Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22
s. D. Wilson VS.. P. w. Clement
$4,000 Damages Claimed for
Alleged SANDER.
CAUSE CAMPAIGN SPEECH.
Gubcrnatorinl Candidate Said TO Have
Denounced rlaintiH and to Have
Called Him Il Murdcrcr-Dcfcn-
Nants Memory Poor as to
thc Exact Words Used.

bhc NoTuS ANcu'
Rntiano oct 15.-The trial S the
sAk begun by S d. Wilson. alias Waite,
an agent of the FaXon detective agency
of Quincy, Mass, vs. PcrCVal w Clement
OF this city TO recover $4,000 damages for
the alleged dclincation OF the plaintiff as
murderer by the defendant during the
gubernatOral campaign Of a. year ago.
was begun in the United states Circuit
Court i'll this city this afternoon Al
though the case was not reached until
near the end of the days session a good
start was made and some interesting fca-
lures were developed at the outset The
case Is attracting great deal OF interest
here and the court room was crowded
with spectators during the late afternoon
Mr.. Clement in calling Wilson a muir
derer referred to the shooting Of Edward
Gosher at White River Junction by the
plaintiff in 1901. Under the old prohihitory
law while obtaining information against
Illicit liquor selling dives for states At
torney c. Z. Tarbell of Windsor county,
Wilson killed Goshen He was tried on
the charge of murder and acquitted on
the grounds that he shot the man in self
defense.
The greater part of the courts alton
ton to-day was taken up by the case of
Gilman b. Wilson vs.. William G. Freed
ley. Bennington county suit involving
a breach of a marble contract which has
been on trial since Tuesday The case
went to the jury at $3.50 O'Clock and at
$50 a verdict awarding the plaintiff s10-
1886 damages was rendered.
JURY SOON ENPANELLED.
AS soon as the first jury left the court
room the Wilson-Clemcnt case was called
and contrary to expectations, but little
trouble was experienced in getting
jury. The following men are on the panel:
j. II. Fletcher of Bridport, ii. I Eaton
of Arlington, John Markham of Proctor,
II. P. Hulett of Salisbury. Martin Malcy
of Fair Haven A T.. Pratt of Shrewsbury.
w. L. Lampson of Manchester W. II.
Bingham of Cornwall john Conlon of
Brandon, w. l.. Davis. George f. Pease
and John p. Liston of Rutland.
The attorneys in the case are w b.
c. Stickney of Bethel and Alexander
bennett of st. Johnsbury for the defense
and Powell & Powell of Burlington and
johnson d johnson of Boston for the
plaintiff.
CLEMENT FIRST WITNESS
The first witness was Mr. Clement, the
defendant The majority of the questions
asked him were objected to and there
was much wrangling among the attor-
neys. Mr.. Clement was questioned CON
corning his political campaign of 1901 but
tI ~ Wv NO. 1eein 20 20 ~ very Eoou'
was asked more especially about his
speeches at White River Junction and
i ,iailuo a., 'ns speecn III 'ne latter place
,,';,, .no une -, "Iitn ~ Is charged
WI sialue.ius me PIdH!'iII' n" witness
'ouIu NOT zen '.e eXact words OF any
of the speeches. AT the two towns men
toned above he said he used manuscript
but he did not conline himself closely to
wis., p.o , wauC ~ S"iu "pu"t pl'
danlarod tha. - I,.ae ;,,,,DitI "na" ne
10 toi 10 .oid his ,. r,!o'1iDr ANY,. Ior MN
etonco that WI,snn u,tor, IA S,''-
.enottor" hod hoo hrr',o,. ,.1!I'u
orl bod sbot 20 ano,h , -" N,'"lol'
IIo said thot UiIso, bol ''i 49, man,
for ,n5Ss1ouah+or r,.ha,, H. '''',' !.
bnvn hoor nurdor ,ndnr o, ,'."''
o,,ar ovietad IN ~ co., or y- ''I'
he on;rinn :. sha,,,d ,, u Nc' No"c III
INV, 70 dnoida nbat Ky 49, i'l' 80,
C,onont soid tbot ,bono ia 49, '"''
,othor ooso -; ~ g. t '''N'' "''l
of nanslaugbtar bod hao, @ wa, -
. ,o,r nrdor s;n,;lar oo,,Iitia, m,
mess admitted that he had doc,ora1 ~.
nrohibition ana Tho Ar.icai ''' "a 'l,"l
n,ora roenorsii,lo for ~ ',e'"Vl sue
Az CIaonnt uo,,Ia ~.
he bad uead tho Hord ,nrr1, -" N,',iIr .
10 va. sbo,n tvnorri,ta,, ~ i','''
hu+ bo oo,,ld rot idantif,. :. '''"0' W,
cow of onv of bie snooai ~ ~.
that no erota a. prordo,, hu 90 ,ntt
Mr. Clement was questioned as to his
was also asked if he bad hoor onit,, ''G
during any of tho sncorhos ana w. w.
nliod "Yes sometimes No un.. -
structed nv the CONT 70 Srine1 o-,oo,,rnr,
the copies of any of his sneechos MAJ
he might he able IN fnd al hie nc,iol
SlENCINAi HEN oN Ih STAND.
Mice r Sadie Smith q ,,r,.e,..,,,...,
-. .'os ,,os ~, . -. IT
"a ST. said tbat eho b,d - ,',l' =,
M element at some of his snnochos
MT tiei'ie 81. a, c'e e %i ms Speeches
PpiS onh Anm, 90 Wv,
lie axact lanqn,ae in sbort bard Gba
was shown what purported to he - cnm,,
~ no Rrandon sneecb Int ebo soid sho
would NOT swear il was the exact words
Mr. Clement used as in making the conv