The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-09-26
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GOV. DUMMY
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Heath'S NeighbOrS in Dalton
are Stirred
IN LUNENBURG DEATH
People Of That Town and Neighbors
Believe Vermont Officials Have
Been Lax IN Prosecuting In
yestigation Of Case.
I'm LUNENBURG DEATH


what they term lack Of zeal on the part
Of Essex county authorities, in probing
The death Of William Heath. the towns
people Of Dalton, n. H., where Heath
lived, are preparing a petition addressed
20 Governor Quimby Of New Hampshire
demanding immediate executive action
Following tho killing Of Heath, Mrs
J. Marshall Dodge was arraigned and
after a hearing held in her own home
was released under 5000 bail
Their sympathy excited by che grief
Il Mrs. Heath, the people Of Dalton,
which is just across the Connecticut
river. have roundly criticised the meth.
ods OF the Lunenburg and Essex eoun.
~ authorities in dealing with the case
Advised BY some Of the less hot head
ca townsmen, Il was decided % appeal
to Governor Quinby to bring the death
Of Heath and the investigation officially
to the notice Of Governor George II.
prouty Of Vermont
Here in Lunenburg and around about,
the countryside has been aroused and
feeling runs high.
Gossip Of generation past Is re-
viyed in the stories told Of the death 80
years ago, Of Mrs Dodge number two,
John Marshall Dodge's marriage 70 his
pretty young nousekeeper, the present
Mrs Dodge, and the adoption Of baby
girl now known as Mrs. Dodge's step.
daughter, Mrs. Ida Bell
John Marshall Dodge died suddenly
seven years ago, leaving his widow
heiress to all but small pittance of
the property The cause Of death was
cancer Of the stomach. The relatives
entered no contest Of the will,
Some OF the villagers have written
70 Irving N Dodge, only son Of J. NJ.
Dodge, BY his first marriage, apprising
him Of recent occurrences, aud suggest.
ing that he come on from his home ii
the West TO take charge Of an investi.
cation.
]. NJ Dodge was born in Bath. n. H.,
sept. 10. 1928, and married Maria Rice
IF Lunenburg IN March, 1854 They had
two children, Irving and Frank. who
died IN infancy After the first Mrs.
Dodge died, J. NJ. Dodge married Lucy
a. Brooks. a daughter Of Judge Jonah
Brooks They had no children.
Late in the 70's, Florence n. Blood
vas employed in the household as
companion and assistant for Mrs. Dodge.
She was one Of 10 children in the fam
its Of Royal Blood, a farmer on Pond
Hill, Vt.
After Florence Blood had been in the
Dodge home a few months, Mr.. Dodge
made q trip into the southern part 81
the state and came home with baby
girl, which he legally adopted.
The child was known as Ida Dodge,
but ner past and parentage was blank
50 far as The villagers were concerned,
Mrs. Dodge died Dee 5, 1880. The death
certificate described the cause Of death
as Bright's disease.
Florence Blood was then married BY
Dodge
Irving Dodge became Of age and de
manded $4,000 his mother, Mrs. Dodge
10. left MIN. j NJ Dodge, who was
guardian, Is said to have refused TO
give It up. Irving Dodge went TO In
dian Territory made money rsnohing,
then had business reverses and came
back home % ask his father once more
for his inheritance.
The answer not being satisfactory,
Irving Dodge began lawsuit in court,
which he won
He took the money West and IL now
reputed to be well.ta.do. He also holds
a salaried government position.
j. Marshall Dodge's sister, Mary Jane
Stone, died about this time, and left
$4,000 eacn TO her minor children,
George and Clementine.
J. NJ. Dodge sought and obtained an
appointment as guardian Of the boy,
but Clementine, and her $4,000 were
placed under other guardianship. She
is now the wife Of I. +. Richardson Of
Worcester
When George Stone became OF age,
and demanded the legacy left BY his
mother, r Nj Dodge showed his ward
IN itemzea account for board clothing,
education, board and storage for the
youths horse and buggy and miscel-
ianeous items that ate up most Of the
Sl2 600.
George Stone is now working near
Iandaff, N. II. When J. Marshall Dodge
died, $1,000 went to the adopted daugh-
ter, Ida Bell, enough to other heirs-at-
law to avoid will contest, and the wild
ow and third wife got the rest.
Mrs Dodge is related to the man she
il accused Of shooting to death. Her
mother was Luvia Heath.