The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-06
Two Buneoers Fooled at White River.

James q Bates, q prominent farmer of Hart
! land, was enticed into playing three.card monte
/ by two sharpers last week Wednesday and was
allowed 10 win several games. Finally the
/ stakes were raised to 5000. Bates acknowledged
I that he had not that amount with him. but knew
where he could get it. one OF the sharpe.s had
a team and offered TO take Bates to any point,
and the latter desired to come to White River
Junction. Arriving there he went to the Nation
| al Bank, j. l.. Bacon, cashier said that he
wanted $500 and exhibited as bankable collat-
eral $1,000 in registered United states bonds and
the balance in other paper, saving he wanted,
the money with which to effect trade on which
he could make 5000. Cashier Bacon declined
to make a loan on this basis, whereupon Bates
asked him to advance $1,000 on the bonds. The
bankidg house having closed, Bacon Informed
Bates of the fact. but offered draft for the
bonds, which Bates declined, saving that the
party he was trading with must be paid spot
cash, Bates then left. going on foot toward
IIartland, but Mr. Bacon, feeling assured that
Bates was being roped into a bunco game, con
ided his belief TO William Batcheder, alawyer,
who procured team, followed after Bates anG
4 half mile outside the village overlook him rid
ing in the wagon with the stranger Batchelder
shouted to Bates that he wanted to talk
with him and he left the wagon and
came back TO talk with him.
After waiting few minutes the stranger pu:
the whip to his horse and drove away, leaving
Bates, who, chagrined at this turn in affairs, d
vulged to Batchelder the real facts in the case
Bates was taken back home Meanwhile the
pal, who was left in Hartland, hired team and
drove there, putting up the team at Gibbs liv
trN lie tflCn lc1t. Inc SlldfptrS are bt-
leved TO he the ones who tried the same game
on farmer in Randolph short time ago and
accomplished also at Franklin Falls, II, Fri
day
4 Islander Case.
Mrs. NJ. Lillian Rice of Northfeid brought
suit today against Human III. >imons of White
River Junction for S5,00d damages a charge
of malicious SANDER. simons is well known,
lately night clerk of the Junction house there.
The precept was served by Deputy sheriff Peck
this morning as simons was about leaving here
for Montpelier, where he has secured clerk
ship at the Pavilion hotel. He procured bail.
Mrs. Rice obtained divorce from her husband
at the spring term of the Washington County
court
Boomerang Prosecution.
Michael Vital, an Italian, had half abarrel
and - bottles of beer at his place ia Ludlow
last sunday week and invited a lot of his friends
to help him drink it up. They stayed with him
for two hours or more, and afterwards, 50 Vital
SAYS. they stole his beer. He complained TO the
grand juror and the offenders were arrested.
Two pleaded guilty to intoNication and were
fined, one had 4 jury trial and was discharged
and the cases against the Others were mol
pressed. Vital then pleaded guilty TO furnish !
ing liquor and paid fines and costs amounting to
$40.
George sumner, who lives at the east base OF
>altash mountain in TYSON caught a go pound I
bear in a trap last week. The trap was set on I
the mountain above his pasture and near 4
by that the oufcry OF the pear was heard and he j
was killed in less than one half hour after be
ing caught. The meat was in the market the /
next day. Ii has been two or three decades 4
since this kisd of meat has been on market.