Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-04-27

Hon. E. J. Phelps, Mrs. Phelps and
their daughter, Mrs Loomis, expect to be
in Burlington, April 25th Mr.. and Mrs.
Phelps will sail for England by the Ger
man steamer, ssElbe," May 9th.
Five prisoners escaped from the county
Jail at Newfane on the night of the 18th
Four were foreigners, and they are sup
posed to have opened the doors of the
Jail by means of skeleton keys, or they
had outside accompices.
E. C. Haskins of Proctorsville tried to
commit suicide one nigh recently by strik-
ing his head with a stick, and again the
next morning by cutting his throat with
a pen-knife He may recover from his
wounds but says he will not live. Fami-
| ly trouble is the cause.
Rev. Emory J. Haynes of Brooklyn,
called to the pulpit of fremont Temple,
Boston, was born at Cabot, is thirty-nine
years old, graduated at Wesleyan Unives-
| ity in 1867, and after preaching at Fall
River and other places became pastor of
| q Baptist church at Brooklyn.
William Slade of Ohio, who is appoint
ed consul to Brussels, is son of the late
Governor William Slade of Vermont, and
the only democrat in the SIade family
He was born in Middlebury, two doors
from the birthplace of Mr.. Phelps, minis
ter to England. Mr.. Slade is past fifty,
and is said to be a man of considerable
wealth.
A through freight train on the Pas
sumpsic road ran into freight car
on a side track at the Bradford sta
ton on the afternoon of the Goth inst.
throwing the engine over an embankment
about 20 feet, completely demolishing it.
Seven freight cars loaded with lumber
and hay are piled into space less than
200 feet in length. The accident was
caused by switch having been left open
by Passumpsic cattle train men. Engin-
eer Phillips saw the danger, but too late
to avoid it. After reversing the engine
both he and the fireman jumped, and were
| only slightly injured.
| The trial of Oscar Never for the MUIR
! der of Herman Krause in January, 1884,
was ended on the afternoon of April Goth,
when the jury brought in verdict of muir
der in the first degree. Judge Royce gave
the case to the jury at $50 O'Clock after
an able and impartial charge an hour and
a quarter in length. 1t has been evident to
dence that the jury would convict. The
State had woven about the accused q
chain of circumstantial evidence which ii
was impossible to break. Testimony OF
reliable sort showed Meyers where
abouts from the time he left the farm OF
Krause on Grand Isle with Krause till the
two were seen at Smiths Point, where
Krause was last seen alive and where ev-
licences of foul play were found soon af
ter. Not a link seemed missing, and
Meyers whereabouts after leaving Smiths
Point, the improbable stories he told, the
disposal he made of Krause's clothing, his
efforts to get possession Of his victim:
trunk and wages, and his contradictory
and self-criminating manner were al
brought out in manner so plain as tt
leave no doubt of his crime. The only
evidence defence introduced was to prov,
that bodies could not remain under water
as long as the one found at Maquam, salt
to have been Krause's. Defence dit
not undertake to explain any of Mey
er's stories or how he got possession O
Krause's clothes, and even the evidenc
produced on the point of the identification
of the body was fully Offset by state wit
nesses. The Judges charge reviewing
Meyers movements showed plainly HOY
much the evidence was against him. TIL
jury were out only three-quarters of a
hour, and the verdict is considered jus
, one. Meyer received the announcement
with apparent Indifference, such as he ha
displayed throughout the trial. Sentenc
was deferred, respondents counsel bein
given time to file exceptions. The onl
apparent motive for the murder was t
get possession of Krause'S trunk and cor
tents and about SIT wages due him frol
employers. By the law of the state on
biennial session of the legislature mu:
intervene between Meyers sentence an
/ the day of his execution.