The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-02-18
NSPEOPLE LET
HIM SELL LIQUOR
etor Of the Putney Hotel
Broke the Law
lays PEOPLE DESIRED IT
His Place Last Week Resulted
y Discovery OF a Quantity OF
b - Hearing Postponed One
10 Let Judge Deliberate.

Nhnmway, proprietor OF the Ken
bee al fulney, pleaded guilty Mon
h. Judge r. ". Gibson "a keeping
ii j intent 10 sell and his ease was
~ until Monday afternoon tina,
might look into the matter oi the
b ol ilnrs IA such ease, Judge
tNplained To Mr., ShumNay that he
in"i Ia believe that the court had
fi lo remit tine a. lee Nas asked
rrspondent To- do, Mr., ShumWay
represented by counsel, Town
Jnror George I Aplln Of Puincy ap'
Tor the state aud Judge \. I,
OF lifaiilcbnfo represented Mr.,
D court Judge Gibson held court
baIlor OF the hotel Il putnry a. Mr
~ l. lust recovering trOm a pro
Illness which has confined him 10 his
the hotel for many weeks,
khumway upon being aTidlgnei |
guilty aud asked the court 10 be
with him. He said that while he
lated the law OF the state OF Yer
selling liquor without a license he
nducted hls hotel IN exactly the man
: iownspeople desired a. regards the
Epi liquor. lie presented petition
j 81 names. including the leading
men of the town Of Putncy, ask
y court 10 remit such fine A. might
psed. lie stated very frankly 10 the
lha, he had done what the towns.
'acquiesccd in and while he could not
court 10 acquit him he would ask
biency. Before Mr. Shumway fin.
biz remarks To the court II became
that there was some politics in the
MIR. SUBWAY accused another citi.
the village OF Putney of selling
ants and said he could prove il.
fe frequent illusions 10 the part that
was playing in the case. The pros.
permitted Mr.. SUBWAY to plead
20 one otfense though witnesses were
o prove about 10 oiienses
george ;, Foster testified that he had .
Mr.. Shumway TO use beer and Mr..
ny said that 90 bottles of beer were
personal use n were 20 bottles OF
! and bottles OF rum. He said the
Is used 10y the chef in tlavoring DIES.
The court thought in view OF the
at DR.. Foster had prescribed beer |
Shumway the beer should not be
ted. The rum for the mince pies {
80 left to Mr.. Shumway and the
OF the equipment of the bureau
.atlon was consigned to Deputy
Davis, with instructions to sell II
ribbed by law and turn the proceeds
the state.
" Sheriff Davis of Brattleboro, C
Miller OF Dummerston and W. q. /,
journeyed to Putney Saturday eve. n
d their visit resulted in finding 60 i
OF beer, 81 bottles OF ale, 20 quarts al
Key, q quarts of rum and one quart c,
I the hotel. Mr.. Shumway offered
lance and told the officers that if it /,
e of any convenience to them they n
t transport the stuff away, but that T.
aid inventory it and he would give aa
hat it would be intact when want ~
Davis made an inventory of the m
OF the buffet. which was situated 90
all room in the rear of the office 90 90
hen. Samples OF several kinds of ~
re taken away by Mr.. Davis and
was locked up. DIR. Foster gave pa
he sum OF $500 for Mr.. Shumway's ~
ice Monday and was continued on ~
e as bondsman until the case shall II
osed of. The confiseated liquors lo
,ught to Brattleboro Monday after II
Deputy Sheriff Davis and will be ,e'
ome licensed dealer. RI
an interview had with Mr.. Shum-
ppears that even though the town III
Y voted no-license last year, he had m.
Knitted to sell liquor openly and Su
n given immunity through public So
t, which desired an opportunity to da
rink whenever dry and yet did not Az
open bar in the town.
Runway gave Judge Gibson in lar
names of several leading business Ey
o had assured him that he was
the traffic in intoxicating liquors ID
'fecty satisfactory manner. The bo
presented to the court by Mr.. "
n, manufacturers, physicians and of
Mr.. Shumway, while acknowl- of
} a representative of this paper SCH
lad absolutely no defense to make on
guilt in violating the laws, said he tri
It have done so had he not had the On
of the leading citizens of the Sv,
It he was doing as they wished y
by his own admission, Mr.. Shum- cor cor
offender against the laws of Yer S ca,
is also a philanthropist in his Su I
and within fortnight has while Pr
bail for a man that an tic'
woman and two little sick chill plI.
hit not suffer or be Inundated. son
ries are told of Mr.. Shumway's lioi
and kindness of heart and the SIN
by the court evidently WI
ID the sentiments of large num- oi
lie townspeople whose signatures si1,,
NEAR Jdi