Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-01-18
Windsor County Court.

/ The Bugbee murder trial went to the ju-
~ on Wednesday and verdict OF guilty
OF murder in the second degree was
brought in by the jury at $3.50 m.
| The respondent Is man approaching
! the three score-year-aDd-ten limit; he
was sixty four years old last Christmas
| day. He was born at Burke in this state.
I For the last score of years be has lived in
/ the vicinity of Hanover, Norwich and
| White River Junction. His business has
/ been peddling fish and oysters, doing an
/ itinerant busioe with a cart. He had the
use OF a place called the Kibling house,
at Norwich depot, or Lewiston, so called,
where he was accustomed TO dress his fish.
At this place is a store kept by an elderly
mantle son OF eccentric but patriotic
parents-by whom he had been dubbed
Independence Liberty" to illumine his
ordinary surname Of Gle, which, With in
herited popularity, be pronounces With
the q hard. The locality made ruthless
work OF his high sounding fr mt names
and called him "Pen;" and "Pen Gle"
and his store are well known in the neigh
borhood of their location GLE had SON.
law named Robert Emerton, young
man OF Is whose home was at Hanover,
and whose business was NIGH caring for
the central heating plant of Dartmouth
college. On Saturday, Nov. 18th last, En-
erton accompanied a friend named Chas.
j. Linton of Stafford to the monthly sale
of horses at W. s. Johnson's, West Leb
anon. Here Linton bought a horse and
started on the return trip to Hanover.
/ He had left his wife at Emerton's home,
at which place he purposed passing the
night on a visit with the Emertons. They
having no barn, 1t was decided the horses
should be left in the barn at "Pen" Giles
place, where the two men, Linton and
Emerton, arrived at about five O'Clock the
same evening.
The respondent BLgbee had been on his
usual Saturday round and at Just about
the same time brought up at "Pen" Giles
store.
When Linton and Emerton arrived, the
latter got out OF the wagon and went into
the store; in few minutes Bugbee also
entered. The exact occurrences from that
time NAV never be known. The testimony
in the case as TO all that happened and
the order OF events was far from full and
left several blanks. According TO "Pen"
Giles version, the respondent Was intoxi-
Gated when he came to the store and push
ing past "Penh in the doorway, advanced
to EmerVon, thumped him on the back
and, with an oath, said, "Shut up your
head" just who Emerton could have
been talking to at the time was not appar-
emit, for he had bis back to his father-in-
law, who stood in the door, and the only
other occupant OF the store was one Luz
eius Hebard, who was in the semi uncon
scious condition OF a drunken stupor.
But il was to Hebard Emerton was ad /.
dressing himself, according TO Gle.
The testimony of Gle would thus make
Bugbee the aggressor. But Linton's YER
sion OF the affair was that when he entered
the store Immediately after Bugbee, EN-
erton was standing pointing bis finger at
Bugbee and saying, sunless l speak to
you, Mr.. Bugbee, ! want you should keep
your mouth shut" to which Bugbee re-
piled, 81 haven't said anything to you at
ALL" and Emerton retorted, 81 say you |
did, This evidence would seem to make |
Emerton the more aggressive in the store. |
At this time "Pen" Gle went to get |
Zig hted lantern to enable the two men to
put up theiI horses. Linton advanced to |
Emerton and taking him by the coat said, /
well, II be did, let's go and put up those /
horses before they catch cold" He kept /
hold OF Emerton's coat until both got to |
the door and stepped out. Both men went /
to unhitching the horse from Linton's /
wagon, and Just then Bugbee came out. /
And here again the testimony was widely |
variant as to what happened. Linton |
swore that Bugbee attacked Emerton.
Bug bee swore that he got onto his fish /
cart TO go away and that Emerton at
tempted to pull him of the cart; that he 1
grasped the knife from the place II was
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and made a thrust at Emerton, who CON
tinued his attack, and Bugbee made re
peated thrusts; that finally Emerton got
Bugbee down and attempted to choke
him, and that then be made the final
thrust which penetrated Emerton's heart.
This was respondents version, but IL was
negatived by the testimony OF Linton and
man named Russell, who at the time was
the scene OF the ARRAY. The
testimony OF both these witnesses was to
he effect that Bugbee was standing up in
'front.' OF Emerton when the fatal blow was
given. Two witnesses testified to hearing
Bugbee swearing as he mounted his fish
art and went of, leaving the dead body
u Emerton on the ground. The state also
introduced several witnesses who testified
o statements made by the respondent af-
er the homicide to the effect that he was
glad Emerton was out OF the way" and
,ne witness added that respondent also
aid "but | am sorry ! had TO kill him."
The respondent denied these statements.
From the respondents own testimony II
appeared that be had some words with
smerton at some time previous to the
Killing, in which the latter had accused
lim OF supplying liquor TO "Pen" GLE
md warming respondent TO Keep away
rom the store. witness named Grant
Ilso testified that in September last re-
pondent had said he would, II he ever
rot a chance at Rob Emerton, take bis
leart's blood. This threat was denied by
be accused. h
The medical witnesses who held post
nortem examination on the body OF En-
rton were Drs. Goss OF Hartford, Jackson
u Norwich and Daley of White River
Junction. Their testimony agreed and IL !
espondent's counsel had admitted at an
arlier stage what they afterwards said
here would be no controversy over, the
rial might have been shortened by day
II two, as the medical evidence was very .
engthy. In the main il was that Emer-
on died from a wound in the heart and
lad two other serious stabs, one under the ,
lavei aud one from the back into the
light lung, together with some minor
,uts