The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-25


again returned from Boston bringing with
them more OF the missing property which
formerly belonged to the murdered Mrs.
Freeze and still more proof against the
prisoner, John p. Phair. These men ar
rived in Rutland on Wednesday morning,
and the result of their Investigations in
Boston the day before, we this morning. lay
before our readers. The discoveries are
very important to the case and are es-
pecally interesting even after so much
evidence has already been accumulated and
the minds of the people, as a general
thing, so settled as to the criminal who did
the deed.
1t appears that on Tuesday Mr.. Thorn
ton, who was assisted by Mr.. Charles NJ.
SHELTON, detective of Boston, pursued his
investigations through the pawnbrokcrs'
shops and jewelry stores, and came to the
iewelry store of Mr.. c. \. Noigt at No. 3
LeGrand street. The proprietor, on ascer
tanning what they were after, put them in
possession of facts which led to the discov-
cry of three iinger-rings sold by Phair
while he was in Boston, the day after the
murder As the testimony OF Mr.. Noigt.
which is given in full below. shows, man
whom he Identifies as PhMr came TO his
store and offered the rings for sale. Mr.
Noigt, suspecting that the man had stolen
them, would not take them, but told him
he could obtain money on them at a pawn
brokers' across the street. Mr.. Voigi then
went with Mr.. Thornton to the shop OF
$. ENRICH, SOP WASHINGTON STREET.
where the rings were found and were at
once identified by the son of Mr. Stcarns as
those which were formerly worn by Mrs
Freeze as he had descriptions OF them in
his possession. Mr.. Noigl also selected
them from the show case as the same that
Phair had offered him for sale. Mr.. Volgt
came to Rutland with Mcssrs Thornton
and Stearis, and gave his testimony as pub
ished herewith. The masonic ring, We
understand. was purchased by Mrs. Freeze
at the jcwcry store Of Bailey & Parmenter,
Of this place, last winter. The shop of
Enrich had been visited by Thornton and
Stearns twice before, during their invcstiga-
| tons there since the murder, at each of
which visits the proprietor had stated that
nothing of the kind had been left there
As the rings were sold and not pawned, the
books of the proprietor did not show the
transaction.
On Wednesday forenoon several wit
nesscs who had been brought from Boston,
with others, appeared at IN office of Hon.
Martin G. Evcrts and gave their evidence
before him. The testimony of Messrs.
Livingston and Smith is very conclusive as
to the identity of Phair with the man who
pawned the shawl and opeIa-glasscs at
Pierce's pawnshop, while that of Dora
Wilson and of Mrs. Davis, the mother Of
the murdered Mrs. Freeze, establishes the
fact that the rings found in Boston were
the property of the late Mrs. Freeze. The
following testimony was taken, the wit
ncsses being duly sworn before Judge
Everts
Reside at % Oxford street. Boston. About
two weeks ago to-day | was in the store OF
]. G. Pierce in Boston, and wanted to do
some business with him. Pierce said "waii
till ret through with this man" the man
he was trading with had shawl and opera
glasses the man opened the valsc and
took the shawl out and wanted ten dollars
on il Pierce looked il over and said he
would not advance him ten dollars on it,
but would lend him five on the shawl the
man said that would not do there was
lady at the Adams House that wanted tC
get home and could not 80 for less thar
ten dollars then he took ont a pair o.
opera-glasses and Pierce said he would len,
him ten dollars on both he then pawneC
them for ten dollars and the man said tina
when the lady got home she woulC
send the money and redeem thu
articles Perce's clerk made out ticke
and the man signed it. The shawl now
produced is the identical shawl | notice.
1t particularly. These. / think, are tn
opera glasses. The valise produced is SINH
lar to the one the man had. He had TN
shawl in one side Of the valisc, the opcr
glasses in the other He had a box of col
lars, some socks and think something don
up in brown paper. | said to Pierce, 9
think that man is a sharper, think he is
, trader" The men went out OF the stor
before me- | identify the man Phair
saw in the jail at Rutland as the man VIII
pawned the shawl and opera glasses q
9 | have stated. | identified him at frs
p, sight could also select HIM from anon
a thousand. Phair was dressed just abol
n the same in Boston, as | saw him in III
J. Jail this morning, about the same suit
TESTIMONY or ISAAC SMITH.
Reside at No. : Asylum street, Boston
About two weeks ago to-day, ] think ii
10th of June, not far from 10 O'Clock
the forenoon, according to my recollection
Ii | was standing on the corner of Court an
. Howard streets, Boston. Mr.. j. G. PierC
- came along and asked me if | saw In
man, pointing ont man a few steps fro
us. ! said yes, and asked him why. j
asked me if ! thought he was a sharpe
told him / did not know, and asked hin
why. He said that somebody said he wa
n ] sail If he was he must be from Maine
Vermont, for they were the worst kind Z
Is sharpers. The man passed within five
N six feet Of me. | saw him sideways.
" took particular notice of the man at Il
rs time. | noticed the mans clothes and la
IA The clothes and hat are the same kind
ey saw man have on in Jail this morning.
ri i'''--hi"' wv man saw III 'hu lphi 10 u
on man | saw in Boston and conversed abo
with Mr. Pierce. | have no doubt at
'rr that he is the man.
III TESTIMONY OF g. a. VoIGT.
rd Am jeweler doing business at No
lie Grand street, Boston. About two wee
ma ago, at between 10 and II o'clock in I
ey forenoon, man called at my store and
lis fered for sale three finger rings. He ask
o on five dollars for the rings and offered tn,
r for three dollars before he left. | declin
e1 to take them, and he went out across I
NY street saw him go to a pawnbrokers
TN neighbor Of mine he came out of I
= pawnbrokers and went away again out
on his shop ! told him he could get nor
old on them at the pawnbrokers. lie Il
went out to another pawnbroker's and s.
ley them to him he then returned to me q