Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1894-11-16
THE VERMONT NEWS.
An Innocent Man Imprisoned.
John Buxton Of West Pnvlet Was sent
to Jail for Incendiarism by Means of
a Mean Conspiracy.

John Buxton of West Pawlet Was sent
to Jail for Incendiarism by Means of
Mean Conspiracy.
sensation was caused in the county
court at Rutland Friday, when it was dis
covered that John Buxton of West Paw
let, an innocent man, has been confined in
the county jail upwards OF five months,
pending trial on a charge of burning barns
belonging to A. A. Brown. After the
buildings were burned a man named Per-
kins was accused of the crime by some
people in Pawlet, and afterward Mr.. BuX-
ton was implicated in the case. In order
to fasten the crime on Buxton, Perkins, it
is known now, arranged matters so that
other people could listen to a conversation
about the fire between himself and Bux-
ton without the knowledge of the latter.
Buxton was given to drink and Perkins in
vited him to a saloon several times, treated
him literally, and obtained from him an
alleged confession, which was overheard
by the other conspiratOrs. Three wit
nesses were procured in that way against
Buxton, and on their testimony he was in
dicted. The states attorney, on hearing
recent evidence, asked the judge to bring
in a verdict of not guilty for Buxton,
at once against the conspirators.
Post-Omce Thieves in Custody.
Four men who were arrested in Yer
gennes last week Wednesday are thought
to be members of a gang who have broken
into y post-offices in this state in the last
nine months. John Ryan, alias Badger
the Kid" who is now Il the house of cor
rection, is probably one of their pals. In
the gang are said to be ii who make bust
ness of travelling through Vermont and
New Hampshire, robbing post-otices and
stores. The four men arrested at Yer
gennes give the names of Hart, DrlscOl,
Elbridge and Williams. Hart was seen
hiding burglar tools. drills, powder and
fuse. Elbridge and Williams were secured
after a chase of two miles, in which about
20 farmers joined.
The City of Montpelier.
At a special town meeting the town Of
Montpelier voted POS to 1872 Monday to ac-
cept the proposed city charter. as drafted
by the committee, with few amendments.
| Representative w. \. Lord has already in
trOduced a bill for the proposed change in
the legislature. The boundaries of the
city will be the same as the present town.
Frank Maynard's mill in North Dorset
was burned Tuesday, causing a loss Of
$500.
The Rutland Herald will be 100 years
Old Dec S. \ special issue is to be print
ed to commemorate the event.
David O'Herne. who tried to kill Judge
| Lawrence of Rutland about six weeks ago,
was found guilty OF assault with intent to
/ kill and sentenced TO 20 years imprison-
ment.
b. Howard, a young man employed by
/ L. b. Taft OF Peacham. committed suicide
one day last week by cutting his throat
with a razor. Unrequited love is supposed
to have been the cause.
The Vermont Registration report fol
1 1893 shows that there were 6Sl6 births in
the state, 294l marriages and 300 deaths
/ This is an increase of births and marriages
and a decrease OF deaths, as compared wal
/ 1892.
Vermont dealers who ship livestock Il
the Brighton and Waterfowl. Mass. mar
kets are in trouble. the Massachusetts au
thorities having instituted a quarantine
against Maine, New Hampshire and Yer
mont cattle Cattle from these states hav
to be tested for tuberculosis by the Massa
chusetts veterinarians before they can b.
offered for sale. The testing causes delay
and may cause loss as WELL for disease
animals are slaughtered and are = tota
loss to the shipper.