St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-11-01
VERMONT NEWS
John TurIey Found Guilty of Murd-
er in Second Degree.

er in Second Degree.
Guilty of murder in the second
degree" was the verdict pronounced
in the Washington county court Fri
day in the case of John TurleY,
Websterville quarryman, who has
been tried during the past two weeks
on the charge of numbering John
McAuley, another quarryman, at
Websterville on the night of July IL,
last.
The killing of McAuley followed a
night of drinking at Websterville,
in which both McAuley and Turley
participated, the evidence going to
show that the two men were, late in
the evening, members of a party at
the house of one Catherine Staples
in Graniteville, when, as the states
evidence had it, McAuley and Turley
entered into dispute over a trivial
matter, followed by the calling of
names and a muttered threat by one
member of the party, identified by
some as Turley, that he would fix
him." The next morning, July II,
McAuley's bloody corpse was found
beside the road not far from the
Staples house, and along the path
leading from this road back toward
the house were found many traces of
night, the 18th, and at the same
time, Alphonse Primavera, another
quarryman, was taken into custody;
and, later, was indicted on the
charge of killing McAuley, just as
Turley was. Turley is now Al years
of age.
In Rutland County Court.
Rutland county court gave its at
case of l. n. Chase of Brandon VS..
Glenn Robinson of this place. suit
to. recover about $500 for the care
of a horse at the Chase stock farms
The defense is that the plaintiff
drove the horse considerably, and
that there should be deduction for
this, and also that the defendant
holds a book account against the
plaintiff for part of that amount. I he
plaintiff rested it's case and the court
ordered the jury to find verdict for
the defendant on the ground of
agency, but on this decision the
plaintiff withdrew his rest and more
evidence was introduced. For lit
tie case, there is a big array of coun-
sci in this suit, w. A. Atwell of
Brandon and T. w. Moloney of Rut-
land appearing for the plaintiff and
A Probable Murder.
Frank Smith of Pawlet, aged 80,
a farmer and unmarried, was found
dead in bed early Saturday morning
at the home of William Cross, a
neighbor 1t is known that Smith
and Cross returned home from West
Pawlet late Friday night in an in
toxicated condition. When found,
Smith had several bruises on his head
The story is that they had a drunken
row while returning home and that
Harley Burke struck Smith on the
head with a club. Burke will be ar
rested.
His Promise Cost $4,1OO.
Miss Lucy Roberts of Hampton, n.
Y, who sued William Bucklin of
Sudbury, well-to-do farmer and
son of Postmaster Bucklin of Sud-
bury, for $4,000 damages for breach
of promise to marry, was given a
verdict of $4,100 in Rutland county
court Friday night, after the case
had been on trial for three days. 1t
was announced that the defendant
would move to have the verdict set
aside on the ground that it is ex-
cessive.
North Troy-Waterbury Railroad.
Nearly 200 business men from
different towns along the line of
the proposed railroad from North
Troy to Waterbury attended mass
meeting at Eden, Oct. "a. The party
went to the Lowell Lumber & Ashes
tos company's plant, making an in
spection of the asbestos mines and
mills, holding a meeting later at the
large storage building. A letter was
read from General Manager Jones
of the Central Vermont, expressing
his interest in the project. A work
ing committee of three men from
each of the towns along the road
was appointed to confer with the
Central Vermont and the Boston and
Maine, and call later meeting. The
speakers at the meeting included j.
F. Green of Baltimore.
Corn Show at Windsor.
A corn show is to be held at
Windsor, Nov. "a, under the aus
pices of the Windsor county Young
Mems Christian Association COM
mittee, the Vermont Agricultural
college and the state commissioner
of agriculture cooperating. This
win be made an educational corn
SHOW. Manufacturers of corn pro-
ducts will make exhibits and give
demonstrations The leading corn
experts of New England will be
there to lecture and do the judging.
Over 200 boys who have been grow
ing corn in the Windsor county corn
contest will make exhibits, and show
New England what Vermont can do
with corn. Many prizes are offered.
Mortified Fair Paid.
The annual report of the officers
of the Dog River Valley Fair associa-
ton has just been issued. The audi
tors report shows that in spite of
the unfavorable weather for the fair
this year the society after paying
100 cents on the dollar comes out
with an Indebtedness of less than