Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-02-25

- /, taxing tuose ''
he statistics for them happened to De
readily accessible. These years repre-
.en, an interval Of twenty-seven years
or nearly generation. The expenses
of the judiciary and Of prosecuting crime
in 1871, including salaries OF judges
and reporters, jury and witness debentures'
criminal prosecutions before magistrates IN
ouests. etc. sheriI7s clerks and state
attorney : accounts, Jail expenses and ms
cellaneous.n were S39, SO4.34. For lo'4
these expenses were about eight times as
great. the exact figures not being gwen.
Criminal expenses. inquests, sheriff : anu
clerks fees and all expenses in lo4'' were
el5 s34 j.. and in 1874, 66,O996O. Inc
expenditure for criminal proceedings be-
fore magistrates for the entire State IN
ls4- were S2.572.74. In Rutland county
alone these expenses in 1874 were oTer twice
that amount. These expenses went up IN the
,wenty-seven years, in Addison county
from sll7 in ls47, to 1926 in 1874, Rut-
land county from Sla2 to @5,2o2, Bennins-
ton county. SIP, to S94i, Washington
comfy from SI69 to SI,362-
In Is47. sixteen persons were convicted OIL
crimes punishable by imprisonment 10 the
State prison, Of these one was from Rutland
county. five from Chittenden, three IRON
Franklin. two each from Washington ard
Oranre. and one each from the counties OF
WiDlham. Orleans and Essex. In Io't'
there were thirty-fye such convictions, and
these were distributed among the several
counties as follows Rutland, three Asii-
son. six Bennington and Windsor, three
each Caledonia, five Chittenden and
Windhau. four each Washington, Orange
and Franklin, two each, and Essex one
In 1917. there were sixty-eisht conviet' IN
the State prison. VIZ for murder, two as
sault with intent to Kill, three rape two ,
arson. thee. polygamy, two counterfeit
Ing. sir forgery. six. burglary, ten horse
stealing. seven, larceny and ' theft, TWEEN
,y-two obtaining goods under false pre-
fences. Two: and one each for receiving
stolen goods, and for impeding an officer
In 1874 there were eighty-fye conyicis IN
tie STATE pri-on-all except one having been
convicted since 1854, and save four since
January !, ls6s-ior the following crimes
Murder. five: assault with intent to Kill,
i've manslaughter. four, rape, four adu4-
terry, four attempt to commit rape one
arson, five forgery, three perjury, one
burglary. twelve having burglars tools.
one highway robbery, one burglary and
larceny, one horse stealing, eleven larceny,
twenty-five and breaking Jail, two.
The sixty-eisht conyicts, in lSi77, cost the
state Sj,972 more than they earned, while
he eghtv-f,e conyicts, in 1874, earned the
State $2,33l.33 more than they cost This
j, the neare,, 20 a bright side Of the picture
The rest affords a gloomy comparison. The
figures given show that with an Increase OF
70 per cent in population, in the > year
there was an increase Of p per cent in
amount OF crime, as represented by the CON
yictions and that with an increase ofabout
30 per cent in the 7ealth Of the state as
represented hy the Grand List, there has
Jeea an increase of seven or eight hundred
per cent in the cost of the courts and prose
cGtion Of criminals.
Special Counsel Broaiheai occupied sa-
turday mornings session Of the Babc0ck
trial at s.. Louis, with review Of the
evidence; contending thai all tue tracks
lead in the same direction, 10 a certainty Of
Babe5ck'- guilty connection with the ring
ridiculing the idea that Babcock, with his
large experience, should be a victim Of mis-
placed confidence: and telling the Jury be
had full confidence that they would render a
verdict in accordance with their convictions,
and thar they must crush out corruption,
wherever they found it. Mr.. Storrs began
his argumen. fJr Babcock in the afternoon,
and finished it On Monday. Mr.. etorrs nd
iculed the evidence and character of the wit
ness Everest. who, he argued, was evidently
fooled by joyce in the matter OF the bank
bills asserted 20 have been sent in letters.
He took up, one by one, the dispatches al
legged to have passed between Babcoch and
Joyce and Mcdonald, and maintlined that
there was nothing in them inconsistent with
the theory Of Babcock : innocence, arguing
that the eyidenee-eyeu the dispatches
showed that B4bcock was ignorant of the
dOings Of the ring, and 50 could not have
been one Of the conspirators.
The House Of Representatives has passed
one bill-the Fertilization Appropriation
bill-which effects a real retrenchment 1t
reduces the expenditures under this head
from three millions and a halt. to three hun
bred and fifteen thousand dollar>-a saving
of over three millions This is the best
piece Of practical economy which has been
tried during the present session, and !, in
happy contrast with the attempts to cripple
the army and degrade the diplomatic service
And it Is an interesting fact that the man
who carried it through Is not a Democrat,
bat leading Republican, namely, William
\. Wheeler of New York, who 50 entirely
commands rAe confidence of the House that
hi explanations were accepted without
question and liz bin passed without debate.
How conscience makes coward> Of the
>l.rewde>t, - shown BY the case Of WiuSlow.
The furger o. had carefully studied up
iLe ext-aiiiisn treaties but it needed only
carele>> reply of the steamship captain
I, tie ,hrr; that he believed there was an
ertradi;iJn treaty with Holland. to upset all
hi PLAN. The case also shows how diff
cult it j. nowadays for rogues to run away
from justice, when The officers of justice are
IN earnest about their capture Winslow
would have been put outside of Holland a.
3 suspicious person, if he had gone there.
sud outside Of Germany, he would have
been subject % arrest and extradition.
The evidence ir the Babcock trial shows
al least tits much. that Gen Babcock had 4
suspicious intimacy with members of the ST.
Louis whiskcy ring. His counsel have prom
ised 10 show that no money was sent TO
him, and explain the testimony Of Everest
as trick On the part of Joyce They call
attention to the fact that joyce did not place
the letter supposed by Everest to contain
moneyYpriyately in the postoffce, as was
natural IN case OF such criminal act. but
he got 81 900 bill, paraded two envelopes
to Babcock and Avery, pretended
To put money IN each,and sent them by Ever
eat to the mail This was to convince the
distillers, through Everest, of their security.
u Is claimed that il WAS an atternrt =, xscri