Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-04-23
THE BURLINGTON, VT, FREE PRESS, FRIDAY MOI
Jay MORNING, APRIL 90, 1850.
A Notable Murder Case.


TIE DEATH OF AiNAN G. F'STEl:, FotE YEARS
AGo-TElAL OF THE rAi;rlE7 SUSPECTED
OF THE NtEpEE DETAILS OF TIE IF
f"ETS MADE TO VNEANEL TIE MYSTERY.
The circumstances attending the murder
of Alyan C. Foster. at kccne. y. H.. MAY
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the celebrated cases IN Inc annals oil crime.
Frederick X. Dodge, Gideon f.. Lee and
GEORGE II. Spenccr are now on trial a, kcene
''' ''i' ''''" 'i' ''"''' at ''',''-
tional interest from the fact that this is the
fourth trial of different persons for the of
fence
Va, TO-,
'h '''c ''o''''iS III -'"t - io'o' ''ic "'''H
OF Avian 1. Foster. n resident OF heenc,
a,cnt for Il q Chase a. Co. nurservmcn of
( 60 y y -,
Vs. ~ 80 '' ''''' al wv i'''' Il II "
/ ieet from the sidewalk, with his lace to The
/ ground and his arms folded under him. 4
s,o,,rc oo,rr,,cd with cbIor,f,r,,, ,,.,s found
rn,r III noSc with , co.ys., towel and ~, h;c
/ head was n sIirht discoloro,;on ON the
| urnurd ,horc ,voe nm ,nrooropcc of come ono
/ having been drnrocd and a bottlr which
| nrohoIlv contained Tho chlorneor,,, ,,,. found
/ in an adioining field Ahout II, in money
was round ON Fosters uerSon lie drIivcrrd
nursery Stock and collected nay lie bod n
fan,;I,: ,,;,b ,,hn,, bc l;ve,I Int hc aIsn Io,,,
/ cnnn.,v viii a widow woman namod -
,;o tn Who NOW Iivcs n, H.IIows E.IIs
Y, c,ronor's ;,nrcS, ros helJ and n
rar,l;c, ,,os rn,dcrrJ In, Fns,cr cam. IN liz
d.,,h frn,, snCr,c,,ion In, clInrofnrm Tho
a,,,I,nr;,,... n,T,r.J a rcv,rJ at anon fnr
49,. H., ,,,n, ,.orId IoaJ o., ,ho ,rr,,,
and cony;c,;nn of Tho Marty mr. nortirs innl
c,,od 0ctnc,;vn Sarrrnt of Rostop anI
Dnnu,,. sheriff R;ce nf como tool, ch,rrn nf
thn ,.a,n Following out first ono Glow and
,hor ann,hnr William IIullat, , c,rncrrrr
hoord;nr at the FngIr Hotel was arrested
w;,I;n - short ,;mr CHARGED with tho n,,r-
TO- Lr, ,haro ,,.,s NO, c,,iJc,co cno,,rI, 10
i,olJ In, mi Ia, va. ,I;scb,rrad
Tho wamnn in the casa I'i7zc Gram vas
orroS,cJ for ,ie n,nrder s3on after the r,.,r.cc
If JI,,lI,,t Al thn limo ot Testers l,.nth
sho ,raS in R,.iI,,vs Fills onJ cyhih;tcJ ,rrrot
or;os Sonu .ftcr ottrmrting snicidr l,v INK
;ng l,uJ,,um Nothing cold he proven
,rnins, her and size was also released. On
hcinr sci free she went back 10 Bellows Falls
aud 5ns,rovrd tho lrIters she LoI received
from Foster
After the rcIcose of the woman M new
Ipyplnnlnpn n,
Then n negro NAMED George Hamilton was
arrested ~ Point Co,nee for murdcrinr a
ncgro in New Orleans An Old Fellows
hasire Lclnnrinr In The Krrnc lodor Of the
or'l,r of Which Foster WINS a member was
1 fnnnd on bis nrrson and he made. many
susnicious remarks concerning the Foster
murder The result was that rcouisi-
lion was obtained and Hamilton fetch
ed from New Orleans. lie was in.
dicted by the Grand Jury. and the case com
inc 10 trial he proved an alibi and was re-
I,osrd Time wore ON and nothing was
heard of the case for a long while. when at
Inst a new trail was struck. Officers Phelps
and Rice worked the clew u3. and finally
run their came TO the ground. All the evil
dencc b inr taken into consideration, the
parties dodge. Lee and Spencer, were ar
rested and confined in the Cheshire county
iail. They were indicted by the grand jury
of the April term of court for 1879, and.
pleading not guilty, held for trial. Dodge
is an admirer Of Mrs. Cram, and he and Fos-
ter were rivals for her love. She is about
thir,y.fve years of age, aud anything but
good looking. She was living at Keene when
Dodge frs, become acquainted with her, and
to get her away from Foster he persuaded
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