The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-26
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AN OLD RUTLAND TRAGEDY

years ago. Joseph A. Green was born in
Rutland, February "a, 1914, nine days after
his fathers murder, and having spoken of
his lite and death, we will now recall the
long forgotten circumstances of the family
history which transpired just before and
just after his birth, as CLEANED from the
published trial of the murderer, his unpub-
lshed confession, other unpublished docu-
ments now in our possession, and long ago
conversations with those who were active
| in the discovery of the crime and the pros
ecuuon of the criminal.
About nine o'clock in the evening of
Tuesday, February 10, 1914, Joseph Green,
a merchant in this village, left the store of
Doctor Thomas Hooker, situated just north
of the store now occupied by G. II. and
q. W. Cheney on Main street, on his way
home, opened the door of his store which
was near by, looked in and Immediately
| passed on, and was never again seen alive.
His disappearance created some alarm, but
it was generally supposed that he had gone
| to Boston on some urgent business which
he had not thought proper to communicate.
The next morning-Fcbruary 1G-James
| Anthony halter whose shop was situated
near the present dwelling house of Miner
| billiard, appeared on the street with sew
eral bruises and marks on his face, and, en-
| account of the different and improbable &C.
counts he gave of them, 1t was believed by
some that he had had an ARRAY with Green,
and that Green, being perhaps badly bruis-
ed and marked on the face, was keeping
out of sight, but no suspicion of murder
was entertained by any one.
| After the arrival of the different stages,
Thursday evening-February 17-it was
ascertained that Green had not gone
out with either of them, and general alarm
and suspicion was excited, and a search
made, that evening, for him, but without
any result. On Friday, February 10, q
general and more dilligent search was de-
termined upon; Anthony's hatter's shop
was examined, and he himself questioned;
his shirt was found to be bloody on the
sleeves, and he accounted for it in the same
improbable manner that he had for the
bruises on his face-namely, that he got
up in the night for q pitcher Of water,
stumbled over hat block, fell against the
door, struck his nose against the latch and
fell down stairs. In the course of the ex-
examination, Anthony was asked at what
time he went to bed Tuesday night, and
replied, s'about nine o'clock" but, on be-
ing told that light had been seen in his
shop, and noise heard there, at different
and later hours, denied that there was any
noise, and suggested that the light might
have proceeded from the fire suddenly
blazing up in the fire place.
The search continued, and Elder Will
liam M'Culler-subsequentlY pastor of the
Baptist church in Ira, from 1915 to 1919
placing his cane under one of the furnaces
In the shop, felt some hats, and inquired
why he kept hats in such place? to which
he answered that it was convenient place
6uished hat into the mouth of the furnace,
which nearly filled it, and, as the Elder tes-
titled: 81 was stupid enough to let it pass
without further examination, though my
judgment told me BETTER" and it was
not until after Green's body was found and
IN inquest commenced that an examination
OF the furnace was made, hats covered with
blood discovered and, among others, hat
identified as belonging to Green.
The search continued during the day and
was participated in by most Of the promi-
nent citizens of Standardization Osgood,
James D. Butler, DR.. James Porter, Will
liam Fay, Nichols Goddard, Eleazer Whee-
lock, Jesse Cove, Thomas Hooker, and
others-but Elder M'Culer seems to have
been one of the most active in the search.
He tells, in his testimony, that he ran his
cane, several times, into pile of wood
that was la the shop, until he felt some
thing that might be the body, and then in
sisted that the wood should be removed.
Anthony said that it had all been moved in
the morning He again put his cane in the
same place, and being convinced that it
met the body sald 81 will have this wood
" removed, l will remove 1t myself" and
started to remove it. Anthony stepped up
to prevent him, again saying that it had
been removed. M'Culler pushed him back,
and commenced removing the wood, An
thony standing by, his arms folded and his
yes fixed on the wood. The body, wrapped
and covered with cloths, was found con-
cealed under the wood, with five wounds
on the head, and several on other parts of
the body, but Doctor James Porter testified
that neither of the wounds was ~ cessarily
fatal, and that, from an examine ion of
the body, he drew the conclusion that the
| wounds were first given and that death was
afterwards brought about by choaking.
Blood was found on the door and floor
OF the finishing room" in the shop, which
showed evident attempts to wash it away
the hat of Green was found under the fur
mace, as already stated; his pocket-book in
the ashes under the CRATES his neck hand
kerchef under another furnace, and that of
Anthony, very bloody, secreted elsewhere.
A hatter's implement, called ''cooling
iron," and several small sticks of wood,
which were evidently used in giving the
blows were, also, found.
1t appeared that the Monday previous to
the murder, Anthony had stated that he
was going, the next morning, 10 Whitehall
with hats, and that he should be under the
necessity of sitting up all night to finish
them ; that, between eleven and twelve at
night, light was seen in his shop. and a