Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-09-22

The Barre Bank Burglary.


MINIS MAKES srirr rfGm AGAINST COMM
10 vEIMONT-rARrtCuGAR or ritF rRorrfp
tNGs-A roRrioN or MILES usruHn
The wholesome dread Of Vermont Justice which
was displayed by Kingsland and led him to pre-
fer the certainty Of eight years in Sing Sing, Ia
the chances Of trial in Vermont, seems toagtatc
the bosom Of Miles to even greater extent and
causes him to make an energetic fight against
falling into the custody Of our officers In our
last weeks issue we gave a brief account Of the
hearing before Judge Donahue, and We are now
able 10 present our readers with the particulars Of
all that has transpired relative to the case
TIM REQupnoN AND ARREST
Mr. Dillingham;, Governor rccl's private secrc-
tary, as well as the States Attorney forWashington
county having obtained a rcquisition from Gov
cmor Peck, based on afidayits from Mr. Charles
A King and Others proceeded to Albany, had an
interview with Governor Tilden, and obtained
from him warrant for the arrest Of George
Miles and his delivery to John Bailey Jr., to be
taken to Vermont. The arrest Of Miles has al
ready been recorded in this paper By the law Of
New York, which many think is unconstitutional,
prisoner arrested upon a requistion warrant
must be left in the custody Of the county sheriff
tweuty-four hours before he can be taken out Of
the state, be shown a copy Of that warrant boy
that officer, and informed Of his legal rights
Mile. at once retained Mr.. William A. Beach,
nltons counsel, and that gentleman caused o.
writ of hab,ns corpus 10 De served upon sheriff
Couuor commanding him 10 produce the body of
George Miles before Judge Donahuc Of the SUI
preme Court sitting in chambers and tu show 10y
what authority he held him n custody This writ
was served upon the sheriff on Monday, Septcm.
Der 9Th, but the hearing. owing to the want OF
preparation ON both sides, was postponed I'm Mon
day, the 18th By this time the sheriff had made
answer that be held the body of George Miles Dog
authority Of % warrant issued By Governor tldor.
and countcr.igucd 10y the Governor private see
rotary. which directed him 10 arrest Miles aud de
h,crhimi into the custody of John Bailey. Dr. Mr.
Beach tnycrscd the answer 10y the plea that Oh,
name Of the man held was George Miles and
mot George Miles. and that the rcqui.iion paper.
were legally defective A funny thing about the
traverse was that although il claimed Miles real
uamo to Dee George T. yet The writ Of hob,as core
pHs wa. sued out in the name Of George Miles
rnE HAuF,s conrrs uE,RNGs
From what appeared ia the course Of the pro-
cccdings, there could be mo- doubt that tho whole
thing was q sham, and that the only object Ia oh
tanning writ was 10 get Miles out ou hail i'm some
way so that he might be- arrested on some other
case ON which there WIS no proof against him
and thus eventually regain Dis liberty Mr.
Beach s tactics al through were those of petit
logger fathcrihan great lawyer buthis cunning
did not avail much ON Monday TIE 1lth the
parties met Judge Douahue in chambers. our side
being all ready 20 go ON Mr. Dillingham; To-
turned tu Vermont immediately after the writ oi
b1ie9s o1lm had been obtained by Mr. Beach
and got the witnesses together who eould identify
Miles thc question Of Identification being the oulS
issue, as he supposed. uu Saturday. the llh
instant, the following persons len Vermont and
New Hampshire, for New York. To attend the
hearing Mr. Dillingham; State Auditor Perrin Mr.
Josiah Smith Che clerk of the American House.
in Montpelier whore Miles stopped, "a day or two
before the robbery under the name OF Leonard
Mr. Chas , King the c-hicrof the BARRE Bank
Mr. John Bailey lr Mr. g. & Grreu the COM
ductor on the train which Mlc- len So suddouly
after Nphonso- had jumped Mr. Svaync.
Che station master ia West Rumuoy, H.. and
Mr. Cook. farmer 10 Grotou, y H. nc whose
house Miles ate breakfast the morning after
leaving the train. and To- conversation with whom
he showed hi. thorough unacquaintance with Bos-
ton from which be claimed 10 hail ON learning
that Miles had engaged Mr. Beach, Mc.srs Perrin
and Dillingham; engaged Mr. William Allen But
lcr, one Of the leading commercial lawyers Of the
Metropolis. to aid them, and his services proved
very valuable The Vermont side was also aided
by District Attorney Phelps and one Of his as
sisauts. Mr. Lyons. and by MFR Almon Goodwin
ot the great law firm of Naudepocl, Green and
Cunning the shcri1s counsel
The headquarters Of the Vermont party were at
the Westminster Hotel
On Monday, Mr. Beach requested continuance
Of the case till the next morning, alleging as a
reason tho illness OF one Of his witnesses with
cholera norbus. Our side opposed this, and Mr.
Beach then kindly allowed US to go ahead This
Mr. Butler declined to do, not caring to disclose
our case I'LL he had seen what Mr.. Beach had to
ofcr
on Tuesday morning the hearing was begun
before Judge ponahue Mr. Beach made no point
as to any defect in the papers, but addressed
the court saying that he wished TO take testimony
'N the matter Judge ponahue said that If they
"'sl'" " "'"o tes'inony' 'hey must return 70
''''''gl ioo" ana t'ke &c amongst themselves
,'''o ''' ''ul. ''uluh spend the ume' ana come
"'u' ",'n ''ey Nau any III" points 70 decide
S,N l'9 S"'c"u |'''s Immediately
"Fo' ''''' ..e Ieullns-room' After trying
,,.,,,l pump our sue "'u, no result he put MT
iNiiiIEudm upon tNe stand, and examined him In