Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-01-10
Windsor County Court.


When the county court Fe'eohNehsa
Ian. Isl after the Christmas vacation, th0
first case set for trial was, as before ssa.su,
the Watkins contested VIII ease, 0' ps
ssntleman and his wife residing al ran
dolnh. witnesses ON the part OF The confess
tants. were said to be sick with eola, "
The grip, or some other smalsdy when
prevented their attendance al court ~ 'nat
Time. So the case was re-assisheu toF
January llth, Monday afternoon heAt,
The falling through OF this ana anolhet
ease set 10 follow il caused delay OF
day. and then the court took up an
interesting case from the oa my tSgleu ~
Bethel Gilead, entitled, Matte - heShoius
rs. Herbert hassam. II was an aet'oh ~
| afflliauon, so-called, and back OF the
nlaintifi stands the whole town OF Bethel,
which Is interested 10 see that us TAX
nayers do not have 10 pay for the support
/ N a child which II was claimed ought 70
he supported by Hassam, as the author OF
Il lis existence, according 10 Matte, DeIeh,
dan, denies the soft impeachment, ana
moreover SAYS il was physical impossl-
Utility, but the jury found "agih Nun,
! AT present he Is somewhere looking ~,
bail, but declares he shall peal the case
His iaterests were safeguarded by wallace
\. natchelder lGilberlA, Davis with him J,
John j. Wilson (John q. Sargent win
him,) a..
Charles IL. Whitman VS.. Windsor Ma
J chine company was then taken up, an
action TO recover damages for injuries
! sustained by reason OF the negligence OF
the defendant company in having certain
| set.scFew project from the collar OF the
sha,ting whereby the plalntin was caught
and drawn up into the revolving ma.
chinery. The plaintiff has farm ~
Ouechee, and In the fall OF 1905 entered the
! employ OF the Windsor Machine company
at Windsor as a handy-man, doing such
work as they might have for him to do.
Plaintiff Is fifty years old, and never had
worked about such machinery before. On
) the 23rd OF October, 1905, as one of the
: employees Mr.. Cady-undertoOk TO split
!. plank, the saw refused TO work. The
foreman sent plaintiff down stairs 10 SEE
what the trouble was. lie learned the belt
that carried motion 10 the saw in question
4 was coming unlaced; so he took the bell
up stairs and had it fixed and took II
j down again to re-hang il; while endeayor-
ing so TO do, his trock caught on this sci
screw, as stated, and he was soon drawn
up. But he was all grit and refused TO b
drawn over; so he hung suspended until thu
; power was shut off. He was extricatec
from his painful position, and taken to
Q surgeon. II is left arm was badly LAGER
ated. and broken several times, and he wa
q otherwise pounded aud bruised, but tn
injury to the arm was the main complaint
He was taken TO the hospital at Hanove
= and there treated, but he has NOT recovered
the useof his left arm or hand to this day
2 He cannot dress without assistance, ant
has no use OF the injured member. The cas-
\ had progressed as far as the plaintiff
story and the medical testimony when tn
:, week end recess came.
= Monday afternoon the trial was resumed
. when the plaintiff introduced several mil
: men OF the county and established the fac
that to fasten collar onto shaft in
y mill with a set screw which protruded a.
T. inch or more was not in keeping with tn
e manner of today, because of the tendenc
D. of such a fastening 10 catch the clothin
of an employee or other person venturin
e too near the shaft. The testimony gu th
" part of the defence was that the shaft i
/ question was not dangerous il prop RI
x approached; that it was in a place wher
- there was no occasion for the plaintiff I
y have gone to hitch on his belt; that b
e could have stood on the other side, an
y had he done so he would not have bee
"a hurt; that the accident was the result {
u his own negligence and carelessness. En-
right 4 Buck for plaintiff; Davis a Dav
4 and w. b. G. Stickney for defendant CON
Y pany.
In the Hassam case, defendant has
IN pay a a month fer six years to help SUI
e port the child. Hassam takes the case
!. the supreme court and has given bail, wit
~ George Chedel of Randolph as surety.