Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-13

Attorney Frederick b. Deberville of
Mlddlebury died suddenly Tuesday
from an overdose of bromidia, admin
istered by himself
Thomas Flaherty and William Car
roll, acquitted last week of robbing
the Essex junction postofiice, have
been rearrested on charge brought
by the states attorney of Chittenden
county.
Louis SASH, one of the Italian an
archist group arrested at Barre year
ago, charged with completely in
shooting Chief of Police Patrick
Brown, is again in custody, held pend
ing an investigation as to his sanity
as he has been very violent of late.
Barre is much interested in pro-
posed new line of railroad to run from
Rutland through Barre and Montpelier
to Hardwick and Newport. Granite
manufacturers and business men are
at the bottom of the project, their
shipments amounting to $1,000, 900 an
nually and increasing 20 per cent each
year.
1t is rumored at Vergennes that
Frances Pearson Hallett of Concord,
Mass. who was reported as engaged
to d. III. Lewis, the defaulting cashier
Of the Farmers National bank, has
brought suit against the receiver of
the bank for recovery of s25, 600 fur
nished Mr.. Lewis for payment to the
bank. H. H. Powers of Morrisville
will be attorney for Mrs. Hallett, and
the charge will be that the money was
secured under false pretenses.
The grand jury at Middlebury lis
tened for several days last week to tes-
timony on the charges against young
Nelson Jones of Shoreham for procur-
ing an abortion on Ida Fosburg OF
West Rutland, who died at Jones
house in Shoreham where she was EN-
ployed. Many witnesses were exam
ined. Miner Jones. father of Nelson
Jones, died at a Middlebury hotel
| Monday night from illness brought on
by anxiety over his sons case. He
gave his testimony the preceding
Thursday.
! James Buck of Hardwick was cap
tured in a swamp near Greensboro
Pond last week Thursday and jailed on
suspicion of numbering his wife, sew
eral days before. Mrs. Buck was
| found by her children unconscious, heI
head battered to a jelly. An iron ban
lay near the bed. AS Buck was known
to have left home and sent the son and
daughter home saying that their moth
err was sick he was suspected of the
crime. He confessed to buying liquor
| the day before the murder, and that he
struck her but does not claim to have
killed her. A special grand jury will
investigate the case.
The suit of j. H. Livingston, pub
Usher of the Bennington Reformerr,
against ex-Gov. G. S. Page of Hyde
Park, for $1,000 for political editorla
work during the congressional cam
paign in the second district in 1900
was thrown out of Bennington county
court Friday by Judge John ".
Rowell, on the ground that the claim
was illegal. The judge referred II
scathiGg terms to the condition of af-
fairs which was shown by the testi.
monv. A verdict for the defendant
was ordered. The plaintiff testihec
over and over again that he was hlrec
for a money consideration and support
ed the candidacy of the defendant be
cause of what he was paid and Letters
were introduced to show the nature OF
the understanding between the two
men. Judge H. II. Powers, counSe
for Livingston, filed exceptions 10 tht
ruling and will take the case to th'
Supreme court, as he stated, 10 nav
the status of such cases definitely set
fled 1t is certain that Livingston Sc
cured 500 for his services.