Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-03-15
JOHN O'BRIEN'S STORY.


Holm O'RRIENS STORY
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VIM 10 iNi's sentence ior ''''n'-
ca''oi' having served iour others WIN.
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complaints 10 MAKE IN resaru ~ 'h'
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was Wheh ne was hrSt committed 70
Tue 'N'uSc Oh Norrect'ot' TIC was SICK
"hch pi"ceu IN conhhement ana neing
uh"plc 10 WORK ne remained IN ms cell
ne was visited oF some OF the GUARDS
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tue SUPP al announcer t'mc nc WIS Put
y" pred" AN" water ulet ana mad" TO
"o'N =" '"c sup 'or 'hree ""Hs ms
was I'' WHAT ne 'oHS'oereu lalSe
'o,'p'"'"t ol ar"'"or witness lie was
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'"'''' '"' "VNo'o'hS " ms testimony
~ was -.'o'o'S matter OF iorn,' the
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W WV ua!s 'dtcr re
"'' '"s d Si''ai' room on inc SHOP
r'iHo"e' s'oPpcu MIN because
witness was again summoned before
the superintendent and without listen
ing to what OBrien had to say in de-
fcnsc OF himself the superintendent di-
rectcd that the witness be put in the
dungeon. where he remained for nine
days. During that time his food al
lowance was about one-half ounce of
bread with water once in - hours.
Ilc said while in that dark cell
-fI
minds of Superintendent Morgan and the
officers of the institution" OBrien claim
ed one prisoner. Oliver Latour. Jr.. had
told him that Guards William and James
Borden had accostcd him and requested
that If Latour went before the committee
he withhold all testimony that would tend
to ncrminate the guards and toll what
he could that wouId discrodit po,,,n,s
testimony. He referred ia another case
where a man In -bo hosntta, uas ci,.o,,
about ono mint of sliin,ood min, r,- =,
days rotions 1Ie ,bouob+ tho. o,,,o,,,,t
worry insufficient for , sic,, won To ,.,iI
ar do NOT bolicve +b,t tho oroator n,,,,ta,.
of prisoners here have any more conccn.
ton of the meaning of an oath than a
boy eight years old.
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o'lNer i'a'our' u" ased - years OF ms
city was next placed on the STAND and
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get .heu'c'he from 'n' uoc'or an" hao
IN o'"er way h''H"se" 'i',,' AZ u'e 'i,''e
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ans W wan ~ Wv So" w." ."N
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! DIX Sh|]> EN- o>
When the Rev DR.. Norman SeaVef
| was called to the stand ana was told
| by Acknowledgement Fits that super
| intendent Morgan had asked that he be
| summoned TO explain the statements
which he was reported to nave MADE IN
| the Rutland Opera House MONDAY
night, the clergyman replied: you
are here to investigate this lnsttu-
ton and you have no right to ask mo
what / said and what ! did not say l
have no personal knowledge or the
| Mace except from the reading of the