Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-11-03

ery one IN the institution did. DIR.
Hardness. prisoner, told him about
the Vernon Rogers affair.
Mrs T.. ]. Burr. wife OF SUR ot the
Burr kimbail case, stated mat she
visited Mr.. cakes AT the prison ana
told him what was being said ABOUT
Burr and Gertrude Kimball and asked
| II ne knew what was going on, but
Mr. cakes didn't believe IL. The wit.
ness told Mr.. and Mrs. Cakes and
Miss Durkee that she thought her nus
band had got Miss Kimball into troub-
/ L. and sent her 10 Boston. MISS
| Durkee said her niece went 10 SHARON
and she heard from her every day
Mrs. Cakes said the story was all
brought out by Harpin, and he was
trying his best TO make them all the
| trouble he could. After talking with
them. Mrs. Burr went home fully con.
/ WINGED the stories about her husband
were untrue. as cakes and Miss Dur
kee said such things could not be and
! they not know it, The next day the
witness said her husband was dis
charged, but he told her he left on his
/ own account when he did not bring
/ his salary home AT one time, she got
/ him to admit that he had to send a
I girl away He said that bad wo-
man would lead any man astray At
torney Fits at this point asked the
witness II the commission was TO un-
I derstand that Burr said girl of ID
had led him astray. Mrs. Burr said
yes"
/ Fred Morse. trusty who had been
( a prisoner for % months. was released
Sept. 10, testified to having seen YER
non Rogers come from Mary Rogers
cell and had seen letters she wrote.
1 They were obscene letters, Rogers
/ told the witness that he had key.
which he made to Mary Rogers cell.
/ When asked about the other prison
scandals he said he knew of the Burr
4 kimball affair and admitted that Burr
gave him extra tobacco to keep quiet,
and he told what he had seen.
/ The witness said the prisoners were
well treated If they behaved well.
There was no corporal punishment.
/ The food was good but the beds were
poor. Cross questioning by Judge
Palmer for cakes brought out the fact
that Mr.. cakes put Vernon Rogers in
solitary confinement as soon as he
heard OF the trouble and did his best
to straighten out affairs.
Or Brewster. physician at the pris-
Iun for 10 years. testified that after
John Green was shot he administered
the ether and Miss Parker was pres
itlll. nat bTttll at lfidl llIiit rpohN
of his relations with her which were
in the nature of love. and that Green
told him later that he had criminal
relations with her DR.. Brewster
said the inmates of the prison We're
well cared for. but sanitary conditions
We're bad.
Mrs Gertrude Richardson. employed
at cakes house for several years tes-
titled that she had been retained sew
eral days after the family went To
Sunapee and kept the house open sew
eral days for DR. Burbridge. They had
used prison supplies during that time
and her salary for that time was paid
by the state as usual.
BY far the most important witness
of the day was Miss Eva Parker. now
of Hartford, employed AT the prison
over five years her duties being table
girl and assistant to Miss Durkee
The witness said she knew John
Green. but denied being in any way
cfiminaly intimate with him. She
said he had family troubles and was
not on good terms with his wife and
made a confidant of her. one morn
ing he gave her $50 to keep for him
until he called for 1t. The witness
understood that she was keeping II
because he did not want to give ii to
his wife. Miss Parker emphatically
denied that the money was given TO
her to get her out Of trouble,
She said she was AT his house when
he shot himself Mrs. Green asked
her to come The witness did not
know that she had any influence with
Green and didn't know her name was
connected with the affair until MT
Oakes called her into the office and
told her Mr.. cakes and Mr. Perkins
advised me to go away which / did.
The witness had Green's money with
her when she went away. She said
Green came with Sheriff Kiniry to get
1T. and the sheriff heard all the con-
versation between them
Miss Parker considered IL too silly
"A question 10 answer when asked ii
she didn't show Green and John
Oakes favors. She said she was
friendly with all the Cakes family. but
was not on good terms with Harplf
because he talked so much about her:
When asked if Harpin ever insulted
her. Miss Parker refused To answer
but said he had asked her TO meet
him and go riding with him. She
didn't GO When asked by Enright
counsel for Harpin, if she did not
have any antagonistic feelings for
Harpin Miss Parker said YES. She
admitted that she had told Lawyer
Enright that she would be willing
to serve a life sentence in the prison
kitchen If Harpin could have his just
dues for he was the cause of her dis
charge Said she had not spoken to
Harpin for the last two years. only as
duty required and that Harpin toid
Mrs Green that she (Miss Parker)
4 was responsible for Green's act. Miss
Parker testified that Harpin had
made impertinent advances leading
to a criminal act which &C.
CURED at his own house while
his wife was at Woodstock At
ter this one meeting the witness re-
fused to have anything to do with
Harpin. She denied that she had in
eliminated herself because of per-
sonal luminosity toward Harpin.
Wesley Leonard. a discharged pris-
loner. sentenced for rape testified tina!
he saw Green hugging Miss Parker
in the pantry. also that he saw In
eliminating actions between Burr and
Miss Kimball. He said the prisoners
were not always given wholesome food.
He thought Mr.. Cakes furnished It,
but 1t was carelessly prepared.
Mrs. Ida Cady. convicted of adult
cry and discharged from prison about
a year ago. stated that she carried
letters between Minnie Cox and Stew
ara Craven, tndt tHeN were ioNe ietteis
and the Cox woman told her they
would meet after she got out. The
witness didn't think Miss Durkee kept
very close watch over the prisoners.
+. S. Pratt of Brattleboro. expert
accountant, testified that he had
found nothing in the slightest degree
irregular. that the system of accounts
were all right but extra work for the
bookkeeper. There was no record
kent Of the distribution of supplies
and that II ought TO be shown what
goes to the prison and what to Of