Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-10-14

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Alexander Roy, aged IS years, was TAX
en- last Thursday to the Barre city hospi
tel from the Wetmore a Morse quarry
" here be Sustained an injury 10 bis righi
leg when block Of granite, suspend. 4
from q derrick chain, swung against It,
/, Roy's employment was 70 stand on the
grout pile and loosen the chain about the
blocks Of granite as they were swung out
Of the lower quarry TO the pile OF groui
I by the means OF small stripping der.
tick. As this particular rock was swung
round he either failed to notice il or did
not get out of the way, the heavy rock
striking his right leg below the knee and
stripping OF the flesh.
Jerry Downing OF Rutland, aged go,
pleaded guilty to the charge of horse
stealing before Judge Stanton in Rutland
county court Friday and was sentenced to
serve not less than three years and not
more than four at states prison, Wind
sor. Downing went 10 church shed at
Pawlet Wednesday and drove away with
horse and buggy belonging to Robert
Black. He was seen by villagers and fol-
lowed, being overtaken iD 80 minutes.
John Reed OF Orwell was found not gull
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the cattle OF Rufus Lamphere of Benson.
Nicholas Derrick, an Italian of Rutland,
pleaded guilty to asssulting his wife with
q knife and was sentenced to two and
one-half years in the house OF correction.
c. II. Curtis OF WATERFOWL, an employe
OF the international Harvester company,
who had been working the village OF
Swanton for two or three days last week,
was arrested in New York Thursday at
the request OF Deputy Sheriff G. w.
James of Swanton, charged with embez-
element. Curtis had been working in
connection with the SWanton agent, II.
I. Brown. who knew that he was with
out funds. Consequently, when he left
for New York without receiving any
money from the firm, suspicious were
aroused. Telephone inquiry brought out
the facts that Curtis had been to Under
bill and without authority collected 1888
owing the company from the agent there.
The money was paid in two checks, one
OF which was cashed at Swanton and the
other in st. Adams.
r. l.. Bottom of the arm OF Bottom a
Torrance. collar and sheet manufacturers
OF Bennington, nled suit in county court
last Thursday against William z. Hawks,
Sr.. one OF Bennington's wealthiest citi-
gems and the largest individual real estate
owner in the village, claiming $4,000
for the death OF the plaintiffs fve-year-
old son, Arthur T. Bottom, who was
drowned by falling through an opening
in a power trunk last November. The
trunk which carries water from the river
flowing through the village supplies pow
er for one OF the small mills owned by
the defendant. Negligence on the part
of Hawk ks is claimed Ia that he left the
opening In the trunk uncovered. An at
tachment has been placed on several par
cels OF real estate belonging to the de-
PENDANT. The writ Is returnable at the
December term OF county court.
A man believed to be Archibald Wright
OF Cambridge Junction was found dead
in his room at the New England hotel at
Worcester, Mass, Sunday. Oct. 3, with
{ he gascock wide open. The police he
lieve IT is a case of suicide. Mrs. Ella
Langson, the hotel keeper, detected the
odor OF gas coming from Wright's room
and he was found on a couch. An empty
revolver was lying beside him on the foor
and the gas was turned on. A box Of
was also found in the room.
A letter In the mans pocket addressed to
Archie Wright, Cambridge Junction, VT,
offered him employment At the Taunton,
Mass, state hospital, provided he would |
apply at once. In bis pocket also was an
accident policy in the Vermont Accident /
Insurance Co. OF Rutland, taken out |
through the agency of B. c. Hawley of |
Jefiersonville. According to Mrs. Lang |
son, Wright applied for lodging Saturday |
night about o'clock, and said he had no /
money. Not wishing to turn the man 1
away she gave him a room for the night. |
She saw nothing further Of him until she /
discovered the body.