Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-11-24
PROBABLE CAUSE IS FOUND
IN THE CASE OF STATE AGAINST
DR.. E. r. LYNCH.
Justice Pingree Holds Respondent in
$1,000 Bonds After Hearing Evil
dence at Bellows Falls - Decision
Meets With Much Dissatisfaction.

Did YOU ever hear of man In
DR.. Roberts position? Testimony
shows without reasonable doubt that
he has been trying for a long time TO
carry out this crazy notion of his TO get
rid of DIR. Lynch. going to Mr. Schwenk
as states attorney and going To Mr..
Ryder with his complaints. and try
ing even to get the telephone man 10
refuse DR. Lynch the use of his horse.
A man with such a crazy notion as that
Is capable of carrying. out. as he at
tempted to carry out, here, scheme to
get DR.. Lynch into Jail. Mrs Prouty
could not tell the form of medicine she
took-she was not instructed on that
point--she was simply told to say that
Dr. Lynch gave her remedy ana that
remedy caused abortion That is 1t.
And Mr.. Ryder wants you to hold the
respondent on such evidence as that.
Why. did you ever in your experience
hear of a case Just like this where a
man in DR.. Roberts position would be
influenced as he has been by malice,
spite. hatred and insanity? Nothing
more or less. Would you ask a court
of Justice to carry out any such crazy
scheme as that? Can Mr.. Ryder show
me one bit of evidence which will al
low the court to bind over this respon-
dent? Not one bit of It."
Thus did Attorney Gibson speak yes
terday afternoon in closing his ar
gument in defense of DR.. Z. r. Lynch
who was arrested last Friday on the
charge of abortion, as stated exclusive
ly in the Reformer, given a hearing IN
Bellows Falls Wednesday and yester-
day and finally bound over to appear
at the county court under bonds OF
81. 900. The hearing was held at Bel
lows Falls for the reason that JUS
tice Fred B. Pingree who signed the
states attorneys complaint Is a resi-
dent of that town. Great interest was
manifested in the case by Bellows rails
people. particularly the physicians
there, and without question public SEN
timent seems to rest on the side of
the doctor against whom the serious
charge now rests A striking example
of this is the dramatic way in which
Dr. Lynch procured bail. When at
the close of the hearing, the
question of bail was mentioned
stephen ]. Cray of Bellows Falls step
toward and asked the amount. When
told he said without hesitation. Il will
be responsible for the amount" After
the details had been arranged DR..
Lynch shook hands with his bondsman
and said, Il thank you Mr.. Cray You
are stranger to me-" You are TO
me-" replied Mr.. Cray, but ] don't be-
lieve in this rottenness." Several
Bratteboro men were on hand to fur
nish bail but Mr.. Cray forestalled them.
And there were other people who
felt Just as Mr.. Cray did in regard to
the Justices decision If the words.
rotten" pretty rough and "a
crooked deal" which We're heard in
and about the court room, can be tax
en- as any criterion.
The charge brought against DR..
Lynch is that in October 1904 he gave
to Mrs. Louis Prouty certain medicine
for the purpose of producing an abor-
ton. The complaint was issued by
States Attorney Ryder, partially at
least as the result of evidence furnish
ed him by DR.. George X. Roberts, and
the names of DR.. Roberts and Mrs.
Prouty appear on the complaint as
witnesses. That DR.. Roberts was the
instigator of the matter seemed TO be
the accepted belief of the majority OF
those interested in the case. and evil
dence which he gave tended to show
that he had been the prime mover.