Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-11-21

IJurGd than those who swallow Rafferty,
poison. Rafferty, actually takes the brea
out of the mouths of women and chidre
the swells ut the Fifth Avenue, it is true
kill themselves, bat is the world any til
, worse for it? If liquor can be kept from
the laborers great point is made-by III
J raging the swells against the movement,
big risk is taken that it will fail entirely
At the Aston last Sunday, regular drink
er at that bar found it closed. "Step int
No. g." whispered the attendant VIII
} stood there to direct the regular customers
II wish to God, No. could be closet
too" was the response of the victim. Blu
he went and took his drink all the same
and after two or three was cursing tin
League as heartily AS though he hpd al
interest in liquor.
THE TROUBLES OF LIFE INSURANCE sWIND
LERS.
Thank heaven, the courts of New Yorl
can no longer be said to favor rich swind
lers while they are severe upon lesser
ones. The respectable life insurance
fraud is now upon the same level with the
sawdust swindler, and gets the same pen
allies Gilman, the forger, is serving ou
his time in the penitentiary, and now
Robt Il. Case, one of the most intensely
respectable" business men of the cily
has been found guilty of perjury, and on
Friday morning was sentenced to the
State Prison. Case was the president OIL
the defunct "Security'' Life. When the af
fairs of the rotten concern were eXamin.
ed, it was found that Mr.. Case had sworn
to Il cash balance of nearly million. when
in fact Il few hundred only were found.
lie had sworn to all sorts of mythical as
| sets, and in short by sheer, force Of swear
ing to false statements had kept the swind-
lie shop going for long while. Mr.. Case
is an old man, and put in the plea that he
signed and swore to the statements with
out examining them, and that he knew
nothing at all about them. But the court
very properly held that that had nothing
to do with it. lie had sworn to IL certain
condition OF things which did not exist,
and it was perjury. Cases lawyer made
pitoous appeal to the jury, begging
mercy for u respectable old man, who
stood high in society and all that, but the
jury were grimly reminded that this res.
pectablc' old gentleman had swnded
eleven thousand families, ifty-fve thou
sand women and children, and swindled
them in the meanest way possible, by tax
ing advantage Of the best impulses in
men. And they very promptly brought
him in "guity.' Allen the vice presi-
dent, also an old responsibility, will be
hauled over the Goals next, and he will
follow his chief. Then comes Lambert, of
the American Popular, and Stedwell. of
the New Jersey Mutual, when he is
caught, which he will finally, be. The
insurance frauds are now about broken up,
and the sound companies are reioiced
thereat 1t has had the effect of stopping
the business, almost entirely, but now that
he irresponsible and fraudulent concerns
are ont of the way, it will revive and the
old companies will be stronger than ever.
1IIE VANDERBILT CASE
is now fairly under way The suit was
brought by Mrs. lie Bau, one of the dauoh-
ters who refuSedlO compromise with viii
liam H., her claim being that the old man
was under undue influence in giving his
800, OOO,0 900 to one son, and that to brinr
this about William II. conspired to mis-
represent Cornelius. Scott Lord, her law
yer, admits that the Commodore, did not
like Cornelius because of his habits, but
asserts that four years before his death he
reented, and determined to make an equal
division, ut least rs between the sons. To
prevent this William employed Il man to
personate Cornelius, and frequent all the
brolhels and faro banks in the CITY. The
statement that Cornelius had reapsed was
brought to the ears of the Commodore,
who Immediately instructed William to
employ Il detective to determine the
truth Of the reports. William did en-
ploy II detective who had never seen
Cornelius, the man who was personatinr
Cornelius was pointed out to him as Cor
neius, and he was followed and all his
doings were reported to the Commodore
us those of his son. This so enraged him
thai he cut him off with the inc0mc of
and left ninc-tenlhs of the es-
tate to William. 1t also charged that the
the old man was under the control off
women, and thus William took advantage
of that fact and furnished his father with |
who were in his interest, going so
far rs to put one in his house for the old
man, and, that he might have her society
connved ut placing his
mother the Commodore first wife, in a
lunatic asylum. Finding his fllhcr in
olincd to spiritualism, he brought Wood
hull and Clatlin to him, and-but there's
100 much to enumcrate. The sum and
substance of the statement is, that the old |
man was II licentious, sensual old beast,
md that William pandered to his vices
or the purpose of controlling him, and
shutting off the other children. Public
opinion is pretty much all one way. Will.
lam II. Vanderbilt is II very unpopular
nan, while Cornelius would be popular
we're it not Tor the cscapades of his youth
md early manhood, Sympathy goes with
he contestants, for everybody believes
here must be something wrong in dis
position of an estate so mOnstr0usy out Of
proportion. The trial will last long
ime, and be one of the nastiest on record.
The contestants have II magazine of testi-
nOny which, if they can establish the half
If it, will show the old Commodore to
ave been as weak in some respects rs he
vas strong in others, and William the
most miserable pimp that ever brealhed.
But can they establish it? That s the ques-
ion. The best legal talent in the country
5 engaged. Henry i. Clinton conducts
he case for William H., and Scott Lord
nd jeremiah Black for the contestants.
t is everywhere the topic of conversation, {
nd great many people connected with
have been immortalized in the pictorial l
'apers. One Mndrcd millions of dollars
) great deal of money, and the fight !
yer it will be long and bitter. ,
ONE CENT DINNERS. a
New York is a very expensive place to
we, but one may get on very cheaply.
ow. An enterprising womanaast week S
lade some figures and decided that she il
ould make money furnishing dinners for a
cent, and she opened Il place on Grand 0
tleet, on that idea. One cent is the a
rice Of each dish-a plate of beans, u "
owl OF soup, u piece of pie, boiled cab f
age, each plate one cent. The first day fl
yer five hundred newsboys and boot Il
acks fed there, and it was curious +,
ght. One boy had twenty-five cents, e
hich was intended for admission to Il
reap theatres but when he got into the 81