Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-11-28

While Mr.. and Mrs. Carter were living
at Essie Frasier's house on Leclair
avenue, the evidence showed. Carter was
called upon one evening by Pearl Hoop
er. 1t was stated that Pearl had said OF
Mrs Carter, "I'll get her yet" "I'll cut
her to death" and She'll never get
Carter" At Frantlin's Chester Mumford
took Mrs. Carter from the house when
she was attacked by Pearl. who was
seized and restrained by Carter. This
happened in March, 1912, and soon after
ward Mrs Carter went 10 Albany
When the regiment returned from the
hike to the Connecticut manoeuvers
last summer Mrs. Carter met her hus
band in Rutland on Thursday and
remained over night with him. In the
presence of Dolly kirkpatrick he told
her to find quarters near the post and
he would give up Pearl and live with
her there. Mrs. Carter hurried to this
city and rented a room The following
Sunday, when the regiment was back
at the post. she visited her husband
and he told her he would come down to
take supper with her. Instead he went
past the house on a car and his wife
did not see his again until the fatal
Monday night at FRANKLIN s.
'lf Pearl Hooper had lived" said Mr..
Enright. "she might have been the one
to nc tried, instead of Mrs. Carter" and
he closed with the suggestion to the
court that sentence of from eight to
ten years would be enough.
CONDITIONS NEAR POST
V. A. Bullard continued the case for
the defendant lie said that the counsel
for the defense were saying only what
they believed and could prove to be true.
and pointed out that murder in the sec
ond degree in effect means manslaughter
under existing laws.
This post" ne said. has brought
among us set of people we have never
had before. We don't know much about
them. Their ways are not our ways"
Pointing out that some % or 30 women
are constantly connected with various re-
sorts about the post. he continued: BLU
fords, Franklin's the H.awatha club--how
long have they been there" For months
Men go there. women go there, liquor is
used there rooms are there. 1t is the
place for murder.
Counsel then told of bruises received
ly the defendant
Margaret Carter" said he, lis an
angel compared with this Pearl Hooper
Through everything she still chung to
Carter. No white woman was ever truer
to a husband than this colored woman
Mrs Carter, who wore a large hat
trimmed with white, and dark coat
faced with green broke down at the
words of the attorney. and quietly wiped
away tears.
Mr.. Billiard. continuing for the de-
fence, touched upon the occurrences AZ
Franklin's the night of the shooting
the drinking that was going on. the
dancing, and the actions of Pearl
Hooper, which tended to drive the lie
PENDANT. naturally excitable. into a
frenzy of jealousy.
The defendant. said counsel. knew
of tae threats made against her by
the dead woman, who had drawn n
razor upon her some three times pre-
viously Mrs. Carter had a right. he
continued. under the laws of Vernon
to have revolver in her bag The
performances she witnessed he termed
lunrestrained and Indecent AMI he
quoted Mrs. Carter as saying that sh >
thought every minute that Pearl Hoop
er was after something. perhaps 4
razor, to iniure her with. In con-
cluson he said
"Dr. Grout told Mr.. EnriEht and me
he had had no proper opportunity y"
say whether she was sane or insane
But in view of her bring up, her
weakness. har race. AMI the circum-
stances. she ought not to be sent to
prison for life
/ X. T.. Brown closed the case for the
state. More homicides, said he, have
occurred since the colored troops came
than in all the years since he had been
/ in Burlington. From dispositions talk
| en- in Wilmington and elsewhere. he
continued, the wilfulness anl way
Wardncss of the defendant would be
shown. 1t was from Blufords he said
that she married Carter. and she was
at Blufor Is when the Carlyle murders
took place. The colored people. he
said. have not so much self-restraint
as the whites, hut are they to be nj
lowed to take the law into their own
hands?
The penalty" he concluded. "for
indecent behavior isn't death, nor is
it for the injured party to apply the
penalty. DO you expect that ten years
in prison woull change the character
of the DEFENDANTS
Mrs. Carter stood with her head
bowed and face hidden by her hat as