The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-22
SPECIAL GRAN D
JURY TO SIT ON
BOYD CASE
Wilmington Farmer CHARGED
With Killing Farm Hand
BLOW CAUSE OF DEATH
Alleged Slayer Ph,aoe1 Not Guilty at
Preliminary Eearing-ls Well
Known Character.

TIE deat5 81 John Potter. aged
about 50 years. az Wilmington Fridy
evening solloSipg an alteration With
his employer. prank Boyd, man 81
unaavory reputation and the fact that
an autoisy disclosed tina, Iotteia
dee'h Wis olused by a fractured skull
has rcsLited IN special grand jury
be ng called 20 report al Newfai'e
Monday afternoon. Boyd Is held On
4 charge OF murder aud Is H. Jail al
NeWfane Both are UNMARRIED
Potter Was al work Friday after
uooa In the sugar house Of Boyi.
which h located about Eve rods from
the Boyd home on the road to Jacl,.
sonsille from Wilmin gton and abou
three and . half miles FROM Whining
ton village The details OF tie alte-
cation betWeea Boyd and BIS hired
man are not nIoEu. Il b. UNDERSTOOD
that Potter made a demand upon
Boyd for money dD,I him and that "a
row eusued The FIRST word that
came 20 Wilmington of the death o.
Potter was brought by Or. l.. 4. PagH
Who lad been summoned TO the Boyt
home b. Walter Boyd. a brc,ner o
prank Boyd When word was SEN
70 the physician late In the afternoon
t1at Potter needed medical assistance
uuthing Vas said concerning Tie IA
tlrs az the mans iilPess and the ply
stefan attended 10 other Uallf and did
nor arrive at the Boyd home until
about O'Clock that evening The
man had been dead since sunset &C
rord.ag 10 the statement OF Walter
Hcyd ana Mrs clara Grimes. sister
ard hous akeeper OF Frank Boyd.
Tht sciecUnen and health others
wFe Immediately nouhc0 by Nr iage
and Constable A l.. Curtis sccompan-
led b. FonterIn Melton Barber went
60 Boyd's home rnd took him into Gus
tcdy Word ass sent Immediately TO
States Attorney Frank r. BafOer.
eho vas ia Rutland. OF the suspicious
circumstances under which Potter
died The states attorney notified
the state yathciogist. DR. B. II. Stone
* Burlington who came to Br1ttle-
bore saturday With an assistant and
accompanied the states attorney to
Wilmington where an autopsy vas
held Sunday morning. The autopsy
plainly Indicated that pottef's death
Was caused b. blow upon the head
from heavy club or some sort OF
"a fgson
Boyd vas given a preliminary hear.
inE before Justice : "a. Kstder. Mon.
la end sntered a plea OF NJ; guilty
Ne was sdven into the custody OF The
oIc,F ant taken 20 SeNfane Jail fer
safe keep AZ Attorney Charles q
chase 81 praA,hsburo taE been retain
I'd by Boy
Announcement vas made Thursday
that ssecial grand my had been
nsn rlouea to agpes1 81 Newfane on
Nolfay to Investigate the death OF
pofffr Foruer assistant Judge +
a. ~ x urfsf'ehoro has been cho
500 q re.aln Of the imy
TIE responded iE a ash knowr
raaysfler ID Wilmington and there
haee hSH raHr stories foia oi bis AZ
rls aNuHe aa pass lI U la ye1-s
ftr eFaTa n rsfner eenspiieesi law
anF nanher of years ago in which
H Has aNfaei fhaf b. ATTEMPTED =
ohU.a abo1 $500 frum Dis sister
hash.rf 81 Grimes. by selling hin
ihe u0vd mm ana then attempting
fu ffre Che gu7chascr away viii
fsrrafs If belly hahn Crimes man
aged io obtain about $500 OF the mon
fy he gald nJd GO that tine Brat
uelofe Reforms,