Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-07-07
SANDERSON IS ACQUITTED

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DID NOT FURNISH MORPHINE TO
STATE PRISONERS.
Great Damage by Storm in Northern
Vermont - St. Johnsbury Chooses
New Water Supply-6arn and Stock
Burned at Bennington.
The jury in the case Of Alvah San
derson, former guard at the state pris-
on, charged with giving prisoners for
hidden privileges, returned a verdict
of not guilty at woodstock. Saturday,
July !. Superintendent Lowell Of the
state prison was among the witnesses
testifying to the condition OF Fred
Willett, the convict to whom 1t was
alleged Sanderson furnished morphine.
Sanderson was discharged from the
prison three weeks before the witness
took charge there. DR.. Deane Rich
mond of Windsor, prison physician.
testified that Willett was suffering be-
cause of a discontinuance of his NOR
phine supply which he had regularly
before his arrival there. II. l.. Rock
respondent had obtained two lots or
three dozen morphine pills each from
his clerk. Casey, an inmate, said he de-
liyered to Sanderson. about every DAY
for two months, shoe shop material IN
return for which Sanderson brought
him morphine. Casey said he gave
most of the drug to his room mate,
WiIlett. who also testified in detail as
to the supply. Sanderson admitted
having bought the morphine, but ex-
planned that il was for his own use, as
he suffered from neuralgia OF inc
stomach. He denied having furnished
any to Casey or Willett, and branded
as false the story of Casey as TO the
furnishing and carrying away OF sno,
stock. 1t appeared that convict
named DR.. w. r. Hardness, assigned
duty as assistant surgeon of the prls,
on, had treated Willett in the hospitai
there, and that Willett had, on one
occasion at least, helped himself 10
the supply of morphine in the CUSTODY
of Hardness for medicinal use. IL was
urged by the prisoners counsel that
Willett must have obtained his NOR
phine from this source.
The 1O5th commencement of Middle
bury college was observed last week.
A class of 2S was graduated.
The American Sea Green Slate COM
pany of Granville closed their works
Saturday. July l, for 80 days About
/ 200 men will be thrown out OF EN-
ployment.
The large barn owned by Charles
Cooper, president of the Cooper Man
ufacturing company, Bennington, was |
burned early Sunday morning. July
J. with its contents. which included a |
pair of horses valued at $500, tools.
and one COW. The total loss is about
$4,000. The property was insured Ior
$4,000. 1t is probable that Mr. cooper
will rebuild.
George Montena. aged 90 years and
he son of George Montena Of Put
nam, was drowned at Benson Land
ng. Lake Champlain. Thursday morn
ng, June 29, while attempting to get
rom the steamer Eloise to his sklit.
rhe Eloise was about to start for Fort
Frederick with a crowd of excursion
SITS. Young Montena's body did not
Use after he sank. but was recovered
Thursday night.
Earl Warren, aged IA, and Joseph
smith. aged 16. are under arrest AT
Iardwick charged with the theft or Sso
rom G. H. Walton of Mackville. MI.
Walton left the money in his trunk al
is house in which a Smith family
we. While the Smiths were away his
DOM was entered, his trunk unlocked
nd the money taken. Earl warren
onfessed to taking part of the mon |
Y, and implicated the Smith boy. 6
T.
Marshfield suffered a disastrous fire :
June 20. 1t started about $50 !
m. from the explosion of lantern
l the Commercial house stable. de-
troying the building, the Congrega-.
onal church, four store buildings, ana
We dwelling houses The loss is es- u
mated at about $4,000. partially COW v
red by insurance. The town has III
e fire protection and help was sum-
loned from Montpelier, II miles away. /
The state tuberculosis commission :,
as no plan of work mapped out for =
he summer months but the commits =
oners will speak whenever called up
4 to do so. The commissioners are !,
lid to have a great amount of work =,
, accomplish before December but y
wing to the fact that farmers Will be r,
cry busy during the next two months, fl
is thought best not to hold meetings "
Mess requests are received. After :;
ept. l the commissioners will arrange =,
program and every county in the !,
ate will be visited at least once and r.
some several meetings will probably y
! held.
Great damage was done in northern n
I'd central Vermont Saturday. July al
by a furious storm which washed r
way roads and bridges and badly az
.maged crops. w. c. Ward of Nor hi
sville lost $4,000 in flood damage to pl
$ saw-mill. Lightning struck in Fl
veral places and a house and barn w
ar Walden were burned. A cloud si
Irst near Worcester resulted in the
ashing out of seven bridges and two
w-mills, great damage to roads. he
ms and crops and several narrow fu
capes from drowning. Exclusive OF %
e two mills, the loss about Worcester oh
estimated at $4,000. At Wolcott at
e bridges We're swept away and 1000 on
rs of hay in the meadows were COW NJ
ed with sand. in
hi
The jury in Lamoille county court ha
s returned a verdict. in the case of HI,
nry HI. Stetson of Johnson VS.. the an
ntral Vermont Railway company fir,
plaintiff to recover $4,475 damages aft
costs Stetson was in the wreck fol-
Cambridge on the Burlington d an
mobile division of the Central YER liv
mt in March, 1904. and was severe cal
injured. This was test case as
the railroads liability in that ,
eek and it is understood that sew the
/ other parties injured in the wreck dis
re awaited the outcome of this trial in
ore bringing similar suits against mai
road The trial of the case con- for