St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-07-09
The Murder of Miss Ball.

! the ;ttlOclOll@ lIIIlliicl Il wear ago al ~
( ilhans of Miss Ball. the school teacher;
also that her murderer has not been
this tragedy. DR.. Branch. II phy stefan
of the same town. WAS called from his
house ut midnight, on the plea that :,
sick person needed his Immediate ut
lrntion. and when he came ont to get
his horse to respond to this call. he WIS
mur,icrously assaulted. hut recovered
from his injuries. After this assault,
DIR. Branch added Il large sum three
thousand dollars. We think to the le-
for the apprehension of the murderer OF
Miss Ball. But nearly Il year has gone
10y. and the murder is ;ls much Il mN>-
terry to the public as ever. y week
ago Saturday IL public meeting WAS
called at the scene of the murder. bi
notices posted i'll the three school dis
triciS nearest the place. About lot
people assembled. elected Il moderator
and organized. The Burlington !Schti-
mel SAY of this meeting:
/ The sclcctmcm and constable of ST.
/ AlbanS. Justice Farl>WoIth and several
lawyers were also present. ! union
Investigating >nclrtN WIS ol@HmlIcd. and
i yiuiI1uc,. committee. vyus formed. Dr.
+ Branch. an AGED rh>slri;m vino Is Sis
prrted of being half cIaIcd. WAS then
,.,lI,d rn,u fan, r,.u,u,kS and ,,mm,ur-
ed I,, .,,..,l, IN. ,,f tI,. r,ur,I., th.t WIS
,.,,unittrL ON This spot :, wear ,n,. lie
.I.,d that this .,i>u,i,iinu ~. farm
eel. and if WAS rather = wonder To him
/ that Sum,thiu, of the Kind had mot hr,u
dam, h,t,,r,. Grim. was :, c,,u,u,r
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lI"adlcl still accused Walter Ahri IF
the murder. Mr. fHIm>M"Ith replied
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AN lhiS"' ne eNP''''" inc attempt l"
ImPlIcHtc Mr. smith VIII" Is il son al
cx-G"v. smith. and Il lawyer of that
ri,c, with this FAM murJ,r L.,. c.,u.-
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mas 'i"'Sh' "''' the "''"N M nom MI
Smith, under date of July 3:
ErvH,mru Whereas. certain vii,
and outrageous fals.hond<. ,.unucctium
my name with the murder of Miss Mari
eta Ball have been, set atioat. and fn,
months past have been steaItbilI dis
s,miuate,I and PROMULGATED by pcl,uu>
/ who for the last three wears have filled
the atmosphere of this place with tn.
malicious vilitication, SANDER and de
fanlatiom from base motive, we'll under
stood in this community : hereby. in
( the most uuuuaIIticd m,i,uer DENY e,ch
every one and all such minors as ,hso-
lutrIv baseIess and uttcriy false and
,v,,y my ,uti,. iuu,c.,,.o of an ,I,,,.,,
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/ NatclN cleared my self before. the urourr
authorities and to their entir, s,tiSfoc-
zion proved tbc im,mssiLilitv nf th,.
slightest compIicity in fine tr,urdy /
do now demand and insist AZ nv s,r,rd
rirht FLAT :, nul,ir inIeStimitinn ~.
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nst rnnveuient DIV and L.r.I,, ,hai
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i, ~ nn,, .,.t u" '',e
"l evidence Wlirh dii"rilN on indirectly
tends t" crlmlnate or throw suspicion