Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-02-18
noon with her berry pail to keep the ap-

noon with her berry pail to keep the APP
pointment.
John Lafontaine, husband of the pre-
ceding witness, testified that he had once
given Dora a message from Davis to the
effect that she should meet the latter
down the street at noon, as he wanted to
see her. Davis, he further stated, was
in the habit of visiting at the Cushman
house and singing while Dora played the
organ. Other young men visited the
house frequently, among them william
Brittell. Lester Bryan, the next witness,
said that he lived within 20 rods of the
Cushman house and that the body was
found in his pasture. He helped find the
body. The grass was trampled down in
the vicinity where the body was re-
covered, but there were no cattle or
horses in the lot that could have tramp
led down the grass and bushes. The
body was examined by DIR. j. H. Linsley
of Burlington Sunday afternoon.
Geo. p. Varney corroborated the testi-
mony of the other searchers who helped
to find the body, he and Arthur E. Cush-
man being the two who first came upon
the body.
Zenas Murray of Lincoln was next
called He testified that he saw Davis
on the day of the tragedy at the Lincoln
hotel playing cards with Norman Henry,
the catarrh doctor, Brittell and others.
Davis soon got up and asked Brittell to
take his hand, saying that he would be
back soon, but he did not return.
Alton Messer is a farmer of Lincoln.
He said that he had worked for some time
under Davis making butter tubs. Some
time previous to the girls death, Davis
told the witness that Dora was in trouble
Davis said that he had seen the catarrh
doctor in regard to the matter, and that
the doctor had made an examination.
The States attorney tried to get the
witness to say that Davis told him the
doctor had given the girl medicine and
that the girl laid blame on him for her
condition, but to this the witness did not
/ swear.
Eugene Tucker, a maker of butter
tubs, who boarded with the Cushman
family until within few weeks of the
girls death, said he had frequently
carried notes between Dora and Davis.
Charles Davis, brother of the prisoner,
was the most important witness of the
day. His testimony appeared reluctant
and was damaging to the respondent. He
said his brother Smith came to the house
in Montgomery about 9p. m. He said
his brother was much affected, as were
the other members of the family who
had seen reports of the case in the papers
Smith, he testified, said he wanted tC
come and visit his family, but he did no
say why he had left Lincoln. He sale
that Smith told him that the girl haC
used the instrument herself, and that hC
was about 20 feet away when she died
that he ran up and famed her, thinking
she had tainted that he had offered t
marry the girl, but she refused. Tn,
witness further stated that Sheriff Mar
tin and two other men came and arrested
the defendant about II 80 that night
The discrimination brought out tn
fact that Chas. Davis had not been to se
his brother since the meeting of tn
grand jury and had seen Mr.. Fish bu
once.
/ William Morgan of Lincoln, Is year
of age, said that on Saturday he drov
Davis to Bristol and received 81 for 1t
} that Davis drank some alcohol on tn
way and was somewhat affected by it.
Sheriff Martin told the story of his al
rest of Davis. The latter told the sherii
9 that he had confessed the whole affair t
] an uncle in New Hampshire.
} A. f. Barnard of Lincoln is a merchan
: in Lincoln. He was one of the part