Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-17
|D[ER SHOOTERS 1T LIBERTY
Said to Have Played a Trick on
 Game Warden Beach.

Being Entertained by the Men lie Was Supposed to Arrest He Allowed Them to Go Free-Another Chapter in a Singular Case-Sheriff Rametti Hoodwinked.
 There have been queer doings in the famous Cheshire deer case. This fact
 came to light recently. Yesterday
 was the day on which MessrS Williams and Loher, connected with the deer killing, were to have been arrested on bench warrants, issued by Judge Hub-
 bard of New Haven, and were to have been tried by the same judge. But the trial didn't take place and the men weren't arrested. It was DO fault of
 Judge Hubbard, nor of Prosecuting At torney Woodruff, nor of Deputy Sheriff
 Rametti of this city. Game Warden Beach is said to be the cause of it, and he will be asked to explain some of his
 alleged actions. A short history of the case will be of some as
 sistance On June 10 Gilbert Williams shot a, deer in Cheshire He had John
 Loher assist him in slzinning the deer. Deputy Sheriff Rametti, local game | warden, heard of the staying of the
 deer and reported the facts in the case to Game Warden Beach, who secured | warrant signed by Grand Juror Hitchcock of Cheshire for the mans
 arrest. The trial was to take place June 30. but 1t was found at that time that Hitchcock was no grand juror, as .he had not qualified for the office. An attempt was made subsequently, to
 have the other two grand jurors i'll Cheshire sign the warrants, but they
 refused.
 A week ago last Tuesday Deputy Sheriff Rametti secured a bench war
 rant and had Game Warden Beach go to Wallingfofd to have Judge Hub bard sign the warrant. Here is where MT Beach's actions are criticised by Rametti. It was Deputy
 Sheriff Rametti's case. and he had only
 consulted Game Warden Beach in re
 gard to the case as a matter of cour- tesy, and Beach had no right to do
 what he subsequently did, so says the Waterbury deputy sheriff, and the rest
 Of the story is told as follows Jy Rametti: The next day after the warrant was issued Sher- met Beach, but the latter was not in just the proper condition to serve the
 warrants and consequently Rametti
 would not go with Nim. The next day, however, Game Warden Beach usurps the rights of his
 deputy, MT Rametti, and, unknown to
 the latter, goes to Cheshire to serve the warrants. But the entertainment at Scott's hotel was too great for hin. There he met so it is said Messrs Will Hams and Loher, their attorney. the town clerk and others. He gave up the warrant for the mems arrest and settled their cases for $15.
 Acting upon instructions received the
 day before from Mir Beach, Sheriff Rametti left yesterday morning on the o'clock train for New Haven. expect ing to secure the warrant and return to Cheshire to arrest Messrs Williams and Loher and subpoena the witness es in the case. For this purpose he had sent James tLunny to Cheshire in a team, where he was to wait for him. But it was a long wait for MT Lunny, who was in Cheshire for many hours, l when he received a telephone message from MT Rametti to drive back to Wa terbury.
 When the local sheriff arrived in New Haven yesterday Beach met him
 and gave him a warrant, but it was
 not the same that Rametti had given
 to him about ten days previously. to have Judge Hubbard sign it. The
 warrant was signed by Clerk Avery oe New Haven, and Rametti refuse.i to take it. Both men went and saw
 Prosecuting Attorney Woodruff, but the mystery was not cleared up until Judge Hubbard had an interview with Rametti in the afternoon. Beach then told of his dealings in the case, of the warrants disappearing. of the
 money being paid to settle the cases. But his mind was not clear on all
 points. He could not say what was
 done with the warrant, whether he had surrendered it to the accused parties or whether it had been stolen. Asked what did he do with the S15 received for settling the case, he stated that he didn't know whether he got it or not. Judge Hubbard was very angry at the actions on the part of Warden Beach
 and he ordered him to secure the war-
 rants by tomorrow. Something more
 interesting may be expected in a day
 or two. It is said that County Sheriff Dnnham. who appointed Deputy Sler- if Beach. has been informed of his deDuty's actions
 Deputy Sheriff Rametti is justly an
 gry at the turn that affairs in the deer
 case have taken. He worked hard on
 the case and devoted much time to it. He has been put to considerable eX- pense by it and he intends to present
 a bill of S108 to somebody for payment. If the trial had taken place the ac cused men worf1d have had to answer five counts.