Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-09-01
HELD TO GRAND JURY
THE EASTWOOD MURDER CASE \BE.
FORE JUSTICE MOORE. "

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Conspicuous at the Trial.
The announcement of the hearing on
Tuesday of Frederick Eastwood, charged
with the murder of his brother-in-law,
Franklin Fem, drew an enormous crowd
to the court house that day. Long
before the time set for the trial people
began to assemble, and it was very
noticeable that large proportion of
those thus gathered were women and
children. Morbid curiosity to see
man charged with the worst crime on the
statute books was the occasion of this
iil-assorted assemblage.
Justice o. P. Moore was the presiding
magistrate. States Attorney Fish and
w. II. Bliss conducted the examination
of witnesses, the prisoner being repre-
sented by James B. Donoway. Sheriff
Chapman and Deputy Cobb brought
Eastwood up from the jail. He gave no
evidence that his wound was hurting
him, and walked with flrmness and COM
posure to the seat assigned to him.
When called upon, he said his age was
As; that he was born in Cohoes, n. 1.
and that he was late a resident of
Clinton, Mass, and was employed at
railroad work.
The examination of the witnesses, of
whom there were a large number, ex-
tended well into the afternoon. The
sum total of their testimony alters in no
essential particular the story of the
crime as it appeared in the columns of
the REGISTER of the 18th of August
We append short digest of the testi-
mony:
~ The first witness was Frank G. Dyer, a
well-known merchant of Salisbury, who
testified that he saw Eastwood get off the
train at Salisbury and start to walk on
the track in the direction of Middlebury.
Mrs. Eastwood, step.mother of the
murderer, said he came to her house and
took supper. After some unlmportant
conversation he left and she did not
know where he went
Miss Fanny Barber was the next
witness and testified to meeting East
wood at the house of his step-mother on
the evening of the 14th.
l.. O. Allen, livery stable keeper,
testified to having rented a team to
Eastwood on the night of the 18th. The
rig came back to the stable about 3 :45
o'clock in the morning of Tuesday. The
whip, laprobe and halter were missing,
the cross bar was broken and the horse
showed signs of hard driving.
Constable G. j. Seely and Ira LaFleur
testified to the fact that the team passed
them on Its way back to Middlebury as
they were driving in the same direc-
ton.
Three physicians, Drs. Russell, Noble
and Martin, testified to being called to
see the murderer's dead and wounded
victims, the position of the bullets, the
condition of the wounded, etc. The
hearing was then adjourned for dinner.
The first witness at the afternoon
session was Mrs. Inez Fem, widow of
the murdered man. She told of herself
and her husband being aroused by a
message saying that Mrs. Brown, Mrs
Fenn's mother, was Ill at the house of
her brother, MIR. Brown, and wanted to
see Mrs. Fem. They arose, dressed and
went to the door, where Fem was shot
She told of Eastwood's troubles with his
wife and said that an officer had to be
called once to makeAhim behave, as he
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The Misses Holman, who live in the
house with the Fenn's, told of hearing
the shooting and of Eastwood's attempt
to follow Mrs. Fem to their part of the
house and of his shooting through the
door.
A number of witnesses were ther
called who told of hearing the shooting
at Fenn's or at East Middlebury, wher
Mrs. Eastwood and her mother, Mrs
Brown, were shot. Among them were
F. F. Sheppard John Dyer. Alvin Brown
a brother of Mrs. Eastwood who was a.
East Middlebury when the trouble oc
cured, f. c. Brown, another brother
w. c. Danyew, Mrs Helen Holt, Johr
f. Fisher, Edward w. Train and C. n
Dickinson.
Mrs. Fidella Cobb, wife of the iailer
was the most interesting witness. Sh'
told how Eastwood came to the hous'
when she was alone, walked into tn,
room where she was and gave himsel
up. lie asked her if she was afraid, ant
she replied, "No, sir lie then handed
her his revolver and opened his vest ant
showed where the bullet had struck him
He asked her If he could have medica
aid, and she replied that he could. II
then told her to tell no one but tn
sheriff and she told him she would not
She gave him some water and then tool
him out and locked him up. She the
put his revolver and the keys in a boz
and hid them.
j. G. Condor and B. S. Beckwith bot
heard the shooting, and had about til
same story.
This concluded the states evidence
The prisoner put in no defense, an
was held without bail for the action {
the grand jury at the coming Decembe
term of the county court.
The LADIES.