St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-10
VERMONT NEWS
!, =, Haud at work in Vermont.

o,oct Hand at Work in Vermont.
rt. stems which led to the murder OF
us iD., ~ Stulvatsky by Joseph Nehalick,
Anu.(" suicide, at West Pawlet, March
lat Eve come to light. showing that the
= n% hand clement has been getting in
DIal" ork on the borders of Vermont and
us i;, York for some time. Joseph Nc
New Ne,,ack of Granville, N. Y, lawyer,
Col'T listed by Nehalck the day before,
We Ws' Hungarian telling the attorney that
ntnn1tnatskv had threatened to kill him
S Ssu,,t he would not join black hand
sU s"n3ay night, Feb %, Stulvatsky and
oD other Hungarians tried to break
wv! t%o Nehalick's house. He believed that
ii I.o, Intended to murder him. They
LIKE tr(1 a window and probably would
I S,y gained entrance had not their
n n";se awakened big dog which chased
Iham ont of the neighborhood. Next
' sn1,r long knife, dropped by the
.nor was found under the window.
T Tt"1k told Mr.. Mccormack that he
I N.nd the matter to the town grand
;',[or and a constable but they refused to
Jtate any action, saying that those
SLOWS we're bad men and they did not
r;sh to have anything to. do with
them. -,
uoreral belief in Pawlet and Granville
sbat the band of cut throats of which
StnIvatskv was member is responsible
fnr the disappearance of several Hun.
H az who have suddenly been missing.
He told of one instance in which a
Hungary quarry foreman disappeared,
leaving his best clothes and SAT in wages
NJ the Rising & Nelson Co.'S office. The
belief is that this man was murdered
and his body secreted.
Skeleton In Tree.
Two hunters, John Falkenbury and
son. Horton, last week while hunting on
the shores of Lake Champlain in Benson,
found old English coins to the value OF
SAG. %, in the hollow of an oak tree with
the remains of a skeleton, probably that
of British scout, together with pow
der flask made of copper and an old Eng
fish flint lock musket, each bearing the
coat of arms of the English government.
II seems probable that the skeleton is
that of an English sharpshooter, and
that when the Americans evacuated Ii
conderoga he was despatched ahead by
Burgoyne to ascertain the direction oil
St. Clare's retreat and was killed. Or
again it might be one of the six men
whom Burgoyne sent to Canada bearing
all the gold and valuable charts and
papers before his surrender at Saratoga
The old flask and gun, with the stock
rotted off, attracted the sightseers OF all
the neighboring towns, and many theor.
les are advanced as to how it came to be
found under these circumstances. The
coins, which bear the dates mostly from
1860 to 1873, will probably be deposited
in local bank, and if no claim is made
fori by the state, they will be disposed
Of to coin collectors.
Barton's New Bank.
The new banking institution, the Bar
ton Savings Bank & Trust Co., a con
SoIidation of the Barton National anC
Savings banks, has been organized al
Barton, and the liquidation of the last
named Institutions and beginning bust
ness under the new name will probably
take place some time about the middle
of March 1t is understood all the stock
for this institution has been subscribed
and the officers have been elected a:
follows; President, II. K. Cutler; vice
Presidents, F. w. Baldwin, of Barton
and L. Lewis, OF North Troy; treasur
g,C.S, Webster. The directors are tht
officers, with the exception of The
treasurer, F. D. Thompson, Fred Porter
otWest Burke, NJ. B. Chafey, of Albany
F. N, Sears, of lrasburg, II. N. Davis, o
Glover, and f. W. Barron.
Its understood that Mr.. Hartman
the cashier of the Barton National Bank
lsnot to remain with the new institution
it being his desire to settle in a warmer
climate and with a larger institution
Mr., Hartman has been cashier of til,
Barton National Bank for the past II
years
Charged With Embedding.
Village Treasurer w. c. Butter6eld o
Swanton, is held under 50, 100 bonds for
appearance before the March term o
Franklin county court on the charge 0
ttmbezzling $4,000, which he had received
in his official capacity. Butter6eld''
arrest grew out OF the examination o
the village accounts by the trustees anC
auditors and complaint was made by
the American Fidelity company of Mont
peller which is on his bond as treasurer
The amount of this bond is understood
to be $4,000. 1t is claimed by Butter
held that the village owes him large
sum of money for services, that he is
not short to the amount named and
that if the village paid him, the alleged
shortage would be wiped out. Butter
held is about IS years of age and is
married. He has been treasurer of the
village for half dozen years previous to
winch he was bookkeeper Of the Atwood
Suspender company.
A Very Peculiar Case.
Charlie Sloan, of Derby, accidentally
received a severe blow on the heaC