Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-10-09

eht the tOdy Was Oi iemaic iOim' TUG "es7'
Was small there was DO doubt that IL Wa
q woman's body and a woman oil small size
The gashes behind were not done win
razor; the large wound might nave been 50
made the person who made the wOunds
would be likely to be bloody examined
suit of clothes said to be clothes oi the re-
spondent found one spot on the Ii II was
not blood the injuries ON the top oil the
! head were probably Inflicted alter ueatn '
| there WAS No evidence VI any ante-nOilen
wound on The head blood Will ny soOu
many feet when throat l. cut II The NO
man was lying on her left side then ths blood
would have spurted into the recess she
must have been lying on her lett SIDE II az
all, to have received the stab wounds on the
right side have heard sneers and hints
ab,ut the character of the house; never
heard it called house OF prostitution.
DIR JOAN a Mead. was called 10 connee-
| ton with d. Allen III the examination OF
/ the remains witness cJrrOboratec Dr. Al
len in every particular the WOUNDS must
have been made before death. Think the
wounds we're made with sharp, double
edged stout instrument they taluk mi= NJ
have been made by this instrument a dou Die
edged paper cat;es OF eraser was mere snow
| witness
Dora Wilson recalled. On being Shown
the eraser said she never saw an Instrument
| of that kind around the house Mrs.
Freese had no butcher knife no sharp
knife thought she should have seen razor
il Mrs. Freese had had one ; paid 50 per
week for board.
DR.. Lewis T. Lawton, dentist in Rutland,
knew Mrs Anna Freese made the plate Tor
her about three months before she died. On
| being shown the tooth produced by DE-
Allen witness thought that was the tooth :
it was gn upper central tooth no two den
fists work exactly alike have some pecu-
liarities in my work don't think there Is
anv doubt whatever that that IS the tooth.
The court then took recess until .
O'Clock this morning.
RUTLAND. Sept. 30.
Edward T. Barnard, sworn l am ac-
ouainted with Phair; have known him a
3nmber of wears; also knew Mrs. Freese;
was with them at her house twice. between
one and two weeks before the fire; went to
| West Rutland with Phair, the Sunday be-
fore the FIRE: he was short of money.
Cross-examined Phair told NE that be
was going to Boston, both before and after
| came here; ! came here IN the last OF
May. 1874
Mrs. Emeline Hardy sworn was &C
! ouainted with Mrs. Frees; saw her between
iour ami FIVE O'Clock m, Monday (June
stb): saw her Friday Dune 5th) have a
ore hundred dollar bill. one fifty, and Two
! or three tens and tweutieS; she had shaw!
on her arm Monday aiteruoJn.
! Gross examined Mr. D4vi. (n0,her Of
Mr.. Fleez-) saw her thursday before
her death at the depot; she had lately
bought = new shawl examined
the shawl: she had al, an opera
glas,; hsd IT in NY band, ih4r-dsy; (-naSl
Ssonn aud Identified, a.~l TIE opera gia-~;
tine opera glass l. resTl mounic'.) Her
husband died in le67, ste got The watch
SION afterwards (NateA all case ald c-5-s
shown and Identified }
Cro---exa.uIu,d n4ye ins ra1 l- D. ,Ay
/ house that 1elJu-e1 u Mr. Frre~c
! Jlhu Foley ~wuru: NaIkvd 1T Ma q
Il Suu.~on'- at the sane 20 with Pnair,
used tatsiI Jun about Mrs. Frr-~e, he sad
lie we~ ouiy in town f-~ ryef i"s- before
he eot d quzinrel ~iIh Mr. FIRES, hr
used {, praise Der fac ciutheS aud ~,.rS 4.
! | understood from Paair Jnat be ~a~u &
guiu- L, work At the trAde much nuztr'
that be wa~ going into 'tA-r bu-inss-
CrJ-- examined IL ard he d'in { Ae
to work; "suppu-ed Plair had more taste
/ than 60 ride With Mr. Frre>e go day Hsht-
/ Bessie GasshAn ana Margaret Barry
!
with d lad, (Mr~ Fees
/ William ii Preston. ~~lru va bag
/ gage master on the uizel iIain INA, lett
/ here AZ 80 A. IN. tor Bellows Falls, have
! known Paair Tor years; he wrnt oa NV
train down Tuesday. june 9-h, 1874, l Jaw
him at FltchberE that morning; be - a
cousin %! mine
Cross-cxamined: week or ten days be-
fore the fire be told me that be va, going
/ down country to look for lighter job;
saw him about five minutes before leaving
time
John Wilson ION same train with Pres
toni, sworn | went by the Berwick House
| that morning; talked with Phair all the
way from the Berwick House u the depot;
! it was a quarter to four when | passed the
town clock. | don't remember that be had
a satchel
Alfred r Howard. sworn | was direc-
| tor in the depot restaurant 10 June; man
came in, the morning OF the ffo,aud ordered
| coffee and steak. and ate them omar
/ identified a. locking like the man. lie
came at 10.
J c. Thornton, sworn: Was acquainted
with Ms. Freese. and saw her pass my
store Monday afternoon before the murder.
| went 10 Mr. NichRs' gallery and had
/ Phair's picture taken on the llth. We con
cluded to go to Boston, and tried to find
the number Of her watch. This was alter
wards telegraphed TO u. We won't 20 BJs-
ton June 18th, TO try to find some OF Mrs.
| Freese's property; we concluded 70 20 70
the pawnbrokers. We went u Mr.. Abra rs
on Salem street; there was watch there
that corresponded with Mrs. Frcase's
| Watch identifed) We a>certained at
| Abrams where the man that left the watch
claimed to have stopped; Mr. S;esrns. his
son and went to the Adams House. there
we got half shawl OF the clerk OF the
| house SHAWL identified } | got the du-
| plicste Of that shawl Of Dora Wilson, OF
| Vergennes; we went to Boston a week ai;er
wards, To look for more property; We found
Paisley shawl and an opera glass, at 25
| Howard street. Opera glass and shawl
| identified. The shawl Is the same
one that Mrs. Davis recognizsd.)
| We went again three weeks alter the first
time; we found three rings at Samuel
/ Ertch's on Washington street. (RIngs
| identi6ed.) saw Phar the day alter his
arrest; Phair told Us then that he went to
| Providence, 10 get work in a screw factory;
that he saw one Of the employees OF the fac
tory who told him that work was dull and
| he didn't apply; that he borrowed twenty
dollars Of an Appletree man at the Berwick
| 10 20 with; that the fare IRON ist0n to
| Providence was SO 25, each way; he said
be was going to Elzlbethtown, n \. 10
make payment connected with his father :
estate. lie said the first idea be had OF the
murder was when Crawford arrested him;
afterwards he said he had seen q paper and
that be had made a mistake; he sal1 he
| borrowed the money of the Apple;ree man
week before he went
Cfas>-ex4mincd: Told chief Of police m
Boston the story, and showed him photo
graphs; sh1vei Abrams the photographs
after be j->cr. bed The mar; | have an inter-
est in The reward; tried to fad money LETT
BY Phair bu; Jailed; We tried the express
Offices and his friends in Eizthethtosn apd
Vergennes; think never offered him any
lnducement to own ~; lie said be was
going from b stun 10 Nrrgeuue- when he
was arrested. and from there u Eliza beth
town: We each had half dozen photo
graphs.
n 5 Stearns. sworn lam interested in
the discovery OF the murderer Of Mrs.
Frees; first went 10 VcrgrnneS 10 ke
inquiries about Phair; met CraelorG waen
he brought back Phair, at the depui; went
to Berwick House; | was present when the
prisoner was searched at the Berwick; be
had black valiss containing tNo bexts of
collars, one pair su>penders two
and two pairs OF stocking; said
he brought the shirt from Vergenbe~,
(witness corroborated Thornton as 10 the
going to Provdence); be said he took his (
meals at Providence at restaurant and /
lodged in lodging house; he described /
the restaurant and lodging house (corrobj-
rated Thornton as to fare and the Appletree
man, whose name is Mason. and also as TO |
when be heard of the murder). FL uring 1
up his expenses according to his account |
and the amount of money found on him,
they exceeded twenty dollars.
RUTLAND, Sept. 30.
AFTERNOON.
Testimony of n S. Stearns. continued
In giving an account of himself Phair said
that on Sunday evening he went to bed at
the Berwick House at 9 p. N. ; got up and
went to Brandon to the circus and returned
to Rutland on the evening train ; said that