Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-05-21


dead in little patch of woods in Tjlton,
N. H., May II by Miss Daisy Hunter, a
/ trained nurse at Tilton seminary, and a
teacher, Miss S. A. Low, from the same
school, while they were out mayfiower-
ing. The man was woodchopper and
had worked in New Hampton. He dis
appeared last October, and death was due
to exposure. 1t is supposed that he had
been lying dead in the woods since Octo-
Der. He was identified by a time book
I in his pocket. Hitchcock had been liv-
ing with sister, Mrs. Joseph Bailey, in
/ Sanbornton, and working as chopper.
Two bottles of alcohol were found by his
side, one of which was nearly empty.
| Between Sc and 81 and his watch were
also found. He has a wife living in
Hardwick, Vt.
The suit of Fred Bushey of Shelburne
/ VS.. the Chittenden county creamery of
] Hinesburg has been entered in Chitten-
den county court. The plaintiff seeks to
recover 500 damages on the grounds of
negligence, claiming that the creamery
company owned and maintained water
right and mill at Hipesburg for creamery
! purposes and for grinding grain. 1t is
/ further claimed by the plaintiff that the
water which turns the wheels of the mill
is brought through sluice or canal for
distance of mile. The sluice or canal,
the plaintiff further sets up, was not kept
in proper repair by reason of which he
I (Bushey) suffered damages to the extent
of 800, the water flooding his lands, en-
4 tering his house, cellar and barn, de-
stroying the stuff there, and making the
foundations of his buildings insecure.
The five-year-olG daughter of Charles
I mr. hh bn in
Center, was severely burned May IL. Mr..
Dutchburn had been burning brush and
brakes in the pasture near the house dur
/ ing the afternoon and at chore time had
left his two little girls, aged and 8, in
/ the care of their older brother, who, after
a while, went to the house, leaving the
/ girls. In some manner the fire caught in
| the younger child's clothing burning, it
entirely off. The burns covered the
child's body from head to feet and one
ear was burned to crisp. The hands
were burned SO badly that the bones were
/ bent. Mr.. Dutchburn supposed the little
boy was with the girls and Mrs. Dutch
burn supposed their father was still in
the field. The physician who was sum-
moned and dressed the burns gave no
hope of the child's recovery.
A writ of attachment was filed at the
4 Burlington city clerks Office May IA in
$4,000 malpractice suit brought by
Mrs. Marcia E. Spear against DR.. Harvey
E. Colvin of Burlington. The plaintiff is
the wife of Henry E. Spear OF Burling-
ton. The suit is returnable at the Sep
tember term of Chittenden county court.
The declaration sets forth that Mrs.
Spear received treatment from DIR. Colvin
from Jan. 90, 1906, to March IS, 1906,
and that by reason of his "ignorant, un-
skillful, improper and negligent diagno-
sis and treatment" of her case, her right
hip became SO injured and deformed that
she was unable to stand or work and is
still suffering from the injured member,
that her right leg had become shorter
than the left one and is permanently
crippled for life. This has caused her
pain and anguish and made necessary
large expenditures for care, treatment,
nursing, etc.
Private Thomas MolIory, recruit of
the Fifteenth United States cavalry, was
not only exonerated by board of officers
at Burlington of all blame for killing
/ Patrick Rhyme but was made corporal
on recommendation of the board. Mol
/ Tory was sentry over Rynne, the milf
tary convict who attempted to escape
May s. A New York dispatch says
that, believing that the shooting of
Rynne, while he was trying to escape
from prison at Fort Ethan Allen, should
/ be investigated by the authorities. Mi
/ chael lynne, his brother, who lives in
| Brooklyn, says he shall bring the affair TO
the attention of the British consul.
Patrick was only IL years old, his brother
saws, and was British subject, having
come from Ireland three years ago. Mi
chael Rynne will notify Secretary of War
| w. HI. Taft that his brother was re-
ceived into the army when only Is years
old two years under the age limit.
In Boston last week Tuesday. Fred
erick B. Drury of Barre testified that
Paul c. Hershey, an eighteen-year-old
youth of Roxbury, Mass, had swindled
! him out of 5000 by selling him an auto
mobile that would only run when you
were personal friend of it. Hershey was
1 charged with larceny of the sum named
and was held by Judge Wentworth for
the grand jury in $500. According to
| Drury's story Hershey advertised to sell
good auto for 5000. Drury went down
/ from Barre with his wife and the 1900.
/ He inspected the machine, which shone
/ like diamond. Drury paid over the
money, he said, and then asked Hershey
/ to give him and his wife practice spin.
/ They rode only short distance when the
machine wouldn't go. Hershey got out
and, after inspecting it, left to get some
| tools to repair it and never came back.
Drury had the machine inspected by an
! experienced auto dealer, who declared it
was only so much junk. Then Drury
contained to the police who later arrested
/ Hershey.
/ Robert NJ. DEMO, inspector at Yer
gennes for the Champlain Valley Tele-
phone Co., was drowned Monday, May
! IL, near the Albert Larrow farm in Fer
risburg. Mr.. DEMO started from YER
gennes in the morning to make repairs
1 on the Scranton line and in crossing a
piece of road (called the 'sslaDg,') COW
cred with water, he drove off it to his
death, the horse also drowning. 1t was
| found that the dead man had on his
| climbers and belt containing all his
tools. the whole outfit weighing probab-
Iy fifteen pounds, which no doubt made it
impossible for him to save himself. The
road where DEMO persisted is reported
covered the greater part of the way with