The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-09-23

man in question is supposed to be In
st. Lawrence county, near the border
of Mr.. Dexter's 10000 acre preserve.
He is declared to have been openly at
enmity with the owner of the land
and has even, it is said threatened
Mr.. Dexter's life.
Mr.. Badger has practically unlimited
financial resources to aid in tracking
down the assassin Mr.. Henry Dexter,
who inherits the million dollar estate
Of his son, told the lawyer to spare no
expense Back Of Mr.. Dexter and the
attorney are the millionaire members
Of the Adirondack association, 81 which
Henry Il. Rowland is president, who
are greatly stirred by the deadly hos
tility against them revealed by Orran-
do Dexter's murder The members VIII.
not participate publicly in the hunt for
Dexters ASSASSIN, but they will give
Ian possible assistance as individuals,
and as an association they intend petit
tioning the legislature for increased
protection against lawlessness.
Owners Of Great Estates.
The association has sixty members.
whose preserves in Adirondack parks
cover 7S0,933 acres Of forest. over
100000 acres of this lie within the
State park William Rockefeller owns
$1,000 acres, William G. Whitney H.
PSI acres and the Adirondack League
club, which has 2S5 members. main
tains the Hamilton park preserve of
10000 acres. Alfred G. Vanderbilt. j.
Pierpont Morgan, W. Seward Webb
and John and Timothy Woodruff are
among the individual owners Of inn
mense tracts.
Against several Of these men the
AdiF ndack guides have deadly ha-
tired, since the establishment Of the
game preserves has curtailed their
hunting and fishing privileges and their
chance 10 make a living By plotting
visitors through the forests has been
cut OFF.
Residents Of the region admit that
If the murderer Of Dexter went undis-
covered and unpublished it would tend /
to breed crimes Of a similar nature
against others Of his class and A reign
OF terror throughout wide territory.
Feeling Against W. G. RockefeIIer.
William q. Rockefeller. who has been
regarded as d marked man throughout
the region, has won admiration by his
bravery in going to his estate in Frank
lin county on hearing Of Mr.. Dexter's
murder Villagers make no secret Of
the fact that his life IS in imminent
peril, but Mr.. Rockefeller carries him
self with utter disregard for the as
sassin's bullet He has an estate Of
10000 acres or virgin forest. which he
has Vigorously closed against hunters
fishermen game poaehers and visitors
He has gone to court to maintain bis
exclusive right to the waterways on
his estate, and the guides and other
have raised money to defray
the expenses of fighting his contention
through the courts.
During the forest fires last spring
dozens Of incendiary fires were started
pa Mr. Roekefeller's estate. Mr. Whit
ley and some other big property own !
srs allow hunting and fishing under
teItaih fesIflcu0ns on their preserves.
md as a consequence no feeling exists
against them.
sheriH Frank steenDeree mas return
d from Dexter park, where he and his
Equities have been searching for the S
murderer Of Dexter. lie declined to +
lake any statement regarding develop T
aents other than to say that nothing !,
urther toward the identity Of the MUIR :
erer had been learned. There are 4
lany rumors afoat, but many of these 3
yhen followed up, proved worthless. 4
A woman employed at the Dexter q
ottage states that a few nights before Il
II. Dexter was shot noise was heard d
bout the grounds near the cottage,
nd q lantern was seen moving in tho \
mber by several Of the employees. 2
r Dexter also was aware Of the fact 3