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

murder soon A'et "a. md Others were DESTROYS that
| Gel sInlth snould be inVesusA'eI' aSa.tsd Ia
Mr.. smith and tod my business SD hestsr come in
- - an scco. Mt Of themselves. IVoAee 80
| Ma smiths diary, whlch was hePs 80, ~
and in the diary ioutd an eniy MAJ Of took, on
- .lning a friend by the bame "a So' ~
Tbuisdav Friday and Saturday o. the weeh VI ~
,n-,er a.ked MT. Smita 10 tel me nov ny. nc ~
snf.rtsining his friend on Friday anu nc wsid.n
81 -. .sre playing billiards al inc "eISen
Inss from TO 4 IN the afternoon, a!tei Wsa -,
'-,srd went INTO the barber SHOP anu SnlsH Thav
M, 10 m, uarlOr 10 see Miss Malte .Ieie. ~
-, ~ ,r.,t "a smiths house, and IN Tue eNen.s
c1ne down to the Weldon to Dance. 1S pIr 80
,rl.nd a smiths To write 10 COok anu asA ~
~, ~ 80, tnal Friday and he got letter st4tns
ne spent ~ tanfirliy as smith had told them To
| ne mi. listed me and nearly ever! .y1' 81
went A ew who seemed 10 thlnk thA1 ~, ~
.huuid be made an example OF. M. On, go ~
| r.f.d At me because cid not nave "a puoIle a.,
smin,tlon. | became perfectly .Atsneu .. n..
.'s innocence and 50 reported TO the se!eetnen
| and ,tuers. ! know Burr e4Arh' "
| uixsest humbugs III the county,
cos, Eruninsd by G. c. Noble.-N0ne oil an.
smtth,s lnlnlIy ever told me to MAKE the
ron OF George light. never hAu any az ss,sr
- - smith IN egard to this matter until aIteI
| I hsd ren.rted TO the selectmen hearu iePott
NJ / mad received $1,000 for letting Dec. ou1.
of do not reca any oody but 'll. 10, pa ss nor Mt
red A punilc examination Ar. snitn nas .U a.
III ,einitaut about giving an account oi himself 10
nei - william then read two letters which were ad
an, 49,, ,,.. Of the seectmen and sad he was
.itf-n- nat tie letters were the production o.
| HENRY BALLARD, ESQ.,
| ,.s.,eod that there was handed TO him on FRIDAY
| sst lettvr 10 retain HIM 10 pr secute george
S-,,,b f,r fhe murder OF Marietta BALL. asking me
10 see that the investigation was postponed un.,.
| the -lst OF August. OL MONDAY leeei,eu 80
N e..lu- INIT ton from tie se4tetiheA 70 eye W
-. nd came on immediately. found thAt III!
letrer ..,s IN the same handwriting as those feeeN
| Ell h, the selectmen. Ine selectmen sAtsneu lhe
/ f.f Fbaf ,
| BuTr Clsrs. 1 know Burr Clark somewhat ana
| lhIrk his reputation decidedIy below Psr'
JOHN NEWTON,
e-s. s-.ctuar. test fled that he first heard George
| smiths name IN this connection rom ueor-e a.
| B.lla-d ght or ten days after the hutuef' ne
| mad Mr. Lltlefie.d. deceive from BOSTON, mere
and he asked HIN to his best endeaYors 10 mo-
| M y,hst there vas OF It. lie did so and came 10
| the conclusion there was nothing OF u. ne hau
- on lons,d into every circumstance, ana ne
| doubted j. there WAS one man IN hVe huhulsu VIZ
could show u stronger abb than ueOi &c u. ny
ss eetmen lad been often Importuheu 10 nav S.t'ti
| av ,n,fr-d but he could no reason ior IL the!
| mad never asked the detectives 10 DELAY OF pass
| - - close the examination; had done all they
con Id Ia ferret out the criminal and nothing c-uil
be more !ase than that they had eonhAed tAe.i eA
animal NJ to parties on the NIL. In reply 10 "
Rrapch witness said that after the meeting on the
hill wa. called he had sad that smith Hai neI'eI
| have An examination. In reply 10 DIT. None, ne
| aid be attended that meeting and there saw u
Branch who told hun that he had often Detn y tne
scene OF the murder. day and night, and that the
sonnt oftna mans cudgel as he struck the shed
| over his head was sounding IN his ears stu:
| TIr Branch here explained his remarks ABOUT the
anfhorlfies saving he only meant 10 alIude TO now
| illy we were prepared here 10 deal win sueh
crime. The latter part Of the c9nvefsaton as stated
| bv Mr. Newton he Id not recoIlectl
4 nave seen the Burr clark letters and the clerk
| on The steamboat told US that Burr CLARK handed
| the letters TO nm.
CT. SWIFT
w,s one Of the seectmen OF ST. Adams "a July lssi
| .,gFf r.ra
| 1r three weeks after the murder. There was ru-
NOR that Smiths wagon was on the hilI that cay;
| eacon stevens told me tina. i-orace hevolr t9!u
him about IT, | started Immediately and louhd ne
yo7r and he rold Us that he heard the story from
| BRIDGET Curley. We raw her and Investigated the
| matter Miss Curley's testimony here varies from
Mai she told me only in particular. She told
| ms when she met the team hrst sne could mol tell
| whether the man was a black man or white man
heard iumor that eeoIse stnitn naa oee pee Il. 70
Mr.. Abelrs house when Miss Ball was there, and We
Investigated the matter and Mr.. Abel told Us ne
| mad never been there. / think dozen men were
EMPLOYED hy the town in the investigation KNOW
mar tieorgs Ballard, D. H. Bailey, ). d. Soue, PARK
| pavjs H. T. Adams Mr.. Simpson, Elisha Burgess,
| Mr. Littlefeld, MIR. Halbert. Mr.. Morrill, and M
wilson were employed.
rbe weather on Monday and Tuesday after the
murder as rainy, think. The search was deferred
this account.
| ALBERT CLARKE
testified as follows In regard to the testimony o.
! Mr. and slrs Abel would say that my vile an
there at the request OF Inc aulno!ltlte, Anu
| Mr. Flanagan. Suspicion was then running aSalnst
Mr. Page and it was desired that some lady should
consult with Mrs Abel, and Mrs. Clarke on being
asked agreed 10 do so. She and went there lor
maj nurrose and no other. MIR. Clarke said that
he had recei we'd letter substantially IKE the barl
Clark letters which he declined TO puoiish anu
handed over TO M Adams. -,
The testimony On the part OF the government
closed hare.
TESTIMONY FOR The DEFENSE.
GUY C. NOBLE testified Had shown Mr.. Flsna-
gan their ofice botter, which showed where Mr.
Smith was on that day also that he had written TO
Mr. Cook If Yale College, who was with him, and
had recei ed a reply, which he exhi tited and was
entirely satisfactory; that he had advised against
a pubic examination, because he did net wish TO
gratf, the malice Of men who had started the ru-
NOR believing that they des red TO subject Smith 10
a newspaper notoriety. Last spring smith arranged
to 20 t. Europe and then the story started that he
was going 10 escape examination. witness then
concluded that be had better have one, and has SO
advised h m since.
Inns CoFlIss testified as follows. On July o. |
is.4 was clerk in the Office OF Noble Smith |
made the entry on the register of that date refer
red TO- ! made that entry on July "a. ls7i Re
freshing my recollection from this memorandum
can cay that Mr. Smith was with his friend on July
q. a and ?. 1874 80 49,
The inquest then adjOurded until nine O'Clock !
Wednesday morning.
MORNING SESSION, July 81
JoHv HowARD testified that he handed the Burr
Clark letter 10 Mr.. Kellogg; that il was handed TO |
h m by he clerk Of the boat from Plattsoursh Who
n
WuIIAN H. iiuSr-I am acqua inted with George |
G. smi h, aud knew Miss Bali ny sight. On July |
p, 1874 the afternoon, between } and o'clock;
| met Mr.. smth at the Weldon House and stald
with him Tor halt an hour. About o'clock leit |
him to keep another engagement. lie told ne That |
he was wAtln. for his friend Cook who was in the |
barber shop We were talking about party that l
vas 10 take place that evening at the Weldon given
uncer the auspices Of the Arbor Vitae Club. had |
su engagement that afternoon at O'Clock with Mr. |
EDDY in regard to the refreshments for the party |
and 1 am thereby enabled to fix the time when saw |
smith, as when LETT him, went TO zee Mr.. EDDY. |
Mr. smith when | LETT him, WAS going TO call on /
Miss waite at the Weldon. saw him next about |
o'clock that evening when he and his sisters ar
rived At the party. Mr. Cook, Mr.. Jencks and Mr.. |
smiths brother were with hn when he caine IN. |
and was standing at the door Of the room with |
my mother and MIS-. stranahan. can state pol |
lively that 1t within Oue-hali an hour oi four |
O'Clock that met him
Cross-eramined-My attention was first called to |
this matter within week Of the murder. Mr.. |
Smith asked me about Il when they were arIestng |
everybody right and LETT. aud told him ttat | |
could testify his whereabouts on the afternoon
Of the day of tie murder, and he could return the
compliment. The records OF the hrbor VIA club |
shows that this party was held on July "a, le74 |
Mr. Lavender also has some memoranda that likes |
the date of the party on that day.
ROBERT COOK,
captain of the Yale boat Reside in Pennsy Iva
MIA Have been in New Haven, Conn, the past |
two or three years, at Yale College. Have known |
Geo. q Smith three or four years formed his ac- |
quaintance through his brother EDWARD, who IS
Smiths in July 1874 was there on the 2ith OF July,
1874. Remember going 10 the Welden HOUSE that |
afternoon with Mr. Smith. Played biiliards, ana
STAYED around the Weldon House from TIL nearly |
O'Clock. when sMr. Smith; expressed his intention |
10 cali on Miss Waite. | vent to the house and he
came shortly a!terward 81, , 4 IL,
about o'clock, also MIR. jerks and all the family
Mr. jerks trunk had not arrived, and we had some |
fun over rigging him out for the party george |
Smith and some Of the others rugged him out with |
some Of the Governors clothes. / remember tnis |
being the oath, because the dance was that night
| remember Mr.. Smith tGeo. u introouceu ue ~
the party that night.
cror, Eramfned.-My attention was called 10
these Circumstances by ar Mobiles letter sometime
anr1ng the winter. cannot tell where eitheI DiI.
Smith or nv self were on saturday, went 70 chulen
w Sunday. cannot tell where We were or what we
" are doing on Monday. Have seneiAi iae 11
Of where was during this time but can not ,sl.
=. tnniarly of nv own recollection. Heard Of the
P,rJsr on SUNDAY at the house. There was good
6a.I ~ excitement in town. Was not up on the
NIL with lieo smith during my stay here last sum
mer. .ryxnry
bome the oath OF July. "a. attending to
the otice. Saw George smith that forenoon so1ut
II O'clock drive up to the door win el.neI
Miss Waite or Miss , SJ gr oSs about there
nosr Of the afternoon with Mr.. VIM Hunt, Lleot.
Isnoint and Mr.. Cook. About O'Clock M COOK
out of the barber snSp rrs .ss stairs He
aid he would not wait ior him. About hall past
Ave George came down and inquired where Cook
was, tod him he had gone home
CrossEramlsed.-The figures on my diary ana
reyister about the office and my memory all snow
Jsas AZ home Cat Gay. The entries on my regis
ter are in my hard writing. and show that was al
home that day. S..,,, l., e..
capacity Of butler; knos Mr.. Jents and ny. COOK:
They were at GOV. Smith's on the 2ath OF July.
remember MI. jerks trunk had not arrived, ano
We had to furnish q suit Of eEess clothes. Seorge
and Mr. Jerks after dinner selseted some OF Aa9tef
Georges and some Of Gov BmitaI dress CLONES,
and rigred Mr., jerks out for tbs party. Aaetef