The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-11-21
Matt MatSOn on the Stand in
Court To-day
AGAINST JOHN MCCLELLAN
He Said That Mcclellan Grabbed His
Pocketbok and Ran--Two 0thsf
Witnesses Tell What 7
Assr-9~aaa4
Know

The hearing in the case Of John Nc.
Clellan, charged with stealing a pocket
book containing s2e from Matt Matson
was begun in the city court this morn.
ing The case is being prosecuted by
William Wisahrt in place of Grand Juror
f. X. Davis, who is busy in county court,
and A. A. Sargent il counsel for the
defense. The first witness put on the
stand was Mr.. Matson.
The witness said that after having
been in Graniteville all day last Satur-
day, peddling meat, he returned TO his
home on the Bast Montpelier road about
4i30 o'clock. After supper he came to
the city, arriving at o'clock. He hitch
ed his horse at telephone pole on
Seminary street near the Sanguinetti
store. lie said he met Mcclellan there
and the latter had a pint of whiskey
They took two drinks together and after
short time started TO take another, but
could not get the cork out Of the bottle.
They went into Church's lunch cart to
get corkscrew, but could not get one
there They went back near where Mat.
sons team was standing and finally got
the cork out with knife.
He said that Mcclellan then asked him
for fifty cents to 90 and get another
pint. He tAiatson) took his wallet out
OF his pocket to get the money, when
he claimed Mcclellan snatched the wall
let from his hands and ran. Matson said
he did not attempt TO follow and after
he had waited there q few minutes
ellow-countryman came along and
helped him into his team and drove home
with him.
The next day he came to the city
looking for Mcclellan, but did not see
him until Monday morning he met him
on the Granite street bridge. McClel-
Ian, he said, was terribly put out when
accused of having taken the money and
wanted to fight. Later in the forenoon,
Matson said, he met Deputy Sheriff II.
D. Camp on the street and told him OF
his loss, and the sheriff sent him to
Grand Juror Davis, who made out the
warrant for McClellan's arrest.
Matson said that he knew Just how
much money he had in the wallet, as
he and his wife had counted it over
when he returned from his trip to Gran
iteville. The money was in a large
leather wallet, he said, that he had
brought with him when he came from
Sweden.
Other Witnesses Heard.
Two other witnesses heard this morn.
ing were Conductor James Kanaly of
the Central Vermont branch train. and
Katherine Mccormick Conductor Kan
ally said that he saw Mcclellan on his
train at the Montpelier station when
the train left for the Junction at 2;S0
o'clock Monday morning and he did not
see him again until he found him asleep
in the toilet room, after the train had
run back to this city. He found a roll
of bills on the floor at McCfellan's feet,
which he picked up and gave to him, and
he later found pocketbook on the floor
which he turned over to Officer Carrie
The Mccormick woman testified to
being with Mcclellan on the train at
Monday morning, and she
said that he showed her his pocketbook
with considerably money in It, but she
did not know how much. The hearing
was then adjourned until two o'clock
this afternoon.