The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-10-25

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from where the murder was commit
ted; that she heard the loud talking,
but could distinguish no words except
after the first shot was fired Wheh
she heard Mary's voice exclaim, On,
nv God. " Mr.. Campbell admitted
that he ran out the back door and
across the street, thinking that ne,
too, might get shot.
Deputy Sheriff George a. Alexan'
der was next called. A map was
shown presenting a diagram OF the
house, the different rooms, the rela-
tive positions of each person IN the
front room, the door way and the
door steps and the front lawn. Mr..
Alexander was closely questioned
about the incriminating statements
made by Fairbanks. He told Of ind
| ing Mrs. Grout lying across the front
stairs and of finding Fairbanks lying
on the grass near the steps IN a semi,
conscious state. He went into detail
describing the removal of Fairbanks
and the plan of the parlor where they
Laid him on a mattress, and in which
room they also laid the dead girl. The
witness was asked what Fairbanks
said, and he went on to testify that
he asked the wounded man the follow
| ing question: "Will, why did you DO
Ithis3'' to which Fairbanks replied;
because she wronged me. Contin-
Iufng the witness said: - asked hlm
/ if be was not sorry, and he said, Yes,
am sorry / did not finish the job. -
When pressed by the state 5 attorney,
Alexander admitted that Fairbanks
said that Mrs. Grout refused to return
IS he had loaned her, and that the
dead girl had called him vile epithet
and in a fit of anger he pulled out his
oun and shot her. Alexander told OF
/ the jelly cake, peanuts, white shoes
and stockings Fairbanks said he had
bought for Mary the day of the crime,
and which he, Alexander, had kept IN
his possession since. The critical
noint of the officers testimony was
reached when the state S attorney
asked what the accused man had said
about the shoes and stockings. Inc
officer said: "He asked me to have
the shoes and stockings placed on the
body of the girl when she was lald
ont, Alexander further testified
| that he placed the man under arrest
and that Fairbanks nodded that ne
understood that he was under arrest.
! In cross examination, Alexander .
testimony tended TO show that falr,
/ hanks knew he was under arrest ana
that the statements he made were
made under duress.
There was little discrepancy We'd
nesday morning between the testimony
of Policemen Houghton and Davis Oh
Saxtons River and that of DR.. +. L.
Osgood. who was the physician IN at
tendance directly after the shooting.
Policemen Houghton and Davis gave
the position of the dead girl as she
Law with her head and shoulders on
the second stair of the door way ana
of the man on the ground beside her
at the right They also repeated con,
versation they claimed to have had
with him. DR.. Osgood testified to the
condition of Fairbanks from o'clock
m to 1890 as being unconscious, that
he continued to be unconscious up 10
1890 o'clock and that it would have
been impossible for him to have made
any statement whatsoever. No DOUBT
the testimony of the policemen and
the physician will be Strengthened out
when the officers are recalled anu
made to determine the time when the
statements were made. DR.. osgood
further testified as to the medlcal as
sistance he rendered and the ingre-
dients of the medicine administered.
On cross examination the defense as
sumed the position that the mind Oh
Fairbanks was unbalanced, due IN
mart TO the bullet wounds and to the
medicine he was given atter tne
shooting. 1t would seem from tne
questions asked by the defence that u
was irving to show from DR.. Osgood 8
testimony that the statements alleged
to have been made by Fairbanks were
made while he was in a deilrious
state. DR.. E. S. Albee was called 70
the stand, and testified as to the per
mit he gave as health officer for the
removal of the dead body, and also the
condition in which he found FAR
hanks when he arrived soon after the
shooting. INA
The next witness who was called
was Dir. B. H. Stone of Burlington,
who is director of the state laboratory
Of hygiene at Burlington and state
pathologist. He related the details OF
the autopsy. He exhibited portion
of the walls of the chest and the heart
which were pierced by the bullet. he
testified that the bullet was found al
tbe base of the roots of the rlght
lung and that it had pierced the aorta
in reaching its destination. he salo
that the bullet took an upward course
Of 25 degrees and that death was IN
Simultaneous.
The climax of the day was reached
when Mrs. Leonie Lawrence was
called. She was a companion to the
dead girl and had boarded with hel
for some time before the murder. she
testified that while she lived witt
Mrs, Grout that Fairbanks callee
there frequently and some times re
mained over night She said thai
there was a kitchen and two bee
rooms down stairs and bed room vi
stairs. One of the bed rooms dowl
stairs was occupied by Mrs. Grou
and the other by herself, but that tn
! approach to the room up stairs wa
through her Mrs. Lawrence 81 room
Each night Fairbanks remained there
, Mrs. Lawrence said she would leav'
him and Mrs. Grout in the kitchen
and that Fairbanks did not pas
through her room to go up stars OF
those occasions. In each instance sh
+ found Fairbanks and Mrs. Grout Il