Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-05-26
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL
VERDICT FOR $4,000 DAMAGES.
Angelo 5uIduzzl Had Eyeslght Destroyed
While Blasting for Ramaee Paper Co

Angelo 5uIduzz Had Eyeslsht Destroyed
While Blasting for Ramaee Paper Co.
at Readsboro.
The May term of the United States
Circuit and District courts has been in
session in Festival hall since Tuesday
morning, and the attendance has num-
bered as or more each day, including the
court officers, jurors, witnesses and
spectators. Judge Hoyt II. Wheeler of
Brattleboro is presiding, and the court
officers present are George r. johnson
of Burlington, clerk, James L. Martin of
Brattleboro, district attorney, Horace w.
Bailey of Newbury, marshal, F. H. Chap
man of Rutland, deputy marshal, r. e.
Gordon of Brattleboro, crier, Luke Parish
of Randolph and +. r. Thayer of Brat
tleboro, bailiffs
Court convened at $50 o'clock Tuesday
and a jury was impanelled in the case
of Angelo Bulduzzi of Readsboro against
the James Ramage Paper company Of
Monroe Bridge, Mass. The attorneys in
this case were Charles S. Chase Of Whit
ingham and Clarke c. Fits Of Brattle-
boro, for the plaintiff, and A. p. Carpenter
of North Adams and Waterman & Martin
Of BrattlebOrO. for the defendant. The
jury consisted of George /. Church Of
West Fairlee, c. =. Titus Of Vershire, S.
y. Houghton Of St Johnsbury. 3. II.
Phinney of Woodstock. c. w. Hodges of
Randolph Centre, ]. NJ. Eastman OF West
Fairlee, j. w Fargo of Randolph
Centre. V Il. Sargent of Danvle
G. S. Hall of East Randolph, Ma
thaniel Robinson OF East Newbury. Il. c..
Bundy of Bethel and r. f. Cook Of Nor
witch.
In this case the plaintiff sought to re-
cover damages in the sum OF $4,000 for
personal injuries. He is an Italian. On
Feb. r. 1902, while duarrying stone in
Readsboro, a blast was fired. but one Of
the dynamite charges did not explode.
Bulduzzi attempted to dig out the charge
| with drill, and while so employed the
| dynamite exploded. rendering him totally
| blind. Counsel for the plaintiff charged
| that he was employed by the Ramage
| Paper company. and that IL was through
| the negligence of the man in charge OF
the work. the foreman being away, that
the plaintiff was injured. the plaintiff
| knowing nothing about dynamite. The
| stone which was being blasted was for
| rebuilding an abutment for a highway
| bridge between the towns OF Rowe and
| Monroe. Mass, near the Ramage Paper
/ company's plant. The plaintiff claimed
that the defendant was the contractor
for the quarrying, and the bills for goods
and supplys bought. also the pay roll,
were in the name OF the defendant COM
| pany. The defense claimed that the
| suit could not be maintained alleging
work and that the paper company was
simply a financial agent under an agree
| ment to furnish funds necessary for the
work, in order that the bridge might
be built at once, rather than to wait until
a more favorable season, the town to
reimburse the company at later time.
Mr.. Chase opened the argument for the
plaintiff Wednesday afternoon. He was
followed by Judge Waterman for the de-
PENDANT, after which court adjourned to
yesterday morning. Mr.. Martin closed
for the defendant and Mr.. Fits made the
closing argument for the plaintiff.
Judge Wheeler's charge to the jury was
finished just before adjournment yester-
day noon. At p. m. the case went to
the jury, and just before o'clock they
returned a verdict for the plaintiff to re-
cover $4,000 damages. 1t is not improb-
able that the case will be taken to the
circuit court of appeals.
While the jury was considering this
case the suit of Mrs. w. d. Stockwell
against the Boston & Maine Railroad
company was taken up and another jury
was impanelled, consisting of these men:
Fred l. Swift of Brattleboro, ]. A. Nc
Leod of Hardwick, T.. II. Atherton OF
Cavendish, L. T. Kimball of Windsor. c.
II. Eddy of Guilford Don. c. Pollard OF
Cavendish w. +. Best of West Windsor
Fred L. Davis of North Pomfret, Edwin
w. Huntley of Putney. Richard F. Darl-
ing OF NeWbury, q. A. wider or Gull
ford and Arthur F. Roberts OF Brattle-
boro. The plaintiffs attorneys are c. c.
Fits and F. d. f. Stowe of Brattleboro
and the defendants counsel is W. B. c.
Stickney of Bethel.
In this suit the plaintiff seeks to re-
cover damages in the sum OF $4,000 fol
the death of her husband, which tool
place June 20, 1908. Mr.. Stockwell hao
been to North Newport, N. H, TO see
Mrs. Stockwell, who was visiting there
When he boarded the train for home he
went into the baggage car to get his
baggage checked, there being no baggage
master at the station. Then he started
to go into a passenger car, and while or
the platform between the two cars the
train reached a sharp curve, about q
mile from the station, and Mr.. Stockwel
was thrown to the ground, the gates al
the end of the car being open. His skull
was fractured causing death. The plain
tin claims that the company was re-
sponsible for the accident in not having
the gates closed, and the defendant claims
that Mr.. Stockwell had no business to 81
into the baggage car, but that 1t was thu
business OF certain train hands to checl