Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-07-29

were out sailing when the boat cap
sized. Fandy rea ched shore and
hearing no call for help from Albee
thought him close behind but on look
ing around could see nothing Of him.
He was no doubt taken with a cramp
and so did not reach shore. Sunday
night the body had not been recov-
cred. Albee leaves a wife nd two
daughters.
lIurderous Assault.
Rocco Lotti, the keeper of an
italian boarding house in Montpelier,
was murde rously assaulted late Sur
day night by two of his countrymen.
Lotti was met on the street by these
two men who accuse him Of telling
derogatory stories about them.
This Lotti denied and offered to
face his accusers. He was then as
saulted by the two Italians, who with
their fists and gran ite chips pounded
Lotti's head to jelly. His physician
is as yet uncertain whether the skull
| is fractured.
Nineteen decisions were rende red
by the supreme court at Montpelier
Friday. The case of State VS.. Chas.
Doherty for murder, petition for new
trial, was not taken up. This case
will go over to the September term.
The exceptions in the case of Fred
eric Eastwood were overruled and
| East wood was sentenced to be hang
ed on the second Friday in March,
1903. Eastwood rode from Massa-
chusetts to East Middlebury and en-
deavored to kill all of his relatives
that he could find.
Engineer Killed.
The Boston and Maine White Noun
tain express ran into construction
train near Springfield, VT, station
Thursday afternoon. The express
struck the train as it stood on sid
ing crashing through the caboos in
stantly killing Engineer George H.
Corliss and overturning the engine
of the construction train. Corliss was
found pinned under the wreckage
horribly mangled. Both engines were
badly wrecked. The engineer and
fireman of the express escaped by
jumping. None of the passengers
were injured.
Foundry Plant Sold.
The real estate, plant, patents,
good will, and manufactured goods
belonging to the bankrupt estate Of
the St. Albans Foundry Company
were sold at auction Wednesday
morning at the company's office on
Lake St., by John P. Rich, trustee.
The purchaser was G. W. Writer'S and
the price paid for the entire property
was S22, 200. Mr.. Writer'S represents
ex-Gov. Edward @. Smith and Charles
A. Tinker Of Brooklyn. It is under
stood that the purpose of the pur-
pany and to operate the foundry as
heretofore.
Charged with Murder.
Addison county has another sensa- |
ton in the murder line. States /
Attorney Donoway was summoned |
Monday to the part Of Granville |
known as East Granville to investi.
gate a charge Of infanticide. The /
woman who is charged with being the |
participant in the affair is one Mary |
Dumas, an unmarried person aged |
about twenty eight. The child was
male and fully developed one. The
examination Of the child's remains
disclosed that it was born alive and
that the abrasions Of the head and
fracture of the skull must have oc-
CURED after a living birth.
Exonerated.
States Attorney Hoar, about whom
so much has been said during the
past week regarding the allegation
that he played cards unlawfully with
the jurymen in the J. P. Donovan
forgery case was completely exon
Grated Wednesday when Judge Wat
son rendered his decision on the petit
tion of Donovan's counsel for a new
trial The court announced the find
ing of the fact in the evidence intro
duced and in effect it was that the
states attorney played cards with the
Jurors three or more times but always
in the presence of one or more
officers of the court. The court also
failed to find that the states attorney
did anything to influence any Juror in
the discharge Of his duty.
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