Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-02-27

the corridor and thence through the un-
locked door of the corridor to the street.
The officers will admit nothing and are
keeping very quiet about the affair. 1t is
said that this is not the first occurrence
of a like description at that port.
Walter W. Baker was arraigned in Bur-
lington city court last Thursday charged
with burglarizing the summer cottages of
DR.. George ID. Samson and Thomas Mag
ner at Starr Farm beach. The burglaries
were committed last month, Baker secur-
ing quantity of clothing, tools and 9th
er things from the house and ransacSing
the premises in an endeavor to find out
just what he cared to take away. Two
complaints were made out against him.
At first he waived examination but later
pleaded guilty to informations filed
against him. The cases were continued
for sentence.
The body of Adelbert F. Barber, form
erly of Jericho. aged AZ years, employed
as travelling salesman for a well-known
electric company of New York, was
found in room of a hotel at Albany, N.
Y, last week Wednesday with bullet
wound in his right temple. Barber reg
istered at the hotel the day before and it
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pistol shot was heard by employees of
the hotel. Barber has father, mother
and nine-year-old son living at Jericho.
The police say he was divorced from his
wife last September and they attribute
his act to dependency.
A meeting of the officers of the pro-
posed condensed milk factory at Enos-
burg Falls was held last week. The con-
Germ will do business under the name of
the Federal Packing Co., incorporated un-
der the laws of the state of Maine. 1t is
also expected that special town meeting
will be called for March 2 to see if the
town will grant the company exemption
from taxation for period OF ten years.
new sidetrack will be placed near the
grounds where the factory will be locat-
ed. 1t is expected that the company will
be ready to begin business by August and
will employ at the start about 100 hands.
r. j. Williams, n years old, senior
member of the j. ii. Williams Slate Co.
of Fair Haven, was beaten to insensibili-
ty and probably fatally injured Feb. 10
by Carlo Antinelli, an Italian laborer.
The foreigner was angry because he was
suspected of burning the company's en-
CINE house. Antinelli seized shovel
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rying a walking stick. After knocking
him down, he jammed the end of the
stick into the old mans mouth. The
Italian was arrested after chase through
a swamp. No hearing will be held until
the result of Mr.. Williams injuries are
determined.
George Vondette of West Rutland, who
was sentenced in Rutland city court last
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house of correction for adultery, will
probably have less faith than heretofore
in woman's word. Two or three years
ago Mrs. Vondette, wife of the respond
ent, was witness in certain quo war
ranto proceedings and she testified that
she had obtained a divorce from George
Vondette in Vermont court. The testi-
mony was published in the newspapers
and George read it. Acting on the
strength of this, he engaged a new house
keeper. Because of these unusual cir
cumstances, the court gave a light sem
tence.
George Shepard, aged % years, recently
of Seattle, Wash, was drowned Monday
afternoon, Feb. II, in Lake Champlain
at Burlington. Mr.. Shepard, who ar
rived from Seattle the week before, was
visiting his mother, Mrs. Rose Shepard.
He left his home at noon, saying that he
was going skating on the lake. The
body was found in space OF open water
about thirty feet in diameter where ice
had been cut, although it had not been
pushed, the water being about forty feet
deep. Mr.. Shepard was formerly resi-
dent of Burlington but went West eight
cen months ago. He expected to leave
in short time for Waterbury, Conn.,,
where he had position in view.
The monumental marble shop of M. j.
Murphy IN Rutland Was nearly destroyed
by fire last week Wednesday afternoon,
the top floor and roof being nearly all
burned. The building, " hich is two sto-
ries high, is all W God and burned like tim
der. The lower part of the building was
saved only by the prompt response of
both companies of the fire department.
The fire is thought to have started from
telephone wire in the top of the building
at the time, but the fire had gained so
much Roadway before it was discovered
that they could do nothing to check it.
The shop contained many valuable pieces
of monumental marble, q considerable
quantity of which was damaged. The to-
tai loss will amount to about $500, which
is partly covered by insurance.
Joseph Sanguinetti of Barre was before
Judge E. NJ. Harvey in Montpelier city
court last Thursday charged with selling
intoxicating liquors to Henry Clark, who
has been sentenced to Jail for thirty days
as an alternative sentence in an intoxica-
tion case. Sanguinetti is holder of sec
ond-class license in Barre and Clark's
name was on the blacklist there, he hav-
ing been arrested in Barre within six
months. This is the first case of this
kind to come up since Barre has had Ii
cense during the past year. He claims
that if Clark obtained liquor at all at his
place of business he got it from his clerk,
but a recent decision of the supreme court
is to the effect that in cases of this kind
under the license law, Licensees or princi-
pals are responsible for the acts of bar
tenders who are employed by them.
In the district court at North Adams,
Mass, Feb. 10, was heard the case of
Mary Graves, who was accused of lar
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