St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-01-20
VERMONT NEWS.
Horse Thief i'm Vermont.


was too wise for the marshal of Auburn.
Me-, who had been chasing him for some
time for horse stealing. He arrived IN
Lancaster, N. H., last week Tuesday, fol-
lowed by the marshal Of Auburn who, IN
company with Lancaster officer, arrest
ed him Tuesday evening. Patrick asked 1t
he might be aI!o wed wit b the officers to go
to Lunenburg to see his brother in their
company. They went and when they
arrived Patrick informed them he was IN
Vermont and they couldn't touch him.
This was only too true. One cfilcer went
back to get papers and the marshal
stayed with him. Patrick went out to
walk and suddenly turned on the mar
shall and ran away, saying if they took
him again it would be dead. The mar
shall fred twice but Patrick escaped. He
is still at large and is a desperate charac-
ter, having served two years in the
Maine State prison and is now wanted
for two or three offenses committed
recently.
Impersonated Another MAN.
Convicted OF obtaining money under
false pretenses by impersonating his
namesake, wealthy banker and dry
goods merchant of Atlantic, Iowa, TO-
seph Ell. Marshall of Burlington has been
sentenced to not less than five and one
half nor more than six years in state
prison. He has appealed from the YER
dict of guilty and the case will be heard
IN the supreme court. AS the prisoner
was unable to furnish bail, it was de-
cided to pronounce sentence and take
him to state prison to begin his term,
pending action by the higher court. 1t
developed during the trial of Marshall
that Joseph FL. Marshall of Atlantic,
Iowa, had been impersonated not less
than fifteen times during the past three
years, and that in each instance he was
victimized out OF sums ranging from
5000 to $500.
Wreck on ihe Rutland Road.
Two men were killed, several persons
injured and much property damaged by
rear end collision of freight trains on
the Rutland railroad at Rouses Point
station, five miles from Alburg, early
Saturday. Joseph Wright, Chinese in
spector employed by the United States
government along the border, and James
Hodges Of Malone, N. Y, were the men
killed. The wreck is attributed to the
slippery condition of the rails, due to a
freezing rainstorm which passed over
that section during the night. Two
freight trains were descending a steep
grade on their way to Alburg, when the
and was obliged to slow up. The second
freight could not be stopped on account
of the condition of the rails, and crashed
into the rear of the first train at the plat
form of Rouses Point station, where the
Rutland road meets the Delaware and
Hudson. Broken freight cars were piled
up and the station platform was demo1-
ished. Wright, who was standing on
the platform at the time, was buried in
the wreckage. 1t was not known that
he had been caught in the collision until
after daylight, when his body was found.
Hodges was one of the hands on the first
train. The engineer and fireman of the
second train jumped when the collision
occurred, but were slightly hurt. A man
In charge of a car of potatoes whose
name is believed to be Frank Mitchell,
was badly injured and may not recover.
The Rutland tracks were blocked the
greater part of the day.
Sale of DIR. Conland,s Library.
The sale of the library of the late Dr.
James Conland of Brat tleboro in the
rooms of the Anderson Auction company
of New York on Thursday and Friday
last proved one of the most interesting
sales OF books of the season in New York.
The library was an unusual collection of
books relating to American history and
literature and being especially rich in
Vermont material. The prices received
were on the whole much higher than
anticipated. Great interest was shown
by the representatives of the New Eng
land libraries, the Vermont state library,
the New Hampshire state library, and
the Boston public library being represent
ated. The original manuscript of DR..
Stearns' North American Dispensatory
sold for $50, despite the fact that some
leaves had been torn out, others scrubbed
upon by children, and it was generally
in poor condition The Contrast" by
Royal Tyler, 1899, brought $50. Some
leaves were forced and it was cut copy.
An uncut copy of the same book was
sold in the Mckee collection for $12O
"The Contrast" was the first comedy
written by an American and performed
on the American stage. THE Algerian
Captive" also written by Royal Tyler
and published in Walpole, N. H., in 1897,
in two volumes, brought $50. Judge
Tyler was chief justice of the Vermont
supreme court and died in Brattleboro in
1926. The complete f,e of the Federal
Galaxy, the first newspaper published in
Brattleboro. for the years 179S-99-1SOO,
brought SIT.
John Mitchell, an artilleryman from
Fort Ethan Allen, while removing his
overshoes in a Burlington cate Wednes-
Gay evening, kicked one foot through a
large window. When asked to pay the
damage done, he declared he had no
money. and tried to conceal his identity
by giving fictitious name for that of
the first sergeant of his battery. When
word was sent to Fort Ethan Allen it
was found that the man had taken what
property he could carry from his quar-
tiers. and then gone to Essex Junction
and boarded a train for Montreal An
act of this kind makes the man a deserter,
and the usual reward of $50 will be paid
for his apprehension.
Mrs. Susan Senter, died Saturday, aged
95 years. She was the oldest person in
Montpelier. She was native of Cabot,
and is survived by son, States Attor-
ney John FL. Senter, of Montpelier, eleven
grandchildren and thirteen grand
children.
Mrs. Frank Kelley, who was living
with her sou-in-law Henry Burnett at