The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-16
NO FREEDOM
FOR MARSH
Alleged Murderer Held With
ont Bail.
IN BROCKTON, MASS, COURT
Protests That He Is Innocent of the
Killing of Bate in Chicago Last
November-Is in a Crippled
Condition

Broekton, Mass, August 16.-George
Il. Marsh was arraigned in police court
here this morning on the charge Of be-
ing fugitive from justice from the
charge Of murder brought BY the state
of Illinois in the Bate case. He plead
ed not guilty and was committed to
iail without bail to await hearing next
Saturday. He is also charged with bas-
tardy Oh an old warrant by the local
police. lie pleaded not guilty and was
held ia $500 for the same date.
Marsh firmly asserts his innocence,
and claims he is fully capable Of es-
tablishing the best sort Of an alibi.
The crime for which he is wanted IS
the shooting to death Of William Bate,
chauffeur, found dead in his automo-
bile on a country road near Chicago
! last November.
/ Immediately after his arrest yestef-
dav afternoon he Admitted being IN
Chicago at the time of the Bate MUIR
der, aud said be knew a great deal about
the crime, but protested his innocence
He said, too that he had lived there un-
der an assumed name.
Marsh Is almost an invalid, being a
cripple, and, it is feared, victim of
tuberculosis He is employed by his
/ brothers, who own the American Motor
! COMPANY. No. COS Centre street. w.
i n. Marsh Is manager Of this company.
THE Marsh home is at No. T5S Centre
street. There the accused man has been
living Tor several months.
Police Inspectors kingman and Grose
went to the motor factory. Marsh hlm'
self came out to meet them.
II guess you are looking for me, gen
tlemen." he said. II am Bennett Marsh
/ have killed nobody. / was in Chicago
lat the time Willie Bate was killed. Hs
was shot through the head from behind
l saw the body on the following day
and know all about it. But | was no
present when he was killed.
ale was killed one and three-quarte
! miles west Of the town OF Lamont, an'
! thirty-one miles from Chicago. wa
chauffeur for JOY Martin, the 'telt king
at the time. That night | had suppe
with Willie Bate in q restaurant, an
afterward / joined Eddie Stokes an,
we took two young ladies out iof
]. ride. -
eve left at about o'clock. ~
!, went out Just before Willie Bate wen
! out. He was called after we lett TO 9
Z out with party as chauffeur.
"One 81 the girls was named Alic
I Egan We started at 8 p. n. fror
. the garage where Eddie Stokes ken
Z his automobile Stokes, the two girl
s and myself. But we called at Canary
: garage. where L kept my auto, to g
i nv lap robe Canarg's garage i 9
{. Thirty-fifth street.
4 @TIis took about twenty minute
L Fhen we rode out to Garfield and Lii
8 coin parks. and | think to Jackson PARK
/ am not sure Of the last park.
= 'sWe got back about 1880 or 2o'cloel
{ we left the girls at their homes an
& returned my robes to my automobile
e Ganarys. Then we parted ! went eith'
10 my room ON Thirty-fifth street,
else to Queens hotel--I don't rememb
which. cannot tell the number
n my ROOM and have forgotten the nan
of the man who slept with me, but ~
die Faanel knows the name Of my roor
Of mate.
D. Il went to bed that night, and ,
of the following morning | heard about y
It murder and rode out with some othe
an to see the body.
d. sNot long after / came East and m
it. with my accident have been 81
tn ever since. I heard the officers we
ar after me, and here | am
m With the two inspectors Marsh We
| 4. L rlnthinW fh
be accompanied them to the police static
III where he is held awaiting the arflN
he OF detectives from Chicago. lie seer
perfectly calm and satisfied, apparent
not fearing at all the prospect OF
return to Chicago.
!. The Murder.
The murder of Bate, in connecti
with which Marsh IS wanted in Chical
In i one Of the most remarkable myster
req in criminal annals Bate, chautfe
md ana son Of John " Bate, president
ace the Mitchell Motor Car company Of /
ult cine. Wisconsin, was found in the cot
ght trv with bullet hole through his hei
leu II was believed at that time that
md haa been murdered by a mfr. Dov
who rented the automobile by telepht
from the Auditorium hotel.
This was, for time, the only z
to the murderer Search was made
.tIr. Dove and that search has cont
sex ned from that time to the prese
From the time he left the Auditori
,as hotel to 90 out with Bate he was ne
ar seen here.
II whether or not Marsh is the m
-ith terious eAIr. Dove remains to be
ow. termined. If lie is, there yet rema
vas tie motive to fathom No motive
An- known thus far, except that several ]
ar- letters were found on Bates body,
son subsequent developments indicated t
aalf a1lr. Dove" was really a hated rival
for Bate, and had planned to get him
ers. the country. where he slew him.