Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-10-02

loser would, and talked with witness
about the suspicious that were afloat
about Mr.. Adams, and suggested an in
yestigation. That after breakfast he
came up to the village and saw Mr..
Adams and made arrangements Tor en-
ploying detective at the joint expense
of Mr. A and himself. That he tele-
graphed to Gov. Page in Boston, who
sent up detective. That when the de-
tective arrived he met him at the depot
| and went to the Bates House, and from
there to see Mr.. Adams. That Mr..
| Adams stated to the detective that on
the night of the fire he went home soon
after nine o'clock and put his pants on a
chair at the foot of his bed when he re-
! tired. That when he awoke at the fire
alarm, those pants could not be found
| and he took another pair from closet
and wore them. That the burglars must
have been in his house when he went TO
bed. or followed him in soon after, and
! took his keys from the pants and opened
the store and safe with them. The de-
tective and witness went and examined
the house and examined the store. That
on Saturday the detective left for New
! York or Boston, and returned on
| Wednesday of the next week. That he
received a telegram and met him at the
| depot, went to the Bates House and re-
| turned to me my bonds, then they went
| to Mr.. Adams store The detective said
he had Adams jewelry in his satchel,
! and they asked him to 90 to Adams
house to see the detective deliver it back
! to Adams, but he declined. That he is
unable to tell whether the detective
| took the bonds from the same satchel he
said Adams property was in or not.
! (The prosecution proposed to inquire of
/ the witness what the detective said to
him about the recovery of the bonds,
| and what his conclusions were after the
conference with Mr.. A, but as the re-
spondent was not present the Court eX-
| cluded the testimony
clark r. Richardson testified that he
was at the fire that first alarm was Civ
| en- from ten to twenty minutes past ten
| o'clock; that he went Immediately to
the store before the whistle was blown,
and found the door open; that after the
fire was put out and they were lighting
ND the store, Mr.. Adams came in and
went to the safe and took hold Of the
door that he told Adams he had better
not open it, but Adams turned the knob
| and a key fell out of the lock into his
hand; Adams then pulled open the safe
and opened drawer, stepped back, and
said, ''My safe is robbed" That he ask
| ed Adams if he had another key, and he
! said he had at the house, and sent boy
for it that before the boy returned Mr..
Adams opened the inner door with a key
he took from his pocket that the boy
brought back a safe key, and an outside
door KEY. The lock of the safe was all
right A part of the box was
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was Adams said that it was Dyer's
trunk; that witnes asked what was in
the trunk, and Adams replied some
papers. Mr.. Adams said nothing that
night about keys having been lost, or
pants stolen that night. Should think
| the fire had been burning for half
an hour The window in the back store
was up, and window stool covered with
| ashes. Some one asked Adams what
papers were in Dyer's trunk, and be said
he did not know.
Waiter C. Landon, testified that he
was at the fire, and examined the back
window that was up; that there were
no marks of its having been forced open;
and the ashes were brushed off the stool;
| that when Adams came in he was asked
| if he had not lost any money, and re-
! piled he could not tell, but went and IN
| locked the safe. Described the fire and
| appearances, and the idea il was an in
| cendiary fire.
James c. Dunn described the scene
at the fire, and was present when Adams
| opened the safe. When he unlocked the
safe he took the key from the left hand
pants pocket. He had three or four
keys. Heard nothing said about house
being robbed or pants being rifed.
! GTy1y 1T Ia H-a md
| described the situation, as the rest had,
without material variations.
William NJ. Field, George VI. Chase.
George w. Crawford, Harley c. futile.
! G. A. Tuttle, and NJ. J. Francisco testified
as to the scene at the fire, and CONVEX
satlons with the respondent at the safe
and in and about the store.
William WardloeH testified that he
| found one of the keys to the front door
of Adams store in the sewer at the cor
ner of West and Cottage streets.
ECeIyn PieTp0int was present when
Mr.. Dyer and Mr.. Adams made
| their arrangements to send for the de-
tective, and wrote the dispatch to Gov
Page Saw the detective, but was not
with him with Mr.. Adams.
| Orlando Cunningham procured a loan
of three thousand dollars for Mr.. Adams
in September, 1871, for which lie gave a
mortgage on his residence. Afterwards
Adams wanted more money, and offered
| him fifty dollars TO sell Adams house.
! Supposed Adams needed more money.
Wilbur r. Paige, testified that he was
proprietor of the Bates House when
| the detective was there, and that Adams
! was there with the detective.
The Court dismissed the jury to the
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| S:45 Wednesday morning. A. 4. Mich
| olson and Dunton & VeaZey assisted the
States Attorney ID. Il. Nicholson, c.
Ii. Joyce, and Prout, Simons s. Walker
! appeared for the respondent.
On Saturday of last week, John Bow
en-, who had been summoned as a witness
| failed to appear in State VS.. Jerry Lis
bon, was brought in and made his ex-
cusc, which was not perfectly satisfac-
| tory and he was fined for contempt in
disbeying the subpoena.
! Wednesday,, October THE court
| convened at nine o'clock, and resumed
| the examination of witnesses in State V.
Hiram Z. Adams.
Eg6ert G. TuttEe testified that he was
! familiar with the store occupied by
! Adams in 1878 that the front room
/ extended back some two-thirds the depth
of the building that the fire was on the
/ east side, extending about eleven feet
south of the center, and eight feet
north; that the front window shades
were yellow and opaque; that he was
in an adjoining store at the time of the
alarm of fire; went Immediately out
and saw Crawford and Page burst the
door in; one door was fastened by
lock and the other by bolts into stone
threshold at the bottom Mr.. Adams
usually passed through our store on his
way home from his business, passing
! through Edison and Cottage streets that
he did not remember whether he saw Mr.
Adams on the night of the fire; he
knew of but two keys to the outside
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