Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-08-24

wednesday night stopping at a farm II
Brookield, where he had gone TO make
short stay. He left in manner which in
dicated that perhaps he intended TO az
away with himself. Searching parties
found the young mans cap and there VA
a great deal OF excitement. Fully IS mel
were engaged in the search that evening
When Martin was discovered he appeared
surprised at the commotion he had ere
ated. Some OF the searchers were highly
indignant at the trouble they had been
| put to.
The New England Fat Mems club held
It's summer meeting at Hale's Tavern
Wells River, Friday aftern Don and even
ing, large number OF the members being
| present. The baby OF the club, Arthur q
| Moulton OF Portland. Me-, weighs 40t
pounds. The treasurer Of the club il
Jerome F. Hale, proprietor OF the hotel
/ The principal feature in the afternoon was
the baseball game, which resulted in q
victory for the 900 Founders" by a score
OF 10 to s. In the evening q genuine
Southern barbecue was held IN a large
tent pitched on the green. The Hon.
/ Horace ". Bailey acted as POSTMASTER al
the banquet. The club mum bers 100 MEM
\ beers and exists solely for the purpose of
holding Publications.
I Delbert Fox and his nephew, Earl Fox,
Of Coventry, aged 40 and p years respec-
/ lively, were arraigned Friday, charged
with statutory rape on Cora Priest, a -
/ year-old girl, niece OF Delbert Fox. She
assisted her grandmother in keeping
house for her uncle, and on complaint OF
neighbors the men and the girl were ar
rested Aug. 10. Delbert Fox was unable
10 furnish the 500 bonds required for his
appearance before the September term of
I Orleans county court and will be held in
the jail at Newport Earl Fox was held in
300 bonds, which were furnished. The
girl was charged with open and gross
lewdness and sent to the state industrial
school at Nergennes for safe keeping until
the meeting OF the grand jury.
The body Of William J. Dempsey. p
years old, a former Greenfield, Mass,
boy, was taken 10 Greenfield Aug. nth by
his father from the Vermont state prison
at Windsor, where the son died the 18th
OF tubercuiar meningitis. IL Is said that a
pardon from Gov. Bell arrived al the state
prison a short time before the young
mans death, but be was then too weak TO
be moved. The young man was convicted
about five years ago, together with James
Welch and Charles Blake, OF making an
assault on John w. Houghton, an aged
man in Guilford. At the trial it was
shown that young Dempsey had fired the
bullet which wounded Mr.. Houghton.
The boys had been reading bad literature.
WEIGH and Blake were pardoned from the
prison some time ago.
The team that VIII represent Vermont
in the Sea Girt national shooting compe-
titiOn, as selected at muster last week, is
made up as follows Lieut.. Col. &. NJ.
Bonett Of st. Johnsbury, COACH; Maj.
III. +. Dyer OF Rutland, Capt. {. F. Burn
ham Of Burlington, team captain; Capt
p. j. Rogers. Co. Il, Barre; Lieut.. j. G..
Holden OF Rutland Lieut.. II. NJ. Howe of
Mortified: Sergt. b. r. Coombs Go. A,
Rutland; Capt. l.. 5. rillotson. Co. b, st.
Adams; Lieut.. f. p. Johnson, Co. c, Bran
don; Lieut.. II. 5. Hastings, Co. ID, st.
Johnsbury; Lieut.. James Dean, Co. +,
Barre; Lieut.. e. l.. Morse. Co. F. North
field; Lieut.. II. B. Moulton, Co. II, Mont
pelier; Sergt. {. A. Tenney, Co. J, Brattle-
boro; Private G. X. Rowell. Co l., New
port; Private L. 2. Spooner, Co. NJ, Bur-
lington.
Gov. c. J. Bell has appointed the follow
ing delegates TO represent Vermont at the
national conference upon immigration to
be held In New York Dec. and Gas
sius Peck, Burlington James X. Curtis, |
Georgia; George n. Terrill, Morrisville; |
II. NJ. Farnham, East Montpelier; c. A. |
Bump, Salisbury; r. W. johnson, Lud- |
low; q. W. Young, St. Johnsbury; L. NJ. |
Oragin, Springfield; G. W. Cram, Will 4
Jamestown; w. X. Bell, Lunenburg. Gov |
ernor Bell has appointed Judge Q. ).
Palmer Of Burlington a delegate to the |
meeting of the national conference on uni I
formity Of legislation held at Nara
gansett Pier, X. l., Aug. p, in place of 1
Col. A. A. Hall OF st. Adams, who could 1
not serve; and ex-Gov. 5. +. Pingree OF
Hartford, in place OF o. NJ. Barber OF Ben
who could not serve.
As George Jenna Of Langdon, \. H., !
and John Leach OF Walpole. ~ H., we're
driving in to Bellows Falls Aug. 10th,
I heir team reached the track just as the
Boston & Maine flyer from Boston was
v histling in. The fiagman held the team
up at the stone arch bridge crossing, the
horse coming to dead stop some fifteen
feet away from the approaching train.
The engine and baggage car passed, the
train running at slow speed, when the
horse became frightened and plunged d.
rectly into the moving train. Swung 70
he right by force Of the contact, the horse
raced with he train to the bridge, car
step catching a wheel and dragging the
,arriage some forty feet. Breaking loose
rom the step the carriage, horse and men
we're hurled out over the parapet and fell
INTO the Connecticut river, seyenty-tve
eet below. In falling both men left the
,arriage, and, striking the rocky bed Of
he river, were horribly mangled, scarcely
. bone being left unbroken in either's
body. The carriage was crushed 10 frag-
nents, TIE horse lying dead some DIS
ance away. Both men were married and
eft families. Leach was well known IN
Bellows Falls where he was proprietor OF
kg feon,nnprafal Hpusp Al one time