The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-12-16
YoungKnapp Told of Re-
lations With Mrs. Rogers
"PERHAM LET ALL OUT"
Mrs. Rogers Is Alleged to Have Writ
ten Knapp, Calling on Him
For Comfort.

Bennington, Dec. 16.-In the trial OF
Mary NJ. Rogers on the charge Of murder.
ing her husband, Marcus Rogers, In Au-
gust 1902, interesting incident yesterday
was when Deputy Sheriff Nash produced
In court the hat with the note attached in
which the writer stated that he was going
to commit suicide; the rope with which il
is claimed the arms OF Marcus Rogers
were tied; the bottle containing the chic
reform with which he is supposed to
have heen killed; and the handkerchief
Thought 70 have been held to his nose
The defense conceded that the note pin
ned 20 the hat, supposed TO have been
written BY Rogers, was written by BY Mrs.
Rogers.
John Nash testified. that the night be-
fore the body was found Mrs. Rogers
came to his home and told him she thought
her husband had drowned himself within
the limits Of the village. He said that Ia
conversation With Mrs. Rogers she said
she did not 20 10 live with her husband ais
she could not bear to live with his broth
er.
Mrs. Rogers mother and sister have
been present at the court since yester.
day.
The other testimony was principally de-
voted 10 eorroborating the distances and
that given In regard to handwriting. 1t
Is possible that the handwriting may yet
take as important part Ia this trial as
this feature as Ia former noted murder
cases.
Another Interesting witness for the state
viii be Alfred Philpot, In whose house the
infant child Of Mrs, Rogers died, she al
legtng at the time that 1t had fallen from
a bed.
In the face of all the testimony that is
brought against her, Mrs Rogers retains
the utmost c0mposure She never smiles,
or appears downcast.
The chief witness was Morris Knapp, a
former lover Of Mrs Rogers He was
called late In the afternoon aud his appear
anee eaused considerable interest as it was
understood he was one Of the chief wit
nesses for the state and such he proved 10
be. He is about % years old, bright ap-
peariug young man and made very IN
teligent appearance on the stand
an attachment developed between him
and Mrs. Rogers aud they had planned to
get married They talked about furnish
ing their house and Mrs Rogers told him
that her husband had assigned to her the
insurance on his life Of $500. They were
together every evening and took long
walks. She also sent him many love let
ters.
Knapp was a member Of Co. 4. v. N.
G., and at the time Of the murder was
attending the State encampment at Fort
Ethan Alien He returned TO Bennington
the day after the murder. Mrs. Rogers
met hlm at the Armory aud they walked
home together. She told him that her
husband had given her his life insurance
papers and told her that be had no desire
to live any longer, intimating TO Knapp
that her husband had committed suicide.
When Mrs. Rogers was placed under ar
rest she sent witness note containing
these words: "My God, Perham has let
it all out. Come quickly and comfort me
The rest Of Knapp's testimony related to
the personal relations between him and
the respondent
Mrs Rogers appeared bored with the
proceedings until the state called Knapp
Her face showed conflicting emotions as
her former admirer testified. When Knapp
left the stand she was so overcome that
She had to be taken from the court room.
The trial win continue tomorrow