Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-06-29
A mIDDLEnunY SENSATION.
A Young Mnn Accused of vioIatIn,
and Attempting 70 Poison his NIaiI,er.

on warrant charging him with an attemp
to posion lis mother Mrs. Amanda uamle,
with paris green, in Middlehury on th,
night of Friday, Jtne 22. Rose was ar
raigncd before Justice j. Il. Stapleton thii
morning for n preliminary examination,
Grand Juror James NJ. Sade p,osccutinl
aud Henry 8. Foot acting for the defense.
Rose is an intelligent looking young nln.
was fairly well dressed and did not look en-
actly like parlicidc. DR.. George +. b.
Willard was the first witness for the State.
lie testified that on Tuesday last young
Rose cane to him TO get him to go and see
his mother who was unwcll. The Doctor
went and saw the patient, leaving some
capsules and Tully's powders, with about
an ounce Of whiskey, at the house. The
next day DR.. Willard called again and left a
little more whiskey, making about two
ounces in all. a two.ounte bottle was
shown the witness, and he thought 1t was
the same that he had left at the Hamleys'
with whiskey in it, A green substance in
The bottom aud about the nozzle of the bot
tic the Doctor thought was paris queen.
lie had examined some Of it microscopic dly
early Monday morning and coulI see no
difference between it and some Paris green
that came from the Ilamlcys' house.
Mr.. Sladc testified thai Mr.. Hnmley
brought the bottle t. him Saturday and it had
been in his possession ever since lie had
taken il Monday morning to DIR. Willard and
had been present during DIR. Wilard's en-
animation. The bottle wien brought to Mr..
Sade contained about one ounce OF whiskey.
The substance in it IVES compared with par
is grccn which Deputy Sheriff Rider obtained
from the liamleys, and no difference could
be detected between them.
Nc L.. Il !
legged inlendtd victim Of the respondent, was
the next witness called She is II raw-boued,
angular looking woman and was SO years oil
las, March, She testified that Garrett 6.
Rose was her child. Carrots father died
when he was five years old, Gu he had been
sent to the orphans home in Burlington
when he was Line years old bat cane home
last December. She had seen him Only once
before lis return, since he had been sent
away. Last April the IIam.cys moved into
W. Il. Remec's tenement house on tie
Cornwall road and Garrett went 10 work for
Mr.. Remco Last Friday night Garrett
stayed at hJmc for the first tine in "A long
while, his custom usually being TO 90 into the
village evenings, sometimes staying quito
late. Garrett had in tic meantime taken
charge Of her medicine aud the first dose Of
the whiskcy had been administered t. hes by
ti0m NJ. Remclc's. Carat mad btcu cross
I good deal of tie time, AM on FridIy night
he said to her roughly "Why dout you -
to bcd:' Af,er they were al IN bed that
night, She heard Steps on the Stairs and
thought Garrett was coming .o"n from his
room which is directly over Tia vi Mr.. anl
Mrs. llamcy The footsteps rassr uuI
through the ifol. kitchen into the back k.tch-
ln and theme iutoihc pantry, wheretAG WIS
key WIS. Thence the footsteps were rcruc- Il
back M stairs ant that was al that was heard
that night The next morning Mr.. liau!cy
arose bIprt her husband, G4u..t Ea'.ua Nj
ready got up and gonc 10 lis work. She
went to the pau,ry TO take some OF the
whiskcy. Discovering green s-diment
about the mouth of the bottle and in its bot
what's that" at the same time fastening to
show i 10 her husband. lie said that it l-ok-
cd Ike paris green, and she fell on
lhe bed crying. Here MIS-. llamlcy W-P.
profuscly in cout. Continuing she said
that her son had brought tie paris green
homo week or ten days before this occur
renee, and they had us-d some Of II once on
their vines. After using it that time they
did the package up very GRATEFULLY aud put 1t
away on shelf. lyon finding the suspi-
cous l)oking substance in the whiskcy ON
Saturday morning, she and NJ. lianilcy
went into the pantry where the noise OF TOOL
stsps had been heard the night before, and
where tine package of paris slcen was Kept.
The laCkagc, it was found, had been Gl,tulD-
cd aud disarranged. Garrett, She testified
had often threatened to GO her bodily luJuiy,
and sometimes had succeeded in dclag 50.
10 show motive for the attempt Of the sou
TO poison his mother, Mr.. Sladc showed BIZ
Mrs. iIamcy that on Saturday, June oh,
Mr. and Mrs. IIamcy and Rose went to the
creek together to fish, the proposition being
CARROTS. While there Garrett committed Il
most heinous assault upon her, and the old
gentleman came along and caught
him in the act. lie threatened TO so and
make complaint against Garrett ANA start
ed off. This crime, Mis-. ilamley testified,
had been committed by Garrett several times
previously. While telling this shameful
story. iirs. llamley wept bitterly, CRYING,
| 'Oh let HIM 90, and let inc suife: !" Alter
the old man went away the mother and son
stayed fishing lilte longer, she staying olt
Of fear, and Garrett said That ii the old man
said ANYTHING about it he would throw HIM
into the creeks aud uu said that if she 81 /!
anything about it he would cut her head Of,
and that if the old man made amy cplrplllut
against him. she would never appear as a
witness against him. AZ any rate. Mrs. Ham,
ley concluded her direct examination by ex-
claiming Giles my child, aud for Gnt's
Ike let him go - Mr.. FoOt's cross.cXanlu'
alton was thorough, but had no tendency tc
break down her direct evidence.
Mrs. lIamleys testimony was fully cor
r1horated ON the points of the paris green
and The occurrence during the fishing eXcur
sion by that of her husband, an old man IL
Ills sixty ninth year
For the defense Mr.. o. +. Comstock, who
had been poormaster of Middlcbury wher
Mr.. and Mrs Ilamley were Inmates OF tina
institution, testified that MIS- llamley mad,
them great deal of trouble there. Hcl
reputation for truth and veraLiy was verJ
bad.
Several others testified to the same effect
One of them, Charles Marsh, testified tina
Mrs. Hamlin once wanted him to + ch he
two ounces of laudanum from the village
saying that she would like To tiki soma anI
die. On cross examination Mrs. Him.cy ad
mi,ted that she lad often wished tnat snI
could take something and lie doSn aud - t
sleep aud never wake up again. The rcaso.
Of this, she explained, WAS the continuous
abuse to which she was subj ecca by he
son.
James Tucker, sir. Forbes, Charl,
Marsh and Allen X. Foot testified that lhel
were acquainted with Mrs. IL mlcy aui tina
her reputation for truth and v.raciy
bad.
The respondent, Garrett j. Rose, testfie
in his own behalf that on Friday nigh
he went some distance acruss the To-
and bought some potatoes aittr lie hi
| finished his days work. 1t WA, ahou
eight o'clock when he reached HON
and as he wa, tired and it was rather late h
didn't 20 into the village that night, bn
went To bed Before going to nei his moIh
er had twillcd him about the low compau,
: he kept auI this Garrett sad was the Who'll
cause OF the trouble between them. Sh
. was ALWAYS ohieotinG 10 the girl he wen