The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1870-10-18

Al ihe wia4han coaniy Court just
eiose8 tro Interesting cases were
tired. wo give iI4e hets - clipped
fom the Vermont Record ard Farmer
C SEnastr +. Hab la3 ~
I HsL lHdietmcut ~ lsfceay The
evidence "a the part Of the state tend
NJ u show that lhc respondents 90 the
evening of April ~. 1870. called a the
I lhotse If Ira Kent. in 6uiliufi and r.
quesiel that some supper might BE- pro-
gIdcd fof them that one Miss FITCH,
lhe heusrkecpcf I said Kent. procured
] alem soiuc luncheon. which they par
took Il, iehiea their pipes, smoked,
aud then len the ncxt morning. just
after Kent aud his hired mgn had gone
I into tho Geld 10 work, these rcspon-
deuis called 'at the house again, there
being no one there but the lousekeeper,
Miss Fitch, and demanded q her the
money that was ii the house, e which
demand she answered that there was
none in the h0ase. they insisted they
/ knew better. aud ihefenpou they took
/ her by the throat ard thrcw her upon
the floor that while the was upon y
+ floor be thrust q gag into her mouth
I held pistol e. her head and threaten
"a Is shoot her II she made the least
noise or resistance that during this
time the other took a tin trunk from the
Icupboard, belonging to said Kent, and
containing his money. bonds, etc, and
some promiss0ry notes belonging 20
said Miss Fitch that they opened the
trunk and took therefrom several notes
| belonging to Miss Fitch, about $500 in
grcenbacks. s3. 500 il United States
bonds. and certificate for -four shares
Of stock IN the Vermont aud Massa
chusctts Railroad that they there
upon left, taking their booty with them;
that Miss Fitch soon gave the alaru
and officers and neighbors started in
pursuit, but they eyaded the vigilance
Of every one, and made their way safe
lly To California, whore il is supposed
they exchanged their bonds for gold,
aud then came back to Virginia, when
they invested what they had, or por-
ton thereof, ia Is me FIVE or six hum
drod acres Of land that after getting
IN their crops, etc, they returned to
Montague, Mass under the pretence
that they came after their wives, and
were soon to return to Virginia that
while there they were identified and APP
pretended, aud brought to Vermont, 70
answer TO the charge aforesaid Miss
Fitch fully identified them as the rob
bers, and the jury found verdict of
guilty. The Court sentenced them
each TO serve a 10 years term al hard
labor in the States Prison at Windsor,
which sentence they received with APP
parent indifference. States Attorney
Arnold, with whom was g. n. naven-
port fol prosecution; Crooks and Xix,
for respondents.
State u.s. Lydia l.. A, Praa An in
dictment for the murder Of her infant
child. The testimony Of the prosecu-
ton tended to show that this detendent
/ left her home in Jamaica, in company
with one Fanny Perham, October 2,
| 1867, and went to Cayendish, under
/ lprctence of procuring work in the
wooden factory Of James Fitton; that
they secured employment, and took a
room in Fitton's boarding house that
while there the respondents told them
her name Vas Mrs. Angie Pratt, and
! that her husband was az work in Spring
4 field, Mass. that Fanny Perham, gave
\ her uame. and was known as Fanny
/ " God that neither Of them performed
any work while there but that on Fri.
day morning, October 4, the respon-
dent gave birth to a male child that a
physician was called after the child was
born, treated her professionally, and
made several visits to her afterwards /;
/ that the respondent stated there to
some Of the girls that if she had known
she should have got along so well as
she had, she should have had no one
called, and no one would have known
she had child. for she would have run
its fist down its throat and thrown it
out If the window; that on the nth
1 the respondent and this Fanny Wood
( left on the train fer Bellows Falls, and
on their arrival at the latter place took
the stage for Saxton's River, where
II ey remained with the child until the
afternoon Of the l9th that on that at-
tcmoen Fanny took the stage for Ja-
maica, and the respondent with her
/ child, left for Jamaica in horse and
buggy. with a man who afterwards
proved to q Ebcnczer Kingsbury that
after dark they stepped and left the
tchild on the front door step Of one
Samuel Bailey in Townshcnd that
/ Bailey soon after discovered the child,
and carried Il into the house. the child
bong very chilly and qaite weak that
i Mrs. Bailey turned her attention 70 the
child, and warmed ard fed it until j,
appeared bright and natural, and Mr.
Baily Ii the meantime followed on after
the team that it was supposed brought
the child there. and notified the Select
men ef 1owuFhetd Of what bad hap
lpcped that at West Townshend Mr.
Bailey and tie Scicctmcn overhaulcd
this respondent and kingsbnry, and
charged them with leaving q child on
/ the door step II Bailey that the re
sponaeat admitted that she had done
IS. ana that She would return and take
the child and carry il 20 Its mother i
nothing further would bo said oF done
about IL; that thepnpon she and
8kiuesbury returned il company with
Bailey and one 81 the Sclectmen q
Baileys house, and took the child
awayi that instead of returning 90
wards jamaica they drove of towards
Gnnnn- .ANinn II WIS q child theN hAl