Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-05-18
OLD MAID WON
Gen. Estey Trined With Miss Green's
Affections.
Mock Court Trial Drew Large Crowd
at the AudItorium---Testim OF
WItnesses.-.COurt Docket.

Mock Court Trial Drew Large Crowd
at the AudItorium---TestIm OF
WItnesses.-.Court Docket
That It is dangerous to trife with the
affections of Brattleboros old maids was
| demonstrated at the Auditorium Wednes-
day evening when Gen. j. j. Estey was
placed on trial for failure to live up to his
promise to Miss Josephine Jane Green
Mrs. G. II. Davenport. The publicity
which the case had gained drew large
crowd into the court room, and they were
convulsed by the unique proceedings,
which were conducted by Col. A. V. New
ton and G. b. Perry of Worcester, Mass.
The entertainment was given under the
auspices of the Y. M. G. A., and it was
success in every respect.
| Preceding the trial of the case the clerk
read the court docket, which was made up
as follows:
State VS.. T. j. b. Cudworth, for eating
all the oysters in the stew at the Univer-
salist church supper.
State VS.. Allen, the Chesterfield stage
driver, for fast driving.
State VS.. George E. Crowell, for peddling
whskey by the pocket method.
State VS.. K. II. Putnam, for over exer-
ton.
State VS.. c. II. Davenport, for publish.
ing an item that afterwards proved to be
true.
The case of Green vs.. Estey was then
called and the following jurors were drawn
Grover Cleveland, II. p. Wellman; ben"
Harrison, G. II. Clapp "Dave" Hill, w.
r. Geddis Mark Hanna, l.. w. Hawley;
Jerry Simpkins, j. l.. Knowlton; George
Dewey, II. l.. Emerson; Nelson A. Miles,
John Calvin; John l.. Sullivan, w. d.
Stock well; Tom Plat, II. X. Whitaker
"Dick" Croker, II +. Bond "Bill'' Bryan.
G. c. Averill; William Mckinley, c. h.
| Davenport.
Col. H. E. Taylor, Miss Green and Con-
stantia Connolly miss Lula Cressy Nc
Lane) were then sworn. Miss Green tes-
titled that she kept boarding house,
sometimes called 'hashery'' in Baron
Won Ulerick's new building. One evening
in August the defendant called upon her
and told her that he loved her wildly,
madly, etc. He said he wanted a wife,
whereupon she exclaimed: 81 am yours,
General" Just then Miss Connolly and
Col. Taylor, boarders, came into the room,
and the defendant rushed out and had
never returned.
Miss Connolly and Col. Taylor corrob-
GRATED the plaintiffs testimony. Col. Tay-
lor said he was an insurance agent, and he
proceeded to demonstrate it by distributing
advertising matter among the jurymen.
He said the defendant had paid marked at
tenton TO the plaintiff, which was all he
ever did pay. One evening he entered the
house late, having been detained three
quarters of an hour to listen to some of
Il. j. Il. Cudworth's conundrums. He
saw the defendant "osculating" with the
plaintiff. On the night in August, after
he and w. II. Bracket had attended a
prayer meeting, he took off his shoes aud
went with Miss Connolly into the parlor,
where they saw the defendant kneeling
before the plaintiff. The defendant jump
ed out of the window, and the next day he
asked Taylor not TO mention the incident.
The defendant and his witnesses, Miss
| Josephine Jay Green Miss Minnie Brasor)
niece of Josephine Jane Green, DR.. d.
p. Webster and Z. W. Gibson, were then
sworn. The defendant testified that he
did not promise to marry the plaintiff and
did not care for her. He was in love with
the plaintiffs niece and the only way he
could get an opportunity to sit up with her
was to first tire out the old maid aunt so
that she would be too sleepy to sit up on
the following evening and for that reason
his practice was to spend one evening with
the aunt and the next with the niece. He
said that the reason for being on his knees
when Col. Taylor saw him was that he had
lost his collar button.
Josephine Jay Green testified that the de-
PENDANT was engaged to her and that she
became acquainted with him when he was
fireman on Commodore Whites steamer
on Spofford lake. She thought he didn't
care particularly for her aunt. DR.. Webster
said that the old maid was monomaniac
on the subject of love and that she thought
every man who looked at her wanted to
marry her. He was fully equipped to
diagnose her case as he was graduate of the
! Wells, Richardson Il Co. Celery Compound
college and the Kelley institute.
L. W. Gibson said that on the night in
question he attended a dog fight in Chas.
Crosby's barn. He was not there to see
the dogs fight, but to see how two dogs
would act when provoked. AS he was re-
turning home Gen. Estey ran into him.
The general was greatly excited and was
saying to himself: 81 don't love her." l
never wanted to marry her." 81 never will
marry her." etc.
The arguments of counsel and the charge
to the jury followed, and the jury, without
leaving their seats rendered verdict that
the plaintiff was entitled to recover a man.
The makeup OF the court was as follows;
Judge, Alonzo Starkey.
Plaintiff, Mrs. c. H. Davenport.
Defendant, Gen. j. j. Estey.
Clerk of court, Ernest j. Waterman.
Sheriff, Z. S. Hall.
Crier, r. K. Gordon.
Plaintiffs attorney, Col. A. V. Newton
of Worcester, Mass
Defendants attorney, C. B. Perry of
Worcester, Mass.
Witnesses, Mrs. Lulu Cressy McLane,
Miss Minnie D. Brasor, DR.. d. p. Web
ster, Col. q. E. Taylor, +. w. Gibson.
Jurors, c. H. Davenport, foreman, Geo.
c. Aevrill Geo. II. Clapp, II. E. Bond, H.
L. Emerson, John Calvin, W. r. Geddis,
j. L. Knowlton, L. w. Hawley, w. d.
Stockwell, H. P. Wellman, H. X. Whta-
ker.