Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-01-30
Windsor County Court.

The mast week has been devoted 10 the
+ trial of some of the unsayory cases arising
/ from the detective services OF Waite,
alias Wilson The first case was that OF
state rs. Ed. Matot The testimony OF the
I state tended to show that on saturday
night, Nov 3 last, Deputy SherlH Faul
4 Tinkha and Constables Bruce ana Davis
/ Of Norwich started about midnight from
I Woodstock to the residence Of Mrs. MIN
ME q. Cox. few miles out Of the village
towards Bridgewater. Waite, alias WI
/ son. had gone there about an hour ahead
/ of the officers and went to the room OF an
I inmate Of the house named Nora Hatch.
/ After the officers had laid in waiting IN
/ front Of the house for about half an hour,
Waite. alias Wilson, came to the door ana
eoughed. Then the officers ran IN ana
passiug through the bedroom of Nora
/ Hatch. where part of Waite, alias VIII
SONS clothes were, and where the girl
was In bed. they rushed to the room OF
I Mrs. Cox and burst open the door Con-
! stable Davis stayed behind IN Nora
I Hatchs room to keep her there, ana as
she said BY presenting revolver az her 70
/ Keen her IN bed. Tinkham and Bruce
testified that respondent and Matot were
in bed i'm the room together. This was
denied bv respondent and Mrs. Cox. II
was admitted that Matot was in the room
aud was in his nightdress, rms was
sought to be explained by the claim that
Mrs Cox. hearing a noise about the mousse
stepped ont and called Mr.. Matot, who
was then up in his room and had retired,
she fearing burglars were in the house
Then came other sounds, increasing her
fear, and she bolted the door. AT TINS
time Mr. Matot was looking out OF the
window to learn the cause OF the noise
Mrs. Cox claimed to have heard and she
was standing in the middle of the hoor.
Then the door was burst open. Il APP
peared that Mr.. Cox is cripple, paralyzed,
and respondent was carrying ON the tarm
at the halves. The respondent also nitro
duced medical testimony as to his physi-
cal condition tending to show II was such
that he could not be guilty Of the charge
made. The jury stood five Tor acquittal
and seven for conviction for nearly "a
hours and then a verdict OF guilty was
returned.
As soon as the jury in the Matot case
retired with the case, its companion, state
vs.. Minnie Cox. came mp The evidence
was about identical with the Matot case
and verdict Of guilty was rendered in
this case also.
The case was tried without an audience, !
the court ordering the courtroom cleared. |
The two respondents were sentenced, Mrs. |
Cox to the states prison and Mr.. Matot |
to the house Of correction, both for the |
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nor less than two and one-half years.
Both respondents were defended by 1
Messrs. J.. G. Enright, Charles Batchelder /
and II. r. Buck.
The only other jury case was that OF /
State VS.. Sidney d. Farnsworth OF Town /
shend, charged with adultery committed I
with a Mrs. Emma DeCamp Golf at
Chester in 1898. When the jury was em-
panelled in this case the rest Of the jurors
were excused for the term. The facts de-
veloped in the case were that Emma
DeCamp married one Golf in 1890 when IA
years old. He ran away and left her and
no divorce was procured. Respondent
asked her to marry him and, as the states
evidence tended TO show, she told him she
was married already, and he said he did
not care. But on the part of the defence
il was claimed that respondent never knew
this fact until year after he married her
and that then he at once left her because
she had a husband living. The place he
did so live with her was in Windham
and he denied cohabitation with
her in the county of Windsor, and hence
claimed there could be no conviction. j.
G. Enright and George l.. Fletcher de-
a verdict OF not guilty. States Attorney
Tarbell. assisted by A. G. Whitman, pros
ecuted in all the three cases named.
The following respondents were SEN
fenced to the terms Indicated
Oliver Snyde, convicted OF breach of the
peace; not less than two years nor more
than three years in the house of correc-
ton.
Pete Manning, convicted of rape; not
less than six nor more than seven years in
states prison.
Harvey ID. Rumrill, convicted OF incest
not less than four years, 10 months, nor
more than five years in states prison. In
this case petition viii be presented to the
supreme court for new trial on the
ground OF newly discovered evidence
tending to show the immoral character OF
the daughter whose evidence convicted
Rumrill, her father.
Saturday morning S. d. Wilson, alias
Waite, was brought into court and sub
iected to an inquiry as to his means. Ii
has cost the state nearly 5000 so far for
OF his defence and services OF
his attorney. Before going any further
the court wanted to be satisfied that he
had no means. He swore that he had not
much over 500 in money; he had an un-
known amount Of interest in land in
Maine which had belonged to his mother;
the interest was one third, the other two
thirds being held for two half-brothers,
one of whom is in the U. S. army in the
Philippines. Whatever this interest
might amount to, it was not available to
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no friends who would undertake to pro-
vide means for defraying the expenses of
bis defence. So the assignment of Hon.
Frank Plumley will stand. The case will
be the first one for trial at the June term
Court adjourned without date at 1915
a. m,
Judge Stafford in his first term at Wood
stock created a most favorable impression
on all who had business in and about
court, and on those of the public who
watch its proceedings.
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