now.

Henry S. Bowen re-called. A pan of
earth from a corn field, in which were found
the tracks was produced and witness swore
he took it yesterday morning from. where
the tracks were made.

Alfred Dow called. Reside at Bellows
Falls, am a conductor between White River
Junction and Bellows Falls; train leave the
Junction at 1,25 in the A: M.; train left the
morning of the 23d at 1,25, arrived at High
bridge about 25 minutes past 2; nothing
but a flag station at High bridge: this was
the first train down in the morning; the
next train Jeft the Junction at quarter of 4
and would arrive after 5; my train was
bight express; the Passumpsic train got in
at the Junction an hour and a half or two
hours before I left; Lave seen-the respond-
ent before; the night of the 23d of July got
otY the train at High bridge; said he had a
ticket to Windsor and wanted to go to
High bridge and wanted to know if the
train stopped there; another man got off
whom I have kpown since but did not
know then, supposed it was my brakeman,
‘but it was not; both got off at the rear end
of the train: the first train up after mine
went down arrived at Windsor at ‘quarter
before 1; I conduct the train up.

Cross ex. by Mr. Paul. Never saw the re-
spondent before that night; saw him the
next day or day but one and am confident I
could recognize him as I stopped on pur-
pose to let him off.

Re-direct. Attention called to the cir-
cumstances the next day or day but one at
Ascutney ville,

William B. Elis, called. Reside in Leb-
anon, N. H., resided formerly in Clareniont,
where is my father’s home; nearly a mile
from High bridge; went from Lebanon to
Claremont on the morning of the 23d, went
on train leaving the Junction at a little be-
fore one, Mr Dow conductor; one other
person got, off with me; said ‘;ro0od eve-
ning’? or something of that kind, he made
no answer and turned from me; he started
down the path to the road that leads to the
Claremont bridge across the Connecticut;
no one else got off; did not know the man.

Cross Ex. by Mr. Paul. Saw the man
last three or four rods off; dont think it was
very dark; cannot fix the date of any other
time when I went down that year.

Alla Gowing, called. Was 14 the 16th day
of last April, reside now in Springfleld with
my Aunt; resided before at Ascutneyville;
father’s name Joshua G. Gowing, mother’s
Abigail H. Gowing. Henry Williams work-
ed for father last season; identitled prison-.
er; first saw him when he came along year
ago last year and worked about three weeks
in naying; he told father and mother his
}name was Henry Williams; next saw him a
year the 23d day of last March; he wanted
to work; wanted to work seven months
and father hircd him; agreed to pay $24
per month; heard the trude made in the
kitchen; came Saturday; went to work on
Monday; worked a little over two months;
then he had a breach and went to Claremont
to get his truss; he came home said he was
going to Burlington; futher paid him 330;
I saw it done; he was gone a fortnight and
then came back, he came back Saturday
about 4 o’clock afternoon; staid tili Mon-
day about 10 o’clock, then took his clothes
and lett; took his clothes in a small trunk ;
trunk (valise) produced and identified ;

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Sunday preceding the fire, Barnard said
he had driven to West Rutland with Phair
and that they had returned to Rutland
around 6 p.m. Barnard had left Phair
at the Berwick House.

“I paid for the team because Phair
was short,” Barnard said. “He told me
he’d square accounts later.”

AEANWHILE, on the Boston-bound’

train, Deputies Matthews and Craw-

ford had their trip unexpectedly cur-
tailed ten miles out of Rutland, at Cut-
tingsville. Their train made a 15-minute
stop. Across the tracks the Rutland-
bound train was picking up passengers
and freight. As Matthews and Crawford
walked up and down the platform stretch-
ing their legs, they were approached by
the conductor from the other train. The
conductor whom they knew, was all
excited. ee

“Tm glad to see you boys!” he called
out. “There’s a man on my train who
answers to the description of this John
P. Phair that the sheriff is looking for.”

The deputies followed the conductor in-
to the train and’ closed in on the young
man seated alone and gazing morosely out
the window. Crawford, who knew the
wanted man, recognized him. It was John
P. Phair.

Matthews tapped Phair on the shoulder,
told him he was under arrest. for the mur-
der of Ann Freeze, the slipped on the
handcuffs. Phair, indignant and sputter-

-ing with rage, told them they were crazy

der of Ann Freeze, then slipped on the
the murder. Crawford asked him why he

| was going back to Rutland after leaving

in such an awful hurry.
_ “This is ridiculous!” Phair exclaimed.
“Why shouldn’t I go back to Rutland?

‘| I didn’t even know that Ann had been

murdered. I haven't looked at a news-
paper since I left town.”
Phair was rushed back to Rutland. He

-was searched in Sheriff Field’s office, and

all that was found on him was $5.65 in
cash and a railroad ticket to Vergennes,
his home town, 46 miles north of Rutland.

There was no wallet. The money was
in small bills and change. His satchel
revealed two boxes of paper collars, a

“necktie, a new white shirt, three handker-

chiefs, underwear, work trousers and
shirts, two pairs of socks and two bottles
of expensive brandy. Phair was asked
about the light-gray suit he wore. He
said it was the extent-of his wardrobe.

Doctor Allen was summoned. He ex-
amined the suit without finding any blood-
Stains.

Sheriff Field demanded to know what
Phair had done with his victim’s valuables,
how much he had taken, how he had con-
cocted the devilish fire, and why he had
killed the indiscreet widow. To all these
questions Phair answered that he wasn’t
guilty, hence he didn’t know anything
about such matters. The sheriff couldn't
shake him by reminding him that he,
Phair, had been broke the week before
the murder. Phair explained by. saying
the money for his train trip came from
an emergency kitty which he never
touched unless it was absolutely neces-
sary. The amount, he pointed out, was
small. oe

“All right,” the sheriff said.
you tell us the story your way.”

HAIR said the last time he saw Ann
P Freeze was the . Saturday evening of

June 6th. Together, during the “day,
they had gone to see Barnum’s circus at
Brandon, 16-miles north of Rutland. Later
in the evening they planned to go out
for dinner. Reaching her house at the

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as old friends from Bellows Falls who
happened to be in Rutland, and who
couldn’t very well depart without drop-
ping in to pay their respects, ~~ ee

After these men departed, Ann dressed
and they went out as planned. No sooner
had they returned to her house. when
three more mien dropped in. Phair con-
fessed he had no idea as to whether they
were old friends, but nevertheless _ he
began to experience strange -suspicions
that left him uneasy and generally dis-
turbed, more so since he had to -cool
his heels in the parlor while Ann was
elsewhere in the house with her friends.
Finally, the three men left, and Ann had
just made herself comfortable when two
more men showed up. They didn’t stay
long, but it didn’t matter to Phair, who
couldn’t stomach the thought of eight
men in something less than five hours.

“It was too much for me!” he declared.
“{ didn’t bother to ask her for an explana-
tion. ... Yes, I was angry. . - No, she
didn’t try to stop me when I said I was
leaving. She knew how I felt. I knew
nothing of her’ background when I met
her. I say with all honesty that I could
forgive her capacity for liquor and the
rotten language she used when angry, but
| could never swallow my pride to for-
give her for being the woman she was.
I guess you might say I jilted her, which
is the truth‘” :

“It’s hard to believe you didn’t know
about Ann Freeze before you met her,
the sheriff said. “She’s been the talk of
Rutland for a long time.” He pondered
for a moment, then asked: _“Why did
you leave Rutland the morning of the
fire?” - ee

Phair said he wasn’t running away. His
reason for the trip was the possibility of
a job either at the Corliss Engine Works
or the American Screw Company, both
located at Providence, Rhode Island. The
trip was a failure, so he decided to re-
turn to Rutland. This, he pointed, could
hardly be construed as the act of a ma
guilty of murder. :

The sheriff made no comment. Phair
went on to say that he reached Boston
about 2:15 p.m., (the day the murder
was discovered) and with a Mr. and
Mrs. George Stuart, who lived in Rutland,
took a hack to the Providence depot and
boarded the first train for that city. He
reached Providence at 6 p.m.

Then, instead of going to the Offices
of the firms he had in mind for possible
employment. Phair said he talked to a
few workmen, who told him that both
companies were discharging some of their
best and oldest workmen and that he

would be wasting his time trying to get

a job. ee
“I remained in Providence over night,
Phair said, adding apologetically, “I had
to count my pennies, toc. I didn’t stop
at a regular hotel, but at an ordinary
lodging house at a cost of seventy-five
cents for the night. I was not asked to
register. Matter of fact, I don’t think
there was a register in the house. My
Supper and breakfast were taken at -a
‘nearby restaurant at a cost of forty cents
per meal. I reached Boston the next
day at noon, and I was obliged to remain
until five p.m. for the first train to Ver-
mont. The train stopped .at Fitchburg
where a young man from Rutland Lat
on and who, during a pleasant seperti
tion, first informed me of Ann’s dea

by reading an account of the same fom

the Boston Journal.”

HIS was Phair’s story and he
by it. But in it were Wer tle
one glaring discrepancy., tO edee
of his arrest, Phair had ceesit ses isigni-

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NN FREEZE characteristic-
ally ignored the gossip
which made a public scan-
dal of her private life. To
say the least, she was an

unusual woman—a petite and

fragile beauty with a whiplash

temper and a blistering tongue.

Other women, especially the mar-

“treated ‘her * with surreptitious
glances of virtuous contempt. Ann

- was amused, for, were it not for
her love for easy money, she
could have told some of these
haughty and unsuspecting wives

“ quite a: shocking bit about their
precious husbands, most of them
who were well-to-do and solid pil-
lars in Rutland, Vermont. x

Ann had been married to a stonecutter who died after a brief

illness. Up to that time she was moderately respectable. But
as’a charming widow who doted in arraying herself in stylish
elegance she became the mistress of a former Rutland tax col-
lector. He gave her everything within his power. Ann, however,
wasan’t satisfied. So her lover, fearful least he lose her, took
a cold plunge that tangled him up to his ears in larceny. He
fled Rutland never to be seen again. :

Brushing aside this episode, Ann organized the Young Ladies

Social Club of Rutland. She didn’t bother to charter the or-
ganization, for she wasn’t interested in any kind of social standing.

Soon it became apparent that there was something odd about

Ann’s club. The girls were not shy young things. They were
lusty females who had little to do but hang around the clubhouse
which, by no coincidence, happened to be Ann’s home on Forest
Street.

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sore

ANN FREEZE—

every night, with a Saturday evening shindig with far too many
Py men in attendance and the clubhouse ablaze with gaslights until
the wee hours of the mornings. *
- Indignation was so great that Ann was forced to disband her
club. After a brief retirement, word got around that Ann had
two comely*boarders with social inclinations. She was warned
not to step out of line again. Ann answered her critics by saying
>» she was entitled to boarders who helped share the expenses. How-
ever, she didn’t choose to elaborate on the financial status or
the background of her boarders. :

Ann wasn’t lonesome. Many of her prominent gentlemen
friends visited her regularly. However, they were busy men and
could only call on her at night.

Such was the pattern of Ann’s life up to 6:10 on the Tuesday
morning of June 9, 1874, when John Keenan, her nearest neigh-
bor, spotted a thin trail of smoke curling upwards from her roof.
He didn’t think the house was on fire, but Charles McCarthy,

ee who lived on the opposite side of Forest street, saw the smoke
at 6:20 and was certain it was a fire. Running up the street,
McCarthy was joined by Keenan; Pat Rourke accompanied by
his wife and 15-year old son, John; George H. Westcott, Abram
Whiting, and John Jordan. They pounded the knocker without

-_ UNOENSORBD DETECTIVE, - FE

John loved Ann; then hated her; then cremated her.

"and opened one of the windows which happened to be unlatched.

_cleared momentarily, he looked into the reom. What he saw

The gossip got started because of the too many meetings— -

. the house and undertook the ghoulish task of sorting the legs and

BRUARY, 1951s.“

Vtey april 10, 1879.”
getting an answer. That door was _
locked. .The back door, however,
was open. :

In the kitchen they couldn’t see
any signs of a fire. There wasn’t
even any sméll of smoke. Puz-
zled, they opened the door leading
to the narrow downstairs hallway:
_Lazy tendrils of smoke, drifting
down from upstairs, swirled and
-eddied about ‘them. Cautiously
they went up the stairs, calling
Ann’s name. The tomblike silence
made them think that maybe Ann
wasn’t home. Reaching the land-
ing, they discovered that the
smoke came from the vicinity of
the master bedroom.

They threw open the door, but
then fell back as a thick cloud of

JOHN PHAIR—

= smoke mushroomed out. Gasping
and coughing, they staggered back, turned and raced downstairs.
McCarthy went up the ladder placed against the side of the house

He ducked his head as smoke billowed out. Then, as soon as it

stunned him. :
“Hey!” he shouted to those below. “There’s a corpse in the
bed up here! I think its fallen apart!” . - ete
A bucket brigade was formed. The water was relayed to -Mc-
Carthy by. Whiting, using another ladder. As the fire began to
wane and the dense smoke lessened, McCarthy noticed ‘that most
of the room was undamaged except for the immediate vicinity
around the bed. He couldn’t understand such a. strange fire.
Then, startled, he watched the bed sag in the middle and the
legs of the corpse, apparently severed by the hot fire, roll off the -
bed to the floor. 3
Unexpectedly, though only for a short duration, the fire broke
out anew with an angry cloud of black smoke. So ‘intense was
the heat that McCarthy hastily descended to the ground. ;
Meanwhile, Westcott and Jordan were standing in the lower
hallway when the kitchen, ceiling buckled and fell in. Through
the jagged, torn opening they could see the bed directly above,
supported by a section of burnt floor that slowly began to give.
Finally, with a frightening crash, everything—bed, charred body.
smoking clothes, and severed legs—came tumbling down into the
kitchen in a sickening tangle that sent the men scurrying outside.
Without waiting for the police to arrive, the men re-entered

other parts of the body out of the debris. They carried out the
remains on a. wide plank. McCarthy prolonged his end of the
distasteful chore by examining the charred corpse. ‘The throat
had been cut with a sharp instrument and the neck repeatedly
slashed. McCarthy, in a solemn voice, announced that Ann
Freeze had been murdered. ee as :

full of more speculation and gossip than all the sinful chapters
_ Of her life combined. Who had killed her? and why? Ae
This was one of the sheriff’s problems (Continued on page 44)

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Sheriff Thomas Field had to contend with
after reaching the scene with his deputies,
C. H. Matthews and George W. Craw-
| ford. They were joined by Selectman
Franklin Billings. A doctor was sent for,
and two arrived—Drs. John A. Mead and
Charles L. Allen.
In the open field back of the house, the
doctors made a detailed examination of
the remains. Doctor Allen. commented
that the bod was “very warm.” It hadn't
been entirely destroyed. The limbs were
gone except the fragment of one thigh
bone attached: to the pelvis. The eyes
were burned out, the nose was gone, and
the jaws were practically destroyed. The
intensity of the strange fire was forcibly
exemplified by the fact that the skull had
been burned open at the top and down
as far as the eyebrows. Bits of~- bone
found inside the skull indicated that, in
falling, the head had struck something
hard and had been smashed.
“I never met Ann Freeze,” Doctor Al-
len said, “but her description fits the
remains we have here—those of a small
female weighing about a hundred pounds
with a small waist and bosom. I’d say the
murder weapon was probably a _ razor.
She was dead before the fire got to her.”

len was that the right jaw had been frac-
tured at some time and that the upper
jaw held teeth from which one of the
incisors had been removed and substituted
by a false one. Later, Dr. Lewis T.
Lawton, a Rutland dentist, told the au-
thorities that the artifical tooth was one
he had made and fitted for Ann Freeze
during March of that year.

Inquiries in the neighborhood revealed
that Ann’s charming boarders had not
been living with her since Sunday, June
7th. None of those questioned knew their
names, where they had gone, or where
they had come from. Apparently, con-
sidering their departure, they must have
fallen out with their mistress of sin.
Sheriff Field was hopeful of locating them
and obtaining what conceivably might be
valuable information. mt
Sheriff Field and his deputies combed
the debris in the kitchen. They found
the remains of a “lady’s penknife,” part
of a Saratoga trunk, a razor, a pair of
shears, long-bladed scissors, a hatchet,
and five old forks. ‘
Whether or not this unusual assortment
had come tumbling down into the kitchen
with the bed and the corpse was a mat-
ter of conjecture. The razor might have
been that used by the killer. But, as
scientific
crime detection was unheard of, this item
remained an enigma.

Ann Freeze was also noted for her
jewelry, but nowhere in the house were
there any such valuables. Ann’s rela-
tives furnished a detailed list of the miss-
ing baubles. It seemed obvious that the
killer had made away with the stuff after
committing the murder arid setting the
mysterious fire designed to destroy all
evidence of his crime. aS a

That Ann was in the habit of carrying
considerable money was attested to by
Emeline Hardy, a neighbor. On Monday
of that-week, Mrs. Hardy said she had
seen Ann in Perkins’ store between 4 and
5 p.m. and there, in making purchases,
Ann flashed a thick roll of bills with a
top. Mrs. Hardy
added that she chided her for carrying

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Mrs. Hardy also related that at 11:45
that Monday night she had heard a car-
riage go past her house toward Ann’s.
In half an hour she. heard it come* back
again.

Sheriff Field consulted with Doctor Al-
len, who said the murder had been com-
mitted between 11 and 12 Monday night.
Ti carriage could have carried the slayer,
but in that case he must have returned
to rig the devilish fire which had eaten
away at the bed and its dead occupant
long before the neighbors noticed the
smoke, wes Te avi aeaeee eT

A. HITCHCOCK, Ann’s milkman,
who later appeared on the scene,
told the authorities he had stopped

at her house about nine o’clock Monday
morning. Through an open window he
had heard sounds of a bitter quarrel be-
tween.Ann and tw@ men. He hadn’t been
able to get the gist of the argument, and
he didn’t dare hang around lest Ann
discover him; the milkman had sampled
the fury of her temper before, and he
wanted no more of it. - ee ;

Such an argument, it was felt, could
have led to the murder. It suggested two
possibilities—a jealous lover, or. someone
threatened by Ann as an aftermath to
attempted blackmail. She was in an ex-
cellent position to fatten her purse by
this means. So, logically, the investiga-
tion turned to Ann’s “gentlemen” friends.
There were quite a few red faces, and un-.
doubtedly there would have been a num-
ber of broken homes if an unexpected
lead hadn’t curtailed this embarrassing
probe. “:

The lead broke on the heels of reward
offers totaling $2500 for the apprehen-
sion and conviction of the killer. During
the past month, John P. Phair, a young
man who had been in the Federal
Navy during the Civil War, had been
Ann’s constant companion. Phair, how-
ever, hadn’t been seen with Ann since
June 6th; he had left Rutland on the
morning of the fire via the Boston-bound
train.

The Boston authorities were alerted.
Deputies Matthews and Crawford were
assigned to handle that end of the in-
vestigation. Sheriff Field began a probe
of Phair’s movements before the fire, find-
ing out that at precisely 3:45 a.m., June
9th, Phair had checked out of his room
at the Berwick-House. Mary Cokely, a
chambermaid, told the sheriff that Phair’s
bed in Room 67 did not look as if it had
been slept in. The sheriff couldn’t find
anything in the way of incriminating evi-
dence in Phair’s room, but subsequent
information more than made up for this
stalemate. a

Phair, on his way out of the Berwick
house with satchel in hand, had bumped
into an old friend, John Wilson, employed
by the Rutland & Boston Railroad and
who was on his way to the depot. They
walked together. Phair told Wilson he
was going to Boston. They parted at the
depot, with Wilson busying himself be-
fore boarding the Boston-bound train as
far aS Ludlow. ,

Then Lucius Collins, owner of the Lake
Bomoseen House at Castleton, told Sheriff
Field that Phair and Ann Freeze, in a
horse. and rig, had stopped at his place
on June 4th. Phair had asked that their
supper and feed for the horse be charged.

“Phair told me that: he hadn’t expected
to come so far, or something of that
sort, and that he would pay me the next
time he came,” Collins said. “I told him
it was all right.” Cae SR a fg

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of DEATH

By HERBERT
HALL TAYLOR

(At left above) This hat, with the ‘‘suicide’”’

note pinned to it was found fastened to an oak

sapling near the scene of death. Also shown is

the fateful rope of death that played such a
strange part in the tragedy

HE historic town of Bennington, Ver-

mont, achieved a niche in the Hall of

Fame as the home of Colonel Ethan

Allen, heroic commander of the Green

Mountain Boys, and it was at the
battle of Bennington that Colonel John Stark
delivered the immortal ultimatum: “We must
beat the Redcoats today, boys, or Molly
Stark’s a widow tonight.”

Some thirty years ago, however, the little
town on the Wallomsac achieved a less en-
viable, but nationwide distinction in the se-
quel to the strange death of Marcus Rogers—
and the story of how it was accomplished
will probably leave an impression on the
reader's mind, not soon forgotten.

On Wednesday, August 13th, 1902, an at-
tractive young woman appeared at the office
of Deputy Sheriff John Nash in Bennington,
visibly perturbed. Her husband had disap-
peared on the previous night and she feared
that he had committed suicide. Her name,
she said, was Mary Rogers and her missing
consort was Marcus Rogers of Hoosick Falls,
New York,

The officer regarded her appraisingly. Her
lithe, girlish figure, her white, unblemished
skin and her lustrous dark hair, together with
an indescribable charm of manner, appealed
to him. The feature that seemed to fascinate
him, though, was her black, piercing eyes in-
dicative of latent hypnotic power. She was
young: not more than nineteen, he judged.

“Why do you think your husband has made
away with himself?” he asked, perfunctorily.

The girl seemed to be reflecting, weighing
the question. “I suppose I'll have to tell you
the whole story,” she sighed. “Marcus and
| have been separated for several months.
We were married a little less than four years
ago—on December |8th, 1898, and almost
from the start there was more or less petty
quarreling and bickering. Perhaps | was
partly to blame, | don’t know, but somehow
he was always getting on my nerves.

“Finally, I said to him one day—we were
living in Hoosick Falls—'Mark, I'm going to
Bennington to find some employment.’ | ex-
pected he would raise. the roof, but he simply
said, ‘All right, May, if that’s what you want
to do I'll try to be content. You know |
can't go with you for my work keeps me here
but I’ll come to see you whenever [ can.’

“Well, | came here and took a room with Mr. and Mrs.
Perham, and Mark came to see me, whenever he could ar-
range it, as he had promised. But each time he came he
urged me to return with him and each time I refused. |
had found employment and was living my own life, happy
and contented and | couldn’t bear the thought of going
back to Hoosick Falls.

“Mark was here again yesterday and as usual kept urg-
ing me to go back with him and resume our old relations
and, as usual, | refused. Mark seemed more put out than
I had ever seen him. He said if | wasn’t going to live with
him ever again, he was going to kill himself. Well, he’d
said pretty much the same thing before so | didn’t pay
much attention to it.

“HE has an aunt here in Bennington and when he left me
I! understood that he was going to spend the night at

her house. This morning | found out he fadn’t been there
and | became alarmed. I’m afraid he has carried out his
threat this time and | want you to make a search for him.”
“Well, | wouldn’t worry,” advised Nash, “he’s probably
gone back to Hoosick Falls. People often threaten suicide
under emotional stress. He stobilay thought the threat of

‘killing himself would induce you to return with him. He’ll

probably turn up all right. I’ll see if I can find him.”
Marcus Rogers, the sheriff found, was quite well known
in Bennington from the fact that he had formerly been
employed there as a painter. On his frequent visits to his
wife, too, he had renewed old acquaintances. He had been

(Above) From this house two shadowy figures crept
forth under cover of darkness to keep a tragic ren-
dezvous

seen around town several times on Tuesday and up to eight
o'clock that night and that was the last trace he could find
of him.

“Probably gone back to work,” concluded Nash. “I'll
drive over to Hoosick Falls and relieve the girl’s mind.”

But Rogers had not been in Hoosick Falls since he left
there on Tuesday for Bennington, an inquiry at his home
disclosed.

* * *

Along the Wallomsac River, on Safford Street, in Ben-
nington, is a well-known picnic ground known as Morgan's
Grove. The day after Mar ogers had announced the
disappearance of her husband, Sam Jewett, a hackman, was
startled to observe, at that point in the river, the body of
a man only three or four feet from the shore. Jewett paused
only long wut. to note that the body lay face downward
and was partially covered with sand, then quickly turning
his horses, he drove back to town and notified Deputy
Sheriff Nash.

Nash, with Deputy Sheriff Godfrey and other officers,
accompanied Jewett to the spot where the man lay in the
shallow water. He agueaeell ko be about thirty years of
age. After being viewed by the medical examiner, the body
was removed to the morgue in Bennington. The officers
were about to depart when they were halted by a cry from
Jewett.

“See here, Nash!”

Near a path in the grove, a short distance from the river,
the hackman had discovered a man’s hat fastened to the

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Near the trees at the left of the dam (above) a weitd

murder took place. Then the victim’s body was rolled

into the water. (Right) Stella Batés, who told a story
which was of great assistance to the investigation

bough of an oak sapling. A note was pinned to the hat. It
read as follows:

Blame no one as | have at last put an end to my
miserable life. As my wife knows, I have often threat-
ened it. Everyone knows I have not anything nor
nobody to live for. No one can blame me and so blame
no one as my last request,

Marcus Rocers.

May—I hope you will be happy.

“My God!” exclaimed Nash, “he meant it. This man’s
young wife came to me yesterday asking that a search be
made for him as he had threatened tb commit suicide and
now I've got to break the news to her.”

At the morgue an inspection of the man’s clothing re-
sulted in the discovery of an insurance policy. for $500 in
which Mary Rogers was named as beneficiary, and a wallet
containing three dollars in bills. His watch had stopped
at twelve-thirty.

The girl appeared to be overcome by the news that her
husband had carried his threat into execution. “Poor
Marcus,” she sobbed, “he had his faults, but he was always
good to me. I couldn’t really think he would do it. |
thought he was just trying to scare ime until I found out
he had not spent the night at his aunt’s.” She rallied in a
few moments, but again burst into tears as Nash tendered
her the articles taken from the body.

She opened the wallet abstractedly, then knitted her

pretty brows. “That’s odd,” she remarked in a puzzled
tone. “When Mark left me Tuesday night, he had twenty-
five dollars in this pocketbook and now it contains only
three dollars.”

Mechanically, she glanced at the insurance policy and
then gave way to her grief. “I never knew about this. He
was always thinking of me. Oh, Mark, how could you do
it? And to think [ could have prevented it by a word.”
She gave way to a fresh outburst of tears that became a
fit of hysterical weeping, from which the officer tried in
vain to relieve her.

Finally, exhausted by the violence of her emotions, she
reached a stage of comparative quiet and Nash departed.

An autopsy was conducted on the body of Marcus Rogers
by Doctors E. B. Daly and H. J. Potter, and on Friday,
August 15th, an inquest was held before Justice J. T. Shurt-

" Tf you love me,

kill him” —

SHE LAUGHED AT HIS ADVANCES, BUT TWISTED HIS ARDOR INTO A TOOL FOR MURDER

By David R. George

| ary GREEN-SHADED kerosene lamp cast a fun-

nel of light around the black-haired young woman
who sat framed in the parlor window of the old New
England house. Clad in a high-collared shirtwaist
and long pleated skirt, she worked furiously with her
embroidery needle. From time to time, she glanced
out the window, dark eyes shining brightly in her
white, oval face. She licked her tongue nervously
over her full lips, as if she expected someone to ma-
terialize out of the midnight gloom.

It was hot and humid, even for mid-August, in the
sleepy little village of Bennington, Vt., on that quiet
night in 1902.

Mrs. Mary Mabel Rogers, filled with a foreboding .

sense of impending doom, put down her needlework
as her landlady, a small, gray-haired woman, walked
into the room,

“Mary,” the landlady said with a frown, “I’m afraid
something has happened to Marcus,”

“T hope not, Mrs. Perham,” the young matron said
earnestly. “But after the way he acted on the picnic
this afternoon, I’m worried, too. He was so depressed.
He told me there wasn’t much use of going on with-
out me. I didn’t think he was serious, but now—I
don’t know.”

“I can’t imagine Marcus doing anything like that,”
Mrs. Perham declared.

Mrs. Rogers sighed. “We'll just have to be patient.

His aunt promised to send him over here as soon as
he came home.”

Mrs. Perham looked up at the tall grandfather clock.
“It’s almost midnight,” she observed. “If he doesn’t
show up soon, we’d better notify the sheriff.”

The clock struck midnight as Mary Rogers worked
her needle with trembling fingers and Mrs. Perham
paced the floor, There was still no word of Marcus.

At last the landlady could stand it no longer. She
threw a shawl over her shoulders and hurried over
to the house where Marcus, ever since his separation,
lived with an aunt, Eva Kennedy, a widow.

Shortly afterward she returned, “Mrs. Kennedy
hasn’t had any word,” she reported. “T’ll go upstairs
and get Levi.”

Mary was dressing, but she said, “Come on in.”

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The elder of Mrs. Perham’s two sons, Levi, was 22,
a handsome youth with high cheekbones that showed
the strain of Indian blood in their ancestry of which
they were fiercely proud. He lay asleep in a double
bed with his brother, Leon, 19. Awakened by his
mother, Levi. dressed hurriedly and joined her and
Mary Rogers downstairs.

The attractive young matron was busily writing
with a long quilled pen. “Will you take this down to
Sheriff Peck?” she asked, sealing the missive in an
envelope. “I’ve written ‘a note asking him to look
for poor Marcus. We're afraid my husband might
have done away with himself. There’s no telling what
Marcus would do. That’s one reason our marriage
failed. But I’m still fond of him.”

Half an hour later, Levi Perham returned with
lanky Sheriff H.H. Peck, a gray-haired man in his
late 50’s, and his younger assistant, Deputy Angus
McCauley, a husky six-footer.

Under questioning by the officers, Mary Rogers told
of her marital difficulties. Four years earlier, as a
girl of 15 in Hoosick Falls, N. Y., she had met Mar-
cus, 13 years her senior. He was her first love, and
he swept her off her feet. They eloped against her
parents’ wishes, and Mary lied about her age in order
to be married. Finally they succeeded in obtaining
her family’s blessing, and the couple went to live on
Rogers’ small farm just outside the college town of
Bennington.

Two years later, a daughter was born to them but
lived only three months. After the baby’s death, Mary
became depressed and during the next two years she
and Marcus quarreled with increasing frequency.

_ At last there came a time when Mary decided to
leave, despite the pleading of her husband. She moved
into town and took a room at Mrs. Perham’s. Young
Rogers went back to Hoosick Falls and got a job in
a mill there, after his farm was foreclosed.

“I’m still young,” Mary Rogers told Sheriff Peck,
“and not too unattractive. N aturally,. I’ve accepted the
company of other young men while I’ve been here.
After “I get my divorce, I may marry again. Well,
word got back to Marcus that (Continued on page 62)

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were made to drag the river bottom.

Twenty-four hours after that gruesome
task was begun, Marcus Rogers’ corpse,
fully clothed, was recovered with the aid
of grappling hooks. His face was bruised
and bore deep scratches, his left ear was
almost completely torn off, and one side
of his forehead was bashed in.

The body was hauled ashore. In the
pockets were found $16 in bills, some
change, a good gold watch and a gold
luck-piece.

Peck studied the dead man’s injuries.
“They could have been made by bumping
against some of the debris floating in the
river,” he said. “But then again . . .”

He left the sentence unfinished.

HEN Sheriff Peck delivered the sen-
sational news to Mary Rogers, the
young woman put her head in her hands
and sobbed. Then she looked up at the

sheriff and seemed trying to keep tight.

control of her nerves.. “I didn’t think he’d
do it!” she said. “I couldn't believe that
Marcus would ever carry out his threat.

She was shown the two suicide notes and

eager d identified them as her husband’s
andwriting. ,

Mrs. Ella Perham stood by as Peck
questioned the young widow. Mrs, Prham
was silent, but her trembling lips betrayed
her agitation. An undercurrent of tense
expectancy in her manner did not escape
the wily officer. :

Leon Perham came into the room. He

glanced first at his mother, next at Mrs. .

Rogers, then at the sheriff. “I hear you
found him,” he said softly. “Poor Marcus!
What a terrible way to die!”

Peck asked him some questions, found

that his, story checked in every essential -

detail: with that of Mary Rogers, and then
took his departure after obtaining the
address of Lilly Keston. But his visit to
that young woman’s home was temporarily
forgotten when Deputy Lovell brought
him the dramatic news that a can of chloro-
form, a man’s handkerchief still faintly
smelling from the sickish-sweet odor, and
a 12-foot length of ordinary clothes line
had been discovered hidden behind a wild
raspberry bush in Morgan’s Grove.

Near these significant objects was the
notebook from which the paper for Rogers’

. two notes had been torn out.

“How many people know ‘about this
stuff being found?” Peck demanded.

“Only you and I and Angus and Kiniry,”
was the reply.

“Good. Keep it under your hat_a while,”
Peck ordered.

Moving with an agility belied by his
white hair, Sheriff Peck hastened out to
Bennington College where he was closeted
with Dr. N. J. Wiltsie, of the school’s
medical department.

“A couple of things I have to know
about that corpse we fished out of the
river, Doctor,” he said. “Was he given
any chloroform? Are there marks of a
rope on his body? Is there any water in
his lungs to show that he actually
drowned?”

In 24 hours, Sheriff Peck had ‘his an-

“swers. Marcus Rogers had inhaled enough -

chloroform to have killed a giant. ‘Faint
marks on his wrists and neck indicated an
attempt had been made to truss him up.
There was no water in his lungs, proving
he had been dead ‘before he ever hit the
water.

The estranged husband’s death was no
suicide, but a brutal and planned murder!

ie FIRST impulse was to disclose
this startling information to the dead
man’s widow. But -something held him
back. It may have been the memory of
her expression when he first brought ‘her
.the news of Rogers’ death; or it may have
beefi the dark suspicions that were stirring
within the officer’s mind.

7 Quietly, Peck turned over to Deputy
McCauley the can of chloroform, the
handkerchief and clothesline, and the two

notes planted by the killer.

“Find out what you can about these,”
he ordered. “Talk to Mack down at the
drugstore. Perhaps he remembers selling
a_can of chloroform. Get some handwrit-
ing samples from Mary Rogers and Leon
Perham. Lilly Keston, too. And while
you're at it, don’t forget Levi and Ella
Perham.” ‘

At 10 o'clock Thursday morning, August
1, Lilly Keston was summoned to Peck’s
office. The comely blonde whose tight-
fitting dress certainly did- nothing to hide
the rounded curves of her slim figure, gazed
at the officer with a wide-eyed but curiously
appraising glance. She eased herself care-
fully into the chair against the desk.

“Miss Keston,” Peck said abruptly, “how
well did you know Marcus Rogers?”

His visitor made a deprecatory gesture.
“He was a married man, Sheriff,” she said.
“Naturally whenever I saw him, it was
with Mary. I had them over to my house
for dinner a few times. Marcus was a good
a Too bad he and Mary couldn't hit
it off.” . s :

“Whose idea was it that you accompany
them on that Sunday picnic?”

“Mary’s. She pleaded with me to come
along as a special favor to her.”

' “Leon was your escort?”

“Yes,”

“I suppose it was a gay, happy-go-lucky
party with everyone picking daisies and
Just bubbling over with fun?”

Miss Keston grinned. “Not exactly.
Marcus was nervous as a cat. He wanted
to be alone with Mary. To talk, I guess,
Poor man! After we finished eating, he
walked over and asked if I'd take a stroll
with Leon. I took the hint, and Leon and
I left for a walk along the bank.”

“You were gone. how long?”

“An hour, perhaps.”

“Then what?”

“When we returned, we found Marcus in
an even worse state than when we had
left. Mary had been crying, too. Leon
and I tried to lift some of the gloom, but
it wasn’t any use. After a while we left.
Our first stop was County Street where
we dropped Marcus off at the corner. Then
Leon and Mary took me home.”

ay you see Marcus after that?”

“ fe) ”

“Did he say where he was going?”

“Not that I remember.”

“One thing more, Miss Keston. Who
packed the basket for the picnic?”

-“Ella Perham. She. loves to fuss with
things like that.”

“There was only one basket? No extra
packages or anything like that?” .

“None, Sheriff.”

Miss Keston left, and a few minutes
after her departure,- Angus McCauley
walked in. Obviously excited, he disclosed
that a can of chloroform absolutely iden-

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had been purchased by Lilly Keston only
two weeks before the murder. It was the
only time she had ever bought chloroform.

“Looks bad for her, eh?” McCauley
asked. “You want me to pick her up
before she gets a chance to skip?”

Peck shook his head. “She’s not going
to skip,” he reassured his aide. “But I'll
tell you’ what I’d like you to do. Keep
an eye on the Perham boarding house. Let
me know if anybody there is acting up.
Keep a. special eye on Mrs. Rogers.. If
she leaves, the house to meet anyone, I
want’to know who that person is. And an-
other thing. Tell Leon to step over here
first chance he gets today.”

Towards evening, the youth entered
Peck’s ‘office. Leoh was tall, very dark
apd rather good-looking.

“Son,” Peck said, “what do you think
of Mrs. Mary Rogers? You got any ideas
about her? How pretty she is, and things
like that?”

Perham blinked. “You mean do I love
her?” He smiled. “She’s a beauty, all
right, Sheriff, but ‘she’s a married woman.
I’m only a kid.” .

“You're nineteen. She’s twenty. That’s
not so much difference.”

The young man shook his head. “You're
barking up the wrong tree, Sheriff. Lilly’s
the girl I’m after. Lilly Keston.” ;

Genially, the officer regarded Leon. “A
nice choice, son. Good-looking girl. Only
trouble with good-looking girls is that a lot
of other fellows are always buzzing around.
Take Marcus for example. I understand
he thought she was pretty, too.”

Perham’s eyes flashed, but he made no
answer. :

“Lilly was here a while ago,” Peck said
pleasantly. “She’s known Marcus a long
while. Likes him pretty much. It wouldn’t
have surprised me a bit but that they might
have got hitched if Mary got a divorce
and he hadn’t—well, died.”

“You're crazy, Sheriff!’ Perham said
heatedly.

“And you're jealous, Leon. Not too bad
a trait in a man, if he can curb it.. You
know, son, there’s a wee suspicion that
Rogers didn’t die by his own hand. It
might be that he was murdered. If he
was, you, Mary Rogers and Lilly Keston
.would naturally come in for a lot of
scrutiny. Police would fish around trying
to find a motive. A logical one that occurs
to me is that maybe you killed Marcus so
ens he wouldn’t stand between you and

ily.

“Of course,” Peck added calmly, “I may
be wrong_abaut the-whole-thing. I'm- not
locking you up. Got nothing against you—
yet. Naturally, if you know anything, and
want to talk about it, I won’t stop you.
Talking might make it easier for you if
the question of hanging came up. And it
comes up pretty often in murder!”

The suspect was pale, but outwardly
poised. “Why don’t you bring Mary Rogers
in and question her?” he suggested. “She
might know a thing or two more than she
told you already. Mary’s a lovely woman,
Sheriff. Her red hair and blue eyes might
make a man do things against his better
judgment. She’s got a man friend who’s
really sweet on her, Sheriff. His name's
Steve Calloway. You know him. I think
you ought to know him a little better,”
he added craftily.

Peck made no comment. He permitted
the boy to return home. But he lost no
time getting Deputy Lovell to hurry out
to the National Guard camp on the edge
of town where Calloway, a member of
the Guard, was taking part in the two
weeks’ summer maneuvers,

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one suicide note in Ovie’s cigar store. They
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home. An excellent alibi had been estab-
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‘frame’ the defendant.. On the contrary,
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of an innocent man being convicted, Ber-
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that many members of the reading public
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The fact was that it was a remarkable
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gears, three months, andfecight days. During this period, av 2 °° piicht bave injoredstand, docks iting Dime! iyideent af stor a

ue ahd 7 ouce petitioned’the Legistniure of Vermont for 4 pardun, and ow aches ~, ms pigs hie wag evo < auicr, Fes Ais iva yudges.

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sortie delay. "Phin cay “Paetdannge ther denna oc he feet, ey
Mauk Om which he stodil ssble: ty eovyupinh, ed HL Hime ie’

distance, of about three fewt, whaw he i: anil, # Lolvead, 4 co 6
pared Mpouy, and very iriing sitios. Nie inaeing whos e
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af the prisoaes
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GY [THiS F same indictment, before three separate Supreme courts, of lire
ny at. dierent gets of Judges, and three distinci Jories p—the frst, .
nee tha # isi5—the secon), in 1916—and the third;ia 1887. A vordies
bas’ eh'te at wilful murder wig three times found agaist hit; the gen
ee Ei tenee of death was three fimus passed upon tia; and theres
WHICH T times wae the day Axed for his exedations-an ‘the (wo (rst wy
o6 aNd | which, vast numbers assembled to witnest the awful sou
fF although aot half the coneowse thet attended on the last bie :
My | when the curtain of life was forevar elosed. ‘The two ew triab |
shy & hich were gratied him. (on account of some informalitigg ia Mie |

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who } proceedings, and intricate questions of taw faised by bis Gawwai)# iy fe the fy ‘the pide feotielegt to Te
$ May |g were not sonenia els made public fo prevent the alicudaace of me Kite, durhug. the A settee di. ine mance "4
igh tay many hundreds from # distanee, on the-two first days Miah Segre) g Sonoraiie .0 binwell and the ew? ge he setting. | ae ~~ ae
vo gd execution. © Pendiag his last trial, At seemed to he the a if '

Boe impreesion on the minds of those who atteeded, sin Jory Gorse doulis having been Mtg eddes! us to the, emectaill
feral spouts find a verdict of man-slaughter ; bot the prisoner frequently § aathanticity of the narrative of the Hie of Nauntrel B. ag okt.
un pe § Fetwarked, that ifeuch should be the verdict, and a sentence to} may be praper to remurk, tana, evary. wtaterpe rat. inewerien shinies,
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eiving bis first swnterac te 1815. A stmilar combine five af
Piniren ces. perhaps, «aanot by fenswi on record. F

Gn the moraiag-of the fatal ley, his friends asked his cunsent
that means might be ued, if posailie, to restscitale and restore.
hits io life; but he very deliberately, though promptly declaved
{he had ng desire to be brought back—that a coatinna nce of
3 presented bo charms for him; and earnestly requested that
tempts of the Kind might be made. Consequently no mea-
“were adopted Tor thé purpose.

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_ §i% Kis execution, he petitioned, and 2 motion was made by his
q Coimeel, for a new ad fourth) trial; and on being informed that§

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THE TRIAL OF JOHN WARD FOR THE MURDER
OF MRS. EPHRAIM GRISWOLD, BUR-
LINGTON, VERMONT, 1866.

THE NARRATIVE.

One morning in August, a neighbor stopping at the farm-
house of Ephraim Griswold, a few miles from Burlington,
Vt., found it locked and its occupants absent. But a small
boy calling for release from a second floor window attracted
his attention, and led him to enter the kitchen where he dis-
covered blood on the floor, Mrs. Griswold’s room in disorder,
the bed stripped, the bureau rummaged and all the silver-
plate of which there was a great deal in the house, taken
away. Tracks of blood were followed from the kitchen door
to the barn. There in a calf-pen, in her nightelothes, wrapped
in quilts from the bed was the dead body of Mrs. Griswold,
her throat cut, stabs and cuts on her head and hands, and
her skull fractured by blows from a blunt instrument.

It was soon known that all the family, which consisted of
Mr. and Mrs. Griswold, Charles H. Potter and his wife (who
was an adopted daughter and heir-at-law of Mrs. Griswold)
and two children of the latter and a boy named Call, with
the exception of the boy and Mrs. Griswold, had left for
Canada on the morning previous to the murder. Mrs. Gris-
wold was 57 years old—a woman of strong, vigorous frame
and great resolution—active, industrious and successful in the
accumulation of property, but very domineering and quar-
relsome.

On the morning after the murder and before the facts
were widely known, a man appeared at the railroad station in
Burlington as the early train was about to start and sought
the privilege of riding in the car with the express messenger
from New York on the score of his acquaintance with the
“‘express boys’? in that city. His appearance excited the

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man pass by me, as I was walking in the shed close to the train. The
train was so crowded that there was hardly standing room in the
cars, and I, with several others, took our seats upon the platform.
When the train reached Winooski, I was arrested by the man whom
I noticed looking at me on the train, and eventually turned out to
be Flanagan. Potter was arrested the same night, a joint indici-
ment of Potter and inyself followed, after that, a trial; Potter ac-
quitted, I convicted. This is what the public know of the case, but
there was an under current of which the public know nothing, and
which I propose to make as clear as possible in the few brief mo-
ments that are left me. [I have forgotten to mention, that at the
time I was arrested, all of the articles that I was to give to Potter
were taken from me by the officer, with the exception of a little note
of explanation from Moore, which I had concealed in a pencil case.]

A day or two after my arrest, I found an opportunity to send this
note to Potter, and a little while after, he came to a small hole that
connected the two rooms in which we were confined, and talked for
some time with me, and I then found out how the situation was.
He told me that he had been arrested on account of what was done,
but, as there was no evidence against him they were obliged to let
him go; that he had got everything fixed right now, and that he
intended to have gone to New York the week following, and settle
everything with Moore, only for being arrested now. He then
asked me if I had any money, and I told him I had not. He then
told me to send my lawyer, Mr. Ballard, up to him the first time he
came to see me, and that he would send me some. I did so, and
he sent me two hundred dollars by Mr. Ballard. Part of this sum
I had Mr. Ballard send to New York, the remainder I kept for my
own use. He also told me to keep still and quiet, and to be sure
not to talk to anybody about the case, only my counsel, and no more
than I could help to them; that there was no evidence at all that
would convict us, and that he would stand a friend to me long as
he had a dollar. These were very good words, and if he had carried
them out, all would have been well, but he failed in the most essen-
tial point; that is, the dollars.

These are my reasons for not speaking out at my trial; these are
my reasons for not speaking after my trial; these are my reasons
for not speaking since I came to Windsor; these and many others
are the reasons why I have attended to Charles H. Potter’s interest
instead of my own; these are the reasons that have kept my tongue
tied for two years and six months. Even here in Windsor, I still
thought he would still do something for me, in some way or other;
but he has not, he has not even tried to do anything for me. I have
occupied a loathsome cell, while he has been breathing the free air
of Heaven. I have kept silence, until silence ceases to be a virtue.
He and old Griswold have been living in plenty, and having every-
thing at their command, while at the same time they are, both of
them, more guilty of this terrible crime than I, or in fact the man
who drove the knife to the old lady’s heart. He, backed up by Gris-
wold’s gold, can defy the law, but retribution will come, sooner or

JOHN WARD. 58]

later, and then he will know how he has made others suffer. To-
morrow I go to the gallows, while.he is living in luxury, but I con-
sider myself the happier man of the two; my conscience does not
trouble me, and, although my bed is coarse, I sleep sounder than
he. He and his myrmidons have kept mé quiet by stuffing me with
good words and promises, which they never intended to fulfill.
They have succeeded in keeping me quiet, until the little evidence
I had against them is of no consequence to the authorities, and
now they can laugh at me. They will laugh at this statement,
coming, as it does, from a condemned convict in a State Prison
written by a man with a halter around his neck, but God, in whose
presence I am soon to stand, knows whether I tell the truth or no.
He must be the arbiter of our fate. I have sought to conceal nothing,
but there are many incidents that may possibly have slipped my mem-
ory in this hasty sketch; they might be trifling in themselves, but,
as links in the great chain, they might be powerful.

I will now conclude. It was my intention to offer a few remarks
on some of the witnesses at my trial, but I have not time, the hours
are short, and I must close. I leave him and all others to the mercy
of our Common Judge, at whose bar we must all stand at last.

THE EXECUTION.
March 20.

The following account of the execution is taken from the
Chaplain’s book.

At a few minutes past one o’clock Deputy Sheriff Stimson and his
aids appeared at the cell and asked him if he was ready. He said with
a loud sigh, “Yes.” I stepped out and left him alone for a moment;
when he came out and was taken by the two assistants to be led in
the solemn procession, headed by the Deputy Sheriff and Chaplain,
to the black scaffold and the fatal drop and followed by the legal
witnesses of the execution. He mounted the scaffold, took his place
on the drop with amazing calmness and firmness of step, but with
frequent sighs, long drawn and deep; after a prayer by the Chap-
lain, the death warrant was read by Sheriff Stimson.

He was then asked if he had anything to say. Ward said with
remarkable clearness, “that he never struck the old lady a blow;
that he had made a full statement of his participation in the
deed, which was in the hands of the Chaplain; that he solemnly
averred, as in the presence of his Maker, what he had said was the
truth, and nothing but the truth.” The executioners then prepared
to confine his limbs, upon which, as he yielded his hands to them,
he looked toward me and placed in my hand his handkerchief.
After his limbs were fastened, he shook hands with the Sheriff, Mr.
Flanagan, and the Chaplain, Mr. Pollard and Mr. Stone, and Rev.
Mr. Pierce, and said, “Good-bye, all,” when the black cap was drawn

582 XIV. AMERICAN STATE TRIALS..

over his eyes. The Sheriff then stepped forward and said, “The
time is now come for the extreme penalty of the law to be executed
on you, John Ward, alias Jerome Lavigne, and may God have mercy
on your soul.” His foot then touched the spring, and in that instant
the culprit was in eternity. A shudder thrilled the spectators, but
scarcely a motion of the victim’s body was discoverable. In five
minutes pulsation ceased, and in twenty he was dead. In thirty-
minutes the body was taken from the rope and placed in the coffin.
A crowd passed around to see the corpse. As the coffin was about
to be closed, I stepped forward and examined the body, and asked
Dr. Stiles if the man was dead. He said, “I pronounce him dead.”
The remains were then borne to the grave within the yard, and
committed to the earth, with the usual religious form. Application
was made for the body, for surgical purposes, but the law is explicit
in regard to the disposition of the body, and is deposited where it

cannot easily be removed, without permission. Thus closes one of
the saddest scenes of my life.

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me to bind up his head, as he was all cut. I then struck a match,
and looked around, and saw a candle on a table at one side of the
room. I stepped toward it, but my light went out, and I slipped in
a pool of blood on the floor, which immediately saturated my clothes
to the skin. This is the full share that I took in that deed of blood
that night. I did not strike or cut that old woman in any manner.
I did nothing but hold her hand, so she could not strike Moore; if
this is Murder, then I am a Murderer in the sight of God and man.
I, however, consider that I am not, as I used no violence whatever
towards her, nor did I strike her, during the whole transaction.
Since that night, I have never had my conscience trouble me in any
particular, because I considered that my hand was not reddened by
anybody’s blood; this it is, which has supported me in all the trials
through which I have passed.

After we had got a light, I looked around the room and saw the
corpse lying in a pool of blood in the middle of the floor. The first
thing I did, was, to get some cloth and bind up Moore’s head as well
as I could; then we took the body between us, and carried it to the
place where it was found. I asked Moore the meaning of this move,
and he told me that Potter had requested him to do it; we then
came back to the house and fastened the door. We then forced the
door leading into the front room, and went to the silver closet, but

it proved to be nearly all plated ware, so we did not take it; all -

there was that was good was about a dozen spoons, a small pitcher
and finger bowl. We then forced our way into the closet, where we
expected to find the jewelry and other valuables, but we could not
find a single article, although we ransacked every part of the
house for them. We then packed our bag with silks and other
things, and took two pieces of the plated ware to fill up the bag.
In carrying the old woman out of the house, I had got my coat and
shirt sleeves saturated with blood, and I knew it would show in the
daytime, so I looked around fof one to replace it, but could find
nothing only an overcoat much too large for me, but I was obliged
to take it. Moore had got hardly any blood on him except on his
knees, which I wondered at much as he was on the floor all the time
of the scuffle. After we had got all of any value that we could find,
we prepared to leave the house, and, after'closing all the windows
carefully, we did so. We came first to the main road about two
miles from the house, and then came directly to Burlington on foot,
which place we reached about daylight. We both went direct to the
Howard House, and washed ourselves, and then went to the Dye
house, just behind the hotel, and washed all the blood from our
pantaloons. When the stores were opened, Moore went and got
each of us a cap and some other articles, and we then went to the
Lake House and got breakfast, and afterwards went to the Depot
and stayed there until the first train went out to Rutland. Moore de.
termined to go by steamboat from Burlington to Whitehall, and I by
rail, by way of Rutland; we were to meet at Greenbush, opposite
Albany, and then proceed together to New York.

. While waiting for the train to start, I saw the messenger, named

JOHN WARD. 579

Kelly, come and go into the car, and as I had often seen him in New
York, I determined to try and get into his car instead of the regular
passenger car, as I would then be screened from observation, which
the large coat I had on, subjected me to. I then came forward, and
introduced myself to Kelly, and told him what I wanted, and gave
the names of several men as references, whom he knew in New
York, among them the name of Edward H. Pease, who worked for
the same Company as himself. He did not like to let me get into
his car at Burlington, as it was against the regulations of the Com-
pany, but told me that I might get in at Vergennes, the first stopping
place, and when the train reached there I did so, and rode with him
to West Rutland. There I left his car, and got on to another train,
and came through to Troy, N. Y., direct.

While in the car with Kelly, he began to question me as to my
reason for wishing to ride with him instead of in the regular pas-
senger car, and I then told him some such a story as is embodied in

there are some sentences in it that I never uttered, still it is, in the
main, correct. Moore and myself met in Greenbush, as per appoint-
ment, and proceeded together to New York. The next day we dis-
posed of all the things we had brought with us, except the silver,—
that we kept. What we sold, brought us about $25 apiece in the
pawn shops.

Things went on this manner some two weeks, and during that
time I had moved from my hotel to private lodgings. One day I
went to see Moore down town, and he proposed that I should go up
and see Potter on the subject of gettting the remainder of the
money due us, and let him know at the same time what participa-
tion J had in the affair. Moore would have gone himself only for
fear of recognition, from being seen so much with Potter previously,
while I would be almost a total stranger to everyone in the neigh-
borhood, and especially so to Potter himself. Moore and myself
wore our beards about alike, and he advised me before going to have
my face shaved clean; I did so a couple of days before I started.
About this time our money began to get low, and it became neces-
sary to dispose of the silver, in order to get money for my trip.
We accordingly disposed of it at Simpson’s, in the Bowery, and at
Coon’s in 7th Avenue. It brought about $40, which we divided
equally. Moore then gave me the bottle of chloroform and the re-
volver, given to him by Potter, and also an eye patch, which Moore
had got hold of in the scuffle with the old woman: all of which I
was to deliver to Potter. I was to insist on Potter making good the
amount of money he said the jewelry was worth, which we could
not find, and the full amount of the silver which turned out to be
nothing but plated ware, deducting of course the amount we had
taken away. This would make the whole amount for me to collect
about $800.

I started on the evening of the 18th of September for Burlington,
and reached Troy at night. When I got to the Vermont Central De
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displaying his sizable roll of bills. in the
depot lunchroom, He .engaged: the cab at
the depot and ordered Teelon to drive to
Pittsford. At the Mill Village chapel he
countermanded the order and directed a
turn toward Chittenden. On the lonely
road near the Barstow school, Watson told
the driver to stop, then slugged him with
the half-empty bottle. Teelon managed to
get out of the cab and run for the field,
but Watson caught up with him at the
fence, where the dazed taxi man was stabbed
to death. Watson flung the knife away: in

the snow, walked to Mill Village, and there’

hitch-hiked a ride to Rutland with a woman
and her son.
On the following day, when newspapers
bee this story, Mrs. Margaret Pelkey of
ittsford appeared at the jail and told
Sheriff Franzoni that it had been she who
picked up Watson at 4 o’clock on the mur-

der. morning. -Her.son had been with her.-

She and her son identified Watson as their
passenger. The woman also showed the
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hand. Checked, this blood turned out to be
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Attorney General Alban J. Parker hur-
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his family and to the responsibilities of his
position with the lumber firm. Never a
serious quarrel had marred the happiness
of the couple. There had been no financial
difficulties, since Hay’s salary increase had
provided a sufficient income to assure steady
payments on the little home and the comforts
of everyday life.

Still further testimony to the soundness
of Jimmy Hay’s character was given by a
gray-bearded, dignified old gentleman who
arrived at the house as the detectives were
leaving. . He was Bishop ‘James: Sharp,
known as one. of the most respected figures
in the city’s religious life, and he was the
father of Mrs. Hay.

“I'd stake my life on that boy,” he said
with solemn emphasis. “I’ve learned to
think as much of him as I- would of my own
sof. We will find that he is the victim of
something far beyond our: imaginations!”

The old bishop’s last words became a grow-
ing challenge in the minds of the two de-
tectives as they left the saddened little home
and walked slowly past the vacant lot next
door, on by the.edge of the. swamp, their
eyes probing cautiously into the morass.

Back at police headquarters they reported
to Chief Hilton and heard the stories of
other officers who had been combing the city
fruitlessly for some trace of the missing book-
keeper. At the railroad stations there .was
no recollection of anyone answering Jimmy
Hay’s description purchasing a ticket or
awaiting passage out of town. Nor anywhere
was there-word that he had been seen since
he left his office early the evening before.

Meanwhile Hilton had: another puzzling
matter before him which he Silat. to the
attention of the detectives. It was the report
of an attractive young. woman of 20 who had
left her home during the night and not been
heard of since. :

“We'ye been checking carefully,” the chief
explained, “and find that she is a Sunday
School teacher ‘in the same church which the
Hays attend, and also that she works for a
firm: which does considerable business with
the Pacific Lumber Company. She has been
in that office a number of times and paid
accounts to Jimmy Hay, and they have talked
together.

“But that’s as far as it goes. We can’t find
one bit of evidence of any clandestine asso-
ciation between the two. The girl, as a mat-
ter of fact, is one of such regular habits
that her ents can think of no opportunity
that she ever had to carry on any sort

_of romance without: their knowledge.”
..“A mighty strange coincidence, neverthe-

“ty

- where ‘in that swamp .

less,’ Brown mused. “I’d be inclined to
send her description along with Hay’s so that
in case they are together they’ll be much
more readily noticed.”

Sheets agreed readily to this move and
Hilton prepared additional information to
follow his wires sent earlier that day.

“More than one otherwise righteous male
has lost his head and his fortune over a
pretty face and a youthful figure!” Sheets
speculated as he and Brown turned to a
nearby restaurant for a belated lunch.

| ACKING any other course to follow,
they decided to spend the next few hours
back in the Walnut Avenue neighborhood,
scanning the ground again and seeking what-
ever information gossiping neighbors might
have to offer.

But. it was a vain effort. No one had
seen or heard anything unusual or suspicious
about the neighborhood during the night and
none had any but the highest praise for
Jimmy Hay. The thought of. an illicit ro-
mance. in the young man’s life caught the
imaginations of some but found absolutely
no foundation in fact or eyewitness testimony.

The sleuths were engaged in a search of

‘the vacant land around the Hay home when

a patrol wagon raced down the street and
halted near where they worked. A_uni-
formed policeman called to them excitedly :

“The chief says you fellows may as well
come in. Hay ind the girl have been ar-
rested in Reno. We've got a couple of men
on the way to bring them back!”

In Chief Hilton’s office they read the wire
from Reno’ authorities describing the arrest
of the missing Salt Lake City girl and a male
companion as they stepped off a train. The
girl had immediately admitted her identity,
but her handsome young ion insisted
that he was not\Jimmy Hay, that he was a
salesman traveling for a clothing firm. He
declared that the couple had. journeyed to
Reno. to be married.

While heads were still shaking over the

‘message, Chief Hilton. had a visitor. It
_ was Bishop Sharp, his face haggard.

“If I’m not intruding, gentlemen,” he said
gravely; “I just want to tell you of a strange,
horrible dream I had ‘as I napped this after-
noon.. I saw Jimmy’s body, just as plainly.
as I see, you men, buried in a hole some-

Gently they broke the news, laid the wire
before him. “We're all very sorry,” Hilton
assured him, “and perhaps now it would
be best if we leave it to you to tell your
daughter. Maybe it would be wise to wait
until we can hear his story first hand.”

“That is not Jimmy Hay,” Bishop Sharp

-said. “It can’t be.”
The = bishop’s faith in his son-in-law -

was substantiated, at least insofar as hi
certainty that Jimmy Hay had not run o
with a girl was. concerned, by a sed¢ond tele-
gram laid before, Chief Hilton the next day.
The two Salt Lake .City officers sent to

~ j (ite ei

Reno to return the cou;
that the man in cus
identity, and he was n:

This information sp
permission to act on a
to take stock in this
assured Hilton, “but
bishop wasn’t far off i
young Hay dead. It ;
that he’d bolt with his
his past record and h
cumstances. Just wh
this particular dream
swamp, I haven’t any
‘search the place...”

The phone interrup
tened for a moment, t
his head as Brown co:

““There’s no need {
swamp now,” the chie:
Jimmy Hay has been
swamp. Get out there

When the patrol w
and Sheets and two u
up on Walnut Avenu
Peter Mortensen and
youth.

“This boy found it c
Mortensen explained s
over to my house. I
to Mrs. Hay yet... ’

“That can wait,” Br«
is the body?”

The lad showed the »
nearly 50 yards from
tracks in the light sn:
on his way to Morten:
row gully, within 20 )
Rio Grande railroad er
pointed a shaking finge
turned black earth. |
shoe and the cuff of a -

“Going to school,” t
took the shortcut alon;
saw this | stopped and
until the foot showed 1

Brown frowned. “‘
it was Jimmy Hay?”

“Why, I—that 1s, it
He said that’s who it

The contractor dire
across to his home.
show you where ther
back of the house.”

The boy returned
long-handled, blunt-no
design. Brown took
knelt to examine the s}
grave for a full mi
digging. His face wa
clods of earth aside.

Within a few minu
covered. It was clad :
and overcoat, the latte:
dead man’s head. Wh
Mortensen gasped.

“That’s Jimmy Hay

The head was terrib)
arrival of a coroner’
corpse was raised upon
Bishop Sharp burst |
scene from across the

He looked long and
frozen face of his son-i:
down his lined cheek:
down completely, weep

“I knew it would bk
“It could be no other.
never break his trust.
God bring swift justic«

He brushed a gloved
and stared hard into the
tensen. “My dream tc
he said softly, then tu:
through -the brush to
where the widow and

Mortensen shook his
how he feels. I hat
Jimmy that money at

The pitiful remain:
morgue with orders

WaT3ON, Ronald,

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WINDSOR, Vt.. Jan. 2--(AP)—
Ronald Watson. 20-year-old New-:
|foundland farm and, died in the:
i bagels: chair tonight for the mur: :
der more than a year ago of a Rut-!
» land, taxi ‘driver _on_a_lonely. Chit

tenden road,
1 The execution of ‘Watson was:
“Vermont's first in’ 13 years and” ttst
| second in 40 years. :

Walks Calmly to Chair

|
+ -Watson: was’ led into- the - death
,chamber at 10 p. m. (EST) and was;
pronounced dead at 10: 15 FR m. by!
| Drs. William Krause and Owen! !
[Rhode de ns es “7
| The slayer. walked calmly to the?
i chair, accompanied by ‘Warden Lau-
'rence MgGovern, Associate. Warden.
iH. E. Ward and a Roman Catholic!
jchaplain. , -
Watson's two appeals for execu: |
tive clemency were denied by Gov. :
Mortimer R. Proctor. w" ;
‘His final plea was turned down!
Jast Thursday after. Atty. Gen. H..
AL “Winter of Newfoundland wrote
ito Watson's counsel. R. Clarke.
‘Smith, asserting that Vermont had:
i given the youth the ‘ ‘fairest possi-,
ble trial.” :

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wh, 20, elec, VIP (Rutland, 1-2-1947

~The Vermont ‘Supreme Court.

- losiginally set last December 1. for;

Watson's electrocution after passing!
sentence on October 1. Delay was |

‘Song

‘caused. by the fact Vermont has no:
official state executioner. cone

The Ruiland county court heard.
testimony that on Christmas Eve =
1945. Watson hired” Henry: Teclon.
37. a tax! driver, to transport him.
to the village of Chittenden.’

Stabbed with Knife

On a lonely road nine miles from |
‘Rutland. Watson clubbed Teelon:
with a whiskey bottle, then stabbed
jhim with a knife.

The court also heard evidence
that Watson bought a diamond ring
for a Rutland: girl with part of $100
that he stole from Teelon. ©.

' Officials said that. when- Watson
returned to the murder scene with
investigating officers after signings
a statement. he sang-an impromptu
about dying in the electric

t ‘
t

chair. . ~
Watson worked on farms Muring

the war yveark and occasionally en-
tertained at social Chebs-with guitar

A and songts. ‘

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Mawodedter , Y: 7.
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snag when he
i. The saloon-
game had been
- but if it was,
‘t have known

yarticipant.
his,” Potter re-
Hendry is a
clamming.”

try to identify
id get a definite
ibi, Potter left.
from convinced

of blood on his
the officer told
and no new crisp
aid he gave his
found no wallet,
course he could
with the knife,
od on him some-

lay night, Christ-
who had been “up
beginning to feel
> a nearby hotel
he various angles

real lead mighty
d. “Teelon was
i to be sharply

ed. “No greater
er been questioned
se than that batch
Ise is there to do?”
‘Definite clues are
it the fingerprints.

1em that his deputy

res, looking for the

nife.

ned lost in thought.
up. “Stores?” he

ymeone think of this

”

ZONI drained his
ut his pocket watch.
- going to be open
Eve. You know,
All be a last-minute

tim. “What do you

stive said. “I think
ed that driver needed
- than he. In other
ers might have had.
othing to buy them
x his dough in the
up as Santa Claus to

joint. “So you think:

ing on his girl?”

eyes lighted. “Girl?
that, but it’s a good
1k, before these shops
ying to mosey around
in. It’s just a hunch
ends.” :
aring his enthusiasm,
wuld find a Christmas
dreds of last-minute
ume errand.

nzoni came back, “only
w'll be different. Any-
t”
zainst time, since by
id stores planned a 9
ling down Main
began thinking about
buy for a girl. He ran
\ind—jewelry, perfume,

rejected all but the

be hard to track down,”

| try the jewelry stores.

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the detective struck a lead. .

“That’s right,” the proprietor told him, “I
had a very unusual customer this afternoon.
A young fellow about 20 with red hair, and
Said he wanted a
diamond ring: for his girl. Then he bought a
watch, too. Then a string of rosary beads.
I questioned whether he had enough money.
He pulled out a large roll, most of it in new
bills.”

Franzoni’s pulse quickened. “You've got
some of that money in your till?”

“Well, we've been making considerable
change since then, but you're welcome to look
through the till.”

The detective did, thumbing over new tens.
Finally he came to one with a-distinct blood
smear through its center. :

Reaching into his pocket, Franzoni pulled
out a bill of the same denomination. “I’m
making a swap,” he said, “Can you describe
this customer ?”

The jeweler said the man was about five
feet six and weighed around 145. pounds.
“Sort of a count fellow,” he added. “He
wore no hat, so couldn’t help but notice
his curly red hair.” ~ :

The detective returned to the police head-

uarters in a high state of excitement. Mc-

Giallen ‘and the sheriff, on hearing the story,
shared his enthusiasm. “This could be it,”
the state’s attorney said. ‘ :

The detective, turning the stained bill
over to an identification man, told him to
type the smear. “J want to see whether this
matches Henry Teelon’s blood,” he said.

Then to the others: “Of course this may

of early Christmas mo ing, Detective
Franzoni’s ardor for a pursuit of the red-
-haired youth was tempered
sober reflection. Even if the blood on the
bill were Teelon’s type, how could he prove
it wasn’t the blood of ‘another who had the
same type? How would he show that the
bill in question had been given as part of
the purchase price of the jewelry? n
the red-haired buyer of the diamond ring,

watch and rosary were found, how could he

disprove a story that. the money had come
from a legitimate source?

The sheriff’s men reported lack of success
in running down the purchaser of a hunting
knife. “Very few sold since fall,” one of the
deputies said. “We got the names of peo-
ple who bought them later, but you couldn’t
call any of them killers. They’re all known
to us.”

But when the laboratory man reported
that the blood on the money was AB
the same as Teelon’s, Franzoni’s . interest
quickened again. Only about one person in
100 has that type of blood.

“Aside from Jake Hendry,” he told the
others, who were sacrificing their holiday at
home to concentrate on the case, “this fel-
low’s the only other suspect we've got. er

_ be some of the squad car boys ought to ta’
a quick gander around town. This guy
might be ee,
ranzoni and Chief Potter both

Germany.
Fee | don’t know whether this means any~-
thing,” he told the assembled group, “but ‘it

might. Anyhow, I was reading about that
murder in -last night’s paper and thought I
ought to tell you something that happened
in the railroad station depot Saturday night.
It’s about that knife Mr. Teelon was killed
with—or one like it.”

The officers urged him to tell his story.

Fontaine went on, ‘A bunch of fellows
were in the depot, kidding a girl who got off
the train and was waiting for a West Rut-
land bus. Some of. the boys were doing
pretty good—or so they thought. Then they
began to argue about who was making the
most progress. ;

“One of them—a fella I don’t know—
moved right in. ‘I am,’ he said. ‘I always
get what I want and ve got this to back
me up.’ I saw he was holding a long knife
against another fella’s ribs, and believe me
this knife had a blade at least six inches

g.” ‘
Detective Franzoni bounded up. “That
fellow with the knife have red hair?” he
demanded.

Fontaine nodded. “Sure enough. He wore
no hat.” ~

THEY THANKED the war veteran and
bowed him out. Franzoni could scarcely.
contain himself. age he fairly eoonhee
“that jewelry store dope was — I’m
sure that redhead’s our baby! yi, ee

“That's right,” the sheriff cut in, “the rest
of the answers are missing—you know, the
who and where parts.” 5

His brother had another inspiration, one
that wouldn’t down. “The bars 1” he snapped.
“A drunk on Christmas Eve is apt to
go. back for his hair of the dog the next
day!” He consulted his watch again.
“They're about the only kind of businesses
that'll be rating today after 1 o'clock.
If the squad cars get no results...”

They didn’t. At, 12:30, after a series of
negative reports, the state detective asked
the sheriff to bring around a car. “We're
starting in the south end and visiting every
tavern in the city,” he said.

Their hunt went on for hours, entailing
lengthy questioning. of employes in every
place they visited. By dark they had barely
reached the north end of the city of 17,000
population and ‘still had many more places
to cover, ‘

At 6:15, in a tavern on Elm Street, their
queries met a sudden satisfactory response.
“Sure,” the bartender said, “I’ve served that
guy quite a few drinks since Saturday. He’s
got a girl living near here.” He gave her
address. ;

A few minutes later Detective Franzoni
rang the bell alone. He found the girl and
a red-haired youth getting ready for a walk
to the movies. The suspect, identifying him-
self as Ronald J. Watson of Pittsford, denied
the crime. ;

Summoning the others, Detective Fran-
zoni searched the youth’s pockets. He found
Burke’s Christmas card, the black book and
worn leather wallet, all the property of
Henry Teelon, in his pockets. Upstairs in
a room he occupied at the house a suit of

_ bloodstained clothing was found.

At headquarters Fontaine identified him
as the knife wielder and the jeweler picked
him out as the jewelry purchaser. The girl
was wearing a di ring which she said
Watson had given her as a Christmas pres-
ent. She was also the recipient of a set of
rosa\ beads. But another girl, living in
Pittsford, had been given the watch.

After that, according to authorities, the
youth confessed, saying he had promised the

girl a ring for four weeks, but two days.

before Christmas had been fired from his
job as: farm worker ‘with Ralph Baird of
Pittsford. ;

In his confession, police say, Watson ad-
mitted the following :

_ Needing money: to make good his Christ-
mas promise to the girl, he had seen Teelon

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the alarm. He had called to the

three cab drivers hanging around
the Rutland, Vermont, railroad sta-
tion that one of their fellow taximen
seemed to have had an accident up
the Chittenden Road.

“The cab’s blocking the lane with
lights on and one door open,” he said.
“T had to get out and shut the door
in order to pass. There ain’t nobody
in the cab.”

The thunder of a train sounded as
the old man walked inside the murkily-
lit station. It was then 2:45 a. m.,
Christmas Eve, 1945.

The three cabbies had been stand-
ing in front of the station exit, stamp-
ing their feet and clapping their hands
to keep warm. Now they looked at
one another. Whose cab could it be?
And up the lonely, glazed Chittenden
Road? The driver apparently had left
the cab to get help, but that was a

I WAS the old man who had given

‘said.

Police thought that
these overshoes wou!
finger the killer of
Henry Teelon, shown
with his wife on the
day of their marriage

By Henry Jordan
Special Investigator for
OFFICIAL DETECTIVE STORIES

good eight miles to Rutland and not
many cars went that way at night.
“It’s. twenty below,” one of them
“Tf somebody got hurt—”
“fT think I'll take a run out there,”
Gerald “Hop” Hostler interrupted.

“Better not take any chances.”

Norman Wetmore, a fellow who had
been around talking to the drivers
when the old man sounded the alert,
said, “I think I'll go along.”

Only Hop Hostler came back, how-
ever, and when he reached Rutland
he hit the first all-night cafe and
phoned Sheriff Geno Franzonj. His
voice shook when he spoke.

“Sheriff,” he said. “Henry got killed.
Yeah, Henry Teelon. It’s an awful
sight. I left a friend there so nobody'd
mess up things.”

It was a gruesome sight beyond
words. Henry Teelon’s body was hang-

ing from a barbed wire fence like
limp rag. His head was smashed an
pieces of glass were frozen to the bloo
that had flowed from the wound. H
neck was gashed and stab woun:
gaped in his back. The men just stoo
dark blobs in the snow all around, the
flashlights pointed at the horror. Wi!
Sheriff Geno Franzoni had come |
cousin Almo Franzoni, State Inves'
gator, and Edward G. McClalle
Junior, State's Attorney.

44(0-XNLY‘a maniac could have do:
that,” Almo Franzoni said.
“There’s never been a squarer, nic
guy,” the Sheriff said sadly. “We
make the killer pay for this!”
Grimly, they started their work
an effort to reconstruct the crime.
pick up clews, to find witnesses.
Henry Teelon apparently had be
struck the first blow sitting behind t
wheel. Blood was on his seat, un

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Sketch af Hla Cxme, Capture,

Trial and Sqntence.

Wrensos, Vt., Dec. 28, 1870.
Inthe State Prison in this place ls now confined,
Bader sentence of death, a youny man only nint-
teen. His crime, the murder of a defenceless old
man in his own aoorway, ts justly considered one of
the worst cases of homicide ever known in Ver-
mont. His cvol Indifference and apparent careiess-

ness of the consequences of his diabolical perform-

ance show an amount of depravity seldom found in
one so young. This boy’a name is Henry Welcome,”
of French parentage, apd his victim was Mr. Perry
Rugsell, of Hioesburg, Vt. Mr. Kus<ell was a well
known and rexpected farmer; a member of the
Mcthodiet Kpiscopal Church, of some considerable
property and aged about seventy-six years.
THE MURDER

was committed on the evening of the 3d of October,
1568, about half-past eight. Mr. Russell and bis
wife, the sole occupan's of the honse, had retired to
rest about eight o’slock,. but half an hour afterwards

were 8 i by a kuocking at the dvor. Mra. Rus-
gel] told ;|her hosband not to open tke door
until he aseertaincd who was there. Mr.
Russell ordingiy made inquiry, and was

| answered| ‘Joe Buvhy, I want to come in.”? Deceived
by men

n of a name with which he was famular,
the door and was instantly felled by a
a heavy barndoor hinge, twenty tn-hes fn
length, in the handg of Henry Welcome. His groans
and exclamation, ‘YU Lord!’ aroused his wife from
bed, who, coming to the spot, saw the young 4&3
sassin staliding over the anfurtunate old man and
raining a shower of blows upon aim with the mur-
dercus hinge. Almost paralyzed with terror fer her.
own safety, the old lady fled tothe nearest neigh-
bora, one hundred ‘rods distant, and a'armed them,
who proceeded in tura to the next house, and from
there they all returned to the scene of the tragedy.
The murderer had‘gone, but his victim was lying c
the goor, wiere he kad firat fallen, in a pool of bi
and breathing heavily. He lmgered in an uncon-.
Fclous stafe until the next morning at ten o’ciock,
when he died, The suigeona in attendance found
nine scalp wounds from one to three inches in |
Jength and a deep)cut fo tne crown of his head,
The marderer, after finishing his horrid work,

he opene
blow tro:

ransacked the (house for the ploscee he
expected to oljtain, bat could find nothing
éxcept a amall Diack trunk containing Roles, deeds

ud other valuable papers. This was alterwards
ound on an adjoining farm in @ field half a mile dis-
tant, the contents! taken out and strewed around,
Welcome was Induced to murder the old maa to
hope of etna . ae gum ef money, but in this he

was foiled, peel pee, & a few daye previous,
Sepouted” fe tie $,000 in. United States
bonds, In a bang at Buri ton, 8 few mile from
liinesbarg. He knew that Mr. Russell possessed

eee because he bad at one time worked for

cer peg 1
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* was OP THE ARSASSTN

Ay bias od ialeanen Ost. | Plantgaac alten Bove yp pre The Serving Pe |
ey | a 2 oat seat pacnrpie i fa { imme f detective of Burll ¥

Hately secured, and a reward of OO was

aye t i cone! Py i ; . | oueredt lo bring the vill 1,000 was
A tad of ‘Seventeen Butechora on | arrested eden days after “ite: batchery,b BI of |
| 3 : i : ; hé cars irom Kssex ’ ° re he had gone
afd ' Octogenarian. ; \ : Burlington... On his atin and he was taken on
ee ee Eseaetet ie uta uly ra
we yO NEN ma Indiference and utter toalacentee on
Sketch of “His Cy Capture, ‘yAfer 8 prelimionry examination, before s Jas _
cotch of (His Cyme, OP Og gras promo jal to aware atthe Gouuty
Trial and Sqntence, wets ora al eens pee tect te
; Be) >, eal.ty
eee ! eat ie ann as baa eee
As ZS Wnepson, Vt, Dec. 2% 187% Hartington, Bot beng cunsine at Windeor, the thee |
Im the State Prison tn this place is now conftaed, PA waar Ge Coart having cnatried the secure.
under sentence of ‘aeath, a young man only: nint- tary éoufizem tons Welcome wed eanlanced iSalet of
teen. His crime, the murder of a cefenceless old Windsor, and eee to be ta in the State Prison at | ~
man in bis own doorway, & justly considered one of foe ae by the neck unuj
the worat cases of homicide ever known in Ver- Of sentence to. Anil POR coMMUrati Bg'8
mont. Tie vol Indifference and apparent care!ess- . Berane suecesafal, +4 ment at nard labor we :
ness of the consequences of his diabolical perform: 7 extreme Youth oy one ‘en twe aren ante. las
ance show an amount of depravity seldom found 10 Anuaniiy.. “the A tee. prisoner updo on Viz, the
| one wo young. TbIA poy’s name 1s Henry Welcome, "| : bee pean these peticionten sone turned @
of French pareniage, and his victim was Mr. Perry | me | prayed tang number of Me canding the,
Russell, of HioesSurg, Vt. Mr. Kus-ell was & well ae, daw rages i ‘the. extreme peekier
known and respected farmer;' Yember of the hb veut. fo’ far pra og me iat bis fae, They
| Mcthodset Episcopal Church, of some considerable in : eaten regheng edd 9 Jary, as teow "Jawyer
' property and eged adout seventy-six yoars. ] Mve bedy, A Cosmmnsinee wie dolugs of any len,
| JHE MUBDEB Dilla the as al60 appdmted to

| was committed on thc evening of the 3d of October,
1868, ab out half-past eight. Mr. Roseell and his
wife, the occupants of the honse, had retired to

1 py a knocking at the door. Mra, Rus

aseertain yho was there. Mr.

Rasseil ordingly made inquiry, and Was
answered| ‘Joe Bayby, i want to come in.” Decetved

by mention of a name with which he was famular, .
the door and was justantly fajled by &

he open

blow jromwm a heavy baradoor hinge, twenty inches fo te Pi

length, im the handg of Henry Welcome. His groans cunt be took confinement, cain

and exclamation, +3 Lordi” aroused bis wife from ished by the ny. te reeling

bed, who, coming to the apot, saw the young 8% © h meas. hie health is excallent
> sassin ding over the nufurtunate old man and * stands, @ Shoe “the p

raining a shower of blows upon nim with the mur- mee will seriously Prov: uh

dercus hinge. Almost paralyzed with terror fer her. “feat approaching. fne ax Lowtion

own safety, the old lady fied tothe nearest nelgd- jar Nid todd the 20th day of January

bara, one hundred'rods distant, and siarmed them, ROTI i ascamaaaas ae

who proceeded in tura to the next house, and from
there they all returned to the scene of the tragedy.
The murderer had‘gone, but his victim was lying c
the Soor, wiiere he had firat fallen, in a pool of bl
and breathing heavily. He lmgered tn an uncon-
pclous state until the next morning at ten o'clock,
wien he died, The suigeons in attendance found
nine scalp wonnds from one. to three Inches in
length and a deep}cut in tne crown of his. head.
Tho. murderer, after finishing his horrid work,

ransacked the jbouse for (he lunder he
J expected — to obtain, but could Bnd nothing.
éxcept a small dlark trunk containing Boles, deeds

snl pe vaiuabie papers. Thu was alter wards ’

«| found on an adjoining farm in @ field half a mile dis- / 4) | fon

tant, the contents! taken out and strewed around. fw Al | / V “~) F ~

Welcome was induced to murder the oid meno io AL} (pO /, / C ie
u

hope of finding @ large soma ef money, but in this he j

was foiled, as Mr. Russ@il bad, & lew days previous, | /
| deposited his funds, 6 $6,000 In Unitet States
bonds, In @ bank at Burlington, a few muilge from

liinesbarg. He kocw thet Mr. Rusyell poasesacd

this money, er he badatone time worked for

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a moment, then continued. “If we
went back into, the other room, I
wonder if you could again get him

’|to talk that way?”

Readily consenting to try, Schau- |
ers escorted Ruby Eastman into the
main office, Bromley eyed ‘them
suspiciously! and ‘Schauers “ was
pleased: to see that the suspect's
anger. had not subsided. aie

increased, accusations’ were ‘made’
and. denied and in a few’minutes
Ruby Eastman received ‘her’ wish. -

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ing 'the events of that fateful night,
listening intently. Then she leaned
‘A deathly silence invaded’ the
room, Bromley looked’ from ‘one
person to another, trying. to un-
derstand the ‘reason, Nobody en- |
lightened him. The officers were too
Ruby’s eyes qpened: slowly, Her
shoulders’ sagged and’ her body
slumped wearily into the - chair.’
“He is the: man,” she ‘said in-a’
strained voice. “He is the man who
killed Lloyd. I could never forget”
that voice.” . CARTS
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and a half years to hear. But
_| District Attorney Laub told them
it wasn’t enough. \ : 2

The officers went to work once
more. On the day after Christmas,
Bromley’s relative was interviewed
again, This time, with evidence ac-
cumulating against the man, she
admitted he had been hiding in
the woods in April, 1942.

Except for picking up loose ends,
Lamberton, Schauers and Mehallic
decided they finally had a case
_|against Bromley. District Attorney
Laub agreed and made plans for.
prosecution, & +f
Bromley was returned from the
penitentiary on February 27. On
March 5, Mehallic went before Al-
derman William Heisler and swore .
to a warrant charging Bromley.
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‘|. A session of the Rutland County,:
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busy watching the: girl.) °'s°" \° like giving up. =, +
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A dogged determination on the
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_ Ruby Eastmen was very helpful
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162 to 63, The Senate will sustain the veto,

In the case of Cuptain Malton, of the British
ship Thames, who with both mates and ope sen-

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<a etme oe ene pene en str demeanor

SPRING |. SPRING

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Edward
H%XK Tatro

PLACE — CITY OR COUNTY DOE & MEANS

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DATE

Murder 6=2-1876

VICTIM

Mrs. Charles Butler

MOTIVE

synopsis i Edward Tatro who murdered Mrs, Charles Butler at (7?) Vt. on Friday 6-2-1876 was hanged
at 2 PM in hall of new prison...He had never Violated laws before, Was barely 20 years old when
whit an axe he dealt murderous blows. Had been ordinary farm hand in -emptioy-of Buttersfortwe-—e-
three years, Enjoyed doing women's work and in the absence of a maid assisted Mrs, Butler in the
Ak otter i } hs—-in-—prison-spent—free init “hil ied in ord nil

be foundcrying. Under laws of Vermont, a person sentenced to die had to spend first twenty
-months_in- hard labor hefore being placed in close confinement, Tatro placed in close confinement
in September preceding execution, On Saturday before execution removed from cell in "murderer'sx
_row"' and placed in hospital in new prison under struct guard, Chaplain Rev. ™, M, Mick was
unceasing in his attention and said the wretched boy appeared to be thonoughly repentant. Mrs,
fatro who has lived in Windsor since incarceration of son, has visited him regularly, She says: _
ttdward told me that he was ready to go, and you cannot tell what a burden he has liftef from my
mind when he calmly uttered those words, The husband of the murdered woman was present at execu-
tion and looked hin souare in the eyes. Tatro sais: "The dath of Mrs, tler was the oute

growth of an argument between himself and Butler, wherebu the former was to have certain undue
privileges with the latter's wife, to enable the husband to obtain crounds for divorce,"*—fatro

had previously confessed the fact of the murder but claimed to be no responsible, being undtr the
influence -of_licuer;—hekitledtirs, Butler to—aveid thesame—disaster to hismelf—in-self-defense,—
Tatro said from gallows that Butler was to blame and pointed to him as he spoke, Stepping to
front of gallows, said; "Gentlemene-I stand here suilty of the imrder of Mrs, Charles ™, Butler
(pointing to Butler who stood mte,) I done the deed through his money, Butler took me to work
for him when a young boy, He used licuor himself, and always kept it in the house. Bubler testi-
fied that he never got drunk but he was under the influence of liouor most of the time, I feel
sorry for you, Butler (Looking straight at him and pinting with both hands), for your dead wife,
“whom I respected very much, “he was a Lovely woman, and I never had any ZNKRARXGAEX evil inten-
tions about her until that night, and I done it through excess of drinking and at the instigation
“of Mr. Butter who svands right here {pointing to him again},—oh, Mr, Butler; —do-you-remember———
what your mother said to you when Lying on the bed there? She said'Oh, Charlie, after all I have
—said,—I_must—dieteaving—you-a—drunkard,! —_oodbye, Mr, Butler, Goodbye; forrive me, I hope to _
meet you in the heavenly land, I hope you will all forgive me, I have nothing more to say,
gentlemen, Oh, Lord, I thank you that you have heard my prayer; I ask your forgiveness, Remember

and forgive me for Jesus Chrits's sake, + have nothing more to say. Goodbye, one and all,"

The boy's hands were tied and pointing bound hands towards Butler said 'See that, Mr. Butler?* The
latter was by this time covered with perspiration, Tatro stecped back to the drop, his legs were
panioned, and then in extreme anguish the boy cried to God, asking repeatedly for forgiveness

and to be remembered, saying, ‘Oh, Lord, forgive me, Oh, Lord, have mercy gpon me, Oh, Lord,
remember Mee Oh, Father, hear me,! After frop he struggled 24 minutes and was pronoun ed

deadg aiter [5 minutes, : ; ;

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