Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-11-19


ent in court and paid the fines of two
offenders. several prisoners were badly
cut and bruised, and broken limbs and
other injuries were sustained.
Notice was given to the headquarters
OF the customs district in Burlington
Friday that the officials at Alburg had
seized 600 pounds of turkey that were
being Struggled into this country from
Canada. The officers have for some
time suspected that poultry was being
Struggled across the border and last
Thursday night watched the suspected
farm house. They were rewarded
finally by the sight of team loaded
with poultry. They seized the goods
and attempted to detain the driver but
he used his rawhide whip to good ad-
vantage on the horse SO that the ami
NAL soon had him across the border
into Canada, where the officers were
unable to follow. The poultry was
sold at auction in st. Adams.
An attempt was made one night re-
Gently to wreck the last car on the
Montpelier & Barre railroad. The last
car came down from Barre about II
O'Clock. Near Browns farm at Sabin's
crossing a large telegraph pole was
found across the tracks. 1t had been
placed there after the car had gone
down as the tracks were clear when
the car passed the spot an hour before.
The perpetrators have not yet been
found. About thirty passengers were
on the car. The pole was seen by the
motorman in time to stop the car be-
fore the pole was struck by the wheels,
but the front end of the car ran over
the pole before it was brought to a
standstill. The passengers were
jumbled up by the sudden stopping of
the car but no one was injured.
Merritt B. Morgan of Bennington
has brought suit against William II.
Bradford of the firm of IL. +. Bradford
d Co. to recover damages TO the
amount of $1,000 claimed as the result
OF an alleged assault during Il discus
sion on the license question last
spring. In the declaration made Mr..
Morgan states that he was choked,
his face slapped and that he was other
wise maltreated and abused by the
defendant. At the time the assault
was said to have been made Morgan
brought a criminal suit, but on the
day that 1t was TO come up in the
municipal court he withdrew it. Mr.
Morgan does not claim that he was
injured any, but his feelings were
hurt. The case is returnable to the
December term of the county court.
Frank f. Eldred OF Burlington, a
druggist holding fifth class license,
was In city court Nov for a hearing
on the charge against him OF having
sold liquor to Max kmetz, a minor. In
addition to the original charge, another
case was instituted, charging him with
selling 10 kmetZ without a physicians
prescription. Eldred pleaded not
guilty to each charge States Attorney
Leary stated that the state would prove
that Eldred had sold to kmetZ that
the latter was a minor and that he
had no physicians prescription. 1t
was agreed by F. G. Webster, counsel
tor the respondent, that the statement
of the states attorney should stand as
evidence and no evidence was offered
by Eldred, who was fined $50 and
costs in each case. He appealed and
furnished bail in the sum of 500 in
each case.
One Joseph Bell of Roxbury went to
Mortified. Nov. ~, with the evident
intent of carrying away all that he
could secrete upon his person, Tor he
was seen to conceal a child's sack,
woman's wrapper, and a pair of rub
beers under his coat while in buttons
store, and being followed to the horse
sheds the goods were found in the
wagon in which he drove to town. He
was arrested and found guilty of steal
ing goods to the value OF less than 81.
While waiting for friend OF his to
get the amount of his fine and costs,
which was S24.91, it was discovered
that while in Nj. j. Coughs store he
appropriated pair of rubbers and at
Farnsworth's store he took an axe.
These articles were not found upon
his person nor in the wagon, and it
might have been difficult to prove the
taking, but he paid for the rubbers, and
the axe was returned. He was then
discharged upon the payment of his
fine of S15 and costs.
Mrs. Frank Tatro, Is years of age,
has abandoned her two children twice
in Essex junction within six weeks.
The first time she took them from
Waterbury to the Junction and left
them with her husbands sister. After
several days she returned and tried to
throw them on the town, but. Tatro
being notified, arrived and took his
family to Fairfield. where he was work
ing. Last week the woman and chill
dren again appeared in Essex juno
ton, and the babies-one two years
old and the other six months-were
left at the sister-in-law's house in her
absence. the mother running away inI
the darkness to escape taking her in
fants with her. The sister-in-law NOV
ed the next day and locked the chill
dren into the cold and empty tene-
ment, to prevent-so she claimed
their getting out and falling into the
river nearby. Meanwhile the children
cried a great deal and when the ten
ant of the other side of the house could