Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-04-29
PROMISE COST HIM S425O
JUDGMENT AGAINST JOHN e.
MORSE OF so. NEWFANE.
Termination Of Most Interesting Case
in This Term Of County Court
Defendant Made a Poor Witness
Disposition Of Other Cases.


e the present term OF the Windham
: county court at Newfane. was decid-
: ed Tuesday afternoon, when the Jury
p IN the case OF Ella ]. Stratton against
. John r. Morse, both OF South New
: fame, after being out about an hour
/. brought IN a verdict for the plaintiff
: to recover from the defendant S4.25O
: for breach Of promise to marry. Both
families are prominent. The plain
tin is SO years old and Is daughter
: Of DR.. and Mrs. John Stratton, of
South Newfane. The defendant is a
son OF the late Benjamin Morse and
| formerly lived in Philadelphia. He is
AZ years old
The testimony Of Miss Stratton was
that she became engaged TO Morse in
1894 after they had been together
about a year; that she received many
letters from him from Philadelphia,
but burned them at his request; that
in one letter he stated that he had
gotten into trouble with a girl in
Philadelphia, but that the matter soon
would be settled and then he would
return to South Newfane and marry
the plaintiff Morse testified that the
statement about the Philadelphia girl
was correct, but that he did not prom
1 Use to marry Miss Stratton. He said
that on visits 70 South Newfane he
boarded with the Stratton family and
often Went TO ride with the girl. He
could not state the number of times,
but said It was not less than 200. He
knew that she was infatuated with
him but said he never promised to
ha,s as,I f1rt kn
she was taking him seriously he dis
missed their associations. Morse made
IA poor appearance on the witness
stand. He married another girl year
ago last July. J. L. Martin, of Brat
tleboro and J. K Batcheider. of Arl-
ington appeared for the plaintiff and
A. F. Schwenk. of Brattleboro, and
A. f. Cudworth. of South London
derry, for the defendant.
A portion of the day Wednesday
was occupied in arguments on the
defendants motion for a re-hearing
of the noted Bartlett and Prescott
case,
Disposition was made of several
cases as follows:
State VS.. Fred Boynton of London
rry-Information for failure to APP
pear as a juror. Pleaded guilty, fined
$40 and costs. total. s2421
State vs, Charles Ingram of Dover
Pleaded guilty to breach of peace and
fined $25 and costs, total s3eS6.
State VS.. Frank Smith of Brat
with larceny of BIZ
,ycle. Pleaded guilty to petit larceny
ind was placed in the hands of pro-
,ation officer
State VS.. P. Craft, jr., of Whining
guilty to Illegal sale of
liquor, and was fined $500
nd costs, total S919.06.
State VS.. John Bellows of Dover
Headed guilty to charge of adultery,
nd was sentenced to a term of not
.ss than three nor more than three
nd one half years in state prison.
State VS.. Charles Grotto of Brattle-
guilty to burglary and
as sentenced to pay fine of 5000
nd costs, but execution of the
entence was stayed and he was
laced in the hands of the probation
ficer.
A divorce was granted to Noble
awson from Maggie Rawson.
The following divorces had been
'anted in the Windham county
urt at Newfane at the close of yes
rday's session:
Frank B. Thomas of Brattleboro VS..
arion A. Thomas. desertion; Edith
johnson of Marlboro VS.. Wallace
Johnson, intolerable severity; Eta
Howe of Brattleboro VS.. Ezra 0.
owe. wEful desertion; Adam Thom-
of Brattleboro VS.. Emma Thomas
lful desertion: Effie NJ. Pierce of
,ver VS.. George ]. Pierce intoler-
le severity; Noble Rawson of Lon
nderry vs. Maggie Rawson, wilful
sertion; Nellie A. Porter of Ja-
ica VS.. Frank S. Porter, adultery;
ella F. Elwell of Dover vs. Lewis
Elwell. intolerable severity.
court will probably adjourn this
ernoon.
By the will of Mrs Hannah B.
rker who died April 10, the Free
ptist denomination at Sutton re-
YES set of buildings and orchard
be occupied as a parsonage. The
ldings are nearly new and valued
over $1,000.
son was born at Washington,
urday, April 2S, to Representative
Mrs. William Randolph Hearst.
Hearst, democratic presidential
didate. was married to Miss Miili-
Wilson in New York April IS,
bert K. Pettingill. a member of
ingill & Co, advertising agency
the Dr. Greene Nervura COM
'. both of which firms had as
ed, filed a voluntary petition in
xruptcy at Boston. Tuesday, April
His liabilities are $4,000: with
Is Of uncertain value.
gnor Giacomo Boni the famous
aeologist, thinks he has found
rhasm of Marcus Curtius, the pa
ic Roman youth who in 362 B. c.
AGATE the gods. jumped completely
d on horseback into a chasm
h had opened in the forum. Sig
Boni is directing the excavations
e Roman forum.
orge Jarvis of Barre. convicted
lpe IA years ago and sentenced
years at hard labor in states
n. but who four years later was
lged insane and sent to the
rbury hospital. has petitioned
overnor TO either pardon him or
him sent back to prison to serve
smainder Of his sentence that he
get credit for good behavior
he cannot do at the hospital