The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-11-23

after, Mr.. Clamplin left for Essex, dur
ing the month of June, became more
frequent: Chainplin generally came
home saturday night and left Sunday
afternoon or Monday morning; saw
that Smiths visits lasted generally as
late as twelve o'clock Mt night. Smith
sometimes came twice or three times In
one day. Previous TO June, Mrs.
Champlin worked In the millinery store
Of Mrs. Warner and came home rs
late as nine or ten O'Clock, sometimes
alone, sometimes with Mrs. Warner, Mr..
Smith and Mrs. Fisher. Smith fire.
quenily came home with her; before
Champlin left for Essex he did not come
into the house, but afterwards came in
and visited with Mrs. Champlin; at
other times he came right in, met Mrs.
Champlin in the hall and had some,
what might be called demonstrations of
affection, sitting close together with his
arm on the back of her chair: at one
time sitting in the back door with his
arm around her; had watched them to
see what they were doing. Sat one
night TO watch them when Smith came
early in the evening and left between
one and two O'Clock; another night, sat
up to see when Smith left, and heard
them go out of the front room, and he
went on the roof and saw them sitting
in the doorway. with their arms about
each other. One evening they were
in The front room some time. then went
TO the back part of the house. where
they remained some time. The next
morning as he came through the back
room, he noticed that the floor was lit
tered with feathers. These visits were
nearly all before Mrs. Smiths death.
AT one time heard Mrs. Champin ask
how that felt, and Smith said that it felt
good. The 3lst of August, Mrs. Cham
pin left for Middlebury, and has not
been in Ncrgennes since. She has four
children; the Oldest sixteen. the Young
est about four. On cross-examination,
said he was twenty-seven years old !;
knew the box of arsenic was there until
his tool chest was moved away, when
| his brother went to Essex; did not re-
member having il in his hand after about
the lst of April; they were miscellane-
Gus tools; the only time Mrs. Champlin
ever went to the chest was after the LIST
of April, to get n hammer; kept it in
his room; was willing any one but the
children should go TO the chest for tools {;
saw no improper familiarity between
Smith and Mrs. Champlin previous TO
June; the oldest boy was away about n
month; talked with Champlin about
keeping the children away from the ar
senic, in the presence of Mrs. Champlin !;
worked for Smith at odd times two or
three times the past summer; the con-
versation about the arsenic was very
soon after moving into the Scott house,
the lst of April; his brother said he had
better put his medicines or poison into
a room where it would be safe; brother
advised him TO burn up his arsenic /;
Mrs. Champlin said put ii away where
the children will not get it; his room in
the Scott house was up stairs; there
were three or four rooms in the lower
part of the house; when he saw them
sitting in the back door he was on the
roof of the same building overhead; the
night was quite dark; they We're ten or
twelve feet below him; went to the edge
of roof saw them with their arms
around each other; the conversation re-
terred to was in July or August, in the
latter part of the evening; was doing
some kind of work; they were sitting
only six or eight or ton feet from him I;
he had no light, and was not going
about slyly.
The next witness was Mrs. f. b.
Stewart; lives in Vergennes and is the
wife of Smiths late business partner
, watched with Mrs. Smith the night be-
fore she died; Mrs. Warner, Mrs. Sc
CUR and Mr.. Stewart came to stay; DR..
Arthur came and gave directions about
medicine, etc; soon saw they could not
follow the doctors directions. She
thought the doctor ought to know it;
went to Smiths room between / and
- and told him how his wife was: said
she thought she would not live till
morning. Smith seemed distressed,
and said he wished he might not see
his wife again; she went for the doc
tor and returned with her husband !:
Smith came down about five in the
morning, just before she and her hus-
band left; was not there when Mrs.
Smith died; Mrs. Champlin stayed in
the house and slept with Mary, Smiths
daughter, in room adjoining Mrs.
Smiths room. Mrs. Smith said her
stomach was full and the medicines in
creased her distress; the preparation of
beef tea was kept on table in the kitch-
en-; was prepared about o'clock. Mrs.
/
Warner gave her the first dose; the
doctor and Mr.. Smith prepared it. On
cross-examination said: She did not adj
minister the medicine, but was near
the bed and heard Mrs. Smith say her
stomach was full, etc; Smith told her,
W When ~, she went TO ms room; where to
ma Inc ooc'or' ana not see Mrs: Cham-
pin aftcr she retired for the night.
Mrs. Nellie Fisher testified that she
resides III Nergenhes was at SMITHS
Ihnrsday ana fr,day' ana twice Sat
uruiy, anu When MIS-. Sihith aled; saw
MIS-; Ni'amplih mere; MIS-. oegur, her
,nol'ier, MIS-: iiih9es, MIS-. Gorham,
MIS- ,haiiipiln ana MI onith were
present Whel sile u,eu was mere sun
uh!, Just before before aafk; again IN tne
evening" e1 I.;.g snT ana Mrs. ohanpIih watch