Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-08-05


heated. Immediately after leaving his
work, while still warm, he went into the
river to battle with small boy named
Harold Cram. After swimming about for
q few moments Neweity climbed on a raft
which was mnored a short distance from
the shore and seemed to be suffering.
Suddenly he said, 81 can't see anything,
and fell frcm the raft into the water.
Cram, who was near, caught his head and
held 1t above water as long as his endur-
ance held out and then the body slipped
from his grasp and disappeared after
floating for a few seconds. He died
while still unconscious.
The house in the Center village at
Mortified, occupied by A. L. Case, with
barn attached, was burned at an early
hour Sunday morning. A child in the
house was awakened by an unusual noise
and called to his aunt in an adjoining
room that the rats were making a big
noise gnswing. She awakened and
aroused the other inmates. A horse and
several hens and chickens were burned to
death. A portion of the household furni-
ture was saved. Both house and harm
were reduced to ashes. Nothing was
saved from the barn, which, along Nth
other property, contained a quantity Of
new hay. defective chimney is sur
missed to be the cause OF the fire and an
other guess is that some one had been
smoking in the barn. The loss is said to
be $500. a small insurance vas car
ried.
Arthur Ward, 40 years old, a resident
Of Fair Haven, was run over and instant
/ ~ killed by a car Of the trolley line rum
ming between Csstleton aud Fair Haven
4 last week Tuesday. AS the cars approach
+ Fair Haven the powerful headlight is
turned of to prevent annoyance to citi-
zens. The accident happened directly
after this had been done, and the motor
man did not see the unfortunate man IN
I til after his car had struck him. Earlier
/ in the evening Ward was in an intoxi-
i Gated condition and it is probable that be
/ Law unconscious on the track as the car
approached. Color is given to the theory
/ that the man was a suicide from the fact
that be gave what money he had to q small
\ boy a few hours before the accident.
Ward was unmarried and his only known
relative was a brother. He was en-
ployed on q farm.
The special automobile operators IL
cense OF William II. Beware OF Westfield
has been revoked by Secretary of state
Guy w. Bailey. Mr.. Benware was
chauffeur for Gov. G. H. Prouty and was
driving the machine which ran down
Hector Mongeon of st. Hyacinthe, P. G.,
in Burlington July z. Mongeon died
within few hours of the injuries and
BenYare is now held on a charge of man
slaughter. Harry b. Shaw, states at
torney of ChitteEden county, asked that
Benware's license be revoked. The sec
rotary OF state has also revoked the auto
mobile license OF Harry r. Clark Of
Charleston. Clark appeared in Orleans
municipal court July IL in answer to a
charge of reckless and negligent driving.
He was found guilty and fined $50 with
costs. Mr.. Clark bad been fined twice be-
tore for driving his automobile when in
toxicsted.
The Central Vermont railway has been
summoned to appear before the Federal
court in Rutland, Oct. 8, to answer to the
charge Of violating the law in reference
to the safety appliances on trains. There
are ten counts against the road. This ac-
ton grows out of the recent inspection
made OF the Central Vermont by the in
terstate commerce commission inspectors.
The inspector enters a yard, examines
the cars and il one is found to have been
moved in a train while there is any defec-
; tive safety appliance about it, it is used
, as the ground for bringing action. The
entire line was inspected and but ten de-
fective cars were found. The officials OF
the road have exercised the greatest OF
care in regard to avoiding the use Of de-
! fective cars, but some time ago it was
found necessary to issue an order making
the trainmen who handle such car re-
sponsible.
w. Seward Webb, Jr., son of DIR. Sc
ward Webb of Shelburne Farms, was ar
rested and tried in Burlington last week
Wednesday for overspeeding his big racing
Mercedes automobile. Young Webb paid
the fine of SIS and costs imposed by
= Judge Deberville with q laugh. The
: Webb machine is the most powerful in
: the state, being OF ITO horsepower. Fri
! day be figured q second time in court,
: this time for running an automobile
} without a chaufieur's license. He was
: found guilty and E. P. Gebhardt Of
Shelburne Farms, who appeared for him,
paid his fine of $40 and costs of 1929.
, In justice to Mr.. Webb, it may be stated
} that be fully expected to be out of the
state at the time his license expired and
that be left the matter Of a renewal Of bis
J license to Mr.. Gebhardt, who, through
an oversight, did not obtain the proper
: credentials.
A serious automobile accident was mar
rowly averted last Thursday when Clar'
ence Clisbe of Revere, Mass, operating q
: steamer, collided with an automobile
J owned by j. B. Manley of Brattleboro
: and operated by H. Merrill. Clisb'
. was on his way from Boston Il
Brattleboro and when about half way be
3 tween Vernon and that place he met Mer
rill in his machine. In endeavoring tC
. pass by at high rate of speed, Clisb'
I lost control Of his machine, which
t swerved in the sandy road and crashed
/. into the tonneau of the other, tearing of
4 the rear seats and taking of one of tn
t rear wheels. Mr.. Merrill missed
! plunge over q high bank into the Con
e necticut and finally brought his machin
a under control. The radiator Of tn
steamer was badly smashed and the ma
chine was otherwise damaged. Forum
4 ately the cars were occupied only by thei
! drivers and both escaped injury.
4 Since the death of Alfred Roscoe a