Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1904-08-12

He was briefly cross-examlned by
Mir, Bacon but no new facts wer,
brought TO light.
The next witness was George
, Batchelder. the hero of the robbery
He told how he had been awakened
by his mother between the hours Of
and o'clock Friday morning and
how on looking toward the banh
building he had seen dark object
moving While watching this object
he heard sharp explosion inside the
bank and Immediately went after his
rifle. Returning be took up his posi-
tion behind golden glow bush in
the front yard, and STOPPING on one
knee fired al the object across the
road. He heard a few hurried words
spoken after his shot and then an
answering report from a pistol.
h. c. Eager Of Newfane, deputy
sheriff. was next called TO the stand
and sworn. He said he was awakened
the morning of the robbery by a man
calling al his bedroom window. As
soon as he heard what was the mat
ter he dressed hurriedly and imme-
diately went to the bank. First he ex
amined the inside of the bank and
then the outside by means of lam
| tern. Near the southwest corner of
the building he discovered a trail of
blood leading westward across the
street, and tracks of three men. In
the dooryard of the parsonage on
West street the sheriff had discovered
what he termed quite a puddle" of
blood and the tracks from that point
onward showed that only two per-
sons had continued In the garden of
| George Johnson, who lives next to the
parsonage he had discovered a strip
OF black cloth and many foot prints.
Two of these he had covered with
board so as to preserve them. Sheriff
Eager was subjected TO a rigid cross
examination by Mr. Bacon, the con-
versation furnishing much amuse-
ment He at length admitted having
taken one of the respondents shoes
and trying it in some of the foot
prints but he could not be positive
whether the shoe fitted more than
one of these prints.
Leslie Stratton, the Williamsville
butcher. was the next witness. He
testified TO having seen a man strong
ly resembling the respondent pass
through Williamsville about o'clock
on the morning of the robbery. Mr.
Stratton said he couldn't swear it
was the prisoner but there was
strong resemblance. The man was
eating an apple and had answered his
salutation Of good morning.
Miss Gertrude Kane Of West Dum-
merston testified that on the morning
of the robbery she had seen strange
man at the West Dummerston rail-
road station He boarded the train
and went down TO Brattleboro, sit
ting just across the aisle from her.
At Brattleboro she had seen him go
toward Main street. Miss Kane was
positive the man was the respondent
Randolph Knight, station agent at
West Dummerston, remembered that
a stranger whom he thought was the
respondent inquired the price of a |
ticket to Boston on the morning of |
the robbery. when told he couldn't
buy through to Boston he purchased |
a ticket to Brattleboro, offering a S. |
bill in payment. Mr.. Knight couldn't /
remember just what change he gave
the man.
The next witness was Joseph Mar
tin, ticket clerk at Brattleboro. A
man whom he identified as the re-
spondent called at the ticket Office
between the hours of and 5 o'clock
on the afternoon previous TO the rob-
berry and asked If there was a mer-
40 Of nt,ro in
Mr.. Martin sent the
nan to the freight office. on Friday
Mr.. Martin sold the same
nan ticket to Boston. !
j. H. Burke station agent at Brat {
leboro, testified that the respondent j
.ame to the freight office on the af-
ernoon previous to the robbery about
o'clock and wanted to know about |
merchant named Dunleavy whom he J
aid was in Williamsville. Mr.. Burke y
old the man that no such merchant a
vas there but gave him the adj
resses of two others. The man then
1quired as to the size of the place. r
Ir. Burke said he saw the respondent a
gain about 1O:3 80 the following morn f.
lg. just as he was being arrested by I,
hief of Police Hall. The mans face h
hanged suddenly, according to Mr..
urke, when the officer approached
i'm. o
Leon Canedy. bootblack at the n
house, saw the respondent N
bout 3: so on the morning of the rob- II
cry, and gave him a shine. d;
Warner Miller of West Dummer-
on, teamster for Guy Taft, met the
spondent about $50 o'clock Friday v
orning near the West Dummerston W
alton. He was coming from the af
nth and complained that he was fiji
red. He asked Mr.. Miller if there de
as a machinist living at the quarry. te
id then tried to sell him his silver si
atch which Mr.. Miller did not want. hy
Edward Rogers of West Dummer- OF
on corroborated portion of Mr.. tn
Hers testimony. of
The next person put on the stand a
Is Chief of Police Hall who proved ba
be the most important witness of I'M
e day. He said that he found the
isoner in the waiting room of the
attleboro railroad station about int
Is Friday morning. Chief Hall told ley
n that he was looking for a man Di
swering his description who came of
on the narrow gauge that morning. de-
e prisoner replied that he had pa
ant the night at the Brooks house. tht
that's the case said Chief Hall. Law
pure not the man l want but I can mi
| very quickly If you were at the les
ooks house last night" The man jut
m replied that he did not stop at VIII
. Brooks house but had come from ito
ringfield that morning. Spring TIL
a. vt?" inquired Mr.. Hall. Yes" exi
lied the man, Immediately adding. exi