Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-05-19
MlsDEEos AND PENALTIES.

| "lSOEEO0 AMI re WAL tE0.
Clayton Loomis and Leon Downing
the boys who broke into George Mer
ritt's sugar house in East Elmore anC
stole 100 pounds of maple sugar, gave
themselves up to the officer, IL. l.
Stevens, and were tried before Justice
OF the Peace b. F. Morse last Friday
They were fined $40 and costs, am
ounting to S2l.l6 each.
Hiram Mattison, in company with
another well-known resident of Ben
nington, was driving along the road
toward Bennington in the vicinity Of
the Howard Shields residence the night
OF May 9 when Madison and his com.
panion were assaulted or held up by
two men. A lively struggle ensued
in which the occupants OF the wagon
received the worst OF it.
John Fredette of Brattleboro, who
was committed to the house OF correc.
ton for drunkenness on August II last
and escaped the 23d, no trace OF him
having been since obtained, has now
sent $3.50, the amount of his fine in
Guiding costs, from some place in New
Hampshire TO Superintendent Morgan.
Elmer johnson, friend of Fredette,
returned the amount OF his own fine
and costs In a similar manner a few
weeks ago.
E. Maggiani, the Italian who was
found guilty at the hearing in Barre
May 10 of breach OF the peace in
shooting through the door of John
Caslini's house, tried to commit sui
eide. in his cell during the intermission
OF the hearing. 1t is thought that be
did it to make it believed that he was
insane. He used a piece Of a bottle
and cut small cash in his neck. The
blood flowed quite freely although the
cut was hardly skin deep, and DIR. j.
f. McSweeney was called.
Major Chandler, a well-known fish
erman and Lake Bomoseen game
warden, narrowly escaped death at the
hands OF poachers lately. The poach-
ers were spearing bass spawning in
the grounds at the north end of the
lake Chandler approached in boat
and they shot at him, the bullet graz
ing his face near the right eve. He
shot back at the place where the smoke
was and heard man cry out as II
wounded. The pOachers disappeared.
Chambers wound was not serious.
Jack" Myers, who was recently
severely punished in Pownal by a
gang OF masked men, was in Benning-
ton lately consulting with officers. He
claims that he has received another
notice that If he does not leave the
house which he is making his home, he
will be visited again and the next
time he will be dealt with more harsh
" than he was the last trip. While in
Bennington he purchased a revolver
and says that II another call is made
on him some one will get a warm re
ception. The states attorney has
been notified since he went to investi.
gate the affair that the person who had
been credited with getting up the for
mer attack on Myers has left the state
and gone to North Adams, Mass, and
that his family will 90 this week.
Justice VIM. S. Newton, May 10,
made an example of four youths, who
recently committed depredations al
the Valley fair grounds by timing them
800 and costs, amounting in each case
TO S26.27. In addition they were order
ed to reimburse the fair association
for the loss, making an additional cost
OF S20.07 for each boy. The amount
the court ordered each boy to pay the
association is one. sixth the total loss
to the association. The boys fined were
John Murray, aged Is; Martin Dunn,
aged 10; Earl Whitcher, aged 10; and
Fred Bastian, aged Il. 1t was alleged
that the boys broke into one of the
buildings on the fair grounds in April
and carried away nine copper boiler
bottoms. boiler, copper reservoir,
five brass lamp burners, two spring
scales, 400 water tumblers, five pounds
OF tea, a large milk can, and two
carving knives. They pleaded guilty
and said they sold most of the stolen
articles to a junk dealer, whom they
did not know.