Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-03-10
MIsDeEos AND PENALTIES.

Geo. NJ. Rowell of Bennington, who
was charged with soliciting insurance
without license, withdrew his plea
of not guilty and pleaded guilty in
court at Bennington March 3. Judge
E. l.. Bates fined Rowell 800 and costs
amounting to S138.29. which Rowell
paid. He was discharged.
George Gale OF Hyde Park, the lad
who has been in Jail for some time for
shooting the Fisk boy at Stowe two
years ago, has taken the poor debtors
/ oath and been released from custody.
1t will be remembered that Gale was
inearcerated because of not paying
damages awarded plaintiff in a recent
county court suit. The Fisk boy re-
Gently underwent an operation for the
removal of shot from his leg.
T. A. Welcome, A. T. Mccarthy and
ID. j. Mccarthy were arrested in Bur-
| lington Feb. 20 on indictments found
against them by the federal grand jury.
They all furnished bail in the sum OF
$500 each before Commissioner George
+. johnson. Welcome is charged
with fraudulent use of the mails and
the MeCarthys with abstracting goods
from A. F. McCarthy's store after he
had been petitioned into bankruptcy.
Edward L. Hutchinson of Felchville,
who surrendered himself to United
States District Attorney j. L. Martin
early last month after opening letter
containing a check, was arraigned be-
fore Judge III. II. Wheeler in the
United States court Mar. 2. lie plead
ed guilty and was sentenced to eight
months in the house of correction at
Rutland. Hutchinson threw himself
on the mercy of the court. He was
represented by Gilbert A. Davis of
Windsor He formerly lived in Hall
fax, and while there opened a letter
addressed to George Prouty and con-
tanning a check for S25. He forged
Mr.. Prouty's name and secured the
money at the Peoples National bank
in Brattleboro.
The cases against Eugene Sargood
and John Doyle, charged with poison
ing colts belonging to Robert Blair of
Arlington, are on trial in Bennington
county court. The apparent line of
the state appears to be to show not
only the connection of Sargood with
the poisoning OF these colts, but also
that he was the principal one in the
matter OF the attempted poisoning of
Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Hicks, and that
Doyle was his tool. The reason for
his wishing to do these crimes is said
t. be that he was angry with Blair be-
cause he would not run for a town
license commissioner and with Hicks
himself because he would not lease him
"a building in which he could sell
liquors, as he had third class license.
The Wnliamsyille stores of O. l..
Sherman, II. A. Williams, A. NJ. Merri-
field and the John Williams grist mill
were broken into Monday night, Feb.
20. At each place entrance was made
by prying up window. 1t is thought
the burglar was frightened away from
Shermans by a light in Z. ii. Put
MANS rooms in the ell OF the store as
he entered from that side and went out
the other, breaking out light OF q lass.
Nothing of value was taken anywhere
bat silver watch at the grist mill.
An attempt was made to break into
the safe there. At Sherman's about
$40 in the money drawer was over
looked. Tracks were discovered in
the light snow Tuesday morning and
Constable l.. o. Morse and A. j Morse
started in pursuit, following the tracks
in the road 10 West Dummerston and
from there on the railroad track to
Brattleboro, where all traces were lost.
Mrs. leila Smith. aged 6S years,
was found dead March at the home
of her brother, John Marshall, about
two miles out from East Windham
depot, and the condition of the body