Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-01-11
FE|CNS SICKNESS.
Prisoner in Washington County
Court Rolling on the
Floor.
CAN RUN LIKE A HORSE.
With a Northfleld Criminal-An At
tempt to Murder With Pitch
Fork in Berlin-Trial OF Bugbee
Murder Case in Woodstock.

Montpelier, Jan. l0.--John Kelley, who
resides in the Cox Brook district in North
fled and who is the respondent in the caso
of State Vs. Kelley, did not heed the sum
mons to appear for trial in county coutt
Tuesday afternoon. bench warrant was
placed in the hands OF Deputy Sheriffs
Wedge and Tracy, for immediate service
jack Kelley, as he is commonly
known, is charged with assaulting Thomas
Cochran 4 neighbor, with a rcVo.ver Wi,h
intent TO Kill. Some time since Cochran
nnished a term in the House of Correction
after being convicted Of stabhiug Kelly
and it would seem that Kelley did not
think tochran's punishment adequate FOR
IT IS alleged that last winter as Cochran
was driving past his house Kelley rushed
oui with a revolver and boarded the sled
IN Il threatening manner and that e. h.
ran laid hun out with a sled stake before
Kelley could shoot and the present case
Is the sequel
Liveryman We ch drove Deputies Wedge
and Tracy to Northncd and they rea /, 1t
heilcy's home in the evening. They found
Kelley was apparently too i'll to accom-
pany them to Montpelier. They suspected
that a dodge WAS being resorted 10 ~
Kelley to evade a trial as he played he
sick act when before the grand jury.
edge eft Tracy to guard Kelley and
drove to Northtied to fetch a physician.
About o'clock Kelley apparently had
recovered with lightning rapidily tor le
started TO .eave the house and when his
mother tried to disuadc him he said he
was going to leave the Id country
where they were trying 10 swear away q
mans life" Kelley was powerful and
desperate man, while Officer Tracy was a.
small man but the officer had grit ana d
revolver and he used tho latter 10 get
Kelley into bed again and kept him cover
od with it and a few bed clothes until
about $3.50 p. m. when Deputy Weigc and
Ipr. Winch arrived from Northneld The
physician after examining Kcl'y report
ed that he was able physically to stand
trial.
Tho officers. TO humor tho man, how
ever. delayed departing until this morn
ing and established vigil for the night
Just outside tho open door OF his bed
room. About midnight Kelley had another
gain in health ard the officers vcra
apprsed Of the fact by hearing a chair
crash through the bedroom window and
Kelley loHtng after The officers took
after him irins five shots from their To-
Vclvccs to intimidatc the man, one o.
them grazing his forehead Aftcr a chase
of a fsw rods Kelley saw IN" officers were
ciCse upon him and fearing more serious
results from their guns at such short
range wiltcI.
He was at once loaded into tho Of
fcer's team and arrived at the Jail in tn :
city about Il. m. to-day. Before leaving
homo, Kelley gave over TO MS mother a
large roll of grecnbackS.
This morninS he was brought into court
Willie he still worked thH sick racket. Dr.
Chandler Examined him and agreed with
pr. Winch as TO his health. Kelley was
summoned into court to stand trial and
the jury was drawn S;ate's Attorney
I!oar assisted by Hon. Frank Plumlcy,
appear for ;he State and Il. r. Stanton
and @. r. SWlS-V for the RESPONDENT.