Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-02-11

make living some way, and Judre Il w
HioSon was assigned to defend him pick
l's out jury was a difficult process
| sc WeHman qualified at once h,
stating That he knew all the girls ir
o"n nut TWO. l.. r. Holden was excuses
! Iii. ne SIuunu mat he had eaten turnlps
| win I. {. Fits in their native town a,
Nardsboro DR.. George F. Barber was
accepted. j. G. Taylor was dismissed and
Hheu $0O Tor contempt of court MS me
| Woulu not remove his hat Il. h. Rarrows
I was accepted, as was also 70. l. Fenton
slthough the latter said he never had
peeh engaged in litigation. Frank Il. put.
.Iail was excused on the ground that he
was unused to sitting stiu so long aud
w. A. Subway was dismissed fo, no,
knowing anything about the case. George
=. human could not serve as he had
PROMISED TO pay Mr.. F1eminE's fine
SnaIles A. Boyden and Martin Austin
lr'. hnally filled out the Jury. Mr.. Boydcn
oeing appointed foreman because he wa
the father Of twins.
me nrst witness who was put on the
stand gave mis- name as Will Yonng b,,t
me audience had no difficulty in recor
,lI1Ins Jack Stewart under the dispuis
ing plumbers dirt. He showed concIu-
slVeiy that pressure reducing valves cost
ABOUT seven cents each for material that
ABOUT loo could be manufactured in a dav
- ''H' lney were sold for $40 and up-
wards. John Calvin was called N 10
stand. He testified as TO the cond1tio, '' ~,
tine West river bridge and said tbat II
ndd mad more Fits than was good for
Inc case OF Mr.. Fleming was then taken
up. Miss Blanche e. Martin, head nurse
at the Memorial hospital, gave some very
damaging testimony about his being
Drought to the hospital in "dazed" con-
dltion, with discriminating letters in his
pocket also that DR.. O'Connor and DR.
Anderson operated upon him for appendi-
citis as they did not have anything else
TO do Just then The biggest fun OF the
evening began when Mr.. Fleming was
called to the stand. Frank f. Barber
attempted to examine nim and the audi
ence laughed and applauded necessarily
az the way the two got after each other
The biggest applause of the evening was
given when Mr. Fleming finished.
Another lively tilt took place when a.
V. Cox was summoned to plead to the
charge against the plumbers. To most of
the audience he was known as f. II.
Crane, but he claimed 10 be John Joseph
Eckels, a Democrat. Mrs. Fremont
Hamilton, unused to business affairs and
seldom seen on the street" was put on
the stand to show that the respondent
had represented himself to ner TO be Mr.
Cox and that he made a social call on
her, well supplied with confectionery, in
stead OF fixing the plumbing at the
Hamilton home. She said she supposed
II was all right because her caller told
her that was the way Mr.. Calvin and
Mr.. Pentland always did it, She carried
her part very entertainingly. Mr.. Crane
undertook to convince the court that ne
was not Mr.. Cox. but that he was Mr..
Eckels, by 1nduging in flights OF oratory
to the pleasure OF the audience. Miss
Bridget O'Farity. impersonated by Miss
Daisy Wells. with gorgeous bonnet and
rtcn Irish brogue, was put on the stand
to prove that ii was not Mr. Cox who was
in court. Her testimony was OF the rapid
fire order which allowed the court and the
attorneys no chance to get in a word
edgeways. and she kept the audience in
an uproar. taking the part exceptionally
well. Finally she produced some enor-
nous garments and tried them on the
respondent to show that he was not Mr.
Cox The result was decisive.
After some arguments by the attorneys,
the charge OF the court kept the audience
amused some time longer. The jury.
characterized by one attorney as "a sim
pie minded lot" retired and promptly re-
turned verdicts. The court sentenced
John Calvin. who was found guilty. never
to run for Office again. the severest PEN
atty possible. and not to talk on both
sides Of any question hereafter. MI
Fleming was found not guilty, but he
was cautioned in future to burn letters
or divide the profit with the nurse MI
Cox" was found guilty and was sentenced
to wear the misfit clothes the rest Of mis-
life.
The makeup of the 'inferior court" as
announced on the program. was as fol-
lows: Presiding inferior Judge. Ernest J.
Waterman; assistant inferior judges, D.
Frank Shea, Myron p. Davis; very in
ferior clerk. Howard c. Rice; most in
ferior sheriff. A. w j. wilkins: court
reporter. William a. Morse; attorney
general. Robert c. Bacon; states attor-
ney, Frank r. Barber; members Of the
bar, Harold e Whitney. l. L. D.. Ernest
W. Gibson. W. b. L. G.. Anthony F.
Schwenk, ]. p, Clarke c. Fits, d. 4. NJ.