Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-09-14
THE DUMMERSTON CASE,
EXAM1N ALTON OF FRANK DODGE
FnR TINE ALFRED MURDER on MISS KNAPP
THE rOSrNtSrHESs
~" - Held in $1,000 for Appearance
before the Grand Jury,

knapp, the pustmistress wns nrnrn,,l,1
with on Friday aud SATURDAY last IN the ycs
Try of the old church uu the hill. and WINS
concluded with brief session in Brnttle
horo ON Monday morning, when Dodge was
hcII 10y the Justice in $1,000 hnuds for mn
pcarnncc before the grand jury Capt. f.
W Guilds, the local representative of the
Springfield Republican, attended the hear
my and his reports to that paper gave "A
general summary oi the evidence presented.
We reproduce its main portion
The hearing was before Justice S II sherman
t"l lliSkius assisting States Attorney Mann and
~ l.. Martin aud q. H. Hit appearing far thr DO
i,rniant some interesting evidence was given hy
lr Gale ON Friday, showing that there. wrr, MARKS
OF violence and that Miss Knapp had undouhi'IIy
,n assaulted. lhc theory of the defence, is that
MISS Knapp died from natural causes
Ora Knapp, brother ot the dead woman related
nus suspicion OF violence from the position which
sue was found in. He thought size might have
neen poisoned cousin told Of going To The otlire
s w Ntuntsday morning that SHE was found dead
She saw Dodge between the office aud the hiarl,
sill''h snul where she stopped. Charles Trnnry
w illall carrier, sad lac met Dodge bpuW the
ulackSlnith shop Wednesday morning when ON his
way Tor the mail, aud spoke to him When Ten.
nry entered the Office he saw mo- one stond nrn,uJ
some time, aud finally looked over the countrrnnJ
saw MISS Knapp lying in a chair partly under the
counter. tie went around aud felt of her uul-r
ana tried To- discover If her heart was beating lie.
lh,h went I" the do"rnud called Charlie, Ornisb.r
across the way from his blacksmith shnp They
tI Ifaf llf
her back and right side and her .,,.s ,,r ,ir.,
With. Truury wns thor. With rtb,.,. ui, ,l HMM.
tll aud told him hr had been in there that ntoruiii!,
aud "Gcuryta said sit, was fc,.u, l.tt,. ti,,t, ~,
uul " '''- " wv '''''' "N
Other Witnesses were j. o. rrnnry. station
HE'ui al luwWrr~tuu, who testified To changing
us" ~ hills for SOME small chuug, for Dudg, Wed
uuSduy morning after ti,urvl4l \ ,lrntlr Mis- Nnr,
May. who assisted ia Nir, ,,rit tl, isl, ui H.
saw Il" marks uf Nul,n,, save. q dark spot near
the neck. Miss Rose Knapp sister of the. ,lr,,.ts
rd, ats" TESTIFIED ull as the mark ou the neck.
1r tvy,1iu ', i ,,i'', ,," ''nS,,-Ih l stefan
medicine for two or tnr,r months br Tale. Sh1'
together with pro. Mrtst'r and Pratt, made "a
int th, ',,,i, col ,U' body, t'siurd
prrllly the, chest and central ,,,rt ,,,
giog they found nnlh ON the night ,d.' of the
f W,l'o, was n'l au''th 10y drr'mr"siti9n
than the rest Tn, i ,i o ,,, 'g oI G,'3t
"ycrchargcd with dnrN blood; the, eat lrngthwis..
,I ,,r MARI amt th,n across, to compare the an
opposite side. Of the. neck, and NV ,.,rI, t,, I,
l6talion was a broader patch, extending twice. as
miu, ,N.rtca,E up amt down the neck They test
T." Ascertain if tb,. s,, ' "a, niIii,s |tH,t H, ,s
discovered nothing excerpt ON the uppcr part Of
,n l 'l'sl' extending from the centre each way,
or tire, iri. h.I '','' ,M3
another mark Of the same appearance. AS tI, ,th
"r rS lh',S' marks described, SAID lr Gal", lin
sitinn EitLrr is az ''. ,S ~, ~ i
The doctors found unusual condition, of tho
n3l{, winch may hays been caused 10y violence or
found the LETT um tar "i,alrri in tm ' o ,r
sumption. They found nothing unhealthy about
,n, nIntii ne t"lS4r was much swollen, as
making nm in,isi,n n,nr th, r,,ht ,. SN'',I ,r U
hoody and watrry nuii h.gan to nov The SCALP
ihrrr was very dark rus covered space near
h,,. th. i,l & ,i Nt1i'l"E "m ''in
membrane covering the BRAIN o,e,,n,d and de-
tached' and found an"thrrspo on the back Of the
drriicath th,.s,. sunts ON tb. ,u,riIr,n,. fhur,.
yrr. no Indication, uf iullamnlntioil Of th. brain
This confusion drd not have the appearance of be-.
AZ ''t M W a Gun "u' "'"I' Ihr a. s'"" lr,n the
been pro,ln,ygl b., a tall. which her r,,irinn Wien
| found Indicated She might possibly have had lie.
I.n I" 'i,llH HIM, ,,lr ol1N was sui"''l 4. pr"du',
# was ur,,ln,g hy ,,.,rr,i, crashing tG, tbr",
/ IT, did not think hrr death the result of di-,a-'.
Nnr men cross Nnl''ln''l ihu I',l"i NiH. never
/ J,wtt uItb"n,,l if n,i..l,t ',rsi,., J,.uth i, ,I
! ting SOM" other tissue found mo- blood ia tine
h.ut
lie saw nods' 20 down towards the post onic. on
| Wednesday morning
AZ saturdays session nr Pratt, who assisted
le 6,ai' nHu M',,rt lh tn, l"'HI ul3rttli vas
in his opinion death resulted from a shn"k nj
though he hardly Thought 1t resulted directly
.Ii'',l 'l,, 'nI'' IT, '"u'rl 'n''iN, I' SUI we
h'.n o,,a,ion,,l l., tn, shock saw me- =, il,.,,,.
OF poison. The injury ON the back eff Ia" head
m'tn lhlr hrrn MAJ" at the post n",i'm The
nos,t,on nr Galr Was rraIl.d and said ID II
made an examination OF the pulmonary arteries
amt tonnd no ind,'at,n OF I It's. 4nt IN my
f"mnd N in our r, ,>a ' "' 't ir"r
Miller trstiar,l to ordering the post uortru and
t.. thu facts r mnn pr"% i IT, It. M%a l Ter"
,blont yUL,.n L SAW her ,,nr T,rany'.J H,,im
Postmaster hhtlp was recalled. hl' 'f'ln"' ms
rim. At "onns. for the rsnonut rxmSnJ XXI
their client had expressed a Willingness to -' ou
tI stand tut They had 4rrl,d t." rest the "'~'
"T, nrl'o, ~,'i , "'s ,,,,rt,t ,lti, in fla.