Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-12-24
GARRETTO FOUND GUILTY
MANsLAUGHTER THE VERDICT
IN BARRE MURDER CASE.

Or. Harkness Pleads Guilty Of Forgery
Boom for c. J. Bell for Governor
Likeiy-Woman to Be Tried in Benz
nington for Attempted Murder.
The jury the case of state VS.. AL
exander Garretto, charged with the
murder of El Corti al Barre October 3,
brought in verdict of manslaughter
at Montpelier Wednesday afternoon.
The jury was charged Wednesday
morning by Judge Stafford, who con-
| cluded at $3.50 o'clock. The charge oc-
| cupied 25 minutes in its delivery and
was clear cut and admirably worded.
He said a verdict might be found OF
| manslAughter, murder in the second
degree, or murder in the first degree.
Half an hour after the verdict Judge
Stafford sentenced Garretto to not less
than 10 years nor more than IL years
at Windsor, In imposing the sentence
court said there were certain extern
uating circumstances connected with
the case that would cause 1t to be len
lent, still it believed such penalty
should be inflicted that it would be
lesson to the prisoner Garretto is the
Italian socialist who fired the fatal
bullet that killed Eli Corti, an anar-
chist sympathizer, In the Italian riot
at the socialist hall in Barre Oct 3.
In Washington county court Wed
nesday afternoon Eugene Davis and
Neil. Knapp of Northfield pleaded
guilty to burglary in Mortified and to
breaking jail. Davis was sentenced
to not less than three and one-haif
years in the state prison at Windsor.
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correction for a period similar to that
given Davis. DIR. w. r. Hardness ap-
peared in court and withdrew his plea
of not guilty to a charge of forgery
and pleaded guilty He is still out on
bail The case OF state VS.. Bartholo-
new Croto he man from East Mont
pelier, who is charged with the muir
der of Peter vorren September was
continued until the next term of court.
The next case sc. for trial in Ben
nington county co is that of state
VS. Mrs. Alice Moffat of Sandgate, who
is under Indictment on the charge OF
attempting to poison her husband,
| Philander Moffat, of Sandgate The
state has sunmoned 12 witnesses and
the case promises to be one of much
interest. One of the principal witnesses
for the s+ate will be Joseph Mears.
with whom, it. is claimed, Mrs. Moffat
was in love and for whose sake she
wanted to get her husband out of the
way. Mears is now serving 15-years'
sentence in the state prison for COM
plicity in the crime
The address of C. j. Bell of Walden,
/ president of the Vermont state grange.
at the late meeting g that organiza-
4 ton at Rutland, is very favorably mem
toned by those who were present, says
White River Junction despatch. IL
would not be at all surprising If the
farmers in White River Junction VINO
-or the choice of one of their class
for governor at the next electlon
should start a boom for Mr. Bell. out
side of the supre ters II P. w. Glenn
ent for that g. .ee. u seemed to pe
4 apathy on ne subject until Mr. Belfs
name was mentioned.
The Vermont Maple Sugar Makers
association will hold its annual meet
ing at Burlington Jan. 4-6 There VIII
be addresses by the president victor
I Spear. William F. Hubbard, OF
washington. D. c., forestry expert, C.
]. Bell of Hardwick. of the state poaro
of agriculture, M D. McMahon OF bur
lington and G.. H. Grimm OF Rutland.
The state board of health met at
Burlington Tuesday night and auolteo
the accounts of the state laboratory OF
hygiene. 1t was found that all put
few dollars of the yearly appropriation
of $1,000 had been used up The work
has greatly increased during the nscai
wear which closed December l.
The Burlington license commission
ers revoked Wednesday, the licenses
of two saloon keepers for selling to