Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-05-29

8. FRIDAY MORNING, !
CLARK VS.. BURTON. Messenger states
that Mr.. Clark has withdrawn the motion for
a new trial, and there will be no hearing
upon it. This, We suppose, ends this famous
case, after eight years of litigation, conducted
at no small expense Of money and "feeling,"
on both sides. The parties were formerly
partners in business at st. Adams. The suit
was first brought in franklin County Court,
in September 1860, by Mr.. A. NJ. Clark, to
recover the sum of $55 900, specified in nine
items, the same being for amount of sundry |
drafts drawn by the defendant, and paid by |
the plaintiff, together with an item of SlO,-
900 for plaintiffs "time and expenses in dis
posing of and returning Monongahela and
Tioga Bank Currency" in 1859.
To offset these claims, Mr.. Burton filed
specifications exhibiting sundry payments OF
cash by him to plaintiff, at Franklin County
Bank, amounting to s $4,000, together with
Monongahela and Tioga Bank currency to the
amount of $4,000, making total claim in
offset, of$7O 900 Issue was joined, and the
case continued from term to term with taking
of testimony and various legal delays till i'm
ally the parties agreed to submit the case to
i. 4 Il &C 4 sal
Peck. Hon. Lucius B. Peck and Hon. Freder-
lex f. Woodbridge, and full trial was had
before them. But before they had made up
their report, the sudden death of Hon. l.. b.
Peck ended the arbitration, and the Court
took up the case afresh The counsel were,
for Mr.. Clark, Hon E. R. Hard of Burling-
ton, Hon. Andrew Tracy of Woodstock, Hon.
H. R. Beardsley, Messrs. Bailey, Davis and
Adams of St. Adams, and Henry A. Burt,
Esq, of Swanton for Mr.. Burton, Hon. II.
Royce, Edison & Rand, Dewey & Noble and
Benton and Wilson, of St. Adams.
The trial occupied fire ,oeeks and three days,
eight days of which were occupied in the ar
guments, and two days by Judge Wilson in
chargin. the jury. The jury were out a day.
The result was in Mr. Burton's favor, and the
verdict Of SAC, 39l 90 and costs for him must
be one of the heaviest ever given in any suit
between private parties in the State.
MURDER OF BURLNGroSIAN.-We find
the following in the Austin (Neyada) RereiHe
ofMay 9th.
A COLD BLooDED MuRDER-Yesterdaye eve
| ing, between and 8 O'Clock n I. Slocum, on
Of our most peacesble citizens, was shot and
| killed in his own cabin by Rufus Henderson, a
youth Of bad reputation, who has been resident
Of the city only few months. The particulars
we are enabled to give Of the terrible act, have
been derived from persons who were present
when the shooting occurred. For nearly a year
past Slocum, who was carpenter by trade,
had been boarding ct the house Of Mrs Zottman,
the mother Of the murderer. Recently Mrs q.
and her present husband had ceased to live to
gether, and since their separation Mr.. Slocum
had not been boarding in the family. 1ester-
day evening Mrs. Zottman, accompanied by An
derson, her son by previous marriage, went to
Slocum's cabin and asked payment ola board
bill she alleged to be due. Mr.. Slocum said he
had no money then, but would have some next
day, and when Mrs. L. asked if he intended the
work done for her husband to be applied as an
offset he answered that such was his intention.
On hearing this, Anderson addressed Slocum,
telling him that he was no man, and hsd not
the principle Of man about him, repeating the
words in an irritating manner several times
Mr.. Slocum, who had been sitting on the bed
81 Won 70 rnr
in that way Having said this he quietly ros'
and moved towards the door as il to open it.
, Anderson all the time continuing TO use pro
voking language. As A. S. Egeston who wa.
sitting on one side, observed Anderson move to
wards Slocum on his way to the door, he step
ped in between them and remarked, " You
annot have any difficulty in this house" A
this moment the mother was heard To scream GU
two or three times, o my God you vii
kill me - and as the words were being uttered
Anderson put his arm around Egleston, who die
not expect anything of the kind, and fred twic'
close TO the body Of Siocum. On 4. H. Egles
ton, also present in the cabin, seeing Anderson
fire, he sprung upon him and knocked down hi
arm so that the third shot penetrated the cabir
: floor The murdered man fell forward towards
? the bedstead, and died almost without q culver
On examination 1t was found that one ball, sup
posed to be the second fired, had penetrated tn,
breast just below the left nipple, and the othel
had grazed the side little lower down. Tn,
pistol was then wrenched from Anderson's hand
who continued to plead that he might retain it
declaring that he did not intend 10 shoot any
more. In charge Of A. s Egleston the murder.
er was taken before Justice Logan and lodged ii
jail by the Sheriff. While in the Justices ofict
he expressed regret that he had not been able L
kill several other persons he wished to dispos,
of 10 apl fol 49,. y
pale, and admitted freely that he had done the
deed. We are given to understand he killed q
Chinese doctor in Carson two years since and
after being in prison for the crime was pardoned
out some time ago. Though he has been attend
ing school here and is apparently only boy,
Anderson is said 10 be 20 years Of age and i.
married. For some days he has been utterinp
terrible threats against his step-father, his bro
ther-in-law, and even his sister, being apparently
more like fend' than human being. The
murdered man was a native Of Burlington, Yer
mont, and is believed TO have been a little over
40 years of age. lie has lived in this region fol-
several years, and was one Of our most industri-
GUS and orderly citizens-a man who would not
give provocation to any one. We believe he has
lived in this region for several years, and was
one of our most industrious and orderly citizens
"A man who would not give provocation to any
one. We believe he has brother living in Vol
cano, California During the shooting James
y. Mcintyre, with his wife and little child were
In the cabin on visit, so that the murder was
witnessed by four upgrown persons besides Mrs
Zottman, The Egleston brothers have been Slo-
GUMS cabin mates. Great excitement prevailed
in the city after the particulars Of the murder
became known. Crowds Of excited men collected
} in the streets, and talked of lynching the muir
derer, but fortunately better counsels ultimately
prevailed. We have seen so many murderers &C
quilted in our courts, that the impression seems
to have become general that any kind Of horrid
deed can be done in our midst without the guilty
being punished. 1t is only unfortunately too true
that money will secure the services Of some lawy
ers who, under the plea Of professional duty, arc
base enough so to pervert the truth in evidence,
and outwit jurors by raising legal bubbles, as to
defeat the ends Of justice and let murderers Of
the deepest dye stalk forth in our midst as proud
as if they had performed vslorous deeds
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