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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-21
DR. ALLAN MLANE HAMILTON.

DIR. ALLAN MLANE HAMILTON.
ever evidence either side has 10 oncr
and decide whether the trial shall ~
on or whether a commission IN lunacy
shall he appointed 20 pass uponThaw's
mental condition.
Justice Fitzgerald said.
III should decide 10 appoint = com.
mission or take any other step IN the
matter on Friday" announced Justice
Fitzgerald. Il would wish 10 name
ailenisis who have not been In the
case before. therefore ask both the
district attorney and the counsel for
the defense % furnish me by Friday
morning lists % names OF an the ex.
pcrts who have been In any way con.
nected with the case"
This the attorneys agreed 10 DO.
The radical action taken by Justice
Fitzgerald changing the entire aspect
Of the trial was prcclpliaicd by the In.
PRODUCTION Of DR.. Allan McI.Anc Ham.
liion. the allenlst who frurei In the
trial ~ Gulteau. tie assassin Of Pres
ldent GARFIELD ~ . wltncs. FOR the De.
Tense.
The scenes attending the adjourn.
mcnt Of court were dramatic and ex.
citing Thaws counsel seemed taken
utterly by surprise. This was expect.
ell 10 he the last DAY ~ the trial OK.
cept for the summing up before the
jury. Soon after the three cornered
discussion among Justice Fitzgerald.
District Attorney Jerome and Mr. Del.
mas bcgnn Thaw's Eve otllrr attorneys
gathered ono 10y one around the judges
desk and for time seemed intent up.
on denying what the court had termed
the charges ~ unprofesslonal conduct
brought against them by the prosccut.
ING officer.
Thaw. detected. sat deserted NJ hls
counsel table. lie had seemed unsual.
~ pale and somewhat hnggard when
he came inm court NJ the beginning
l Of the morning session. having com.
plalncd 81 fatigue aud rcsilcssness
When the district attorney aud Mr.
Dclmah began their usual akirinish
soon after the trial started Thaw's
spirit seemed 20 brighten and he laugh.
Cd In good humor NJ some ~ the pas
sngcs at arms between tho learned
district attorney" aud tho learned
counsel from the Pacific slope" A.
the argument began a. take on n more
serious phase. however. the prisoner
sat deeply concerned. lie flushed Grim
son m ono by one his attorneys left
him 10 rally 10 the support 81 Mr.
Dolmas. who. however. In the midst
OF the proceedings was superseded by
Attorney John n. Gleason. Thaw M
his nails. opened and closed his hands
ncryously and finally sank down IN
his chair IN an attitude Of utter de
lection.
Tho climax of the nine weeks trial
was precipltatcd by the action OF the
defense IN calling 20 tho stand DR.
Allan McLane Hamilton. the distin
gulshsd allsnlst, who was hrst called
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-21
ESCAPES FROM ASYLUM
Canadian Editor Said to Be- Insane fo'
Shooting.

Burlington, March 10. Detective La
point OF Montreal Is In this city and II
Is thought he will try to obtain extra
dltion papers so that he may take Alex
ander Duclos who has twice escaped
from the Tongue Pointe insane asylum
back TO Quebec. Duclos has q room
at ~ Elmwood avenue and has been In
this city for two weeks. He was seen
by a reporter this evening at his room
and was writing his life story which be
intends soon TO publish. lie said:
"My story lie long one and cannot
be told to the world at present. For
the attempted shooting OF Alphonse
Derosiers year ago In the Office OF
the Commercial Assurance company |
was adjudged insane and placed In the
Tongue Pointe asylum. ] had good
reasons to shoot hlm-the unwritten
law would protect me there.
"My friends and certain government
officials caused me to be placed In the
asy lum for reasons OF their own. |
have escaped twice aud came to Bur.
lIngton both times. The first time re
turned OF my own accord. Now they
are trying TO extradite me but do not
think IL can be accomplished.
Certain Montreal papers have ad
judged me sane editorially and have
upheld me otherwise"
Duclos is a small, dark complexion
ed man, well dressed ADD OF bright ap
pearance. lie claims 10 have been the
editor OF Les Desbats, a socialist pap.
err, and for that reason he asserts tina,
government officials have reasons for
keeping him IN the asylum. Ia his at
tempt 10 take the life OF Desrosiers he
lired four shots at his intended victim,
tho last taking effect 10 the frontal
hone
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-21
HARRY THAW
CRAZY NOW
.'Az
Jerome Suggests Lunacy
Commission.
SOME DRAMATIC SCENES
MurderTrial May Be Ended Abrupt.
Iy By Committal Of Accused
To Asylum.
SOME DRAMATIC SCENES

NEW YORK, March 2i.-1'he blow
which Harry Kendall Thaw has been
In terror OF ever since his trial for the
murder OF Stanford White began has
fallen. District Attorney Jerome did
not make formal application for the
appointment ~ commission In luna
cy. but in nm imprisoned speech he
appealed to the conscience OF the court,
asserting that Thaw rs he sits daily In
court Is unable intclligently 10 advise
his counsel and Is believed 10y every
one who has watched and come into
contact with him 10 be Insane Mr..
Jerome INSERTED that his own allen
lists the six men who testified for the
state were convinced when they bad
considered all the facts In connection
with the ease that Thaw was II nm.
sound mind.
Mr.. Jerome dramatically accused the
counsel Tor the defense ~ coneeallne
testimony which. II presented 10 the
court would make the continuance OF
the trial crime So earnest dld he
plead that Justice Fitzgerald dismissed
the jury until Friday morning and al.
journed court until he considers what.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-21
BARRE FEARS ICE FAMINE

Dealers Laid Ia supply for . No-tlesn,s
CITY.
Barre, March ie-The recent vote OF
this city by which the community again
goes into the license column after May
!, has created fears OF az Ice famine
here before the summer Is over. Local
Ice dealers had laid In . supply only
sufficient for the needs OF the city with
out the eigh, saloons that will BE- loca-
ted here. which collectively will use
an enormous amount OF Ice during tie
summer months. Montpelier dealers
have an abundant supply stored. and
will probably be able 10 help out " Ice
IL short here before the summer ends.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-21
GETS S., 500 AND COSTS.
Dominica TOmsh Of monip,liu Must Pc,
large Sum.

Montpelier, March l9.-The breach
Of promise OF Irene NJ. Massucco vs..
Doimlulco Tomasi. which has been on
trial In Washington county court for
nine days, went To the jury late thl.
afternoon, and a verdict was returned
this evening for the plaintiff 10 recover
-, 800 and her costs. Al the trial oil
this case In 1904, in which the suprem,
court reversed the judgment on the
verdict and sent the case back for a
new trial because Il was tried 10 the
absence Of the defendant, there was q
verdict for the plaintiff 10 recover
$500 and her costs.
Hale X. Darling made the opening
argument for the plaintiff today. III
vas followed by George w. Wing and
4. ~. Sortorelli for the defense and
". A. Lori closed for the plaintiff
The Law appllsbie to the case was
very iucldly aud succinctly set beior,
the jury by Judge Miles.
II IL uncertain what civil case will b
next taken up rs several that we're sci
for trial have either been settled OF
are In q process OF settlement
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-21
LICENSE COMMISSIONERS
Appointment Of Boards foe the -Four Wet
Towns In Bsnnlnstoa County.

Appointment Of Boards foe the -Four Wet
Towns In BsunInston County.
The assistant judges OF county court
we're In town yesterday and last night
the appointment OF the license commits
slonsrs was announced. The board
this year will consist OF Frank Y.
Battles, sheldon III. lockwood and
DR. r. s. Pratt Aessrs Battles and
lockwood have served two terms on
the board and their reappointment
was generally expected. DR. Pratt Il a
new member and succeeds w. n.
Berry.
Commissioners 10 the other three
towns that voted for license have been
appointed as follows; Arlington, VIM.
p. Wilson, Charles Garfield, X. \.
Andrew; Sunderland, George Burt,
Edward Ward, Edgar Pike; Wood
fri, 7. J. Mallory, Chas Wood,
James Higgins.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-21
MORE ELECTRIC
ROAD RUMORS
Another Line From PownaI
To Hoosick Falls.
TRANSCRIPT HAS A ISON
North Adams Paper Authority For
Story Of Trolley Extension
hereabOuts.

The report has been circulated, says
the North Adams Transcript, In Pow
nal and North Pownal that there Is .
prospect OF street railway line be-
Ing built this summer from point in
the present line in Pownal to Hoosick
Falls, N. Y, where II would form q
direct connection with the proposed
line 10 N ~, N. Y. The probability
OF such toad 10 being freely talked
10 both Pownal and North Pownal,
and while 1t Is impossible ut this time
10 authenticate the report, the North
Pownsl people have hopes that there
Is foundation for II.
The likelihood OF such road being
built eventually lends credence to the
report, which could not be confirmed
at this time, even though II we're In the
minds OF the street railway people. A
more direct line would besecured from
North Adams 10 Hoosick Falls and
Troy, while such q line would pass
through a more populous section than
does the present line 70 Bennington af.
ter II leaves Pownal.
There would be North Pownal, Pc.
tersburg Junction and Hoosick Cor
ners 10 feed the line, all OF which are
prosperous little communities. They
are not far apart and about all OF them
lie . good farming country.
These things, together with the adj.
vantage that would come TO the New
Haven people BY having direct line
70 Hoosick Falls and better connec-
ton for Troy, are what are encourag.
log the Pownal people and lead then
10 place some credence to the report.
The transcripts representative from
that place says that the workmen on
the present road are talking about the
proposed limo and assert that Il will
be begun this summer.
There was 4 survey made some years
ago for such line, It being planned
al that time 10 run from Troy 70 Hoo
sick Falls BY the route OF the old stone
road and then along the valley TO the
Pownals and thence into Williams
town. making connections there with
the Hoosac Valley into this city. Troy
capitalists we're interested In the
scheme, but II never ma,erislized. The
situation is now changed by The Berk.
shire having built to the state line
and thence 70 Bennington.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-21
HELD TO CONTRACT.
Supt Drssssl Refuses 10 Allow sehoeLrssehsl
To Marry.

Miss Mary Boyd ONO. Adams teach
err 10 the Sesrles high school 10 Great
Darlington, has been obliged 10 post
pone the date OF her marriage TO Oscar
7. Lichens,ein, wealthy New Yorker,
because the superintendent OF schools,
Herman Dressed, Jr., refuses 10 allow
her to leave her work until the close OF
the June term. Miss Boyd had set her
wedding for June II and wished to
leave school Easter week TO prepare
for the event, but found that she was
under contract and could not secure a
release.
Mr. Dressed was formerly superinten.
dent OF the North Bennington high
school.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-21
DRIVES BULL LIKE HORSE
Sh,ldoa Boy u,o Blt and Rrldls-wlll Have
Span.

sheldon, March 20-John Danton,
youngest son Of Mr. aud Mrs Colonel
Danion Of Rice hill, has 4 four year
old bull 20 we'll broken 70 drive that
he can drive him anywhere. lie APP
pcarcd wilh him harnesssd 10 q sleigh
recently causing much comment. Mas
ter John has a sugar bush that he
carries on Independently Of his faith
er's large one. lie has 90, up his
wood with "Slr Tom as he has nam
cd the bull driving him with bits and
bride lac u horse. lie Is we'll trained.
Master John il breaking q two year
old bull so he can have double team.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-21
CHILD DIES OF POISONING.
fosr.yssr-oh Boy Drsnk OIL Of Winter.
gssn and Lived n Hours.

Burlington. March 10.-Edward
Morgan Maynard, the four-year-oid
son Of Mr. aud Mrs Edward Maynard
OF North street, died this evening ss
the result OF accidental poisoning. Las,
night the child went Into the bath
room and took from n medicine case
q bottle containing oil OF wIntergrccn.
the contents OF which he drank. Medi.
cal assistance xas nj once summoned.
but all efforts 10 save the child were
q vain. He died In about "a hours
after taking the fatal draught. Mr.
Maynard IL in Colorado and the
others Of his family we're " join him
there Ia the near future.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-21
ELIZA W. LAWRENCE
Died Wednesday isht o, the noms Of Her
D.sshtu In North Bsnnlnston.

oito "sonesosy Nlsnt ~ inc noms OF uer
Daughter In North Bennington.
Mrs Eliza W. Lawrence, widow OF
the late Seth Lawrence, peacefully pass
ed away last night ut ~ O'Clock a, the
home Of her daughter. Mrs Thomas
Mahou, with pulmonary tuberculosis.
Mrs Lawrence was born Ia Shafts
bury but passed nearly all her life 10
North bennington.
She was 4 quie, and exemplary won
an and had long been afflicted with the
malady from which she died. Her age
was 60 years.
The funeral will be held Saturday ai
. o'clock from the home OF her daugh
Ter 10 North Bennington aud the bur.
ial will be In the cemetery there.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-21
WORD CONTEST

Winner, Who Made largest Numbers Of
Word, Prom Quincy Adams Sawyer"
The following are tho winners In the
Quincy Adams sawyer word contest
Andrew Hummer, Julia Barrett, Alfred
Elicit, Glen Martin, Rena Percy, Jas
welch, Frederick King, Johanna Jen'
seq, Stella Hawkins, Margare,ia
Schuyler. Edna wyss, Harriet Jacobs
Hilda Hurley, Robert Long, Caroline
NJ. Clark.
$40 was the highest list and Ia was
the lowest.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-21
VERDICT FOR DEFENSE
Judge Waterman Brings SsSIssne, Suit 10 /.
Sudden End.

Rutlsnd, March 2o-The 5000 neg
lIgence suit OF Richard wallsco's Adm
W the Rutland Street Railway Co.
which had been on trial In the Rutland
county court since Friday, came 10 n
sudden end late yesterday whom at the
close OF tho evidence Judge 4. l..
Waterman ordered verdict for the
defence on the ground OF the failure OF
the plaintiff TO show negligence.
Richard Wallace was killed by
trolley car while working on the CO. .
tracks In August 1905.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-21
MAPLE SUGAR SUPPER.
To be Given BY the w.R.c. at G, A. z
Hall This Evening

The ladies Of the wRc cordially in
yIic their friends 10 n new maple sugar
supper In GAR hall this evening. The
syrup was furnished by Edw Bushnell
and IL this years run. Sugar will BE-
served In different ways and there viii
be other refreshments.
Everybody come and enjoy the first
real, new maple sugar Of the season.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-21
IL TOWNS PAID
Unlisd States Dsposlt Fund Returned 70 e.
n. Dsavitl

Montpelier. March is-Up 10 this
morning IL towns In the State had
returned 10 State Treasurer 4. II
Deavlit the amount OF U. s. deposit
fund held 10 their local treasures.
These towns are; Rupert, Hancock
Ripton, winhall, Athens, T.unenburg,
West Haven, waterville, Rutland
town. Tunbridge, Fair Haven, Hub
bard,on, Pit,sheld and Poullney.
The total amounts they turned Into
the State treasury is about go. 900.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-21

The Rutland route OF the New York
Central lines IL the short and direct
route 10 New York, Boston, Montreal
and all western points. Express
trains. Pullman cars, o0t
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-21
Bennington

Total pins, Williams 1910; Benning
ton, 2l30.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-21
Makes Easy the Jots Rough Life
DEFEAT WILLIAMS BOYS
Bennington Ten Pin Team Wins Easy Vie.
tory Ia Poor Game.

The Williams college team proved
rather easy game for the Bennington
ten pin five In the game rolled at the
Corbett Grennan alleys last evening
and was defeated by q comfortable
margin. Neither team did extra good
work and the visitors we're sndicapped
by the strange alleys. The score:
Williams
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-21
The Carpets, The Rugs
The LinOleums, The Mattings

arrayed exceptionally extensive variety Our present gathering Of
Coverings all far and ahead any OF our previous
inqs THE CURTAINS THE WALL PAPERS AND THE UPFOlS
ST UFFS have also provided most liberal scale
recent price old prices with few exceptions
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-03-21
The Display of Dress rlate
Peter Pan Suits

Wool Silk fabrics most comprehensive exhibition oil
ions coongs IN the parade ur pr
double that No matter what your dress
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-12

The coyote is . much despised anil
NAL Of the wild and woolly west, and
even Mark Twain's vivid description
OF it's powers of speed is not sufncient
to establish it in popular respect. But
It seems Colorado farmers have como
to the opinion that the coyote has
qualities heretofore unsupported and
which IL they do not add to his repu-
tation for morality indicate higher
grade Of intelligence than he has been
credited with possessing. Colorado is
renowned IN various ways; among
other things for raising the finest mel
ons. Now it appears the coyotes have
not only developed taste for the mol
ons. but the sagacity to pick out the
ripest, best and sweetest. AS con-
sequence, says the Troy Times, the
melon farms are frequently raided by
the beasts and the farmers are heavy
losers. Ordinarily coyote is held in
such contempt that little or no atten-
ton is paid to him. But when he be-
comes q destroyer Of Colorado's
choicest melons he is daring fate too
much. It is now likely to be war to
the death, and the coyote crop will be
killed on in order to save the crop Of
melons.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-12

\ Figures collected by the Information
Al Society of State and Municipal
Building Commissioners and Inspect
ors show that every week, on an aver
age. fires In the United States burn up
three theaters. three public halls. IL
churches, ten schools. two hospitals,
two asylums, two colleges" six apart
ment houses, three department stores,
two jails, 26 NOTES.-THE fires at sea-
shore resorts this summer will raise
the hotel average-14O fiat" houses
and 1000 single dwellings. Such q
record of waste Is bad, but 1t is not
surprising In land of wooden build
|Ings. Moreover. many of the buildings
destroyed would have been torn
down IL they had not been burned. A
who suffered from slight
|1re said he had lost two houses and
(three barns IL you counted the dog
house. the chicken house and the cow
EBhed. In such lists as the foregoing
= house is a house be it ever SO
worthless, and college" may call
itself 80 even II it occupies but three
rooms and does most of it's business
BY mail.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-12
A New Primary Law.

The administrationists who drew the
new primary election bill for presenta-
ton at the special session did not con-
suit the attorney generals department.
That department has a draft of bill
which may or may not be offered to
the law makers
The feature of the new administra-
ton bill which is attracting the most
attention is the section relative to the
election of delegates to national con-
ventions. The bill provides for their
election at a spring primary, doing
away entirely with conventions.
1t also provides for the nomination
of United States senators and requires
all political parties to make nominal
lions under the provisions in case any
one political party adopts 1t. The adj
ministration men claim their bill pro-
vides a workable, comprehensive pri-
mary election system. 1t does not in
clude any 40 per cent clause.
A copy of the bill will be introduced
the first day of the session. Some of
the states lawyers are saying that it
is full of legal blowholes.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-12

primary law so as to permit the people
OF the state to nominate party candi-
dates for United States senator by d.
rect vote you will perform an act that
will have the unqualified approval of
the people of the state, regardless Of
political Affiliations.
The lobby evil is no less dire and
corrupting than 1t was when directed
your attention to 1t at the commence
ment of your regular session. At that
time I said:
In all matters of legislation the peo-
pie are entitled to your best thought
and most conscientious Judgment, and
you should see to it that your thought
is not directed nor your Judgment at
fected by any undue influence. Public
hearings and the right Of petition as
to all matters coming before the legis
lature are legitimate methods of In
fluencing legislation. The legislature
should always be willing to grant pub
lie hearings to and receive petitions
from all who may be interested in
measures under consideration, wheth-
er those persons represent public or
private interests. Aside from the hear
ings there should be no place, either
III the lcSlSldtlVc udilS, Jhe committees
rooms or the lobby for the profession
al lobbyist His right should simply be
hthcse enjoyed by the humblest citizen
Of the state. The professional lobbyist
has no proper place in legislation and
the sooner he is eliminated therefrom
the better, not only for the public, but
for the special interests by which he
is employed.
The first step in this direction must
necessarily be taken by the Individual
Legislators in treating with contempt
the introducer of any so-called strike"
legislation designed for the sole pur-
pose of attracting the attention of
these special interests, thereby invit-
ing them to either pay tribute or to
employ the professional lobbyist in
self defense. Such legislation and its
sponsors should be publicly denounced
and their real purpose exposed. All
proposed legislation should stand or
fall on its merits alone and any argu-
ments as to those merits should stand
the test of full publicity.
Charlevoix county herald., 1907-10-12

4loosant conversation. among Intel
sluont people. should b flowing and
natural. neither stilted nor frivolous.
= should be instructive. without ped
ontry, and polished without being A.
fected. These who really converse
reason without arguing. joke without
punnins, skilfully unite wit and rea-
sons. maxims and sallies. ingenious
ro1llery and severe morality. They
speak Of everything in order that
every one may have something to say:
they do not investigate too closely. for
fear OF wearying; questions are treat
"a With rapidity: precision leads to
elegance. each one giving his opinion.
and supporting It with few words. says
the New York Weekly. No refined
person attacks wantonly another's
opinions. no tactful person defends
bis own obstinacy. They discuss In
order 70 enlighten themselves, and
leave on discussing where dispute
would begin; every one gains informa-
don; every one recreates himself, and
all go away contented: nay. the sage
himself may carry away from what he
has heard matter worthy Of silent
meditation.