St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-04-07
A CHAPTER of Crime.

BiNuHtihN ONtpSiph"
A Chapter Of Crime.
The past week has been lively one
for justice trials, which have been de
plorably frequent. Three individuals
have been dealt with by Justice Smith
two of whom are Out-Of-tOwn pro-
auctions. Mrs. Cora j. Ryder, of Lit
Teton, n. H., where her husband now
is, was arrested here on Friday, on the
charge of adultery, and was bound up
in the sum of $500 to await trial by the
county court. In default of bail, she
is now in jail.
FINED FOR SHOP-LIFTING.
Jennie Davis, of West Concord, who
helped herself to a piece of fichu at
Randall's store, was brought up for
trial ana convicted. The sentence i'm
posed was a fine of some thirty-eight
dollars, or l89 days in the work house
at Rutland. Not coming to time with
the fine, she was taken to Rutland on
Wednesday.
THE STORY OF HORSE.
Last Friday afternoon Russell Hal
lett left his team in front of Robinson's,
on the Avenue, and when he came
back to where it was it wasn't there.
By inquiry he learned that a young
lad had taken the team and driven
rapidly towards Lancaster. Sheriff
SullOway was notified and proceeded
to hunt up the lad and the team,
and found them at Lancaster. The
boy proved to be Martin Mccormick,
aged IL years, son of Terry McCOr-
mick. He was taken before the justice
and told his story. From this it APP
peared that cattle drOver, who had
been lounging about town for a week,
had induced the boy to take the horse
and drive it to Lancaster or GOrham,
where he would meet him, sell the
horse and go on with the cattle driv-
ing, employing the lad and paying him
well. The boy had relatives in the vi
cinity of GOrham, and planned to stay
overnight with them. He had been
teasing his father for some time to let
him go driving cattle for this stranger
and tinally-if any stock can be taken
i'll his stOry-yielded to the directions
and inducements of the drOver. He
| fold or iorh hnt thara iS a
lurking suspicion that it is made up fol
the occasion, and that the main party
in the transaction is the boy himself
He was held in the sum of two hun
bred dollars for further developments
his father going bail for him. tn,
possession of two pistols was Il pOin
against the boy, but his father claims
that these pistols were given the lac
by him, and that they were not stolen
as suspected.
The horse was driven pretty hard
and when brought back was regarde,
as spoiled. But the drive of 30 mile
in three hours, through snow, mud ant
ice, seems to have been not too mucl
for the sturdy little steed.
1t comes out that some two week
ago A. ii. Mcleod fastened his team
near the North church, and when h
went to look for it found it gone. Lat
in the evening this Martin Mccormick
father drove the team to McLeod's an,
said the boy found it in the covere,
bridge at Fairbanks village. McLeo,
took the story in good faith and sen
the boy half dollar for his honesty.
We are not disposed to PREJUDICE tn
boy, and possibly his story about tn
Hallett team business will be fOun
: true but there is no evidence to prov
that any stranger" had a hand in il
l and it looks very much as though
was another case of neglect on the pan
of parents to look after the wherea
bouts and company of their children.