Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-04-09
Free for All Far Room Fight in
the Addison House in
Middlebury.
IpDECENCY WAS ASCENDANT
Residents OF the Village Shocked by
Demonstration OF Law Abiding"
License Mcn-Several Arrests and
More to Follow w oman Stun
oles over Drunken Man,

Middlebury, April 6 AS a sequence to
the scenes of disorder that prevailed in
this town last Saturday evening states
Attorney James b. Donow9y issued Is
warrants charging the offenders with in
toxication to-day and Sheriff r. NJ. Chap
man, Chief of Police Dickinson and Con-
stable Charles G. Seeley have been busy
all tho afternoon serving papers. Two of
the men wanted have decamped for New
York State and one who left town re-
turned this evening.
Justices Dickens and Foole listened to
tho stories of John Lacey, julius and
Beluim Jenno and Charles Tulley this
afternoon. The four answered guilty and
were taxed sl0.l0 for their contribution to
the festivities. Peter Smith and Simon
McMahon will have n seance with his
honor later in tho week, as both protest
that they were not under the influence
of liquor.
on Saturday last the drinking CON
tingcnt of this town was largely augment
cd by large delegations from tho sur
rounding country who came here evident
ly with the intent to drink an over Sun
day supply. The result was clearly q case
| Of over confidence upon the part of the
ma iority of the visitors and several OF the
citizens of this place.
The throng of bbulously inclined ndi-
yiduals became so demonstrative during
! the evening that Landlord John II. Sar-
! gent of the Logan House deemed it OK
pedient to close his bar and the ma jority
of his patrons with their thirst unslakcd
r. paired to the Addison House which
place the curtain fall upon what
for a time bid fair to bc a decidedly san
| culinary conflict but Landlord Higgins
and Chief of Police Dickinson prevailed
upon his unwelcomc guests to depart 1t
required more than words to accomplish
| tho desired effect as nearly a score of
|
room fight. The fracas resulted in sew
eral missing teeth. discolorcd eyes and at
another part of the town an individual
nurSed a broken prohoCiS.
\ woman, whose name is withheld. in
passing along Washington street stun
bled over a drunken man lying across the
sidewalk and suffered a violent attack of
| mysteries which required the attendance
of physician for hours. Numerous Incl
dents of an indecent nature occurred in
the park which is situated in the center
of the village which We're extremely NOR
tifying and disgusting to women and men
as well.
! Taken altogether. it was ono of the most
spectacular exhibitions of what licenses
can do for a town that Middlebury has
| experienced in the five days during which
lcgalized drinking places have been in
operation. Public sentiment is aroused to
a pitch that it won't stand for license in
the case of any person arrested for in
toxication in the future.
The board of village trustees held an
emergency meeting Saturday evening and
appointed special officers and again to-day
have added to the force now duty and
tonight there is ample protection.
About a dozen more warrants will prob
ably be issued tomorrow. This town has
been mentioned as the first in the State tC
open its drinking places under the new
law and can also Law claim have giEpr