Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-11-18
STATE NEWS
Annual Meeting Of Fat Mems Club.

Annual Meeting Of Fat Mems Club.
The annual meeting of the New En-
gland Fat Mems club will be held at
Hale's Tavern, Wells River, Friday
afternoon, Dec. IS, followed by ban
quet in the evening. Distinguished
speakers will be engaged for the after
dinner exercises. The membership of
the club exceeds 100.
Goddard Seminary Girls Spunky.
The athletic girls of Goddard SEM
mary, Barre, because the Montpelier
high school and Montpelier seminary
boys have declined to play baseball
and football with Goddard team, now
declare that they will not play Mont
pelier high school girls at basket ball
this winter. The present indications
are that athletic relations between ed
ucational institutions in the two cities
will not be resumed this coming win
ter.
Priest Guilty.
After being out nearly "a hours, the
jury in Rutland county court Friday
morning returned verdict of guilty in
the case against the Rev. Francis Gro
ciata, charged with assault in connec-
ton with the murder, of Accarito San
toro last July. The murder was the
outcome of an attempt to chastise San
toro for conduct toward young girl.
No sentence has yet been imposed.
The charge of being an accessory
after the fact was not upheld.
Public Building Site.
R. w. Adams of Richford recently
received word that his property in the
center of the village had been selected
by the national government as the site
for the new federal building. The
price paid Mr.. Adams is $1,000. Work
on the building, for which the last
Congress appropriated 100000, will
probably be begun in the spring. The
building will include the customs house,
post office and Chinese detention sta
ton. An effort will be made at the
coming session of Congress to secure
al additional appropriation of $40, 600.
Negro Charged with Criminal Assault.
William Hazard, colored. of Wood
stock, was arrested last week. charged
with criminal assault upon Mrs. Jessie
Boyce, who is employed in the village.
Mrs. Boyce went to shed in the rear
of the house for coal where Hazard
whom she found there, seized her. Her
cries brought the aged woman of the
house, who was beaten off roughly
when she attempted to aid Mrs. Boyce.
Hazard was found by Sheriff e. A.
Thomas about three hours later in a
barn. near the scene Of the crime, hid
ing in a hay NOW. He submitted
quietly to arrest, seeming to have
some fear of violence before he could
be jailed. Hazard, who is about IS
years old, has served many terms in
Vermont and Massachusetts prisons
for burglary and was the first person
sentenced under the habitual criminal
act of the latter state. He was par
doned about Is years ago and for 10
years or more has lived in Woodstock
and been steady and industrious. Mrs.
Boyce was badly bruised and
scratched in the struggle with her as
sailant.
Willsten Man Shot While Getting Ready.
Herbert Fortune. aged II years. of
Williston, is dead as the result of
preparations for the deer hunting sea-
son. He was looking over weapons
with fellow laborer, Gus Wellinger.
Wellinger, who is about Is years old.
was fixing a revolver which he sup.
posed to be empty when it was dis.
charged, the bullet striking Fortune
above the left temple. Medical aid was
quickly summoned and the ambulance
ordered from Burlington to take the
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hospital. The ambulance had just
reached Muddy brook and was in front
of the old Pine Tree Inn when Fortune
expired. The body was taken in DR.
A. L. Bingham's automobile to the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. William Fort
une, the lads parents. He was thu
eldest of eight children and helped il
the support of the family. When tn,
revolver was discharged Fortune ant
Wellirger were alone in their room
States Attorney Sherman of Burling
ton was notified and an inquest may b,
held although there is nothing to in
dictate that the shooting was other thar
an accident.
Smallpox at Brattleboro.
Brattleboro is in the grip of small
pox scare and the conditions have COM
to focus so quickly that the peopl,
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