Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-11-11
COUNTY COURT.


Nov. 9Th and the trial of Mrs. Mary
d. Holloway and VIM. Chase charged
with poisoning John E. Holloway,
husband of the said Mary D. at GLOW
er last March, was begun. Both re-
spondents asked for a separate trial,
but of their lengthy arguments the
court decided that they be tried to-
gether. All day Wednesday was oc-
cupied in selecting jury. Wednes-
day night the following gentlemen
were selected, and were duly impan-
eled: Gilbert A. Davis, Albany; II.
Drake, Jay; Henry Campbell, Charles
ton; Fred j. Grant, Irasburgh; T. @.
Fisher, Irasburgh; Jackson M. Page,
Holland; Carter E. Fowler, Westfield;
G. Ware, Coventry; Lincoln GODDARD,
Morgan; Simon Moranville, Derby;
A. II. Kidder, Morgan, and Homer
Wilson, Westfeld.
O. S. Annis and John Young appear
for the state, E. A. Cook and @. A.
Prouty for Mrs. Holloway, and W. w.
Miles for Chase.
Wednesday morning the testimony
began. The first Witness, Carlos Hol-
loway, the son of Mrs. Holloway, re-
spondent.
lam the son of John E. Holloway.
Father was 50 years old and mother is
~ years old. [ first saw the respond
ent, Chase, ayear ago last September,
the time of the Barton fair. He came
to our place then and stayed couple
of weeks. He came back again in
Dec. and was there most of the time
till father died. He and father had
trouble several times during the win
ter, Father did not want him hanging
around there. Chase struck him once
in the cheek. Chase and mother went
to Greensboro once and were gone
two or three days. He and I went to
Canada on a fishing trip. We stayed
at a shanty in the woods. Mother
came up on the train. Chase walked
to the shanty with her. Mother and [
went to West Charleston. We met
Chase there at the hotel. later we look
ed at a farm that Chase and I were
going to hire. Mother carried some
bedding and dishes over to West
Charleston once to Chase, but she did
not see him, and she brought them
home again. Father did not know
that she was going to take them
Father and mother used to quarrel
quite often and sometimes came to
blows. The last time they came to
blows was five or six years ago as
remember. On the 9Th of March
mother went to Barton and got bag
of meal. Got home about dark. The
family consisted of father, mother,
Chase, Gilman and myself. Father at
first said he was not going to dance,
afterwards went into the room where
mother was, he soon came out and
said he was going to dance. He and
mother rode together. The dance was
at Geo. Heath's at West Glover, about
five miles away. Chase, Gilman and
myself went together. When we got
there dance had begun. Father went
out, Chase came after him to get
drink. went out too. do notremem-
Der who drank first. 1t was not very
dark. 1t was pint bottle 3 full Of al
cohol, drank out of same bottle again
before supper. Chase had it then, We
emptied it, and I put it in my sleigh.
Did notsee father drink but onca that
evening. Had supper about II o'clock.
After supper [ went to look for
mother, found her in the barn with ia
Their. He said he was sick at his
stomach, mother went into the house.
She said he had been drinking too
much. After a while she came out
again.
He said I had better go for doctor;
then he called me back and said I
need not go. Soon he fell over and
began to choke. The next thing [
knew he was dead. Mother was in
the house. I went out and met Chase.
Told him something was the matter
with father and he started for the
house.
A. o. Phillips of Glover: Owned
premises occupied by Geo. Heath,
where dance was held. Explained
the interior of the house and barn and
photographs Of the same, which were
shown to the jury. Saw CELL" Hol-
loway playing "pede" before supper;
he was all right then. Saw the body
in the barn. 1t was very rigid, a queer
grin on the face and froth on the lips.
Saw bottle picked up in the yard
the next day in which was a small
quantity of liquid and some white
crystals The bottle was given to Dr.