St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-10-08

and he. too. remaining uncared for, un-
i'll his >iupor was slept of. and then, as
his life was drspaircd of. some days
elapsed before he was arrested and
committed to Jail.
AT the September term. lS;sI, of the
Rutland County Court. he was indicted
by the grand jury, and was immediate
" placed on trial. Charles B. Williams,
chief Justice of the supreme Court,
presiding. with Ximri Howe and y. +.
Spragur as assistant judges. The pro
Sccution WIS conducted 10y solomon
Foot. States Attorney. and f.. y. Briggs
of Brandon. and the defense 10y Andrew
Tracy of Wood>tock, and Edward +.
Hodges of Rutland. The defense en-
dcav"rcd to show that Damon was. sub
lcct To fits ui temporary insanity. and
that il w;lS inherent in the family but
of no avail. The tIial. which lasted Il
day and Il half. resulted in Il verdict of
guilty. and he WAS sentenced to Ice
hanged. Friday. February u. $50: hut
the Legislature, at the session in lS:s',
committed the sentence Ia life imprIs-
onmcnt in the State prison.
He WIS removed To the State prison,
that fall, and remained there until his
DEATH period of nearly 36 NeaIS,
thus passing more Than half his days
| within the walls of Il prison. lie. too.
| died Il violent death. On account of
! his age and inirniticS, he had been al
lowed more nr less of privileges. and 1t
is said WAS permitted to go where he
! pleased. For some time prior Ia his
death. he had been in or connected with
the hospital. and on the day Of his
death. w:i> going down The stairs there
from when he fell, and probably met
an instant death. :IS he was lIirl,S> he
fore as>i>taurc reached him. His con
/ limcmrnt amtrlatcd that of all Others 10y
/ Ii NcaIs. and there was but one Older
| person III the prison. while the neat
oldest III the order of confinement en-
tered the prison - Years after Damon.
| lie SnrNiNrd all members of the count
and the counsel connected with his lri-
al. save two y. /. SpIIgur. of Bran
don. and Edward +. Hodges now of
Boston. and oullivrd almost the mem
nrN of his crime. His death serves to
recall his story. and now both will he
again consigned to oblivion perhaps
forever HUtidnd Giobc.
WHY Nix. Lands WAS NOT Re
MOVED. President Grant has not ohlN
Il nice appreciation of hnm"r, but on
occasion Is apt at rcpaltec. During his
recent vacation at Long Branch he WAS
called to Washington on public busI-
ness. and while there WAS handed for
signature several commissions of post
masters. There were ais" presented To
him Il number nt petitions. among them
one from citizens ot Nincllnd. New
jersey. for the removal of Mr.. LIndis
from the po>tma>tcrshlp. MI. Lands,
ii will he remembered. is the gentle
man who in an informal and impromptu
manncI ''prum"tcd' Il small globe of
=, lead into the brain of Mr.. CaIruth. the
, editor of the Nincland paper. The
. President asked:
is thcrcan irrcgularity in Mr.. Ian
dis accounts ''
Not any" replied the pleasant
voiced Postmaster General.
lis the office well conducted
N" complaint on that score.
: Contemporaries habits ,!
Nothing of the kind charged
. Nv hat is the ohicction!'
= ''Thc petitioners say he is rather oh
noNiouS. and that Il change would hc
- satisfactory"
"Wrll." replied the President, with
), the slightest possible twinkle at the
| p. q. NJ. ''he doc>rnt appear To have
II done anything but IT, shoot an editor,
ANA don't see how can remove him
II on that"
# The papcI> remain on file i'll the
!, Archives of the Republic - EditOr's
Dr"wcr, in Hdrper's .Mnga-ime for Octo
bcr.