Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1899-11-30
Bellows Falls Times
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 80, 1899.
VERMONT EVENTS.

"Sp,tter" A. E, Busted. the alleged
detective of the local Auti-Saloon League
at Barre, was found guilty of furnishing
liquor and fined $50 with cost, OF $26 40.
He took an appeal and was held in 5000
bonds.
An attempt was made recently to wreck
car of the ontpeier-Barre electric
railway while on its return trip to Barre.
Rocks were placed on the track at several
points. Some of the rocks taxed the
strength of a man to remove them from the
track. Fortunately the distractions were
discovered in time to avert an accident.
The Rutland railroad has ordered of the
Schenectady locomotive works four new
mogul freight engines They are to be de-
livered by February L. Two hundred new
freight cars have just been delivered to the
Rutland railroad by the Pullman palace car
company. The read has also ordered Ct
the Wagner car company six new full vest
ibule passenger coaches.
William Frink of Bridgewater was killed
while working in the woods about mile
from the village. Two trees or logs lay
side by side on the ground. Frink sawed
limb off one and they rolled together inn
prisoning him as he tried to jump out Of
the way. He was caught by the hips and
badly crushed, dying in about an hour. He
leaves wife and five children, two of the
latter witnessing the sad accident.
Albert NJ Snow of Jonesville has been
arrested charged with embe zzling $1,000
from bis employer, Frank B. Gillette.
Snow has been clerk In Mr.. Gillette's
store in Jonesville for six years. For some
time Mr.. Gillette has been suspicious OF his
clerk, but did not discharge him owing to
his long service in the store, but short
time ago Mr.. Gillette began looking more
closely into the accounts of the store and
watched his clerk with more deeply rooted
suspicion. He finally got necessary proof,
of bis guilt and charged Linn with the
crime. Snow is in Jail at Burlington
awaiting trial.
The Board of Trade at ST. Adams has
heard the welcome news that $4,000 has
actually been subscribed toward the new
Weldon house, $4,000 by Governor E. c
Smith and $4,000 by the Central Vermont
Railway Co. Another $4,000 had been
promised by w. Beecher Fonda. This
makes 1926, 000 and the committee feel en-
couraged to believe that the rest of the
money can be raised in time. Plans for a
hotel to cost $4,000, drawn by Sidney
Coote. were shown to the Board and ex-
planned in detail. The general sentiment
was Enthusiastically in tayor of new hotel,
of course, and never before was there more
encouragement over the prospect of build
ing one.
Arson j. Cofrin was found dead in a
barn near North Hyde Park last week For
some time he had been trying to evade a
summons from Washington county, where
he was wanted as witness against Henry
Gabree and George LABEL, both of Water
bury. Cofrin was robbed at Waterbury
last summer and the robbers had been ar
rested and as Coffrin was the main witness
it was quite necessary to have him. 1t is
said that Coffrin had been bribed not to
appear, and others say that he feared that
if he appeared he would be punished by the
culprits or their friends. Be this as it may
he knew that the officers wanted him and
he used his best efforts to keep away There
was evidence that morphine caused his
death.