Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-01-21

were in partnership. This was dissolved
| in June and Bean left. He came back sew
eral times to make visits; was there mostly
! when only she was in the house. de did
not like her to have Root at the house
Root came there to board in July. Bean
found fault with her for going to Roches-
ter on one occasion, and also to Rutland
to a circus with Root. She told Bean her
/ husband was willing and il was none OF
! his Bean 's-business. She told Bean he
must not come TO the house. He said he
/ knew he would be all right il it wasn't for
| Eph. Root. She told Bean Oct. 18th,
when he was at the house, he must not
come any more; that Mrs. Wiley and
others were talking about 1t; he SAID he
did not care. She stated about two letters
| to her from Bean. She also related the
incidents in regard to Root going out Of
the house that evening, and his being
found unconscious and brought to the
house, as related by her two sons.
John Upper told OF Bean coming to
him to have him see Green and advise him
to get rid of Root. Beams reason was that
he was interested as a joint debtor with
Green and he Bean-thought the BUSH
ness would not go on as well with Root
there.
David Flanders testified that Bean told
him Mr.. Green missed it in having Root
there. Bean also told about the detective
being up there watching Root and Mrs.
Green.
b. r. Hubbard told how Bean had been
staying at his place the week before Oct.
18th, the date OF Roots death. He had
let Root have gun. "Boney" Martell
had stayed there with Bean one night.
On Oct. 18th witness was away from home
until 6 o'clock. When he got home Bean
was not there; his team was in the barn.
Witness went to bed before eight o'clock
and was awakened out OF his sleep by
someone knocking at the door. He went
to the door and il was Bean, who came in
and went right upstairs to bed; there was
no light at the time and witness did not
see Bean. He was arrested next morning
by Paul Tinkham.
Mrs Hubbard and her daughter cor
roborated the last witness. According to
their testimony ii was somewhere from
eight O'Clock to half past eight that even
ing when Bean came and knocked at the |
door. The distance from the scene OF the
killing is Al miles. The time Root went |
out Of the Green house TO do his chores /
was somewhere about half past seven.
Evans Lovett, bright, manly little fell
low OF 10, an adopted son OF Hubbard, 1
also testified to above. He was asleep in /
his room when Bean came up. He asked |
Bean the time and he said half past seven.
Witness said it must be later and Bean
struck EuhLcn ana huOMtu the DON
his watch. Ii was 1880 The witness
found Joe Beams gun and revolver in the
hay in the barn. The testimony of the
Hubbard women showed that next morn
ing, Oct. 10, the sheet OF the bed in which
Bean slept was stained blue. Bean was
wearing blue wooden shirt.
Fred Il. Watson also related incidents in
regard to Bean being at the Hubbard
house, about which respondents counsel
said no question would be made.
DR.. q. NJ. Campbell, partner Of DIR.
testified to the autopsy on
.he body OF Root Oct. IA. The doctor
described the fractures OF the skull. In
his opinion the injuries were administered
by some blunt instrument, all except one,
" hich must have been done with a sharp
like knife thrust. In the ,
opinion OF the witness there must have
been five impacts-hve occasions OF the
head coming in contact with some hard
substance. The doctor gave his testimony (
n a very clear manner.
"Joe" Carter, Jr., told about Bean being .
It his fathers, and related conversation /
~ Bean about Root and Mrs. Green.
Mrs. Lucy Wiley told about the visit OF |
wo strangers at her house at different
lines Root had boarded with her and
Without word left her place and went to
BOARD at Mrs. Green's. She described the
situation around the barn the morning j
Ifter Roots death.
Rollin Carey, DIR. Huntington's driver,
old OF the visit to Green's house. He held