Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-07-05
NEWS OF VERMONT
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Free Press Neadcrs--Nan Makes
Second Escape from House OF
CCrrcrtin.

second Escape from House OF
Ccrrcc,'o.
A second escape from the House of
Correction was made Wednesday night
by Eli OdelI aged j. years. His absence
was discovered at 1:2O O'Clock but 1t is
thought that he got away about midnight,
At that time the guards heard IA noisc,
but could find nothing the matter. Odeil
was confined in cell on tho second di.
vision in the south part Of the prison The
guards say that he was securely Locked
in at six O'Clock. but they are at a loss
to know how he could have escaped if the
lock had worked properly. After leaving
his cell he went through the corridors
into the bathroom, where he went down
the elevator shaft using strips OF a sheet,
tied together, 10 lower himself into thu
cellar He then wronchcd apart the bars
of a window with a site OF wood AMI by
taking off his shirt. managed to vorl; his
body between the bars. lie got over the
wall by using several sawhorses from the
prison yard. 1t is probable ttat nc went
into the woods on Pine MIL. Ne is I'VE foot
and eight inches tall End weighs Ia
pounds. He has dark heir ard dark eyes
and a smooth shavon face. Cdrll o. -dpod
from the House OF Corrcc ion May 10. but
was captured ard brouGh, back to begin
his sentence of from two and one half to
three years over again
CHlLD'S BODY FOUND.
The partially dcComposeL body of a
male negro infant was found Wednesday
night in the bedroom of William Berry
a negro barber on Main street. in Ben
nngton. An inquest was held and Flor
cnce Heiue. AGED twenty wears was ar
rested. 1t was evident the body had
been in tho room all of two weeks. Berry
was taken TO Rutland Wednesday morn
ing to serve Ill days in the House of
Correction for intoxcation.
DOpED AND ROBBED.
1t has been learned that Martin Ken
nedy Of Forestdaie. a laborcr. was knock
81 down by the roadside III West Rutland
=. suburban town, the night of June - and
after being stunned and robbed was
thrust into the woodshcd Of an old school
house, not to be discovered until late the
next morning. Kennedy was on his way
from Rutland to West Rutlaud ON foot
When he reached n piece of road out of
sight of any house he was struck from he
hind and that Is the last he remembers
until he came to himself in the school
which Is several rods off the main road.
James Goodspccd found near the roadside
early saturday morning a coat and vest.
all pockets being turned wrong side out.
''he only clew was Il card made out by
al insurance company to Martin Kennedy
Goodspeed knew no such man. Later in
the day Miss Elizabeth Davis, a teacher,
happened TO he at tho schoolhouse She
heard a noise in the woodshod and called
some men. 1t was found that Kennedy
had been thrust into the building through
a hole in the wall which had been board.
ed up. Kennedy was minus his watch and
small roll of bills He did not fully re-
cover for three days
SHOCK OF WATER KILLED HIM.
Dana Merrill, the 1S-year-old son of Nh
and Mrs Frank Merrill, who reside about
a mile from Royalton village, was drown
ed Thursday afternoon. He was swim
ming at what is known as the Point"
with two companions ana went down AS
soon he entered the '-ater. The direct
cause of his death was heart failure re-
sulting from going into the water when
overhcated and too soon after eating
hearty dinner He was removed from the
water by Benjamin JOY, who was work
ing in a field near by. and DIR, T.. j Fish,
who was called worked over him for two
hours but life was extinct, 1t was found
that he had swallowed no water Mr.
and Mrs. Merrill have had nine chill
dren, seven of whom have died, the two
living being an infant and a son four
years old Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill are dis
tractcd at the loss of their eldest son.
SELLING POOR MILK.
Some une ago DIR. f. S. Allbcc, heath
officer IN Bellows Falls, secured sam
pies of milk from II different carts as
he found them on the street, these being
all that were peddling milk at that time.
The specimens were sent to the laboratory
at Burlington ana reports thereon We're
recently received. Two Of the samples
We're reported O. *, three contained pus.
resulting from some inhammatory trouble
and six contained too much dirt. Sam
pies will be taken again In the near flu
ture and if conditions are not improved
the milk dealers will probably hear from
the board of health. Several of those
delivering milk in Bellows Falls purchase
their supplies from different sources and
liness has been observed in milking How
ever, tho consumer must look to his milk
man to hold the other fellows up to the
proper standard.
BUILDING A BIG DAM.
Work on the new dam at "The Forest
being built in Rockingham by the Fall
Mountain Electric Light IL Power com
pany, is progressing, and II is expected
that the auxiliary plant will he In opera
ton by September /. The new dam is Is
feet up stream above the twin falls. The
extreme length OF crest VIII be $50 feet
with spill-way Of $50. On either side
or the subway the dam will be six feet i
higher. The dam will make a pond con-
tanning 100000 cubic feet of water. ,
enough to furnish jo0-horse power for 16
hours with no water running in. The wa
ter Will be conveyed in penstock six feet
and SIX inches in diameter to a brick
building 400 feet below on the river bank.