Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-04-05
The Miles Case.

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# that d,y was occupied in putting in
more evidence, nearly All Of which has
,tcn given in substance in our former &C
cunts of the burglary. DR.. Whi,temore
# Wentworth. n. H., who overlook Miles
and Curley. fully id. entitled the former, and
he prisoner WAS further identified by u
woman and her son where they stopped to
ced their horses; the woman having sent
>; them Il letter to be mailed. John Bailey
gave the story Of The escape Of Curlev from
the train, anil The engineer of the train told
how he saw Miles making off to the west
Of the train when it stopped. The prison
er was also identified by the parties at
whose housr he stopped ut breakfast the
next morning. six miles from the place Of
Curley'> capture. f. -. Virgins, the
Boston detective. told how he captured
Miles in New York
Otis Haley of Windsor prison was put
on the stand. and said that he was 4 hall
waiter at the prison; Miles gave him wax
to get the impression Of the keys. He did
50, and in three or four days got the keys;
had ladders in the yard Miles wrote him
seven or eight notes he destroyed all but
two. They were read The boys testi-
monv WAS corroborated by Others The
two notes written by Miles to the boy are
as follows:
| expect 4 Ladder toni ght, but will not
Know sure until ubout > +. NJ As soon
Us know will give you Il note. Will
either have the Ladder tonight or to- NOR
low night. Should We start tonight
thinking the Ladder is there. We will take
along the Plank and two Wosses 50 we are
doublv sure-1 notice nloror smelling
around to day-they might get uneasy rs
| have had SO many parties to see me-and
take the Precautlon to put up the Bar.
Should we try it toni chit when YOU unlock
| The pad Lock unfastcn the chine, so Won
can try the Door and make sure about the
Bar should the Bar Happen to be up YOU
will have plenty time to lock up again
Should We not make it. fix Bar again to-
might So YOU can tell if it is moved
Should we make it tonight look out and
get Your Keys in season, Ike might 90 to
bed early.
FRIDAY A. NJ. think we will be ready
to make it to night should not be able to
have some one on the wall with Ladder
What say Yea TO taking one of those long
est plank on that pile of Lumber. QIave
one picked ont 10 day. and that fullest
Horse think between Us with livlv Work
We could make it u Rope would Help Us
very much try and look up one to duV
expect they will take me away from here
tor trial next monday, but should it Hap
pen they bounce me away before | am
nearly sure TO be connected in which case
| shall be brou.ht back here in :, few DAYS
Now Nuis will YOU do this for me Law
,WaN them KEYS Somewhere where they
VIII hr crtctlv safe then about two weeks
,tt'r | -; her, We will make il tn. SAM
Wy We are To- do it now o " | will have
some one here with Ladder on the Wall |
ave III ,tr u .,r,.:t. mistake th, week in
lot having my friend here with 4 Ltll.r
md II" dep nd on Lrddrr> here. If yo,l
-tIch to me | will 1--WE YOU for your mother
Ahcn We get outside any money YOU may
Nant In the lnr:,ntitnr if We Il, not M ,k,
10 niglt. ami am bounced away Keep
yourself ali : rnIyht do not laveanv words
~ II Ike aud dn hattvrr he wants don
li.d you will have no trouble in k-cpin.
before the first Of May We will be free
good care ut Nour KEYS Aud | be- vuj.
f" hrrp all >l,ai-h. they W i'll Civ. ne
- Years ami 1t | ,,u not &c. Away it vii
All NY poor Wlf: S,r is n,N nearly era
l., over ihr troubrr Wn.r,, j., that Xt4.
; GU IN Inc Nar.i ih,t viii be GOOD Tor u.s.
The Stale rested Il; The conclusion Of put
ting in the testimony "wednesday and
when the court came in Thursday morn
ING, Mr.. Gleason, one OF rr-ppid.n, ;
counsel, mad, Il s ntriucnt reviewing wh.tl
they had 'olr. in NE case ana repe;.tin-
the >tttcm,nt N ,lt 1T lIc opening OF the
case. lie sad III arguing the motion lt
continue he iii not intend To charge his
former counsel outside Of the state witt,
any wrong OF corrupt purpose in neglect
lng his case. 1t had rather grown out OF
their want of knowledge and the practice
Of court in Vermont. A. matters stand W.
have been wholly unable to make such Il
> defence rs might have been made and
have not attempted it. But one side Of
the case has been presented and the de-
> fence do not propose 70 argue it, We hav.
no defence to offer
In regard to Miles attempt TO eScap,
from the Windsor state prison he desire,
me t. state that he did so feeling that ht
had been kidnapped and unju>ty coniinco
with no chance to prepare a defence ant
l. Il l.~
home. But it was not until he found Il full
and fair llial could not be had and that his
case was likely to be sacrificed. He now
admits that he ard his former counsel
Iabored under an erroneous impression il
suppo>ing that Il fair trial could not be ha,
in Washington county. With proper re
paration he now says he woud not ash
: for Il better court. and believes that the
application for change of venue was al
wrong.
The states attorney again stated the his
tor; of the case. repeating his belief tina
Somcrville had been faithful to Miles.
. The states attorney said: The cas-,
had been continued over one term an,
postponed to the end of the second week o
this, and full notice was given to Somcr
Vile l wrote to him about it and he mad,
no complaint about the time. stamp a
fllse any intimation that the prosecution
have forced this trial. We claim that h,
ha> had ample time
No evidence was put in on the part 0
: Miles, and no arguments We're made
Judge Redtield, bef''r" charging the iur,
briefly stated the aim of the court to hav,
been to deny the prisoner no right, anc
), showing that it WAS not owing to the cour
r. in anyway that the respondent was no
q without his defence at this term of tn
n court.
t Judge Redtield's charge to the Jury wa
most impartial, and chiefly remarkable fo