Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-07-14
DIR. HUTCHINSON RESIGNS
NEW BOARD OF ASYLUM TRus'
TEES ORGANIZED.
Many Deaths from Drownina-Fires In
Winooski-Library for Northfeld-
Liquor Selling in Caledonia County
Boy Shot While 6erryina.

Boy Shot While 6errying.
The new board Of trustees of the
state hospital for the insane AT Wa
Pittsford, DR.. c. l.. Erwin of Newport
Center and w. L. Dow of Hardwick,
met at Waterbury Tuesday. July II.
and Gov. Bell was In consultation with
the board. The trustees organized by
the election of ID. ID. Burditt Of Pitts
ford, chairman. and DR.. w. l.. Dow OF
East Hardwick, secretary.
The resignation Of DIR. Marcello
Hutchinson, sent this week to the
trustees, at Gov. Bells request on rec
ommendation of the investigating
committee. to take effect at the pleas
ure of the board. was considered, and
a course of administering the affairs
of the hospital in the light of the rec
concentrations and criticisms OF the
committee was discussed.
Mr.. Burditt, the new chairman OF
the board. told a Montpelier Journal
representative, in an unofficial inter-
view Tuesday, that he has received
several applications from physicians
both within and outside of Vermont
for the position resigned by DR..
Hutchinson. But If change is made
the senior trustee is of the opinion
that there is available material for the
position within the hospital and he
would, apparently, favor the appoint
ment of some one of the present stan
of physicians. That the burden or
purchasing of supplies for the institu-
ton should be removed from the SUI
perintendents shoulders is Mr.. Bur-
ditt's opinion. He advocated this
change because he believed that tho
head of the hospital should be at lib
erty to give his entire attention TO
oversight of the care given to patients
and to the patients themselves; then,
too, a doctor who may be most compe-
tent to have the oversight of the care
of the patients may not be competent
to handle the business of the institu-
ton.
The present staff of the hospital is
headed by Dr. C. G. Andrews, who
has been next in command under DR..
Hutchinson and is familiar with the
methods of the institution. and the
other members of the staff are Drs.
w. j. Upton, w. S. WATSON and II. u.
Bone.
1t was definitely stated Wednesday.
July ~, that no superintendent VIII
be appointed for at least one month";
and possibly for two months. IL is
limited that the trustees may consider
DR.. Hutchinson's resignation care
fully before accepting II. and 1t Is
possible that he may be asked to
withdraw it and accept the position OF
Superintendent of the medical depart
ment of the institution at a salary Oh
$4,000.
The state board of medical censors
opened a three days session at Bur-
lington Tuesday, July IL, with 80 can
didates, an unusually large class for
examination.
Nine out of IA candidates were sue
cessful in passing the examinations
before the state board of pharmacy at
Montpelier Thursday, July .. MISS
Agnes ]. Quinlan of Bennington stood
second in rank.
Glee Twiss, the 12-year-old daugh-
ter Of Clark Twiss, who lives on the
Wolcott road, about three miles from
Morrisville, while bathing in the La
noble river Friday, July Z, with some
young companions. was seized WIN
cramps and was drowned.
George Hammond, a minor, who had
been shut up 10 days at Rutland 10
obtain a disclosure, weakened IN ms
resolve not to tell Tuesday July -,
and as a result James Pilling was
sentenced to the house of correction
for not less than three nor more than
four months for furnishing liquor
Hammond is 10 years old.
An insane man entered Sergeant
Riley's house, short distance from
the village of Essex Junction toward
Burlington. Sunday, July 3. The man
was lodged in Jail. He is young, mas
brown hair, a sandy moustache. and
is rather short. He talks French and
English and claims his name is Char-
land. His clothing was not exactly
in keeping with the weather. He had
ON a macintosh, one or two other
coats. and rubber boots. He said ne
lived near Barre and Kept asking
when the trains went to that place.
In Caledonia county court Tuesday,
July IL, more liquor cases were taken
up. % pleas of guilty being entered
and fines imposed aggregating $3,5oo,
while several cases remained to be as
posed of. The sentence of Albert
Heath of Danville. who pleaded gull
and was sentenced to the house OF
correction at Rutland for not more
than IL nor less than 10 months, was
stayed on condition that the respond
ent entirely abstains from the use OF
intoXicants and he was placed in the
hands of the probation officer.
The Swear old son of Louis Petron-
ella, an employe of the S. L. Griffith
estate at Dandy, was found near the
spring house, Mount Tabor, Sunday
afternoon, July 3. with several buck
shot wounds in his back. The boy
died soon after being discovered.
Young Petronella was berrying when
wounded and it is thought that he
must have been accidentally shot by
some Italian hunter. The shooting
occurred near an Italian settlement
and the foreigners are accustomed 10
hunt on Sunday. There is as yet no
clew as to who fired the gun but the
officers will make every effort to bring
the guilty one to justice.
Dane Hill, aged 10 years, son of Err
vim Hill of Waterbury Center. was
Monday night, July 10, while
bathing in a small stream known To-
cally as Little river. He went into
the river with Clare Moody, to battle.
The young men got into quicksand
and went in over their heads. Hill
helped Moody into shallow water and
the latter proceeded TO shore. thinking
Hill was safe. When he looked back,
Hill was going down for the last time.
Four drowning accidents have &C.
Cured near this place. Hill had been
employed for several years in the saw
mill of w. A Anderson, and at the