Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-03-10

lo was intoxicated WIEN Ito oAl0u w
ret into the strange house. He left
wife, who had not lived with him for
some time. La Quee bears a good
,eputation and is considered to be an
man.
On Charge OF Diverting Ballots.
Following the sensational charges
against him on election day, Hiram T.
Dee, lawyer, was arrested at St Adams
on a complaint that while acting as a
public officer at the polling booth OF
ward 6 he wilfully attempted to de-
feat the object of the election by dl-
verting the ballots from the box to
his person. He was in city court be-
fore Judge N. N. Post, waived exami
nation, and was held in the sum of
$500 for appearance at the March
term of Franklin county court. Bail
was furnished by Ernest II. Lewis. 1t
is understood that under the statute
of this complaint the only penalty
upon conviction is $500 fine. 1t was
given out by an eyewitness that
watchers had been placed on Mr.. Dee
and another man at the election by
he eyes" men, suspicious having
been caused by remarks made pre-
vious to election. About noon one
man reported to Thomas Roach that
he had seen Dee take ballots and put
them in his pocket instead of putting
them in the box whereat Roach went
to Dee and the latter took several
ballots from his pocket and placed
them in the box.
Murderer Hanged Himself in Jail,
Joe Nehalick, the Hungarian who
shot and killed Andrew Stulvatsky, a
fellow countryman, in Rising & Mel
sons slate quarry in West Pawlet
March 2, was captured in Fort Ed
ward, N. Y, just as he was about tc
take south bound train. Ten min
utes after being locked up in the vii
lage jail at Fort Edward he was founo
dead in his cell, hanging by his neck
from the bars in the cell door. He
had made rope by tearing a bee
quilt into strips. After adjusting the
moose about his neck he mounted
chair and kicked it from beneath hi
feet. There was nobody working IL
the quarry but Stulvatsky and JOIN
Hoodick. Nehalick had APPARENT.
been watching them from hidin,
place for some time, for, when Hoo
dick went to the storehouse to &c
some powder, he appeared suddenl.
and fired a shot into Stulvatsky'
heart and another into his brain. HI
then emptied the shells from his re
volver and fed to the woods befor
Hoodick, who had heard the shots
could reach the scene. Stulvatsk,
died before Hoodick could summon
aid. Stulvatsky had been in thi
country about ten years and had
family living in the old country. Bot
he and Nehalick were about 80 year
old.
$4,000 Alienation Suit Brought.
Mrs. Angelina Larrow of Holyoke
Mass, formerly of Brattleboro, brough
suit last Thursday against Warren G
Doolittle of Brattleboro for damage
of $50, 900 for alternating the affection
of her husband, Frank Larrow of Brat
tleboro. DooIittle is a lumberman O
considerable means. Mrs. Larroy
alleges he and his daughter, Mrs. Jen
ME Crosby, conspired together an
induced Larrow to leave her, that i'm
proper relations have existed betwee
Larrow and Mrs. Crosby several years
. I'D that Doolittle has harbored ther
in his house in Brattleboro, we
knowing the conditions alleged. Lar
row and Mrs. Crosby have left tn
, state. The trial is set for the Apr
term OF the county court. In a state
ment issued through his attorneys
Gibson & Waterman, Mr.. Doolittle say
the charges are without foundation
He says he Is not even acquainte
with Mrs. Larrow and has never me
her and that six months ago Larro,
finished work for him getting off lum
Der from the lots and went to Nebras
ka, where he intends to go into bust
J ness and live permanently. Counse
says that Mrs. Larrow left her hus
J band, instead of Larrow leaving hel
and went several years ago to Hol