The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-10-18

resident of Marshfeld, committed suicide
Sunday afternoon about O'CLOCK, Dy
hanging. 1t is supposed that he was men
tally unbalanced when he committed the
deed MIR. Lambeuon went to the barn
mt the usual time to care for his stock.
After putting the cattle in the stable he
threw rope over beam, made moose
in it. and leaned his weight on the moose,
thus strangling himself, although his ieet
remained on the floor.
The public in general is much interest,
ed to know if the supreme court Will hand
down decision before adjournment IN
the Rutland county test case OF Robert
A. Lawrence, states attorney, against the
Rutland Railroad company, which Is 10
decide the constitutionallty OF the new
weekly payment law. As nearly as can
be learned there will be no decision oil
this case at the present time. Ihe case Is
a most important one, and the judges
seem inclined to devote considerable more
time to it than they could II decision
were to be handed down this term.
f. F. Dutton, rs, respected resident
OF Barton, committed suicide by hanging
Tuesday morning. No motive for the act
is known. Mr.. and Mrs. Dutton had
planned to start on a trip to California
Wednesday. Mr.. Button ate breakfast
at O'Clock and appeared to be in good
spirits. He left the house shortly after
breakfast and was not seen alive again:
About $50 O'Clock one of the women OF
the family went out to the barn and
found Mr.. Dutton hanging from rafter.
He was already dead. Mr., Dutton was
formerly a druggist in Barton, having
conducted a store from 1865 to 1885.
Il n White charged with the murder
of Angelo Turzi, whose body, was found
az Mt. Holly Sept. y, was held Friday
without bail for the grand jury, alter a
hearing before Justice J. E. Fletcher OF
NJ. Holly. William Lane, who was
charged with being an accessory TO the
crime was discharged after the hearing.
Mrs. T. G. Russell OF Shrewsbury, who
on the day that TURF was last seen alive,
was driving past the place where the body
was found, testified to hearing shot IN
the woods which frightened her horse and
upon looking for the cause saw man IN
the woods beside the road She also tes-
tilted to going to the house OF correction
and picking White out OF a number OF
nrisoners as the man she saw in the
woods.
The following officers were elected at
Manchester last week at the Vermont
State Sunday School conventions res
dent, n. G. Williams, Bellows Falls; wee
president F. S. Pease, Burlington; re-
cording secretary, Miss Il; Marie Chase'
Burlington; treasurer, f; IL: ShePardson'
Richmond auditor, j. l.. Hall, Burning
ton: executive committee, chairman, f.
s, Retain. Burlington, NJ. P. Perley, Enos-
bugh Falls, one year, w. H, Deane, Fer
risburgh, two years, H. A. Slayton, Nor
risyille, three years; trustee of permanent
fund, c. p. Smith, Burlington, three
Years. A resolution was unanimously
adopted condemning the present local o6p-
ton law of the state of Vermont as be-
ing wholly ineffective to control the liquor
traffic. An invitation was received and
accepted from the Township association
of Bellows Falls to hold the convention
there in 1908 during the second week IN
October.