Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-11-14

and yesterday were stripped of their en-
tire plant, bottles, corks. labels, boxes
machinery and all, about $1,000 worth Of
property. a sensational feature was the
arrest Thursday evening of Father Wilde,
Jerry Wolfe and Edward Staplcton for IL
legally SELLING ten empty beer barrels al
legged to be the property of the brewery. A
hearing was held yesterday before Justice
}. W. Callahan at which Father Wilde
pleaded not guilty but was held in 500 ball
which was furnished Warrants were -
for many arrests but few were made a.
every one was away. Places suspected of
illegal selling were visited Friday
without results as Contraband goods gri-
orally had been destroyed: Father Wilde
says that he did not undertake the WYrH
willingly but because no one else Wohld.
lie says the saloons are going to bc clean
ed out and after this has been done and
liberty and order restored he will return
to pastoral duties and leave the enforce
mcnt of the law to others.
a summary of the evidence as shown by
stories told by different members of the
Jones families and the neighbors goes u
show that an uncomfortable temper and
many petty annoyances led to the murde r
of Mrs Florence Jones by George Briggs
in Iangdon. y. H., November 2. 1t seems
that Chauncey Jones, the husband Of tn
murdered woman, after having trouble
with the Briggs family over various small
native place Of Briggs, with the express
purpose of finding out something with
which he might annoy Briggs If possible
Jones found tho divorced wife and three
| children Tho woman told Jones that she
could not live with Briggs because of his
cruelty. but that her divorce was obtained
| in 1898 becausc she found out that he was
living with another woman. jones sue
| cecded in stirring up old scores to such an
| extent that a suit for $500 was brought
against Briggs on the combined chars, ;
of a note of 500 held by a man In Morris
| vile and because of a mortgaged hptSs
which Briggs had sold when living In Will
Jamestown. Briggs was obliged to give q
mortgage upon his personal property &c
settle this claim. Briggs II was discoN-
| cred was not married to- the woman VIII
whom he lived lit LanEdon. this the Jones
family made much of and aroused The
community 80 much that october % Mr.
and Mrs. Briggs (so-called) went to Gre n
field and were married. Some of the bes
informed citizens Of Langdon say that thC
feud between the two families has beer
so bitter that they have anticipated mur-
der or arson. Because of this Briggs cou!t
not get his buildings insured
Mr.. and Mrs T.. H. Norwood have gon
tC Lake Weir. Florida. where they vii
occupy their cottage for the winter.
John II. Black has bought building 10
in Gaysvillc and will erect a cottage 70
his own occupancy. lie has begun tn
foundation and will finish as carly as pos
sibc in the spring. This makes the fit
house commenced On the line of the cleo
trio road in Gaysville since September.
Mrs. VI J. Barrett, after seven years o
service as book eper at Durham Bros
shoe stare. finished work there last Satur
dav. She is succeeded ty Miss Margare
Sullivan.
Addison J. Darling died at his home o.
Green street Saturday morning. The fu
neral was held from tie house Morda
morning, Rev. G. II. Il. Dodge officiating
The body was taker to Woodstock for in
i, torment. He was one of the oldest resi-
dents Cf the town, being y years old II
had lived in Bellows Falls for the pas
40 years, being employed as railroad ma
till ten years ago, when he retired fror
active business. lie left two sons Georg
. of Springfield, Mass, and Frank L., q
Windsor.