Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-10-08


a couple of weeks before body was
found, in which Gram said Isaac Miles
had not been seen since the Saturday
night before Thanksgiving, when he
stayed at the mill and had some pow
erful poison, two drops of which would
kill a man. Said they had little
trouble, not much. Barber also heard
conversation between Hopkins and
Cram.
Samuel King is positive that he saw
Isaac Miles the Saturday night before
Thanksgiving and had a talk with him
at Greensboro Bend.
E. FL. Patch saw Isaac Miles on the
Saturday night before Thanksgiving;
saw the clothing found on body under
board pile. 1t was the same Isaac had
on the last time he saw him.
N. J. BatcheIder was in store in
reensboro Bend the day before he
was discovered. Cram and Bowe
were there. They were talking in Il
low tone. Heard Cram say, "a cat is
running over the board pile there and
I am going to kill her." Asked Gram
if "Ike' had been found. He said,
eyes; he has been over to James Go
chey's all winter"
Alvin Wilson was in store at same
time. AS he was passing, respond
ents he heard Cram say, 'what are
we going to do, the cats are eating it
all up" CAS- the face of the body was
all eaten away, his testimony was
highly Significantly
Geo. A. Sprague, who is confined in
the Jail at Newport and occupies the
next cell to Gram, testified that he
heard Gram talking to himself during
the night and heard him say, 81 am
glad he is dead. Dead men tell no
tales. His evidence did me no harm"
At this point, on Saturday afternoon,
The State rested. Court adjourned
till 9 a. M, Monday, Oct. 1st. On
Monday morning, the defence began
their testimony:
Cecil Billiard was the first witness
called. He testified that he watched
giving and that he saw James Bowe
at the mill the Saturday night before.
P. G.. Salmon, postmaster and mer-
chant at Greensboro Bend, swore that
the day before the body was found,
the respondents were in his store, but
he did not see Alvin Wilson there.
A. R. Pike, hotel keeper, said that
Cram worked for him in the fall of 1913.
The Saturday morning before Thanks
giving, he saw Cram in the hotel Of
flee about O'Clock and he had evil
IDENTITY just come in. Had Cram kill a
cat last spring that had been running
over the board piles. .sr0srvv4v
Mrs. Betsey French and Mr. and
Mrs. Moses Norcross of Walden testi
fed that Isaac Miles came into their
houses, they thought, the week before
Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Barr of Green's
boro told of Isaac Miles riding with
them short distance at Greensboro
Bend the last of the week before
j.; 80. aaa-,-,.r
H. S. Brown Of st. Johnsbury would
say that he thought it possible and
probable that fracture in skull might
have been caused by the frost.
james Bowe, the responde Mt, swore
that he was born in Lancaster, N. H.,
and came to Glover when a small
child. About IL years ago he went
to Greensboro, and for the past three
years, he had been Waterman at Toll
man & Co.'s mill. On the Friday night
before Thanksgiving Gram came to
the mill about 7 p. m. and about an
hour after Miles came and asked per-
mission to remain allnight, which was
granted. Bowe drew bench up near
the engine and Miles laid down on it,
and he (Bowe) went about his work. |
During the night he heard loud talk
between Cram and Miles, but it qui
eted down and they had lunch togeth-
or all right. He said Miles had some
liquor, and he drank little, but he |
lid not see Cram drink. About a.
n. Miles went out, apparently all
light, and that was the last time he
ever saw him A few minutes after
Gram went out. A few days after
Bowa was sick and did not work. He
called in Dr. Martin to see him. Dur
ng the week he was sick and spit
blood and coughed good deal. He
lid not deny any of the conversation
sworn to by other Witnesses, but said
hat he had talked with any one
Who spoke to him about the case. He
explained the cat story in Salmon's