Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-01-15


which was about 1880 o'clock in the even
ing. He told him that he could hit him |
over the head with a club or he |
could way lay Root when on his way
home from Brandon and shoot him on
the mountain Bean gave his rifle to the !
witness and, October 3, the two started
out, the witness having promised to kill
Root. The witness told of several people
he met on this occasion. The witness
knew that Root was coming from Bran
don that day and met him but his team
was closely followed by that of William
Huntington, The witness told of several
occasions on which Bean had met him
and called him from the presence of
others and wanted to know if he was not
going to kill Eph. Root.
The cross examination was severe, its
tendency being to show that the witness
had not told the same story he told on
the stand at the preliminary hearing;
also that he had made contradictory
statements to people and it was brought
out that during the last of his talking
with Bean that Bean knew the witness
was working for Paul Tinkham deputy
sheriff.
Martells testimony was followed in the
Dext a. minutes by eightwitnesses. They
corroborated the testimony of Martell as
to his meeting them the day he and Bean
were together.
The only other witness was Milo NJ.
Ball. He testified that Bean came to
him and asked him to see Mrs. Green
and persuade her to send Root away
from her home
Louis A. Carter and his father, Louis
Carter, testified that on a certain occa-
sion i'll August, while they were at work
in the woods, Joe Bean came to their
camp a certain Monday night and was
there Tuesday. The Carter camp was
about a mile and a half from the Green
place. Carter senior was absent at Bran
don but returned the Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Ida Capen, who lives in Goshen,
on the road from Brandon to the Carter
camp, testified that certain Monday
night in August Louis Carter stayed at
her home over night on the invitation of
her husband
This was in confederation of Louis
carter in his statement, as above.
The next witness was Charles Batchel-
der, of the Windsor county bar. He is a
) surveyor and had made plans of the
Green place-particularly the kitchen in
which Root sat early in the evening he
met his death, and at the window of
which young Green saw the face he
called that of Joseph Bean, also the Root
barn, so called.
I George Chatfield was most important
, witness. He lives in Hancock and in
September worked for Bean, who was
engaged in a job with Henry Belden.
! Bean engaged the witness to go to the
Green place and say he was detective
from Connecticut. He was to see Root
| and warn him to leave the Greens, or he
would be "tarred and feathered" The
witness alec tn Mru nd
l deliver to her a message of the same pur-
! port. Then he was to go to the near by
I house of Mrs. Lucy Wiley, and tell hen
2 the same thing i'll substance. The re-
spOndent furnished a team for the wit
e ness and paid him 50 for doing the errand
D When the witness returned to Belden
/, the respondent left the supper table and
e went out bareheaded to help the witness
unhitch and hear his story. Later the
S witness wrote letter to Mrs Green al
| the respondents dictation. The letter
a will be offered in evidence when Mrs
S Green testifes later in the trial. The
d witness could identify the contents of the
e letter only in part
: Mr.. Maloney subjected the witness tc
= a rapid and rigorous cross examination
that failed to shake the story related by
him in direct examination.
Mrs. Maggie Belden, wife of Henry
Beldens of Hancock, with whom Bean
was in partnership on a lumber job
testified to some conversations with
Bean. To large number of the ques-
tiOns of the states attorney she replied
II don't remember" The Sunday after
noon preceding the Monday night wher
Root was killed Bean left the house; he
did return. He said he was going to see
a Mr.. Hubbard about buying some tim
ber-land Bean told the witness that he
wasn't contended anywhere, only a
Mrs Green's, that that was his home.
Homer Belden. brother-in-law of the
last witness, testified to hearing Bear
say, ''If it had not been for Eph Root
| should have been there at Green
today"
Henry Belden told of his relations
, with Bean, and how the latter made
frequent trips away from his work.
The witness corroborated George Chat
field as to seeing the latter write lette
and address an envelope for respondent
He heard Bean say he should hav
been at Green's if it had not for Eph
. Root.
Charles M. Robbins, Charles j. Stock
WELL and George B. Farr testified il
confederation of the fact that Georg
Chatfield made the visit to the Green
as agent of Bean, as he, Chatfield, ties
tilted.