The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-08-28
PECK TELLS
HIS STORY
Much Sought For Sheriff on
Witness Stand.
STATE PRISON HEARING
Several Important People Testified
SaiuFday investigation
Continued.
STATE PRISON HEARING

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II his slory favored Miss Bsicheiisr.
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follows
II drsi knss Mics Bachelor dsslr
81 a. lnicryles 9Th Mary Rogers he
mnFuins shs cane dosn ~ windsor
{ received h.r letter afieruard bat can.
not tell ibecoHtrtis. That Miss Bach
elder reported. knsv. because saw
ser reporting IN Windsor county court
a. different times aud / sas a person.
al friend also. I saw her the irsi
time when she sent into The guard room
that morning. vas a. The prison the
night before bat don't think heard
anyone telephone her about coming 70
the prison.
Lowell hadn'i spokan 10 me about
IL before. Il was a little past eight
when Grst sAE her. don't think
there was any talk In the guard room,
except that introduced her 10 Lowell.
Charles Baichelder was not there
then and no one was 10 the room except
Miss Bachelor. Lowell and myself
don't remember the conversation but
IL was in 4 general way. Miss Durkee
and Charles Bachelor came In. Miss
Bachelder said nothing about her bus.
mess AZ ! remember. don't think
she mentioned she was a reporter un.
I'll We got up 10 Mrs Rogers room.
Then think she made the remark that
she was q reporter.
"When we got upstairs Miss Durkee
opened the door think and all went
In. AS remember II was last. As
Miss Bachelor went in she made the
remark that she was a reporter or
something to that effect. Mrs Rogers
said she hadn't any love or respect for
reporters. Lowell sat down on the bed
and sat In chair near the door.
1.-The conversation was general,
nothing in particular being said. |
think Miss Batchelder told Mrs Rog.
ers she was going to have repreve
or something like that. AS far as
know IL was the first notice of q re-
prieve r hadn't got the official pa.
pers then.
81 don't think Lowell said anything
at the time she said she was report
err. Neither OF us made any objec
tons. have an idea we were in there
Is or 20 minutes, after which We went
back to the guard room. i don'tthink
was said about her being a
reporter then. To my knowledge
Lowell didn't tell her he wanted a copy
of the paper
"Did he say anything about not
wanting 1t published or that she be
mot that remember.
"Did you know what she came for?"
"No, only what surmised. Ofcourse
I hadn't seen her before"
Did Mr. Lowell know she was a re-
porter?' 81 don't think so; don't
KNOW"
Other witnesses examined we're John |
n. Woodfin of Rutland, director since |
1900. He said he knew of no graft in |
he affairs of the institution. Wilson
S. Lowell, present superintendent, told
Of the escape Of prisoner named
Clark and A. H. Burlington, a
guard from 1s96-1S99. The commits
sion adjourned to meet in Boston
Sept 9 for the purpose of examining |
merchants who have sold supplies to |
De used in the state prison.