St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-03-20
VERMONT NEWS.
A Mysterious Poisoning Case.

The west side of the state is consider
ably excited over this mysterious death
of Miss Ida Fosburgh which occurred at
Orwell on Tuesday evening of last week.
At first her death was supposed to have
been suicide and those interested al
lowed the story to prevail. The story of
the affair is as follows: Miss Ida Fos-
burgh, woman 81 years of age, daueh-
ter OF Merritt Fosburgh of West Rut-
land, has been employed for some time in
the family of Miner Jones, a farmer in
Orwell. She was a person of retiring
disposition who had little to do with the
people of Orwell. She seldom went
away and then usually to visit her par
ents' home in West Rutland. 1t is said
that on Tuesday evening Miss Fosburgh
asked Nelson Jones, the young son of her
employer to go to the post office for her,
He did so and found there small pack
age addressed to her. Returning he car
rled the package to her room. A short
time afterwards she was heard grooming.
Someone went to her room and she was
unconscious, and died before a physician
arrived. An autopsy was held and it is
supposed poison was found to be the
NitoS vi hSl bSCtllIs uC NlSCGld was
sent to Burlington for examination. The
doctors admitted late in the week that
the examination disclosed that she was
in DELEGATE condition. Sheriff Chap
man and States Attorney Donaway be-
gan work upon the case, and Saturday
afternoon Sheriff Chapman arrested at
West Rutland Adace Vondette, who is
the superintendent OF marble quarry at
Canon City, Col, on warrant, charg-
ing him with the murder. Vondette was
for years resident of West Rutland,
where Miss Fosburghs parents lived.
he had known the dead woman from
early childhood. He is a widower, SIS
years old, and has six children living in
West Rutland. Eleven months ago he
went to Colorado, where he received a
salary OF 81 800 to conduct a marble
quarry. About the time of his going to
Colorado he and Miss Fosburgh became
close friends. Indeed, there was an
understanding between them that they
should be married. The marriage was
to have taken place after Lent, and Mr..
Vondette came east for that purpose
In September last Vondette came east
and while at his old home he met Miss
Fosburgh at her fathers where she was
visiting.
The package, that is supposed to have
contained the cause of Miss Fosburgh's
death, was mailed at Shoreham, and the
efforts OF the authorities are now direct
ed toward finding out who mailed it.
The postmaster at Shoreham fixes the
time OF mailing the package between 4
and 8 p. M. Tuesday. 1t is claimed that
after coming to Rutland, Mar. 7, Mr..
Vondette has been sick and has remained
at home all the time since that date and
had not seen his intended bride.
{. S. Howard, who recently became
business manager of the Vermont Watch
man Company, at Montpelier, has re.
signed and returned to his former posi-
ton on the Brockton, Mass, Times.
The New England Grocer of March 8
says that the Ginter Grocery Company.
OF Boston, which advertses largely in
the Sunday papers and number among
their patrons many citizens of Vermont,
were recently fined SIS in the municipal
court OF that city for selling adulterated
extracts OF lemon and vanilla. Thew of.
fered these goods at one-half the price
other grocers were charging.
Vice President Roosevelt is, with two
exceptions, younger than any senator
IN the house over which he presides.