Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-07-30

Wilson then called DR.. John Branch 10 tue
s.ord Mr. Wilson stated that the authorl-
tics had seen fit to make this investigation
mart of the coroner's inquest. which has
never YET been closed.
TESTIMONY OF DR.. BRANCH.
Dr. Branch SAID that some three weeks aver tue
I Murder he was told by kleazer Jewett o. oe1i-e
tb,t smith was suspected Of the MURDER. neae
! tbing more about il Tor several weeks IL oecane
! common TAX On the hill the pee lie "ouu say ~
wa. 'somehody 10 high life" or some one VIZ W. IN
nod cloth" am in possession o. no lae.S ma 9no
/ ,iIrste smith had conversation with ueOl-e
IAN rather OF the murdered srD al dinefent tlines
lie Was Tor some time eonhdeht suat ~ ~, bs
! ICED in the village. lie hnaIy toiu INC tia. a. -
! ,h,,,ht Mr. Smith did it. That did not 4eao me -
| s,sf,-rf MN. Mr. Ball thought MS daushter Mas
~ vel acquainted with an On tne ma bsye rec
I max would be ONO use-that she YOU'D hate N.
,,n-zeo them from their backs just oeIole NJ.
Raj Jeff Tor Caliiurn he told witness ne wa suie
tina, the negro darrls kis1. i INA -n-.yonsy saId
] bad learned uJtnlug new. lie had preNtuusigy a.
lie N, -bt the detect had been bought uli' anu
famed Flanagan. SAID /, ueor-e, you are tiV' ~
! bouaht f." lie replied, IeftaInlS NJ 90 -
-,,t M. IN All ana see the Justice, and see the
! 81. rlofbes | went and had some lax asou'
| smith. spoke 10 hin about the prophet! .. uaS
| no smith EXAMINED others had beeh eAali.heu o
~ MOI me- lie seemed L. think II was proper
| MAT smith should be. That same eIen4h- Nv ~
bu,-las sou e. he had heard al the stories anu nc
reed that smth GU hit 10 tell "heie ne va. ~
- III, i ~ a, l. Noule smiths partnefl and
/ aSted nun u be anew where oin n wa .ne -a9 W
] m. uuraer lie replied that ne hau written stu
oypt OF Vac college WIZ was mere WIN Snl sua
! 80 rer,,y.l a le.ter that he VS. al the "e!ueh
rouse IL the oIcnuOu, AMI cal eu On 'Ae uan-H'o t
fstn ef J.st!c- Waite IN the a+t'i AuOH' ~ "a.
I smith had satI-i,u the su4ectihrh. h0 - -. -
Z u,,tel smith o. me cut puh4lciA ad nave an
/ examination ana have u pun4lsAgH IA u, FaPets
and .ald / dId. On THURSDAY, req ~ Nen'to
! NOME a SIN .tlis office by appointments 10 nave 81
! I,terxr.w hut smith was Lot mere NonIe eAiu
! among othes thn-s, that smith attehueu uAH0' a.
th, Meoen that 3ita cI July, IL tAe g L-l-- "a
! tie 18th @! February / LAD a ta4A " - M -
Inc 49, the seIec meul adv. svd pubAc exam Ia
Ion ana re .at-d To hlIa ar. BANS sHsp 'e-ous. s
/ said Ban was ali h.oaen down. hnsN hV'Llh= aoou'
! IA f. tauabter or what company the Avpt' haIcA
I'm / w-Dt 10 smiths Office tut dld nut mo hiih
N.rcn ~ b went with tdrns~ultA 10 see I4ll' anu
! he then said That he was Al me "e.e We. -, 49,
! afternoon ana even H.. lie ais sa'- LA
he NOR MS friend vent the MIL ate Tue IL u'uei
Ne talked about the account NE "IeieAp0 Jus
gwen t. Gcor-e a. ballard Allef"aIu "a" "a,
! lard and lie told 1. at smith hdu lou nun IA
] he VS. Al New YORK or Montreal tas, BALLARD hau
fr.utt, n which, the das % me haiuei' "uu ~
/ heard OF il at c4urcn here SUNDAY mo-,
returned that morning. AItei"@iu OA' eN
reward. - - ,..,,.5 q,
tslk WIN me ABOUT the murder our ueci'heN, az
! aid that he had been invest gazing the edse 4OI
three months hu he cUu .dAt get smith before me
! Authorities lie had no deuDt Dat that ne A,A4e1
/ the -ri-hnaly he SAID he hne" II. atel' N".'
II Iha1 talk with Mr.. s~llt about the stOis % d
ytntu SEEM a carriage 20 on the NH the eh eHlH-
! OF the murder, ana about cthef cHeuA4s' aIiNee
] tb.r seemed To point puUlc suspiclvn to"dfu
smith lie sad woman alluded - hdd tv4u Nun
f>ltll sh, DID not KNOW The car aAe OF urlFvi a.
! terAald Newt Il, Sw aLu went TO sin IN ulHce
| and uaa a ttIA with HIN. lie said he never Ahe"
! Ml.s Ban: a4su III lie las here On FRIDAY >aNur
/ dny sunday and Monday. at the TINE OF the lnut
der A terwarDs 1 TALKED WIN owlit about San Va
HAVING told contradictory stories about Ms "here-
] shouts aud S~lit sad what o. that IhAt doh
maze out that he killed the -liI.' TINS = AL
. think Of that / wIsh 10 state. d.
I CrO,s-exau4!uatlvn 10y ar. Nob.e-Nltness rear
! 6rm-d that t.i,ha BIZ. -es> told hiH tn he knew
/ george sIn IN kiIleu the -iri IL Was the ON VI
] Man IN IL, pa lor. / ain not positive whether OF
/ not had then offered Lie reward. lie "ah'eu 10
! enlist me III he pin- To hunt up he nuEdeiei'
declined taIklu wiki nun and a4so making any az
/ ransepeut witn hin. Nnen / talked with him
wees aiteGward he suafhtned his CONVICTION OUT Ee-
I lated no circumstance. TAXED Win nun soIle'
! but II expressed any oplnlon il Was IN eMith
| tayor | presume 1 have told persOLs that dld
| not think rMlth Nas cunneclel Win IT, l nave
! never SAID / tnou zht Very likely have
| been asked my cpiuiun. anu doh't knu" "Aat
/ have said buI presume have evaoed Il. diah
uAe to tell. My early opinion was that ne hAu
! nothing 10 do ABOUT Il. 4 had supposed that ms
habits and business engagements were such as 70
! preclude the idea. But when eon'eiseu win
! you (NoDle) you sald he drama
Mr. N bel SID he did
Dr.. Branch-Ye-, sir, you did. l had supposed
he WAS confined 10 business and could not nave neeh
over there Now / have the opinion that smith was
| c. INJECTED with that murder. l>ensauonl. uAse
II aItoz ether upon circumstances. believe That no
! uer On the NIL Alllt1 the 1lIA lLdL NuuulH
| uas been searched thoroughly. II Is evident That
| sue vas killer Dy person Of some refinement
| from he appearance Oi her uody. The next ques-
| ti,,n is who was 50 ciTcumsIanced to have Deen
able 10 do IL ana aitersaId TO cover II up think
two persons were gagged IN II, Tor two masks nave
| been touua, and the spring NJ IN behind Aer
| could hardly have caught her. thlhA tAe O'AeI
| sprAuz cut nom the bushes az the head " the
! bridge she Was probably hauled Oh tie east emu,
and she may have been accidentally stunned oI
may have been struck blow ABOUT mat t.iue me
N.aN .HtHN al
| The bushes. Probably she had pulled en- mask,
! and then the final o-Ows were gwen. u -nk one
took her up by her .eet and legs and dragged her
head, as her HAIR was matted win leaves ne e'i-
ueutlv stopped To rest II the brook channel. Very
/ likely he stand by her bOdy al the stump some
time and washed and laid her out. do Lot TANK
the man who al the head oi the bridge helped
to carry her Of. | TANK that the first man whom
/ tolo that suspected smith, WAS his father
| Twas in ny hay field az home on the day Of the
| r,-drr don't know that two men were en- gagged
- | know that ner head WAS drawn only the
| same WAY as you know that horse has been
rhrug N YOUR garden when you have seen his tracss
/ was at alr. hOoinson's N S"anton mat da1, as
we'll as in my hay field. II occurred 10 me shortly
,.fer the murder 10 think where was. Inc reason
was nat 1 didn't want 10 be accused o. II.
/ d5d MOI think there was danger that / shou q
be and didn't mean 10 have any. / think
the p-rsou who committed the murder m gnt have
been here at . o'clock that evening II lie vas hefe
dinin. vita family at oeIvck, ne pIooaol!
could not have comm TIED the murder nave pre-
yiously told Mr.. Noble that 4 smitn was al tue
dance that evening dld not tank he could have
done H. Noble told NE that Il great many young
men had refused 10 20 before the authorities, and
instanced Vim. FsrTaT. went 10 farrar and he
MED j. and said that he voluntarily went 10
Flanagan IA deiective) and told him where he was
and asked HIN 10 SATISFY himself. lie also sad Il
smth would do this, he would stop the public talk
Mr. Noble asked him II he do not tel hun that h
er young men here had refused 70 have exami-
nation, ana the doctor repned that he had not. In
reply to a question who, beside burgess, had
expressed belief that smith Killed the
girl, the said; George nronson told that
he believed 1t. Al would be diihcult Tor me 10 nov
name any who have said They though. he had a
connection with the murder. can't give the name
of one-the matter WAS 50 common / had no tax
with any of the editors After tine reward was out
l talked with Mr.. Clarke about ny theory. lie ex-
pressel his belief in MIR. smithss entire innocence
Of this charge. and speaking u the dea that the
story had been started by Gov. smiths enemies, he
said he did OF believe there was one living ~ho
could be so mean as TO thus seek 10 punish The faith
er throu h the son.
When deposited the bonds for the reward | did
not ssy that The smiths would have to use as much
or mere TO Gear George. | never had any fixed
opinion that they were using their money. l have
thought that Mr.. Ball may have been helped; he
was very poor; when he LEFT here he had changed
his mind As 10 who killed the glrl and couldn
account Tor it, aiterward one OF his girls in writ NJ
home to a friend about their h usekeeplnz mentiol-
ed rome expensive articles Of furniture. The doc
ior here read n brief extract, which showed that
among other things they had bought paror suit
when cost s2uO.l don't tank uVy. Smith furnish
ed him money knew anything about il /
supposed that if he had received any money
he had got it from outside that possibly
YOU noble had paid il to him aush,erl.
thi-k If money paid 10 was more suspe Gus Of
smith than any other young men here, am yet
do not know as il wuud oe. thought itsngular
about Bars changing ms mind, because he sald he
had discovered nothing new. have no facts that
inplicate Mr. smith, bat think the circum- tances
do.
have been on the ground since the murder. as
was going through tae road. | think | went
from the load To where her body lay, one pleasant
moonlit evening last tall 1 went because 1 had
nothing else 10 do. ! can give no reason IN the
world only that happened 10 feel little sentlmen
tai. have never SAID hal been there repeatedly
and that cou d the bows fail upon her head
never. did not tell Newton and Sw,ft, ter the
interview IN May, that ] perfectly satisfied
with smiths explanation.
AFTERNOON.
Mrs. ". S. Abel stated tnat she resides in Dis
trct No. ?. st Adams hill and that she became
acquainted with Miss Ball when she came there TO
commence her school. L think it the 18th OF
May. She came there to board with me. | am not
acquainted with George u. smith. Mr. smith |
stood up Witness said he never called at her
house. have heard that he came there and came |
IN without rapping. IL is false.
Cross EI0miHec.-I have heard that George Smith
insulted Miss Ball at a dance in bAkersfeld-thnk
il was the winter before. Cannot state when il was
Mrs. Albert Clarke told me at my house. Mrs.
Clarke said she had heard that Smith insulted Miss
Ball al Bakersfield. she expressed no opinion
about IT. She made no inquiry about Smith, ana
she said nothing against smith.
". S. ABEL
testified that he is not much acquainted with Geo.
Smith.
he did not, in ls7i come to my house 10 my
knowledge. have since heard rumor that he
did, and have always denied IL.
DR.. BRANCH RECALLED.
suppose Geo. Fall has three sons in California
Suppose thattwo Of them live with the family The
Oldest, Douglass, is married. Don't Know any |
thing about their peeunisry ability or means. / |
nave not seen handkerchief picked up near the |
scene OF the murder. that had Geo. >mitls name on
II; / have seen one that hal blood on it, and the |
name ingram" have never connected smiths /
name with il.
Cross Eranlined.- have cen told nv b. F. Rurg
that he loaned Mr. Ball s2, 10 get away with He |
said il was sfterwsrd sent 10 hi N by the bows. II
The witness stated that WI ne thou yht The rnur-
der was conlnitted by psreon of some refinement |
was because he ia.s out and washed the body.
BI.cHsD wIcR
testified tia, he cans n h. al 10 p.L..e.ts ~