The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-10-28
TESTIMONY OF
MRS. FAIRBANKS
Declares Husband Appeared
Unnatural
HAD STARING EXPRESSION
Uthsr Witnesses Give Their Testimony
in the Murder Trial at Nswfans-
The Case RsAumea
To-day.
HAD STARING EXPRESSION

t.sssntefcstlng feature SATURDAY ~ tHf
trial q William Fairbanks A Newians.
charged with the murder Of Mrs. Mars
Circuit Of saxtons River on the night d
May IS. Mrs. Fairbanks was called by
the defense and a. Obliged 70 repeat
many Of aer answers In order that The
jury might hear thent She appeared
very downcast. and brokc down ami
cried several times. Fairbanks took no
more notice Of heF. taan he had Of The
witnesses who preceded her, sittiug with
biz head In his hands and gazing upon
the floor most Of tne time. She was fx.
amincd by lawyer a. r. CudwoFth Of
South Londonderry, Who takes The place
of Lawyer 4. n. Schwenk Of BFattle-
bofo, who was announced to assist the
counsel assigned By the court 20 defend
Fairbanks. Mrs. Fairbanks testified
that the last day Fairbanks was At home
was May previous 10 the shooting She
sad that abe noticed then and Dad no.
tieed for Some time that her husband
appeared unnatural, that he talked and
acted differently than usual and had \
staring expression In his eyes
On cross-examination by Attorney
General C. G. Fits Mrs. Fairbanks said
she had known that Fairbanks was not
spending all his money az home, but
she said she did not know that he wa&
going with Mary Gropl further than
what she had learned from other peo-
pie. Il was a long time before she would
ADMIT eaat she had spoken TO nef hus.
band about his attention 70 Nra. Grout
and then she said she did not talk with
ted that she had talked with Mrs. Grout
about il 30 mnch that Mrs. Grout ceas.
ed visiting her She said Fairbanks al.
ways yas pleasant in his home. was
never quarelsome, fretfnl or fault and
ing, but that sometimes be was quick.
tempered. She said he had talked much
a. lone until certain time. when she
noticed that q change had come over
him. On redirect examination Mrs.
Fairbanks said her husband could
neither read nor write. This was Of
fered to controvert the testimony OF
Mrs. Leone Lawrence, offered two or
three days ago, who said that sne saw
Mrs. Grout hand Fairbanks a letter
which she had received from Thomas
Penniman OF Bellows Falls and that
Fairbanks was angry theTeat.
In support Of Mrs Fairbanks tes.i-
mony about Fairbanks change in APP
pearance and in support of It's claims
that when Fairbanks shot Mary Grout
he was not mentally responsible, the de-
Tense put on George Townsend Of Dunn.
merston, VINO carried on the Sholes farm
in that town in the summer Of 1906, Mr.
Townsend said he had known Fairbanks
20 60 30 years. and that Fairbanks mad
worked for him more or less In each OF
these years. He said that in July, 1906,
ne was called from the bayfield, on the
afternoon OF very hot day because
Fairbanks had sustained sunstroke at
tge barn. he testified that Fairbanks
had severe pains in his head and chest,
Was able to take medicine only with
much difficulty and trenbled 50 violent.
~ that he shook the Bed on which he
bad been placed.
Mr.. Townsend said Fairbanks remain
ed in bed until the second day and was
not able to do any more work during
that haying season. He said that Fair.
banks went to the witnesses mousse a few
days before the shooting and appeared
tc be In bad shape being lame and |
having staring look in his eyes, which |
made him look wild. J Fairbanks, be |
said, went away Saturday noon and re. |
turned about 2 Sunday morning, which |
was unusual. The defense attempted to |
some testimony as to CONVEX
sation between Mrs. Townsend and |
Fairbanks which took place at the din
ner table at the Sholes farm on the Sat
urday before the shooting, but the state |
objected, aud the court and attorneys |
were holding conference as to the all.
Of the conversation when /
time for adjournment arrived.
The first witness Saturday was Mrs.
Elizabeth sankee. d colofed woman. who
vas summoned by the state. Her home
i IN West Claremunt, IN. H.. but she
formerly lived in Grafton Mrs. Myra /
futile Of Grafton had staafilied earlier
Il tie week that she alid Mrs Sankee
ode from Saxtons River to Bellows
Falls Oh the same street ear oil the day
Il the shooting and thaf 40 the station
The and Fairbanks had Il dramatic con
IN which Fairbanks said that
Mary Circuit would not 10 back to Graf
on alive, Mrs. Sankee denied tnat
Mrs. futile was on the same car with
Ter, and she also said that although ahe
TODD within 4 few feet Of Mrs. futile
md Fairbanks she heard no such con
'ersatiom iii Mrs. futile had testified
o. BY this and other witnesses the
IefenRe III seeking to discredit Mrs. Tut.
les testimony. Charles Aiken 0f Sax
ons River was called by the defense
Re said he was at the scene Of the shoot.
ng before the body was taken into The
louise and that he heard Fairbanks say
Somebody finished me" He was not
TOSS examined
John Wyman Of Saxtons River testi
led that he and Fairbanks had dinner
ogether in Bellows Falls at o'clock
il the afternoon of the shooting, that
Accr dinner they walked to North wal
,ole, N. III, where they drank d glass of
eer each, That they then turned back
o Bellows Falls and got one more drink
I beer, and that il was 2:30 or later
rhen TREY separated. Mrs. futile had
estifed that Fairbanks went from Bel
ows Falls to Saxtons River ON the i2s15I
ar. On caoas-examination BIZ Attorney
ieneral G. G. Fits, Nyman WAS unable
0 say whether 81 not be had any drinks
bat day bafore he met Fairbanks
'either could be remember. who paid /
or any Of the drinks about which he
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