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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-07
STATE HAS RESTED
IN TRIAL OF
ELR0y KENT
Dr.. Grout Superintendent of
Asylum on the Stand
KENT'S MIND NOT SOUND
And at the Same Time Or. Grout Did
Not Consider Him a Lunatic
Either.

Rutland. April 6.-The state reach
ed the end of its long line of evidence
today in the trial of Elroy Kent in
county court for the murder of Miss
Della b. Congdon of East Walllngford
and DIR. Don d. Grout, superintendent
OF the Waterbury asylum, was the
first witness called by the defense.
The object OF his testimony was to
offset that of e. M. Taggart, the
cheesemaker, whom Kent's counsel
as tried to connect with the crime,
Taggart having stated that DR.. Grout
tried to prevent him from identifying
Kent at the asylum
Little progress was made with the
superintendent as Attorney General
Sargent objected to several of the
questions asked by Attorney Spellman
on the ground that counsel had gone
beyond the scope of the dicect exami-
nation and Judge Waterman ruled
the questions out. Some of the objec-
tons were also based on the ground
that the defense has made Mr.. Tag
timony did not require confirmation.
DR.. Grout was permitted to state only
what opportunities he had given Tag
CART to identify Kent. DR.. Grout
swore that when Kent escaped from
the institution he was smooth shaven.
All the East Wallingford witnesses
testified that the Strange" man they
saw at East Wallingford wore mus
tache.
There was another pathetic scene
in the court room during a recess to-
day when Kent's aged mother and his
seven year old brother, Perley, talked
together for short time. The moth
err had not seen her son for seven
years and said that he had changed so
that she would not have known him.
The respondent gave the boy coin to
overcome his shyness and devoted the
remaining few minutes of the inter
view to inquiries about members of
the family, He had evidently heard
nothing from home In years.
Deputy Sheriff A. w j. wilkins OF
Brattleboro was an important witness
for the state today. He has known
Kent for Is years because of some of
the scrapes the man got into for steal
ing before being charged with the
greater crime. Mr.. wilkins testified
that Kent some time ago admitted to
him that he played crazy" while at
the state prison at Windsor for a for
mer offense in order that he might be
transferred to the Waterbury asylum
as there was a better chance to es-
cape there. Witness testified to find
ing the initials e X" in several pla-
ces in the southern part of the state
during the search for Kent after the
Congdon murder Kent admitted to
the deputy that he had been in all
these places except in the immediate
vicinity OF Wallingford One of the
places where initials were found was
at the respondents grandfather's in
Mount Tabor which is Immediately
south OF Wallingford.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-07
NORTH BENNINGTON

H. A. Brown spent Tuesday in
Troy
Edward Garfield is quite i'll at his
home on School street
Miss May Percy of West street is
confined to the house with a severe
cold.
S. o. Tefft, who has been on a
weeks visit in Greenwich, n. Y, re-
turned yesterday.
Miss Grace Denis, who has been
quite i'll at her home on Bank Street
extension is able to be out again.
Several from this village attended
the last of the series of private
dances held in Foresters hall at Ben
nington Tuesday evening.
At the annual meeting of Tucker
Chapter No. SO o. E. S. held Friday
evening April2 the following officers
were elected: Worthy Matron, Mrs.
]. B. Woodruff; Worthy Patron, Will
liam Cole; Associate Matron, Miss
Birdella Buck; treasurer, Mrs. Kath-
crime Mattison; secretary, Mrs. w.
r. White; conductress, Mrs. Myra p.
Endress; associate conductress, Mrs.
William Cole. The appointive officers
will be announced later. The install
lation of officers will take place at
a special convocation soon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-07
YEskEs ESTATE RECEIVER
Millions OF Railway Magnate Have
Become Badly Involved.

New York, April Judge Ware in
the United States Circuit Court APP
pointed yesterday Harrington Putnam
of the law firm of Wing, Putnam &
Birmingham, receiver of the estate of
Charles T. Yerkes the Chicago trac-
ton man, in an action brought by the
London Underground Railway Com
pany.
The action is what is known as a
general creditors suit and is brought
by the London company, which con
trolls the tube which Mr.. Yerkes built
on behalf of itself and all creditors.
The receiver is appointed to admin
lister the property belonging TO the
estate in New York City The claim
of the London Underground amounts
to 100000, and represents what Mr..
Yerkes owed on his stock holdings in
the company at the time of his death.
The claim was entered in Chicago
two years ago, soon after the probate
of the Yerkes will, and no payment
was then made
Repeated demands were made for
the money without result. The re-
ceiver it empowered to sell all the
property of the Yerkes estate in order
to meet the claim If it is not sooner
satisfied by the executors. The trus-
tees of the estate in this city is the
Central Trust Company of "a Wall
Street, but none of the officials of
that organization would discuss the
action last night. 1t was said that
the property of the estate had not
been taken over by the trust com
pany.
There is unusual interest in the
Yerkes estate in this city because of
the provision of the Chicago traction
mans WILL which set apart his art
gallery attached to his house at Six
ty-eighth street and Fifth Avenue and
the property adjoining as a public art
gallery where the treasures which he
had collected were to be displayed for
the public.
Mrs. Yerkes had already given over
the site to the city, but it was recent
ly sold TO satisfy a mortgage held by
the Mutual Life Insurance Company
Mrs. Yerkes, however was determin-
ed that the will of her husband with
regard to the city as represented in
his last testament, should be carried
out and soon after the sale she
brought suit in Chicago for the re-
moval of Louis S. Owsley, as executor
of the estate, on the ground that he
had abstructed the carrying out of
this particular provision of her hus-
bands will. The court upheld Mr..
Owsley.
1t was announced in Chicago re-
Gently that $2,225.000 of the Yerkes
estate had disappeared in the ex-
penses of litigation and in advances
to the widow. The shrinkage in the
estate during this period of three
years was the difference between
S12,000,000 and $9,750,000.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-07
Grizzlies Eat Vlolets.

In one locality the grizzly Of the
Rockies is found eating the fresh
sprig Of the dog-tooth violet and the
green leaves of the spring beauties,
says Fur News, while a few hundred
miles further on, to the NORTH or
south as the case may be, the grizzly
doesn't touch them.
Instead he may be discovered
munching at the young shoots of the
shooting star. down in the Bitter
Root mountain country, for instance,
among the towering peaks of the
higher Rockies. Upon this question
Of locality which is often overlooked
Or even ignored by nature writer's,
lies the solution of many warmly dis
puted points between those who tell
the public at large all about nature
and its animals.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-07

CASTRO "ALL AT SEA"
He Is Not Wanted in Venezuela or
Anywhere Else.

Washington, April with prac-
tically every port closed to him tha
movements of Cipriano Castro former
President of Venezuela, are being
watched with interest by the State
Department Castro is a passenger
on board the French steamer Guade-
loupe, which is nearing his former
country With indictments hanging
over him it is regarded as doubtful
If he will land there, and advices to
the State Department today from the
British Foreign Office declare that he
will not be permitted to go ashore at
Port of Spain, Trinidad. Just where
Castro will turn in his dilemma is a
matter of conjecture.
1t was acknowledged at the State
Department today that this Govern.
ment had exchanged views" with the
Government of Great Britain, France,
the Netherlands, Panama, Columbia,
and Venezuela with reference to the
action to be pursued in the case OF
Castro. While it Is said that no def
mite policy has been adopted by all
the Governments interested, 1t Is be-
lieved that general plan of action
has been mapped out. Just what thie
plan is none of the officials would say
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-07
ROOSEVELT MEETS
KING OF ITALY
At MESS|NA
Ex-President Then Visited the
Ruins of the City
CHILDREN STaEW FLOWERS
Every Honor Shown Him In Recoa-
milton Of the Generosity of Amer
lea After Earthquake.

Messina, April 6.-Theodore Roose-
welt and King Victor Emmanuel met
today on the Italian battleship Re
Umberto in Massina harbor. The
meeting was characterized by the ut
most cordially, and the king took oc-
casion to express the gratitude of him
self and the Italian people for the
generous assistance of the American
people to the earthquake sufferers. AT
the close of the interview, Mr.. Roose-
welt went ashore and inspected the
ruins of the city, the desolation OF
which moved him strongly. He then
boarded the steamer Admiral which,
just at sunset, hoisted her anchors
and proceeded on her way to Nom
hasa.
The admiral arrived at Messina
from Naples about 2 o'clock in the
afternoon and was saluted by the Re
Umberto, with the king on board
which reached here in the morning.
Almost Immediately, Captain Phster,
the former Italian military attache at
Washington, and now aide to Admiral
Mirabello, was taken to the admiral
in a launch and inquired for Mr..
Roosevelt. To him he said that the
king sent his compliments and would
haze great pleasure in receiving the
former president of the United States.
Mr.. Roosevelts face lit up with a
pleased smile and accompanied by his
son Kermit, and Ambassador Griscom
he proceeded at Cnce TO the battle
ship
The king met the party at the head
of the gangway. and he greeted the
ex-president effusively, shaking him
warmly by the hand. He did not
wish, he said, TO allow the opportunity
to pass of making the personal ac-
quaintance of so distinguished a man.
Above all, he wanted personally to
thank the ex-president for the help
extended by America al the time OF
the earthquake. You are now able
he added, TO understand better what
a terrible disaster ii was"
Mr.. Roosevelt replied, thanking the
sovereign for the compliment paid
him in inviting him to come aboard
the Re Umberto. He said that the
American people did not wish thanks
for what they had done, as tney had
merely tried TO do their duty and
knew no better way to confront the
immense need than by their work and
contributions.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-07
VETS WON BUT THE
MARGIN WAS A
NARROW ONE
Great Fight Over License On
Long Island
PRAYERS DIDN'T AVAIL
Women Worked Valiantly and Had
the Liquor Men Scared Into
Fits.

New York, April THE greater
part of Long Island is still wet.
This much was certain at midnight,
after a day of intense excitement
throughout the length and breadth OF
Nassau and Suffolk counties, with
church bells ringing. men and wom-
en- praying in the churches, and others
at home, and the children bearing
large placards parading the streets
of towns and villages.
The fight of the temperance advo-
Gates for local option began several
weeks ago. Ever since then the mails
have been flooded with temperance
literature and voters have been urged
from the pulpit and lecture platform
to cast their ballots for men who
would see to 1t that the sale OF liq-
uor was stopped.
Never has an election aroused such
excitement on Long Island. The
question on every ones lips for many
days had been Il wonder II the Island
will go wet or dry!
The Women's Christian Temper
ance Union was first in the field when
the campaign began. And the Anti
Saloon League was soon fighting bit
terly to bring about reign OF tenn
perance in the various townships.
The hotel men and the saloon keepers
were quick to retaliate.
For several weeks rival parties OF
stump speakers and handshakers had
been speeding over the island in auto
mobiles, arguing for or against the
continued sale OF liquor, pleading with
the voters, entreating wives to lend
their influence with their husbands,
scattering pamphlets and circulating
petitions.
The churches were quick to take up
the fight. Prayer meetings were held
for the sole purpose of praying that
liquor be abolished from the several
townships. Both sides were hopeful.
The issue seemed to be close up to
the eleventh hour Both sides were
proclaiming a probable victory
The arguments used by the temper
ance element seemed TO have made
many converts. They were the usual
arguments which are used in tenn
perance campaign. And in meeting
IntH lHt HOltl anu NhN ooiONAi
men and their friends argued that real
estate values would be injured by the
abolition of the saloon, that the great
sums of money which had been in
vested in road houses and hotels
throughout the island would be lost,
that business would be crippled and
that many dire things would befall
All during the voting hours auto
mobiles and teams were pressed into
service for carrying voters to and
from the polling places. Laborers
were seen in automobiles spinning
along the roadways, seated with veal
thy land owners. Great cosmopoli-
tanism was shown by many men who
usually are careful with whom they
associate. But every vote counted,
whether it was cast by a man worth
millions or by one who works for a
dollar a day and board.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-07
THE FIRST TIME or RECORD
6elated Reformation in The Case Of
Sam Dooittie.

One Of the easiest-going, most shift
less individuals that ever drifted
through life, too lazy to travel any way
except with the current, was Sam Doc
little. Sam was born tired and never
outgrew it. Being behindhand was a
chronic complaint with him, and it
finally got so that nobody really ex.
pected anything else of him.
In the course Of time Sam died. The
funeral arrangements had been made
and the announcement sent out. when,
owing to other engagements Of the Of
floating clergyman, it was found nee
essary to change the time to an hour
ahead, and as a consequence the body
reached the cemetery considerably
earlier than the original schedule had
contemplated.
AS the procession entered the gate
and halted, the old grayedigger, who
had not been notified of the change Of
time, dropped his spade in surprise
and asked
is that Sam Doolittle you've got
there?"
Upon being assured that 1t was, he
shook his head obviously and croaked
We'll, IL that is Sam Doolittle he
must have turned over a new leaf all
OF sudden. I've known him. boy an
man, for over fifty years, an this is
the first trip he ever took that knew
him to get started ahead of time!
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-07
H. S. BINGHAM HAS
SOLD HIS PAPER
BOX FACTORY
H. B. North of Cohoes is the
New Owner
NEW FIRM IN POSSESSION
Business Will be Conducted as Here
tofore; New Firm VIII be Known
as Bennington Paper Box Factory

II s. Bingham has sold his paper
box factory situated on East Main
street to H. B. North OF. Cohoes. Mr.
North has taken possession and will
continue the business along the same
lines as Mr. Bingham has conducted
1t for several years.
The concern win now be known as
the Bennington Paper Box factory.
The new owner expects to increase
the business as rapidly as possible.
Additional help will be employed as
soon as conditions warrant.
Mr.. Bingham has long been identi-
fed with the manufacturing business
of this town and is considered one of
It's capable business men, His re-
tirement from the paper box manufac-
turing interests in this town with
which he has been associated for
many years came as a surprise to
his many friends. 1t is sincerely hop
ed that the manager of the new firm
will conduct the business in way to
make it one of Bennington's most
prosperous manufacturing plants.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-07
Birthdays and Health.

For several years l have noticed
that In a period Of from about three
to two weeks preceding the anniver.
sary OF my birth I have had feeling
of returning vigor, a renewal Of vi.
tally such as have not experienced
at any other time Of the year. This
has lasted for from two to eight days,
but has always ceased some days be
fore the anniversary. Hence it has
occurred to me that there may be
some connection between the approach
OF the recurrence of ones birthdate
and the maintenance of ones health.
Letter In London Graphic.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-07
Notice.

Whereas my husband, Marvin
White, claimed that | left his bed and
board without just cause or provoca-
ton, l did not leave his bed as the bed
belonged to me and l took it when
left him. l have left him because he
would not pa my bills or give me
money to get any clothing of any
kind. AS for him having me posted,
on his credit, could not get anything
on his name or never tried to. / al
ways had to pay all my own bills and
at the same time was paying some of
his bills that he had got on my credit
Mrs. Mary White.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-07
WINS BRIDE AT 70
Or. j. w. Jones to Marry Mrs. Emily
M. Clark of Stockbridge.

Stockbridge, Mass, April THE
engagement was announced today of
DIR. Joseph w. Jones who is 70 years
old, to Mrs. Emily M. Clark, veal
thy Stockbridge woman. DR.. Jones is
the village physician. Mrs. Clark has
been married three times, her last
husband dying year ago.
In Pittsfield last night Edward A.
Baker of Canaan, Conn, sc years old
and Mrs. Hannah d. M. Teeter, 65
years cid, of Chapinville, Conn, were
married. This was the brides third
marriage and the bridegroom's sec
ond.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-07
LIQUOR ELEMENT DEFEATED
Nineteen of 27 Counties in Michigan
Vote "Dry."

Detroit, Mich, April 5.-''We have
broken the backbone OF the liquor
traffic in Michigan" declared Super
intendent George w. Morrow of the
Michigan Anti-Saloon league at mid
night tonight
Definite returns at that time show
ed that of the 81 counties which voted
on the question OF abolishing the sale
or manufacture of liquor in their Dor
ders, 10 had gone dry" seven had
gone wet" and indications were that
the remaining county, Jackson, had
voted for prohibition by the slender
margin of 80 votes. Before today's
election II of the SO counties of the
state were dry"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-07
ST LOUIS REPUBLICAN
Changes After Being Democratic for
Four Years.

st. Louis, April 6.-Early returns in
dictate that St Louis went Republican
today after eight years of Democratic
rule. Returns from 144 out of 4o3
precincts give Frederick H. Kreis-
mann, Republican mayoralty nominee,
10000 votes, and William G. Woerner
Democratic nominee, 1888. 1t is
predicted that the entire Republican
city ticket with possibly one excep-
ton, was elected.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-07
A Card.

We. the undersigned. do hereby
agree to refund the money on a so
cent bottle of Greene's Warranted Sy.
rup of Tar II 1t fails to cure youz
cough or cold. We also guarantee q
rs cent bottle to prove satisfactory or
money refunded.
Thompson's Pharmacy. c H Houghton
J. M. Ayres, A. 8. Hathaway.
Herwood d Store.
c. r. & A. B. Hawkins.
d. A. Ward, o. e. Adams,
B. A. Quinlan, q. C. Woodwork,
w. b. Gokay. o. Z. Adams Co.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-07
ALABAMA DRY
Supreme Court Second Time Up
holds Statewide Prohibition

Montgomery, Ala, April THE
supreme court has declared the state
prohibitory law valid. Judge Ander-
son wrote the opinion, all his colleag-
ues concurring in the opinion. This
is the second time the court has up
held the state wide act of the last
legislature since it went into effect
on January l.
1t was attacked on several consti-
tutional grounds.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-07
Mr.. F. G. Fritts, oneonta, N. Y,

Mr.. F. G. Fritts, Oneonta, N. Y
writes: MY little girl was greatly
benefited by taking Foley's Orino
Laxative, and l think it is the best
remedy for constipation and liver
trouble" Foley's Orino Laxative Is
best for women and children as 1t is
mild, pleasant and effective, and is
splendid spring medicine, as it clean
SEES the system and clears the COM
plexion.-Quinlan' Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-07
Notice..

Whereas my wife, Mary White, has
left my bed and board without just
cause or provocation, hereby forbid
all persons harboring her as I shall
be responsible for no bills of her con-
traction after this date.
Marvin White.
Dated. Bennington, Vt, April 5, 1909.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-07
100000 EASTER BUDS
Great Consignment of Lilies Arrives
from Bermuda

New York, April with one of
the largest consignments of Easter
lily buds of the year, the steamer
Prince George arrived here yesterday
from Bermuda The vessel brought
more than 100000 of the seasonable
flowers in her cargo and thousands OF
buds in addition were in possession
of her passengers. The greater part
of the cargo consignment was dischar-
ged hurriedly to be rushed to distant
points in the United States and Can
ada for Easter Sunday.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-07
"Card of Thanks"

We wish to extend our sincere
thanks to the many friends who as
sisted us during our recent bereave-
ment in the loss of our beloved father
and also express our thanks for the
many beautiful floral tributes.
Family of the late
Thomas Powers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-07
WEATHER FORECAST
Probabilities for This Section for the
Next "a Hours.

For Eastern New York and Western
Vermont showers and cooler tonight.
Thursday partly cloudy and cooler.
Probably showers In north portion.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-07

Among those who had apartments
in this famous hotel for some time
are Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Robinson Of
this town. They had made this fam
GUS hotel their winter home for 2Syears
taking apartments there several
months before purchasing their summer
home, Underwood at Bennington
Centre. Having recently learned of
the proposed plan and change in man
agement Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson have
secured temporary quarters at Muir
ray Hill hotel on Park Avenue and
40th street.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-07
SLAYER OF PETROS-
|NO IS TAKEN
At PALERMO
Is a SIcilian Who Has Lived
in New York.
HE FOLLOWED PETROSINO
He Formerly Kept Grocery Store in
New York and Made Money
There.

Palermo, April 6.-The police say
they have in custody the murderer Of
Joseph Petrosino, the chief of the
lillian bureau of the New York police
who was killed in this city on Marcn
IL. The man is Carloi Costantio and
Antonio Passanante and Vito Cascio-
ferro are regarded as his accomplices
in the murder Constantio and Passa-
mantle returned 10 Sicily from Brook
Ign on February 26. The former en-
igrated to America two years ago. He
is an illiterate man. He returned
well off and deposited $4,000 in the
bank of Sicily. In an examination at
the hands of the police he contradict
ed himself frequently. After the muir
der of Petrosino he sent cipher cable
grams to America but he refuses to
explain what they mean.
New York, April 6.-When inform
ed that man named Carlo Constan-
tino had been arrested in Palermo,
Sicily, charged with the murder of
Lieutenant Petrosino, Lieutenant Clio
ster. who is now in charge of the
Italian detective bureau at police
headquarters said he recalled that
Constantine kept store on list St,
near Second avenue, this city, up to
February 8, on which day Constantine
sailed to Italy. He said Constantine
had been here two years and the day
he left he drew $4,000 from a bank.
Lieutenant Gloster added that one of
his Italian detectives was looking up
Constantino's record here. He declar-
ed that the man had been under pol
pect