The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-12
STATEMENT OF JOHN =. pnAIR.

STATEMENT OF JOHN +. PIAIR.
Sometime last week Mrs. Freeze spoke
to me concerning the circus, and asked me
If | was going l told her l was, and asked
her if she was going she said she should
like to go, but no one wonld go with her
on account of her reputation / said, 81
had just as lief go with you as not" and
told h-r | would come after her Saturday
night at Ealf-past seven l done so after
we were seated in the circus it began to
rain | had an umbrella with me, and there
we're two Berwick house table girls in front
of US ; the tent leaked upon them and |
told them to come and sit with us under
the umbrella they done so.
After the circus was over | walked home
with Mrs. Freeze, went in and sat down a
few minutes, and then said ! must go. She
wanted me to stay longer, but l said no,
that l had got to get up early next morn
ing. Shortly after the bell rang she went
to the door and found three of her friends
from Bellows Falls she asked me if she
should let them in l said, let them into
another room and | would go home after
they came 10 | then came to the Berwick
house and went to my room to bed got
up Sunday o to dinner in the after
noon l went with my friend Barnard to
West Rutland staid there till five o'clock
and then came back to the Berwick house (;
| said to Barnard the best thing | could do
was TO go to bed he said it was too early,
but l told him / was tired out and wanted
to get up in good season; l then went to
my room and played on the harmonica !;
one of the girls anne and requested me to
come out in the hall and play for them l
went out and Joined a group of six or
eight, played a few pieces, and also on the
accordion, until balf-past nine, then retired
for the night. Monday morning l took
the accommodation train for Brandon to
the circus took dinner and supper at the
Brandon house, and took the night express
for Rutland. On reaching here | went
straight to the Berwick house and my
room slept till four o'clock Tuesday
morning; then got up, dressed myself aud
took what travelling necessaries | wanted,
in a r%eticule, with my umbrella, and came
down stairs to the office; found the porter
fast asleep in q big armchair. together
with two or three strangers / did not
disturb them, but met at the door a brake
man named Preston with a dinner pail in
his hand and walked with him TO the
depot. Right after that l had a converse
ton with a baggage master on the Rensse-
laer and Saratoga railroad. Took break
fast at the restaurant with him and the
conductor of the 4:40 train. Went through
to Boston, riding part of the way in the
baggage car with Preston, the brakeman.
Arrived in Boston at 2 p. M, and wen,
from the Fitchburg depot to the Provi.
dence depot, where / waited until the $3.50
train for Providence. Staid in Providedce
over night; took meals at a restaurant and
lodged at a lodging.house near the depot.
Left there in the morning for Boston took
the $3.50 train from Boston that afternoon
for Rutland, and was arrested at Cuttings
vile by Officer Crawford.
The prisoner further stated that he was
at work for Mansfield 81 Stimson, where
his tool-chest was now he had boarded al
the Berwick house for the past eight weeks.