Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-04-29


Lynn G. Fuller and John Jenkins. fed
erai prisoners, who have been at the
mouse OF correction, Rutland, for some
tlmei have been taken to the United
states prison at Atlanta, Ga. AT the
FEBRUARY term OF United States court in
Burlington, Fuller WAS sentenced to serve
Two years at the Atlanta prison, and be
has merely been in Rutland for safe
keeping. He was prosecuted through
the Efforts o. Anthony Comstock of
New York for sending obscene matter
through the mails. jenkins robbed the
postofice at Norton Mills and was SEN
fenced at Windsor in May, 1907, to serve
three years and six months at the house
OF correction. As he is a long-term man,
District Attorney Alexander Dunnett Of
st. Johnsbury has ordered him trans
ferred to Atlanta.
The body OF a man, dressed in work
mans clothes, was found by the roadside
IN Barre town near the home Of John Nc
Laughlin Friday by Charles F. Aver, a
rural free delivery carrier. Near the
body was a gun. The dead mans hands
were bloody and there were blood spots
on the ground. A horse and wagon
stood nearby. The body was Identified
later as that OF Martin Atchison, a
prominent resident OF Barre town. 1t was
a case OF suicide, the man having placed
the muzzle Of 32-caliber repeating rifle
in his mouth and hred, blowing of the
hack Of his head. Mr.. Atchison had
been desrondent for some time over the
sale of one farm and the purchase OF an
other. He was 43 years old. He had
held many town Offices and was one OF
the selectmen last year.
The body OF Theophile s. Bonneau,
night telegraph operator at North Troy.
was found with part OF his face frozen
in the water beside the Central Vermont
track about half mile west OF Fsrnbam,
Que, early Monday morning, April ~.
BonneEau left North Troy on the early
Sunday morning train to visit his family
in Marievilie, Que, and was on his way
back to take the train for North Troy,
when he came to tragic end. The cause
Of his death has not been fully deter.
mined. Whether the railway velocipedt
on which be was riding was struck By 9
train or simply jumped the track is moi
known. The velocipede was found neal
the body Of the unfortunate man. Mr.
Bonneau was an experienced and capabl,
railway man, having been agent at differ
cut pAhceN. ne Hhu Ueeu emHtOySu ~
North Troy about six weeks.
Testimony in the mandamus proceed
ings brought by the futile company o
Rutland for the recovery of fs32 claimed
to be due the company from the state 10
1906 printing was taken at Montpelie
last week. This is the so-called "print
ers' pool' case, an agreement having beef
entered into by various Vermont printing
houses fixing prices and restraining com
petition. The plaintiff claims the poo
was not detrimental to the state and re
suited in no excessive charges. The stat
auditor refused to paw the claim and tn
last legislature sustained him. The Tut
tie company now gees to court. Mrs
Katherine Jones OF Montpelier, who wa
seriously burned two weeks ago, die
Friday. Her clothing caught IRE Will
she was tending q bonfire in her yard
Her chief injuries were confined to be
back and lower limbs. Her clothing wa
either burned completely OF or torn oil
! by the frantic efforts OF several person
nearby to rescue her from the flames
She was semi-conseious most OF the time