Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-04-05

children. His wife, now Mrs. E. NJ. Sutton
of Burlington, procured a divorce from him
| after his disappearance and obtained a de
| cree of alimonv for one half of his interest
| in his fathers estate, which amounted to
! $1,000 and she seeks therefore to maintain
| that he was alive at the death of his father
The direct heirs are George w. Hurlburt,
superintendent of one of the branches of the
| Boston and Maine railroad, with hcadquar-
ters at Worcester, Mass, and his sister,
Mrs Charles Trucll of Underhil.
The first witness in the case was Richard
T.. Churchill. now a granite cutter al Barre
who went to Dakota with Edmund Hurlburt
and was with him at Grand Forks where it
is claimed Hurlburt was drowned in the Red
River of the North. Witness saw Hurlburt
a short time before he twitness) went on Il trip
to the hemountains and when he returned the
town was a@itated over Hurlburt' 5 disappear
ance. Witness created a sensation by making
some statements which the PLAINTIFF counsel
did not expect from his previous testimony in
regard to HurlbWta statements to wit
ness.
John S. Wood, assistant superintendent
Of the PinkertOn detective agency in New
York, was the next witness for the plaintiff
He had made a thorough search covering
other places, and had traced Hurlburt to
bridge over the Red river at the time of the
latters disappearance in company with a
gambler. but had been unable to find fur
ther trace of him. The court took recess
at this point ". l.. Burnap and Henry
Ballard appear for the plaintiff; Monahau
and S'paldng for the defence, Gov. Dilling
ham for Mrs Sutton and l.. T. Wilbur for
the creditors of Edmund Hurburt, of whom
there are a large number.
In the case of Solomon c. Rogers VS.. Eli
Peppin and Wilcox, Peppin was surrend-
| cred 10y his bail The bail was discharged
and Peppin was turned over to the custody
of the sheriff.
The Contest of the Wait Hurlburt Estate
No ether Business Done Wednesday.
The Wait Hurlburt estate contest occu-
pied the entire time of the County Court on
Wednesday. The PLAINTIFFS side continued
the testimony, the first witness being Rich
ard f. Churchill. who was recalled, bnt no
thing new of importance was disclosed. The
other Witnesses for the plaintiff were Mrs
Wait Hurlburt and her daughter, Mrs
Charles Jrueil. both of whom testified as to
the understanding and belief in the family
in relation to the occurrence of Edmund
|
to Wait Hullburt' S death in the following
Dec mber The plaintiff rested shortly after
noon.
The first witness for the defendant was
Calvin Percival of st. AlbanS, formerly OF
Jericho, who was at Devils Lake, Dakota
when L. W. Hurlburt disappeared. Wit
ness testified that SO far as he knew the resi-
dents there all believed that Hurlburt wa
living. Mrs. L. NJ. Sutton testified that shc
believed Hrrlburt was living, she havin
hc'n with him when he disappeared from
Devils Lake.
-. rerclyal was re ,allei AMI he testiCcu
that he saw letter that purported to have
been written by E. W IIurburt more than
year after the latter's disappearance. He
knew that Hurlburt was deeply indebted Il,
Devils Lake and he believed that Hurlburi
ran away 10 escape from his creditors