Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1903-09-11
THE COUNTY COURT.
Eight Indictments Reported by
the Grand Jury.
Charles G. Bartlett of Marlboro. Per-
Jury, and Frank LarroW, Assault
with Intent to Kill, Indicted.

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jury and Frank Larrow, Assault
with Intent to Kill, Indicted.
The grand jury made their report
| Friday afternoon. Eight bills Of lndict-
ment were found as follows:
Charles c. Bartlett of Marlboro. for
perjury in connection with his case
against Daniel p. Prescott in the hear
ing before the referee
Charles H. G. Clark of Rockingham,
for larceny.
Benjamin F. Beers of Wardsboro, for
larceny.
Frank Larrow Of Guilford. for as
sault with intent to kill.
Edward NJ. Tucker of Brattleboro.
for larceny.
Frederick Fielding of Brattleboro,
for burglary.
Frank II. Boyle of Dover. for as
sault with intent to kill.
Arthur A. Gibson of Rockingham,
for assault with intent to kill.
States Attorney Schwenk has filed
information against John Bellows and
Adelaid E. Elger, both of Dover. charg-
ing them with adultery
1t developed Friday morning that
there was no jury business in sight on
account of the settlement of several
cases, and the petit jurors were ex-
cused until Tuesday morning. The
parties and witnesses were present
Tuesday in the cases of j. G. Martin
VS.. Eli Hawley, and Prucius Manley
VS.. Vermont. Mutual Fire Insurance
company, but the former was referred
to Joel c. Baker and continued. and
the latter was continued pending a
proposition of settlement
On Wednesday morning a jury was
empaneled in the case of Daniel f.
Doyle VS.. Lawrence Barton and others.
Doyle now lives in Brattleboro, being
the foreman at the engine house of
the Central Vermont Railway company
at that place. 1t appeared from the
testimony on the part of the plaintiff
that in June, 1900. Doyle with his fam
lily lived at Harrisville, a small set
tlement near Ludlow. VT. He had a
son. John, who was married and lived
in house nearby. Toward midnight
on June 8 the plaintiffs family were
aroused by knocking at the front door.
and one of the daughters asked from
the room above what was wanted. The
reply was a demand that John Doyle
should come out of the house. with a
statement from some one outside that
they had a warrant for him. The
father. Daniel Doyle. followed by other
members of the family. went out at
the end door, calling upon the crowd
assembled in the yard to disperse.
About that time Henry Harris. one of
the defendants. struck the plaintiff
over the left eye, knocking him down.
The other defendants thereupon
grabbed him and dragged him through
his garden distance of about 100 feet,
kicking and striking him in various
places upon his head and body at the
same time. They finally let go of him
and he rSturned to the house. being
followed by some of the defendants.
The plaintiff claimed to have received
injuries in the struggle from which he
has not yet fully recovered. He was
compelled to go to work soon. being a
poor man. but really was unable to la
Dor for some time. The action was
one of assault to recover for plaintiffs
injuries
The evidence on the part of the de-
PENDANTS tended to show that there was
considerable neighborhood feeling
against John Doyle, the son of the
plaintiff, on account of his neglect to
properly support his family; that this
feeling resulted in a plan of some of
the young men to visit young Doyle's
house in the night time and "chastise
him, and have some fun with him:
that some 80 or more men and boys
got together on the night in question
and called at his house. but did not find
him at home; that they believed that
he was at the house of his father, the
plaintiff, and went there, knocking at
the door and making civil inquiry for
rJohn; that the plaintiff called from the
house that if the crowd did not leave
his premises he would put some lead
into them; that they replied that lead
was cheap, whereupon the plaintiff
came out the end door of the house
| swinging an axe and threatening dire
| vengeance on the assembled crowd;
| that the defendants. as a measure of
| protection, then made a rush for the
| plaintiff, seized him and threw the
weapon away; that the plaintiff re-
ceived no injuries in the fracas except
| possibly a few scratches; that John
| Doyle then emerged from his fathers
| house and the crowd took after him
and no further violence was offered to
plaintiff. A large number of witnesses
from Ludlow and vicinity were heard.
Martin, Fits and Gibson appeared
for the plaintiff; Judge Frank Walker
of Ludlow, j. c. Ehright of Windsor
and A. f. Cudworth were counsel for
the defendants.