The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-09

MISS CAREY
TELLS STORY
Relates How Her Sweetheart
Grew Cold
UNDER MATRONS SPELL
Young Sweetheart Of Northey Describes
His Meeting With Accused in Church
Quarrel Alleged to Have
Caused Tragedy.

| Augustus Me-, April o. Saturday wa.
the closing day Of the fourth week in
the trial Of Mrs. Alice +. Cooper on the
charge OF murder When court adjourn
Led until this morning Miss Marian
Carey was on the stand nnder cross
examination Attorney General Hamlin
stated Saturday night that the states
case probably win be complatca BY the
adjournment Of court tonight.
| Standing face to face witt, the woman,
lwho tried to rob her Of her sweetheart,
and failing in that, as the State charges,
killed MIN, Marian Carey, tine 15.year-
old fianece of Charles d. Nortl.ey, Jr.,
tok the stand Saturday to tell Of the
love Of Northey, while Mrs. Alice II.
Cooper charged with the crime Of muir
der, sat but few feet in front Of her
and laughed as the young girl told Of
the number Of times her lover had paid
her visits.
/ It was a simple, Straightforward story
the young girl told, related without dis
play of emotion and bearing no sem
biancc of viniictiveness against the nm.
fortunate woman st the bar. Even when
she told Of anonymous letters sent her,
intimated to be from Mrs, Cooper and
written with an apparent purpose III
arousing the girls jealousy, she showed,
neither By word Or sign, desire to
bring punishment upon the woman vino
came between her and her lover.
Il was Is years old the second day of
last November" began Marion Carey.
i knew Charley Northey for five years
before his death and he first began to
call on me one year ago last July. He
came 10 see me every Sunday and often
on Wednesday nights. We went to en-
tertainments together great deal, but
we did not ofcn 10 10 church together.
"On Sunday, Oct. s. ] saw him ut
Miss Rosie Clifford. house at Cooper's
Mills. He came there about $50 or z
in the evening and we three went to
church together Rosie andS entered
the church by the west door and went
down front 10 the organ. Charley went
in by the east door and stood at the
back of the church behind the pews.
Rosie and | sat down in about the third
or fourth pews from the front. and
Percy French came along and sat down
with u.s.
Il first saw Mrs. Edwin +. Cooper
when | went TO at down. She sat Ave
or six prws behind me, and her husband
WIS in a pew between. saw her turn
AMI beckon to Charley Northy, who was
still standing way back, to come TO
her. She beckoncd three times and he
did not come Then she went to him,
took him by the arm and led him back
| to the pew and sat down beside him.
Every time looked back slu was talk
ling to him earnestly. Sometimes be
would nod ard sometimes lie was sill.
fent. don't know how msesy fines 7
looked around.
when Rosie Clifford and I#ft the
church NC first saw Charley blifsile and
The esme along with Us. Perrss French
came home with Miss Clifford and Char.
LEY went with me. We weaf q Rosie
ICliferds house and stayed ian. hour.
Then my mother came and rived home
with her Charley then went 1talne"
.syas that tne last time you saw
| himl's asked Attorney Leigh.
Yes. SIR answered Miss Carey.
'sAnd on file way home that night
You had some conversation with Charley
Northvs" asked Mr.. Leigh
Eyes, sirp
And thus was tho love tale OF Marion
Carey unfoldcd. Only thc simple pathos
Of the Young girl, robbed of her child
ish love by d horrible tragedy, made the
story more than the recital OF the
| Friendship OF school children one for
another The hundreds who crowded the
court room were disappointed II they
came to behold The unburdening OF a
heart pent up with emotion. Marion
csrcy's love for Charley Northey i still
her own proud possession.