The evening Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1902-1902, 1902-08-16
MURDER MOST FOUL
Heinous Crime at BENNINGTON.
Vt, Revealed.
THE GUILTY PARTIES UNDER ARREST
Woman and Accomplish Enticed Her
Husband Into a Wood, ChIorO-
formed Him and Threw the
Body Into the River,

| bouy IHtO the River.
BENNINGTON. Vt, Aug. 1G.-A
startling story was brought out at the
inquest held before Justice Shurtleff
into the death of Marcus Rogers,
whose body was found in the Wal
loomsac river here Thursday, when
Levi Perham, aged nineteen, confessed
that the man had been murdered and
implicated himself and the wife of tile
dead man as the participants in the
crime Levi Perhan, his brother Boyd,
tWenty-four years old; Mrs. Rogers
and Stella Bates We're all placed I'M
der arrest as the result of the confess
sion, the Bates woman, it is alleged,
having obtained tIVchloroform with
which the VICTIM was first rendered
unconscious.
Rogers separated from his wife sew
eral months ago and went to work for
his brother at Hoosic Corners, his wife.
1t is alleged, having since been living
here with anoHher man. Rogers had
his life insured for $500 for his wife's
benefit, and this fact had most i'm
portant bearing upon the husbands
death.
Rogers left Hoosic Falls last Tues
day morning for Bennington, was seen
up to 8 p. m. and not again until his
body was found in the river Thursday
morning.
The fact that the lungs were full of
air led to the general belief that the
man had been foully dealt With, and
because Of the unfriendly relations
said to have existed between the dead
man and his wife Mrs. Rogers was
placed under surveillance and an in
quest was ordered. A hat was found
near the river pinned to which was a
note purporting to have been written
by Rogers, in which the writer said
that he had ended his own life, as
there was nothing further to live for.
At the inquest held before Justice
Shurtleff eight or nine witnesses gave
testimony as to the relations between
Rogers and his wife, their frequent
quawels, the movements of Rogers,
etc, but the climax was reached when
the Perham brothers, Levi and Boyd,
were placed on the stand Boyd, the
elder, was first examined, and to the !
of those in attendance d.
rectly charged his brother and Mrs.
Rogers with the crime of murder.
In his story Boyd Perham said that
the deed had been under considera-
ton for several weeks. He said Mrs.
Rogers approached him few days ago
and offered to give him the amount of
he Insurance Oh her husband C$50O) IL ,
ne would go to Hoosic Corners and do
away with him. He refused point
blank to have anything to do with such
an undertaking. He did, however,
know all that had since occurred. Fail.
ng TO enlist him in her service. Boyd
said that Mrs. Rogers approached his
brother Levi and exerted such
IN influence over him that the latter
Consented to lure Rogers to Bennins-
on where a trap had been set for him.
2ogers, he said, was enticed to Nor"
sans grove, where Oh the evening Of
tuesday he met his wife and Levi
'erham. The meeting was apparently
friendly one, and under the impress
ion that his companions We're show
ng him Il trick with ropes Rogers al
owed them to bind him hand and foot.
When in this hclpbres condition, they
hloroforned him and, threW him into
he river.
Perham's story created tremen.
Gus sensation. and the excitement was
l nowise modified when Levi Perham
'ok the stand at the conclusion of his
r0ther's recital and confessed that all
nat had been revealed against him
If was true.