St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-12-12
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KILLED ON THE TRACK.
John Hosmer, an Old Citizen, Instantly
Killed.

KILLED ON THE 1RACk.
John Hosmer, an Old Citizen, Instantly
Killed.
John Hosmer, an aged citizen and
longtime resident, was run over by
a wild engine on the Passumpsic
road yesterday and instantly killed.
The particulars of this sad fatality
are as follows: Mr.. Hosmer, who
was living on his farm some two
miles above the Centre village, had
been over to Charles Cobb'S, a neigh
bor's, on an GRAND. Mr.. Cobb's
house is very near the Passumpsic
track About 4 O'Clock a freight
train passed going north. Immedi
ately afterwards Mr.. Hosmer left the
house and started to walk down the
track toward his home. He had
gone but a short distance when a
wild engine, which had been waiting
at Wilder's turnout about a mile
above Cobb's, came down the tack.
The engineer saw MIR. Hosmer walk
ing on the track and whistled, but
for some reason Mr.. HOsmer paid no
attention to the alarm and lie was
struck, thrown from the track and
instantly killed. Mr.. Cobb and other
neighbors who heard the alarm,
FASTENED to the place and found the
body which was taken to l.. d. Stiles
at the Centre village, a brother-in-
law, where funeral services will be
had tomorrow at one o'clock.
1t will never be known why Mr..
Hosnler did not heed the alarm. The
general supposition is that he
thought the whistle came from an
engine in front of him instead of be-
hind Mr. Hosmer was about 70 years
old and was born on the farm where
he lived at the time of his death. He
leaves a widow and one son, Abel,
who lives at 80 Eastern avenue.
His shocking dea tn should be a warn
ing to all not to walk on railroad
tracks
COUNTY COURT
In the case of S. L. Moore Frank
D. Hill, apt, for damages to team at
Willoughby lake the jury found for
sos. so for the plaintiff. The verdict
was a general surprise to those who
followed the legal points in the case.
The next case tried was Thomas
Flood and wife V James Gilman, all
of Wheelock This was an action for
Islander. The plaintiff claimed $1,000
damages because the defendant had
said that the plaintiffs wife helped
old Mr.. Aver, who hung himself in
the county Jail, to poison William
Peaks oxen with paris green two
years ago; that the defendant knew
it and had tracked them to their den
and back again. The defendant de-
MED that he ever uttered the words
and claimed that all he said was that
he thought they did it, and honestly
believed so from the facts he then
knew and showed in evidence. The
jury found for the defendant to re-
cover his costs. Dunnett, Cahoon
and Bates for the plaintiff, Ide &
Stafford for the defendant.
The case of the Methodist church
of Sutton Town of Sutton will be
tried by the court. In the case of w.
H. & M. E. Gilchrist Ryegate gran
ite works there will be Judgment
for the plaintiff without trial. The
case of Alexander Royv William Roy
has been settled.
The state cases were taken up
Monday afternoon and in the alb
sence of the states attorney Lawyer
Ide conducted the prosecution
against Samuel Hayes of Danville
for larceny. The defendant, who is
only 1 5 years old, was charged with
stealing a watch from an Italian at
the Pumpkin hill trestle about a
month ago. The boy had Juvenile
accomplice, Charles Webb, who had
been instructed by Hayes to tell one
story at the jail and another at the
trial. Hayes was acquitted through
Webb's conflicting evidence Hewas
defended by Bates & May.
The case of State Ashley Bishop
of West Burke for intOxica ton was
conducted by w. P. Stafford for the
State and Bates & May for the de-
fendant. By an act of the legislature
of 1884, introduced by Senator H.
c. Ide, A. r. Boyce was appointed
special prosecutor by the governor
and Bishop tried for intoxica ton.
Bishop appealed his case to this court
and has been convicted by the jury
Bishop is being tried this morning
for furnishing liquor to another
party.
AT THE ACADEMY.
The annual Senior exhibition will
be held on Friday evening. Music
will be furnished by the Mahogany
quartet besides solo by H. H. May
and Il piano duet by B. F. Harris and
Tohn Hazen.-Ira Cakes went home
to Lisbon, N. H., yesterday on ac-
count of sickness.-Cobb has been
chosen End director of the Adelphian
society in place of Wilmot, who has