The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-07

THAT STEER CASE.
II Was csmp,sssd Tuesday Bot No Do
cisioa Has Been Rendered

Al the adioufned session af the trial
Of D~paiy sheriff n. T.. Davis Tuesday
the hrsl witness 10 he called by the
defense Was William Gibbs who swoIe
that be was not on the Warner Miller
farm Nov, 20, the day the steers were
taken BY sheriff Davis. Depaiy sheT'
ID Z, |. Knapp was thea called 10 the
stand. Ito testified 10 meeting vii
liam Gibbs sept. J a short distance
/, this aide Of West nraiileboru, that
Watson French aud Gibbs agreed as
TO the time the steers had been on the
Miller farm and that si.50, the amount
due for their keeping, was rendered 10
Mr.. Gibbs by French aud that Gibbs
refused the tender aud also refused 10
give up the cattle. Gibbs told French,
90 the officer said. that be lGibbsl had
nothing more 20 do with the steers but
that French would have 10 look 10 Mrs,
Miller for them. Mr.. Knapp then told
of continuing the journey 10 the Miller
farm and Of demanding the steers and
of offering her the amount due for
board. sheriff Knapp then testified 10
the refusal Of Mrs. Miller TO give up
the cattle. She told him that the steers
were under lock and key aud that no.
body could get them unless 81 a week
was paid for three weeks, the time the
steers were pasiured ON the farm after
she had taken possession. He then
related the story Of her arrest.
Sullivan d. Bishop was called 90 the
stand. lie told Of selling the steers 90
Watson French and Of delivering them
sometime in January. He took lien
note from the purchaser 10 the amount
Of s65 as payment. Mr.. Bishop then
told Of asking French for the money |
and said that 30 days elapsed before |
payment was made. lie then gave the |
note 10 Deputy Sheriff Davis, com.
manding him to forcelose and recover
his steers. This the officer did Nov. 90
he said. George Gage then told Of
making a contract with Gibbs for the
keep of the steers. He agreed with Il
Gibbs, as agent Of French, that the
steers should be pastured for 80 cents
week. He assisted French take the
steers 10 the Miller farm, he said. NJ.
T.. Davis was put on the stand and
made 10 relate the circumstances OF
foreclosing the note. He testified TO Il
the facts of his trip to the Millcr farm.
On arrival the officer told Of inquiring y
for Mrs. Miller and then asking for
Miller, and on learning that they were
away asked il anybody was there butdt
the man TO whom he was talking. Mn
ter receiving a negative reply the OH
Ger stated TO the man, apparently inI
charge. that he had come TO foreclose
on the lien note of Sullivan ID. BishoHI
Of Marlboro, against Watson SU
French, that the conditions Of the not4
we're broken and that the property
was to be recovered. The officer the9
said that he read the note and afterL
ward gave it to the man with who1
he was talking to read. Then on do,
handing the property both men wenc
the barn. The officer took Williail,
routy with him 20 assist in driving
he cattle away. At the direction q
officer Mr.. Murphy united the cat
Y and drove them away. The oficd
told of his endeavor to get Il
halls kept by the farmers alorls
I road and that he was obliged r.
put them in French IS barn on being ulIIa
able to get them kept elsewhere. 1s
then put Mr.. Murphy in as keeper r.
lhe steers. Yof
The incidents relating to posting l9gi
notices. sale and the return of the on
cer's doings were told in detail. WI,
liam Murphy was then called and ~
story of his getting the cattle and nv
assistance rendered by the man, idt
tilted as Samuel Hutchins, hired mtu
in getting the animals off the farm Wa
told. r. c. Bacon made the plea "a
behalf of Mr.. Davis and II. E. VIII,
new and F. E. Barber argued for l'n0
plaintiff. len.
Justice Spencer has not yet 4 on
dered his decision.