Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-02-24

his part In any project for the unlirtinr
ana pencht OF the community lie nosses.
seq brilliant mind and was rerarkabIe
student, great reader and n dee,, tbi,i.-
er
james Il. Bashaw of Elm street. n
freight conductor on the Central vor-
mont railway. was killed I'm the rail.
road yard here early Monday morn.
Ing 1t will probably never he kno,yr
exactly how the accident occurrod 49,
at what hour for there were M ovo
witnesses. but his mangled bodv y,.
found at 2:30 o'clock I'm tho morri,r
beside the track Just north ~ tba
passenger station. The body was bor-
ribly mangled. His head was crushed
SO the features were unrccornizabIe
one arm and one leg were cut off I,,c
man was Identified only by n ring
which he wore and some papers which
lie had in his coat pocket. The BODY
was found by George Pierre, a yard
man, who notified other railroad men
and Or. i. A. Hyatt, after which the
remains were taken to the undertake
ing rooms of II. T.. Wood G. Co. and
later TO his home. Bashaw was run
ming the snow pillow which was USED
to keep tho snow from drifting on the
tracks. lie was probably walking
along the track and 1t is the opinion
that he may have slipped on the icy
rails and was run over by the switch
| ing train or It may be he caught his
foot in the switch. The last man to
whom he talked was an employs Ivy
| the name Of Burt whom he asked to
run the plow while he went to give
some orders to his brakeman, after
which he returned TO the pillow and
that was the last seen Of him. MI.
Bashaw was only % years old. was q
| hard working. conscientious man and
had worked his way DIP from a call
boy to conductor. He is survived by
his wife and two little children The
| funeral was hold at st. Mary's
Church Wednesday morning at $50
o'clock
Mrs. Bridget Omera Wllett, widow of
Peter Wlilctt. died Monday night at
| eleven O'Clock after an illness of many
| months. par, of which time she spent in
| the Vermont sanatorium at Pittsford.
Mrs. Wlllo,t was born in March, 1853, and
was therefore nearly 81 years old. She is
| survived by son. Walter Willett. and a
daughter. Miss Helene Willett. both OF
this city and by a sister, Mrs. O'Neil
| of Montreal. who was with her at the
| time of her death. and three brothers.
| The funeral was held at the house on
Bank street Yesterday at 1880 o'clock
and the burial was in the Sounth Main
street cemetery
| The March term Of franklin county
court will convene Wednesday, March
| 2, Judge w II. Taylor OF Hardwick,
presiding Tho following petit jurors
have been drawn: John Andrews. St.
Adams city; c. c. Austin. EnosburP;
NJ. j. Bascomb, St Adams town: George
G. Blake. Swanton: +. j. Bronson. St.
Adams town c. w. Buckley, St. AL
bans city; George Bullice. Sheldon;
James Campbell, Fairfield Horace A.
Caswell, Georgia; q. y. Catlin, Shell
don: Fl. A. haffee, Berkshire; a. w.
Clark St. Adams city; William ..
! Densmore. Georgia; II. a. Fairbanks.
Enosburg; Archie w. Gillian. Fletcher;
Asa Cover. Bakersfield: +. n. Hanna,
Highaate; ". p. Hendrick, Fairfield;
Edward A. Howard, Georgia. G. r.
Kenfleld. EnosburE; y. W. Mullen.
Franklin: j. II. Niles, Swanton: H. r.
Olmstead, Franklin: C. A. Powell, Rich
ford: Henderson Rice, Highgate; Bert
Rich, Fairfax; Guy n. Rowley, Mont
gomery; l.. G. Royce. Sheldon; c. l..
Smith, Swanton; r. o. Sturtevant,
Fairfield; Seth Towle, Berkshire; r. \.
Wells bakersfield.
1. Kinney Smith. Instructor in science
and history in the high school. has been
OBLIGED to resign his position on ac-
count OF i'll health. Miss Alice q.
Chand Is filling the vacancy until II
successor can be appointed.
Edward Dillon Is seriously i'll at
the hnsnifal