Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-08-31
DEPUTY SHERIFF K1NIRY.

DEPUTY SHERIFF K1NIRY.
J. n. liiniry of Windsor, deputy sheriff
OF Windsor county and Il resident Of
Windsor for % years. testified. He sad
he had summons in his hand for Sheriff
Peck aud since last Saturday had been
trying to ind him. He had been to Wood
stock and White River Jdnction and
had since been trying To- locate him ly
telephone. He said he had been smilingly
told Peck would rot return this week.
Mr.. Einirv said he was at the prs on
the day before Miss Eachcldcr had the
interview with Mary Rogers. Superinten.
dent Lowell. Sheriff Peck and himself
were in the war1crs room and his rccol-
lection of the affair was trat Miss Bach
elder was called up by telephone. Sheriff
Peck answered il ana it was his impress
sion that Peck was the ono who called her
mp. The Windsor cnd of the conversation
was heard by him but hc &C dld not recall
IT, However he knew she was trli to come
down to Windsor if she wished to see
Mary Rogers. He heard nothing said of
the capacity in which she was to come
and did not know she was a reporter. MIR.
i;iniry said Oakcs and IIarpin were bot,
good officers as far rs he knew and he
THOUGHT the prison we'll managed.
MATRON Dt'RKEE'S TESTIMONY.
Miss sarah Durkcc. matron since
1881. took the stand. She denied any
knowledge of the Cakes family TAX
ing any state supplies to which they
had no right. She said she never
talked with Mr.. Hutchinson about
a ,.,lfi
she ever talked with him about the
family was once when she saw him
giving Mrs Cakes Il voucher to sign
and she asked him if Mrs. Cakes re-
ceived salary and he told her the
reasons.
| Miss Durkce, who was also present
at the interview of Mrs. Rogers by
! Anna Bachelor, gave her side OF
the story. She said that Miss Bachcl.
der was introduced to her by Supt
Lowell after which she went about hel
work and did not know what was sale
or done until she was told by Mr.
Lowell that she was to so to MarS
Rogers's cell with them. While il
the room of Mrs. Rogers she heard
Miss Bachelor say she was re.
porter. The witness made the remark
+ Mabel and / don't think much of re.
porters." She could not remember
whether either Lowell or Peck actet
surprised when told she was a re
! porter.
REVEALS ROGERS SCANDAL.
Immediately after tho noon recess Uor
acc Boyd again resumed the stand an,
testified what he knew OF the Mary Rog
ers scandal from conversation with Yer
non Rogers. the man implicated, about :
month before the discharge of Mr.. Harpin
Vernon Rogers. who was known as
"trusty' had charge Of the west hall. n
the further end of which was Mrs Rog
crs's room. This was cen No 81 and ha
double doors. one day the witness sa,
Rogers I'm there and asked why he wa
there. lie said he didn't know but 500
after said he had made II key to her room
He didn't tell when he first began 20 e
in there. but it was Boyds opinion that
had been going on for about two months
Tie used his key to get into her corrido
Ind the other door she let him in by re
moving the lock with pair of scissor.
Boyd asked him how many times nc wen
in and he answered when he wanted L
lie did not tell how he happened to 80 i
there in the first place. Rogers cntere
the prison in 1901 and is serving a IL t
IS year term. The date of this converse
ton was about a month previous to Han
pins discharge.
Rogers asked how long they were goin
to keep him in confinement, and Oake
told him ne had got to stay there until h
told who was implicated with him. II
said no one had anything to do with i
: Mrs. Rogers was supposed to be in sol
tary confinement. Boyd said he talkt
, with Rogers several times about the ma
} ter but did not report 1t to Cakes. II
thought that II such a kew was In exis
, ence there would he no trouble in gettir
> it. Tho place where Rogers worked WI
, in sight OF the windows of Harpn's offic
A man might stand In tho corridor. how
. ever. without being seen because of
plat form which might shut on the view.
:. He thinks Mrs Rogers was moved Il
: day Of the conversation OF the mex
Oakes told the commissioners 1t W;
about the 10th OF March