Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-10-08
COUNTY COURT.
TRIAL OF CRAM AND BOWIE
FOR MURDER.

DIR. Martin was recalled He treat
ed Bowe AZ one time in November 1913,
when he claimed to have hemorrhage.
Did not discover any signs of hemor-
rhage. His respiration was fastened
aud his pulse slightly accelerated.
Did rot consider his condition serious.
Do not remember any conversation
about coal
DR.. G. V. Bogue, Newport, VT; In
mis- opinion frost could have caused
fracture in skull.
Carlton P. Frost, Dean of Medical
Faculty, Dartmouth College: Should
say that it would be impossible for
frost to have caused fracture, as de-
scribed.
Charles w. Patterson drove stage
from North Walden to East Hard
wick. On Nov. "a, 1898, carried Isaac
Miles to East Hardwick and left him
at depot.
Ernie Billiard watched in steam mill
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights
before Thanksgiving. Took Bowe's
place. His brother watched Wednes-
day and Thursday nights. Bowe came
back Friday night.
c. @. Clary had talk with Bowe in
April in depot. Bowe said that Miles
stayed with Cram and him in the mill
the Saturday night before Thanks
giving. In the night, when he was
upstairs, he heard noise and loud
talk, and he started to go down, but
the noise quoted down and he did not
60 When he went down, Cram was
alone and said Miles went out at 4
O'Clock.
MIR. and Mrs. David Stevens heard
Bowe tell Ephraim Miles, brother Of
the murdered man, shortly before the
body was discovered, that Isaac had
stayed in the mill with Cram and him
self and went away about a. M. and
that he was all right. A man had
come from Danville the day before
and told him that he was at Ransom's,
in Danville.
Ephraim Miles recognized body
found under board pile as that of his
brother Isaac. He corroborated Mr..
and Mrs. Stevens as to his talk with
Bowe. Cram also told him that Isaac
had stayed at mill with himself and
Bowe the Saturday night before
Thanksgiving.
John Lumsden worked at mill; had
charge of body the day it was dis
covered. Bowe was not here at all
that day. He described board pile
snow was thrown around Qthatboard
pile last winter. esp fo.
r. B. Smith went to mill the night
after body was found. Asked Bowe
where they found body. Said he did
not know; that he had not been there
see if he could find the place. Bowe
turned off the track and said, "down
here is where they found him.
Austin Dobey went to mill the night
before body was discovered. Found
Cram and Bowe alone, il engine room.
1t was about o'clock, Cram asked if \
Dobey knew where Isaac Miles was.
Said he had been missing since the
Saturday night before Thanksgiving
c. W. Dane recognized body as that
of Isaac Miles. Had talk with Cram
the day before body was discovered.
He thought Miles would be found dead
on the Jerry Gray place in Wheelock.
Said that Miles had some powerful
poison with him that had to be reduc
ed in alcohol, land the last time he was |
seen was the Friday before Thanks
giving.
Charles Kelton and Charles Bradley
testified that the evening of the day
the body was discovered, they had
a talk with Bowe at the mill during
which Bowe said, cit is clear case of |
murder. If Cram goes back on me
will have to swing, but God knows I
will never go back on Cram"
Henry Hoffman, BENZ. F. Taylor
and Edwin Reed of Wheelock told of
Cram coming to Wheelock during the
latter part of March and told of Miles
staying in the mill during the Friday
or Saturday night before Thanksgiv
ing and had not been seen since. That
he had very poisonous compound
with him and that he thought like"
would be found dead on Southmaid
Hill, near the old Jerry Gray place.
Mr.and Mrs. E. j. Gray, with whom
Bowe boarded, swore that Bowe came
from the mill one morning last fall
and said that sIke'' Miles stayed with
him in the mill the night before;
that Cram was there and that Miles
and Cram had trouble, and he had
EoId them that they could not have