Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1886-12-10

The hearing in the Saxton. Mason scandal cas.
was resumed at Burlington last Friday when Jen
ME Saxton, who is accused Of forging John -
Masuns maine 10 orders 20 draw money from IN.
bank. was put on the stand and told her story IN
dttail. The substance Of her story, which va.
told in part at previous hearing Is that MaSIU
seduced her some five years ago when she was 1.
or l3 years old. Since then she has met him often
twice or three times "A week at his hons. and al
various places on his farm and elsewhere His
gifts OF money began with s. in 1881. and hav,
since amounted in all To 500. She saws she had a
child by Mason last summer which was still horn
a. her sister IN NillsbOru y. Y. and she carried
the body 10 Jersey City where her brother hal II
buried Ona previous occasion when she was "ni
trouble Mason gave her medicine and 9yO Sh.
told Of trip to Boston with Mason in a sleeping.
car, she occupying the lower berth and said III.
hadrnade similar trip to Boston since but not with
Mason Among other letters which we're produced
was one which she wrote and sent 70 Mason
threatening TO send II his wife II he did not liv
her money and help her out Of her trouble
She claimed that the order on which drew So
from the bank was written under Mason's ditn.
ton and that she did not know how to make ont
an order until Mason showed her. Her sisters cor
roborated some Of the evidence which thu. girl
gave. II IL evident that the girl has been a loost
cha icter for years and that she has been known
as such by young men Of Burlington and vicinity
Masons defence is sweeping denial Of til
charges against him.
The evidence was completed on Saturday and
on Monday the arguments were made, the closing
argument by Henry Ballard, counsel for the gIri
being scathing and damaging arrangement OF
Mr.. Mason.
ing the SaNton girl 10 be probably guilty Of forp.
cry and binding her over To the grand jury IN the
sum Of SsOO.
Burlington people "inaugurated" their season
OF winter sports last saturday evening with d
Grand Goastlng party on Main street hill, which
was brilliantly Illuminated They have two feet
or more Of good snow there.
Fire which started saturday night at II O'Clock
m the finishing department OF the Vermont mar
DIE company works at Proctor. burned four
wooden buildings owned by the marble company.
ana the Central Vermont depot causing loss oi
t53-0u About 10 men were employed in tho
finishing department. The works will be tempe
rarly removed To Centre Rutland, where opera
tlun Will De at once renewed The burned build
ings will be rebuilt with improvements
The $4,000 capital stock Of the new P.oul,'.
trust company 10 be started at St Adams was
subscribed Monday morning within half an hour
after the books were opened. Thirty subscriber
hold the stock.
Three children an Allen boy and boy and girl
named tlannery-were drowned by breakin,.
from Whitehall last Saturday afternoon. The
two younger children were in a sleigh drawn bv
the Allen boy, who was skating. When returninl,
from the narrOws near the old Gen Barrel nj lc,.
they attempted To cross the lake at a place tq lied
Maple Bend when the ice gave way They wer,.
not missed TILL P. n. when party coming from
on the ice.
The Montpelier electric light company will al
once put IN l2i horse power engine and boiler Ia
meet present and future needs. The dynamo.
were originally driven by motors from the water
works
Fred Jewett, y years old, was found dead in d
chair m James Fitzgerald saloon in Remington
saturday night. When Fitzgerald went 10 locL
up ms place he could not aruuse Jewett and de
cided TO let him stay therr all night SUNDAY
morning he was found there in Just the same posi-
ton be was left the night before A physician was
called, who pronounced him dead An autopsy
was held IN the afternoon in the presence of sew
eral physicians, and they decided that death was
due 10 an enlargement Of the heart II was fir, I
reported that Jewett had been murdered he wa,
clerk IN store IN Boston, and he had lust return.
ed home % spend few days vacation with his
mother, He stood well in the community and
was not addicted 10 drink. Considerable excit..-
ment was created In Bennington for time over