St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-12-11

story that he had. with some ,,L,.,
tIcularS. The story in hrict !. II I,'
man named John Mason. sam,
years OLD. and Il spinner 10y nrcIIp,i,,..
had spent considerable time A. NJ.
Riggs when not at work i'm tL. :,
rleS at Fairfax. Euo<burgh Fan.
don or elsewhere. He had beer, w..
the week before the murder and
them that when he came ..,..;,.
migln, hiring Il friend with Inn,
Saturday night July 18th. th. u,.,, i
after the murder. two men ,.,...
their house after they had refined
tired To get III, one calling ON hutI 4,
and Mrs. Riggs Ia open the ,lnr,
they refused them adnii!i.l,,, w.
K. is positive that the man calm,
John Mason
lie was not seen after that io, ..,..
SIX weeks. when he returned iL,..
III conversation went on To- u,....
how Miss Ball was murdered H.,
il WAS done 10y one man thnuuh .,,..,.r.
was present that he >pl;ruy In L,I...
her. seized her. and when ~I, >,,......
he struck her ON the head uithy STA.
that he then drew her over fI, t....
which he had previously thrown d.,...
and dragged her to the thi,L,t. II, o..
she there caught hold of = >tldll. .....
he struck her hand with clh I...r
ing thee of hrI fingers: tl.r .,l..
blows were then dealt. an. that rl
drew her farther on into the vo..i-
that they pushed her watch and .,.
H. Il.
man gave such Il description of ,l.
watch aS he gave her. and il i said t.
be tolcIahlN liR") that after they hrt
lam her behind the stump she IulI,.
her head fnr some time and then h,:,t'
ed her last they then lail her ont .,,.
went down to jlc stream and wash .
themselves. taking along her huudl
that they examined her wallet bctoI,
lcIN ing her. hut found nothing in .
hlIt her teachers certificate and SON,
poetry clipped from IL paper : thcN ill.,
buried her bundle. which he said c,r.
tanned her drawers. night dress. >.r
/ pcrS. etc, in the Sawdu>t 1t the mi.
/ but afterwards took ont Il >tnu, fur
/ III" undcrpimming and thrust J.. .
there.
! The Young man Perkins SAYS thI'.o,,
of the men Ncut of south tu".ru
/ Fairfax and the other came to = ~
! bars and took the train south VI.
/ Riggs. At the tim" called the attr.r.,.
+ of Deputy sheriff llalhclt To TN, r.'
tci. and he went t." her h"u>,. aud ..
I Nc.fi~atcd 1t. But he had no c"tiit.r.
. in it. and the woman herself >at- Oh -
/ folks don't ALWAYS believe what -r
tells.
But there is another aud even mo,
suspicious circumstance related boy ,..
relating to- the Minard murder. uu.
occurred only tr' days hrfpr,. %,
murder of Miss Ball. The nc\t IT., 81
ter that m.r,lcr and before d r.-
known a. St. \lhan~. she >al- t..
Mason came to her house and told Do,
all about it. She had not then h.n
of it. hut afterwards heard the i.u.,>
they hccame known To the pUhlr
they cnItr>pumdcd with the ~ju.. 30
he had told her. At that time ,... ..-.
od him to fin the clock which "., u..
at repair. He said he couldn'' t. r
hadu't any tools not even Il kuir. :.
SLY, that she knows that he .rd r.
Ninu~!l had Il knife f"r >h, had lose.
il. Hid broken the point oil one "t '
hladc>. She MAS then asked /" civ,
description of the knife. which ~h. d.
and il c"rIc>p"udcd pr, ci>rll with N
appearance OF the knife that va> lI.,
from the body of Njmald. She ..
asked if she should know the Knit, o.
sight. and She Thought ~hc would.
large number of knives were then poi,