Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-05-06
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reach them as issued should ask that |
their names be placed on the Station |
mailing list. A postal card addressed |
to Experiment Station, Burlington,
Vermont, stating desires, is sufficient.
State Y. M. c. A. Convention.
The annual convention of the
Young Mems Christian Associations
of Vermont will be held in Burlington
beginning Friday afternoon, May 10.
The following are expected to be
present and participate IN the pro-
gram: Governor F. D. Proctor, Wal
ter T. Southam, Toronto; W. j. Van
Patten, Burlington; A. W. Bosworth,
Island Pond; @. K. ODER, New York;
M. B. Davidson, McGill University,
Montreal; E. NJ Robinson, New York;
G. F. North, Burlington; Frank A.
Manuel, Richford; John r. Boardman,
New York; w. w. Peter, .. V. M;
w. G. Mason, Enosburg Falls; DIR. M.
H. Buckham, Burlington, and others.
One of the most inspiring, as we'll as
socially enjoyable, features Of the
convention will be the banquet at
the Masonic Temple hall, Friday, $50
o. m. A charge of one dollar per
plate will be made. Persons desiring
to attend should secure reservation
by communicating with the state
secretary, or Mr.. B. N. CLARK.
Mahan Confesses.
Alfred Mahan, under arrest on the
charge of the brutal murder of his
little four-year old niece, Ethel Ma
han. at North Bennington Sunday,
Apr. %, confessed that he was guilty
of the crime. 81 did it," said the
prisoner in a confession to States
Attorney William Meagher. Then he
broke down and told the details of the
crime. He was warned by the states
attorney that he was not obliged to
talk and that whatever he said would
be used against him at his trial, but
the murderer declared that he could
keep his bloody secret no longer, and
wanted to tell all. Mahan said he
went to Morse's saloon at Walloom-
sac, N. Y, Saturday night and brought
home two bottles, one of whiskey and
one of gin. He said he had been
drinking heavily for long time and
his nerves were shattered. He arose
at O'Clock Sunday morning and was
around North Bennington during the
day. After dinner he put his razor
in his pocket to take it to barber's
for repairs, but with no premonition
of the awful crime in which it was to
figure. During the day, before the
murder, he drank heavily. His brain
was befogged by the mixed liquors
and he was ready for anything, be
said. He was asked by his brother
and Alfred Hunt to go from the pond
where they were fishing, to the house
for lunch. When he started back tht
, little girl asked to go with him ant
. was allowed to do SO. After TIT
lunch was delivered Alfred and thu
little girl started home. He took th'
; child to the foot of large basswoo'
: tree near a board fence, out of tn
view of everyone. The rest of tn
+ confession was too gruesome to te
: in all it's horrible details. Mahan'
t hand shook so he coulo hardly writ
/ and he wept continually as he wrote
l. Lest she should tell her mother VIVA
he had done, the man took the roz
and drew it across the child's throa
AS he die it he held her in his lap an
;. she never realized that he was tryln
to harm her. In a 10 oment she We
If dead in bis arms. Terror seized hi
and he sought for a place to hide Il
e body Remembering the depresslo
lt below the pond he took the D q
while it was still warm and laid II
o. child, face downward, on the groun
10 He then went to the ''mud hole
n where he threw the razor into ii
water. He washed his hands In I'll
Ii water but the blood still stained b
sh hands and clothing. He skuik'
ed around the place for the remand
ed of the evening and until late at nlgf