Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-11-18
GRAFT IN STATES PRISON2
JOINT COMMITTEE INVESTIGATE
STATE INSTITUTIONS.

Car inspectors Terrible Dsath-Mys.
FERROUS End Of Thomas Daisy-Ths
Christmas Tree Trade-sunday's
Storm in tho State.
The joint legislative committee IN
vestigating state institutions AT
Montpelier has so far confined Its at
tention to the management or the
state prison at Windsor, of which r.
w. Cakes Is superintendent. the
committee maintains a discreet 81
lence about its findings but there are
rumors of graft or loose MANAGE
ment, in certain institutions. 1t is
said that a high official In the state
prison in previous years mas haa ,, on
the pay roh member OF his famiiy,
who has done no work, but the state
has been charged for services never
rendered, amounting to consider
able sum.
A. Il. Cudworth of South London
derry, director in the states prison,
testified Saturday, Nov. II. T.. ID.
Harpn, keeper, was ON the stand
Thursday, Nov. 10. j. n. Woodhn OF
Windsor, book-keeper, Marsh ID. Fer
kins of Windsor, director, have testi-
fed, also Station Agent Hazen or
Windsor. Among the questions the
committee will try to ascertain the
truth of are whether officials have on
moderate salaries grown rich; If mon
ey taken from prisoners has been ac-
counted for If members of any fam
lily or families of prison officials are
on the state pay roll without per-
forming any services; If any items
have been suppressed from the print
ed prison reports for which vouchers
appear in the auditors Office; II the
directors have much or any supervis-
ion over the institution; If the direc-
tors have been together since last
Nav: if any rebates or commissions
have been received by any officials; If
state supplies have been used private
iy; if mileage books owned by state
have been used by officials in their
private capacity, and If prisoners have
been worked IL and Is hours day.
The hearing in the celebrated case
of S. d. Wilson VS. Percival w. Glenn
emf of Rutland, which was to have TAX
en- place in New York city last week,
has been postponed until December
4.
The property of the Barre Tele-
e. w. Perry, F. L. Page and f. A.
Bugbee who held blanket mortgage
on it. The paper will be continued
upon the same general policy as be-
fore.
III. G. Thomas of Stowe, state fish
and game commissioner, announces
that 446 deer were legally killed in the
state during the open season, compared
with 753 last year and 404 the year be-
fore Three does have been reported
killed.
Burglars blew open the safe in Bris-
coe & Tupper's bank at ChurchVilie,
Rochester, early in the morning OF
Nov. 10. securing about $4,000. Fire.
ouent robberies have occurred in that
section of the state and it is believed
an organized gang is at work.
Major Josiah Grout, administrator
of the estate of the late Gen. w. w.
Grout has paid the creditors in the
estate their first dividend of six cents.
The equity in the Grout farm at kir-
by has been purchased by capt.
George o. Ford who has been for so
many years the manager of the farm.
A committee Oh tHe V tl iiiohh c'''se
association of Washington called on
the president Saturday, Nov. II, to
congratulate him on the result OF
the election, and to present two
enormous beets raised in the Green
Mountain state The beets. the COM
mittee explained, were "emblemauc
of the beating Judge Parker received
last Tuesday" Each beet was as
large as mans hat.
Two Rutland druggists continue to
sell liquors Notwithstanding the fact
that their fifth class licenses were re-
yoked by the license commissioners
Oct. 10. Several Rutland property
owners refuse to comply with the or
ders of the fire marshal to provide
their buildings with fire escapes. They
saw the city of Rutland was ordered
some time since to equip the school
buildings with fire escapes ana mas
neglected to do so.
Joseph Aud, editor of the Burling-
ton News, has announced his candl-
dacy for the collectorship in the Bur-
lington district. He says he wants
the office and thinks he has the pest
misunderstanding to the usual meth
cd of basing claims on record OF par
tv work. In the thirty years in
which he has been engaged in news
paper work, he states, he has not
sought an office of profit in the party,
but has helped scores of others to get
them.
Otto Pressbrick has been arrested In
New York after several months nunl
by Vermont officers. He is under IN
dictment for securing money unoer
false pretenses from farmers in POW
mad II is claimed that Pressbrick
secured over $4,000 on the pretense
that he was going to establsn
creamery and that investors in stock
to buy the necessary machinery would
receive their money back with inter-
est beside the results from the sale
of their milk, ETC. After the money
had been paid in Pressbrick went to
New York, ostensibly to purchase
machinery, but has never returned OF
been heard from.
The badly decomposed body of T.
Fl. Daley of Rutland, brakeman on
the Burlington branch of the central
Vermont railway, was found In the
slip Just east of the drawbridge sat
urday morning, Nov. IL. In ms pock,
ets were found the rules Of the road
and his name. He had received a
months leave of absence three weeks
ago 1t is thought he fell from tram
near the drawbridge, and broke MS
neck. Mr. Daley was about 80 years
of age, and had the reputation OF be-
ing a sober and industrious workman.
Several circumstances connected with
his death lead the members or ms
family at Rutland to suspect foul
play He had considerable money
with him when he left home and very
little was found on his body.
About IN survivors of the First