Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1896-05-15
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Balestier INV -
loans from X. W.
year ago, Bali
concerning th
trouble Beatty
send up to get
and he would nv lalers
afterward, usua s4,43s,d
Balestier, howes, tirBt 800, other
i is,,'' weJnesday.,.. 7S''0Your
IN, Mr.; Ill hltt n.o askpans h$ $8i ON
ined and adjudg @ se5,gsred
"This would I 9SI7
my own head" oIoIaz -iclu-
"Were you al
quired Mr.. Hit.
81 had an objet per s,o ~. -,
ling. low
Kipling said thu 1875,
that Balestier wcyN
admitted that he = s6.G93
brother-in-law carr 1,442,77''
Mr.. Hit tried tc 80 az ~
not try to smooth {
nesday. Here can'a''ysnio too oea 20
"This was the first oo. 728, 648OO
threatened, and l din 1895,
the etiquette wsS IT. ,r 1.vV' Soo
Kipling said ths W. NEED ''''
much different ths
lie nau seen DdleSllt commissioners,
blue. Last Wedne, law they have
cast about the cheek qal examln au
Kipling's fighting ID 'i have enT verified
face on one occasion luctiOn and com.
lawyer: 81 would NOES represented
threat of death from i IL statement ,h for
He said he vas NJ
had done Beatty any y OF January"
willing to correct a wrtsec. of state.
he had made, bu, un,hasurer.
ploy the law. KipIiners oil vernon NJ,
know what stories Ball
John Bliss, neigh
Beatty crazy, or wha, o. n
him? He is mad beef -
would support his witsSTs5fS3Els
would quit drinking and Z7sssAHA
s: 5 Is; :: :: ; 4: j:
and that he had never sa.
he was furnishing Beatty
There was lively sparrh
of sarcasm between the
Directing repeatedly to thV
by the states attorney, TX ar
siding with the latter.
r.. When N ba 6ipl ling. spoke ,G, Of Street.
tier burst out into a laugh.
Kipling said the late W
who wrote in collaboration
asked him to help BeattylDanV.
could. He had bought land
and then had given him b
die. He had bonus Of j0eving the
man employed on the Kiplinl', Sueh as as
dition to his own wages. a specific
For six weeks Beatty wits Dis
fully, after that be paled ava rs.
Beatty did all the hiring an, p p
men. Beatty was not altot,
He was just plain ugly in II. lS S,a,.
Beatty was always on the edssGCO,
cial break. Beatty's drinking
constantly worse, and KiplinS OF the
him about them more than IsgS,
Kipling was absolutely sure tldineral
to take care of Balestier's : from
known to the latter. He hadseases
take the farm from Beatty and Y the
to him when his affairs were st,araIl
out. The row began when XII Yer,
planned that one of the men hir and
estier for Kipling was employedd oy
tiers farm. the
States Attorney Fits said the the
justification for the assault, and -co on,
that Balestier be bound over for as a
the familiar statute of disturban lely
peace. DokS
Mr.. Hit, in his summing up of has
insisted that there was no assault, l
peace was not broken, as the on,
present was Kipling, and that he b
fled that his only fear was in refe
threats. Mr.. Hit argued that t.
order to be a cline must be with IN
tention to do Immediate harm. "
Mr.. Fits met this statement at .
showing that the statute covered cas-
the present. He also dealt unsparing
at Balestier's record and reviewed il
ant points in the assault.
The presentation was so strong tina
tice Newton placed Balestier under
bonds to keep the peace and $500
tional for appearance at the county c.
Kipling spoke in quick, hurried, ne
sentences during the hearing, and wa
IDENTITY trying to conceal the great agi
which he felt. Many believe what
told in court was enough for the pu
of the hearing bht that Kipling onl,
half the story. He stated in private
versation that his recent troubles hat
him 500 a day through interrupt,
his work. He al 30 expressed his int
OF leaving this PART of the country as
as possible. Mr.. Kipling's feelings
gard to leaving were undoubtedly g
changed after the visit which Rev.
Day, DR.. James Qonland and Maj.
Chllds paid him lat his residence Tu
night. They ass5lr him of the este
which he is held in Brattleboro, ant
the sentiment OF the community
tolerate no threats or annoyance to
SympatH " for KipIIng.
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