Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-03


In THE County Courts In the Windsor
county court, Henry Babeock, 50 yCars ole.
a man Of wealth and an active church men,
Der, was found guilty on an indictment i,r
an attempt to burn his mill in PJniret,
early last Fall. with the intent to delraud
the Windsor County Mutual Fire Insurance
Company, who had an insurance on the
premises, and was sentenced to six years in
rumsellers were fined sums ranging from
$40 to $50 each, and three OF them, I'M
able TO pay, were sent to the House OF Cor
rectiOr, one for about one hundred days, ore
Tor POO and one for 400.
| In the Orange county court, Albert Chal
mers, of Newbury, was sued by the fither
OF a girl whom he had seduced and who
died in childbirth. and was mulcted in ssh
| damages.
ALBuRGu.-Several DAYS ago it was briefly
announced that Clarissa A. Bennett, of
Alburgh. had been sent to Grand Isle
county jail for assaultiug the little daugh-
ter of Abbie 0'Connors. The particulars
of this case will be found interesting.
Clsrissa A. Bennett, the prisoner, is VIC
man about twenty-five years, oi age, snd with
| two si.ters, brother and her mother. re-
sides adjoining the premises of the O'Con-
nors Some time last Summer Sheriff Soule
had occasion to make several arrests in this
neighbGrhood. and among those arrested
tor an alleged placing Of filth In q well
were some of the Bennett family Out of
this arrest grew bitter luminosity. On
the 23l day of November last, the child,
who is about IL years of age, was passing
down the road near where the Bennett
woman was standing. The Bennett woman
accused the child of telling lies about her,
which the child denied, whereupon the
Bennett woman, with a heavy paint pail
which she had in her hand, dealt the girl
heavy blow on the side. seized the child and
squeezed her nearly to death. The child
got away from the woman and ran home
and told her mother what had happened.
This was on Friday. From this day until the
following Tuesday the child complained of
internal injuries, and raised considerable
blood, and a medical examination disclosed
a large spot on the child's side es large as
mans hand, which was black and blue
and 80 sensitive that the doctor experienced
great difficulty in bandaging it, The |
child has ever since been confined to her bed |
NJ N h.
this place, has for some time
missed small sums OF money from the drawer |
OF lis ticket Office. On the 23l inst be con-
ceaed a man in the Office and went to
dinner. Shortly after the depo; became
vacated and Samuel Hudson came in. Find
ing no one in, he went out and looked into
the window of the Office. and seeing no one
there, he went back into the depot raised the
slide door OF the office, pulled out the money
drawer, and when in the act Of taking the
money out, be was caught by the man. lie
confessed to having boon there before. He
was arraigned the 25.h, before Justice
Lyman, plead guilty, and was sentenced to
the Reform School during minority. lie
is nearly Is years old and is the son of
Thomas Hudson, of this place, carpenter
by trade, and who has always been con-
sidered an honorable man. TIE boy left in
charge of officer Ii. L. SOwles, for Yer
gennes, the same day.
DIR. z. A. Wheeler is sick with diphtheria.
There are several cases in town, and q few
cases OF scarlet fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. George W Young celeb
rated the fifteenth anniversary of their wed
ding day. the 2lst inst large number
of friends were present. The presents were
valued at about $50. s.