The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-05-30
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Elseshere in this issue Of The
JouAaAL appears 5 somewhat lengthy
editorial from recent issue u tbe'Ev.
cniBT Banner headed " Bennington
County Murders" and IN which we are
taken 10 ,Atk for our taincniy In
speaking on The subject ~ murders
committed in the county in the last
three years in The manner IN which Nc
did. The casual observer would be-
lead 10 believe from the Banners
article ihA, the remarks which we
made were directed toward Ex.sherif
Henry \. Wilson Far from ~ The
sherif il mainly an administrative
ofhcer and executes the orders Of the
couri, and while the preservation Of
order in The county IL part Of his
duiles, be "a 10 a greater or less extent
under The direction Of the States At.
torney Of the county We are in
hearty aeeord with tho Banner in the
statement that i believes 'ihs, Ben.
Dington County has had In Henry S.
Wilson Of Arlington, the best sheriff
In the state" A doloss States Altor-
sey backed by lisiless public sentiment
causes more trouble than anything
else.
The Banner then goes on and takes
~ the murders in order tcalling them
by The softer name OF fatalities
The ease Of Fred Bartlett Of North
Bennington, where the victim WAS
hitched 10 the rear Of wagon with a
rope about bis neck and dragged along
the highways 10 his death. is designat.
cd as drunken frolie" Heaven
forbid such ."frolicsn from gaining
popularity. Maybe this county was
mot chargeable with the crime but she
gss the discrcdit OF il just the same.
In the ease Of the Flynn affair in
this town. II certainly may be
absurd" 10 refer 10 II as murder
and as dead men tell no tales and
water leaves no trail" II will probably
never be known who put the poor fellow
0ut Of the way until the pages Of the
record on high are scanned. Still we
do not envy the man on whose
conscience rests the deed.
The Rupert case was well handled
and while Il may teehniehally be man
slaughter instead OF murder, the man
was shot 10 death and the man who
presumably did the shooting got away.
II is true that the state has escaped the
expense Of trying Reed and boarding
him few years" but that is mighty
poor reason for not running this man
" cover.
The case OF johnson was perhaps
The only one wherein there was any
justification and he was sentenced TO
fifteen years and not for life as the
Banner states.
The Pownal ease we have spoken Of
as having had all done that could be
done TO bring the murderer TO light.
This brings us up 10 the last and
most brutal Of all, the Mahan case,
which is too fresh in our minds to
need any description. Here was the
ease where we see the ideal States
Attorney, and We wish 10 extend the
congratulations OF The JOURNAL 10
States Attorney Meagher for his skill.
full and untiring efforts 10 clear this
case up.
Now i may look 10 the Banner that
We are befouling our county without
justification, but il will have 10 be
proved in some other way than by the
Banners article. The way TO heal an
ulcer whether in the human body or in
The body polite, is 10 rip it open and
let Il heal from the inner part. "
there ARE any ulcers in this county
lets pu, the knife in them and expose
them 10 the light that they may be
healed.