The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-11
Husband OF Woman Charged
With Murder Testifies
TREATED NORTHEY AS BOY
Used Her Influence for His Betterment
He Declares--Tells of Innocent
Games, in Which All
Joined.

i AeANNN ~ Ns1gftt WIN ~ Sitai SNu Will VIZ
murder Of Charley Northey at Their
home last October, Edwin J. Cooper
yesterday justified her relations with
the boy, who had made his home in The
fanny while he was learning the trade
of blacksmith.
Cooper said that young Northey play
ed with the children and with his wife
accompanied them on social occasions
and that both he and his wife had talk
led religion with him. One night, Cooper
said, Mrs. Cooper and Charley repeated
the. Lords Prayer together and he
could hear the boy crying from another
room where he sat.
The husband told Of the incidents
that were testified about as reherting
upon his swinging In the hammocK
being together at social gatherings and
and sitting at church--as though they
were matters Of no particular moment
and in which he could not see any harm.
Mrs Cooper listened intently 10 every
worl Of her husband AZ times she
caught ihseey nadaCf
caught his eye and smiled encourage.
Htitt W THE NthiMhib llaAls AHdt rHt
knew she had nothing 70 fear from
what he would say the accused woman
showed by her manner.
! This IL the husbands story:
! Il am thirty-eight years old and
have lived in South Windsor almost six
teen years. | was married in Hallowell
in 1890. Ny wife was eighteen years
old. We have three children, Lore,
| fourteen years old; Nelma, eleven years,
and Ralph, nine years.
Il am blacksmith by trade. | had
known Charley Northey fifteen years.
/ He came TO work for me the last OF
November, 1908, TO learn the trade. At
I first he boarded with Miss Bryant and
then came to my house. He was there
the rest of the fifteen months he was
with me. He usually went home Sat.
urday nights. He slept with my boy
Lore up stairs.
After he learned the trade he went
home and built shop Of his own. From
that time on | sent him work and some.
times hired him TO come 10 work fol
me.
MY wife Used to carry the work Ia
him and 20 after it,
"He worked steadily. He aud tho
children played together. They had
some children's game with cards they
played, and they played tag together
He always seemed fond OF the children
/ and wanted to play with them.
lie and my wife used to play crokin.
ole. The board belonged To Henry
Cooper's children. but was at the house
| tried TO play the game, but | eouldn't
play well enough. and gave it up
Charles and my wife and the children
used to play almost every evening foI
\ month OF six weeks.
Charles and my wife used TO play
musical instruments. Charles had q
violin, and my wife played the piano
They couldn't make much Roadway al
the music.
They went skating together the win
ter OF 1905. | used to 60, and Henry
Cooper and his wife and usually the
children. Nv wife learned to skate that
winter. Charles taught her.
My wife went TO no entertainments
alone with him while he lived with U.s.
They went to Chelsea once with the
children when ] didn't 40.
We used to play croquet in the
spring and summer. The neighbors used
to play, and Charles, too, We had a
turnament. My wife was the head OF
one side.
When he was asked ii he had ever
seen his wife and Charley Northey in
hammock together, he answered Yes
in the tone of a man who was stating
fact of no consequence whatever.
sffhey used TO sit in the hammock on
our piazza" he said.
Mr.. Cooper resumed the stand at the
opening of the afternoon session. He
was asked about a certain cr0quet party
at his house two weeks before Northey
died.
II did not SO him after that until
the day he died. said Mr.. Cooper. "He
had been in the habit OF coming twice
week to prayer meeting in the vicin-
u week top rayer meeting in the vicin-
iity."
MIR. Cooper said that he and his wife
had talked with Northey about becoming
II Christian.
Zone night left him and my wife
talking on the subject. | went TO am
other room. ] heard them repeat the
Lords Prayer together that Charley had
said to her.
| Mr.. Cooper was not allowed to ties.
fifty what his wife told him.
ADid you know that Charley was az
Your house on the Saturday after tho
croquet party"
well, she said so'
where were you that nightr
"At an Odd Fellows meeting at Coop.
er's Mills. | got home about II O'Clock.
How about your wifes health the
following week T.
"She did not sleep very well. She
got up sometimes in the night and kept
me awake q good deal She saw DIR.
Ridley that week and took some medi.
cine"
Were YOU at home on Saturday, Oct
obcr ~
"yes, my wife went to Gardiner in
my team. | hafnessed the horse for her.
She took some trunks 10 the steamer
On Sunday, October s, we went TO
the Christian Endeayor meeting in
Henry Cooper's team. Mrs. Henry Cooper
drove us over. / sat q few seats ahead
of my wife and Mrs. Henry Cooper and
her children. Ruby Doe and Del An.
drews sat behind me and my wife sat
behind them.
Fl saw Northey at the back Of the
church. did not see my wife heck0n
70 him, but | saw him sitting with her
lascr could not hear what they were