Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-04-30
WOODBURY. VS.. HERALD.
OPENING OF THE GREAT LIBEL SUIT
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
Witnesses Say That They Have Seen Liquor
Served In tho Dining Room-several
Prominent Burlington Mon Have
Had Wine at Banqucts.

u Gtnx Int n ~ Inn N n
served In tho DINING Noom-sevora
Prominent Burlington Mon Have
Had Wilma Mt Banouets.
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The preat libel suit of Gov. Woodbury.
against the Rutland Herald hogan Tues-
day afternoon at 2 O'Clock at the court
RoweiI and G r,iar on Inc hernh ' saaeod
within tho bar at ono t.bla uaro ,,Is nv
cellencv. GOV Woodbury.. and b,s attor-
neys, Hon. d. j. Foster, ex-Gov. w, p.
Dillingham;. and Hon. SENECA Uaselton.
ex-minister to Venezuela. At another
table sat p. w. Clement and r. A. per-
kins of the Rutland Herald association
and their ATTORNEYS c. A. Prouty c. M
Wilds and r NJ. Meldon. The run,or that
the hearing was to be private had "A ten
dency to make the number of visitors
rather small, but what was lacking in
size was more than balanced by the in
terest manifested.
The agreement relative to the method of
trial and the award and settlement of
damages was read by Mr. Foster, followed
by the declaration OF the case based on
the alleged libelous article In the Herald
of August I, 1895 c. A. Prouty then made
the plea or answer to tho plaintiff in a few
words. For the next few minutes, there
counsel regarding proposed amendment
to the pleadings, to which the plaintiff
STehuousIy OBJECTED. Judge Ross held
that the original agreement to the sub
mission must be adhered to In the trial OF
the case
ne opening statement Tor the plaintiff
was nhaue by MT. roster as follows:
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~ i'e.,Vu vi uiai auopted by the
p,s, ~ III .,'s cause renuer unnecessary
~! ,o'",eu opeii,ls statement IL may
i.t. w unploi,taole' however 10 stare
a,,,.. ~ Suoo'1n.iai ia1us "hiCn we
49, w No p,a'I,'',i en'uence VIII ue-
ev,Jp cHpee' oIlot IL VIII appear IN
J,,,, .''lt 10 years ago, When GOV.
~ NY tneii piIV"'e cf'lzen' oought
,as.,,'.d 80, iiouSe, ne auoPten inc
S'o, ui W, .,at ne "oulu NOT sell OF 'rai
-. 80 ~. ~, I'auoi tIat ne was
~ - 80 " '"i' ~ nlo''svs aheoHds nun
80 ',aI, 20 Sl'iAe, uiiu as tne iatner
,ha,,o 1870, nc, , .hae ieSeiul,on ana
.i.Tso i,,ol,N.s nhve rei"a,hod WIN MN
49,, a,,1 y" a. ,,,c ,l,,erVehins
oi,i,,,,. l,a,.n nuS ~ .'o oes' VI ms
~, so'it.s uoliuuoteu thc an Moss fouse
nho,, ~, ,''a, s sns,em' ~. we expect 10
o ~" .n"' uuii'ls ,"usc YEARS iio mas
III, Up w. ~, say a'', .na' ne mus not
au u, ~. VII, .aIi MSS Ilouse or else"nefe'
Srn,, ' mu',n nquor, ana tna ASIDE
ir norn nluor usual ana necessary lor cut
i'a'S pu, p"Sea anu useu LOT sucn pur-
poaes o.IN, ne nus nelIher pousnt nor
ever. It will appear that during these
norencn f., ho,oi 49,, '"S " NJ
ing one,a,,ad IN othar J., ,.oo '''' 81
.ngroseing huetnos o,,to,.,,,.to -
entrusted tha oc,,,o ,,,anooor,,,,,
of the Van Nose House ,,r,os,
on,irolv 20 Ala an1 ovlautnmaoa ha, >,
man. tLst hi, ios,r,,s,tors 70 i,t ,,,aasro,s
~ an tt,,aa r,,oro ,,,,,,, ~ ,oonnS sttt,
tho ,,asoim.io, ~ ,5N,,!,a 49, -.
o,,d thot his r,ano'rarg ~, TO-, ro,,, We,
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tinns - hos 80, ,1,,,i,a,, ~, Iii,
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,,,,,,,ari,,r i',ua .nu + 80
ho,ino SC ard ha,,i,. 80 $500
shoul1 /, eo,,a tn.ta,ao, 49,. ,na,,.L
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s,,a 49, wa, Wv ''.u ea' ~
not h.ar ,,,oh 40 -, .,tonh 80 49, $50,
responsibility to Gov Woodbury."
Mr.; frouty maze the opening statemcn
Tor the detence IN rev words saying ina
they "ouid endeaVor 10 snow nat IN
statements IN the aleged hpeious article
were true III every uetaiI, cue
Inc PIaintiH then oHereu as evluehc'
copy OF the heraio OF august q 1872 con
tuning the artlcle referred 10 ABOVE
TUE DEpnNc,E
Tho defence called as its first witnes
Arthur NJ. Conn, n travelling man 70
the Boston Plate and window Glass com
pahy' ne mas stoppeu al 'ne van Nes
the last three wears. He said that AT va
rious times he has been with some hoo,
companIons in n room OF an evening. ha,
rung for q bell boy. ordered some liouor
paid for II. and hat Wns ALL for thew us
ually got what they wanted. He had ais
soon IIouor ser-ved in tho dining room I
guests The cross-examination brough
ont tho fact that he knew that the boI
boys went out of the hotel to get the liu
nor
A N. Johns said that he had been en-
tertained bv some travelling men Mt tn
Van Ness last September. when he wen
there to look at some goods In a room
, some beer was ordered by the hell bo
| process.
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, SbfN fD IN lliE DiNlNE Hooh'
J. W. McCeary q travelling man, ha
. been stopping at the Van Ness House 10
the last ten years. He thought he ha
seen liquor served in the dining room
! His own experience has been that he
afraid of vermont stuff" and wheneve
= he has taken anything in a Van Mes
House room II mas pee,t sol'le ,i'ae ii'e1
r how get any liouor. and remembered onl
, one occasion when a bell boy brought any
thing into a room and then he didn't kno,
-. 4. 80,