The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-19

said he had on the same clothes he
wore the night before and described
him as wearing dark trousers and
coat and a checked gray cap. When
he met the mar. he. Hurley, was
coming toward Bennington and
thought it was between $50 and 6
o'clock
Officer I-t-,cy SD he had not
noticed The sulr ger particularly the
night before, bet as he was the only
customer in the cart at the time, he
got good look at him. He said he
didn't talk any and left as soon as
he had finished his lunch. He
couldn't be sure whether he was
wearing hat or cap at the time.
Counsel for the defense brought out
a dark gray cap, which the witness
said looked like the one the man
wore.
Albert Day of Rutland, manager
for the Singer Sewing Machine Co..
was the next to be examined He
testified that on Oct II he was driv-
ing from North Bennington to this
village between and o'clock, when
he met a short, thick set man beyond
the Robinson marker. His descrip-
ton of the man tailed almost exact
ly with that of the other witnesses
except in the detail of the cap, which
he said he thought was soft gray. He
said when he came up to the strang-
er he was headed toward Benning-
ton, but turned and scowled at Day,
- on he drove up. He said it was
% q hn
sce cry distinctly, but he remember
ed the scowl wildly. He was not
alone, young man 49, the name of
Roberts being with h.ll. He also re-
membered meeting man in a wagon
near the railroad crossing, but didn't
notice who the man was
William c. Robnson,s who lives
about 2R miles northwest of Be.
nington testified that late in the af-
ternoon of the day of the shooting,
he drove to Bennington with his
wife and that he saw near the Rob-
inson Marker, smooth faced man
of medium height wearing dark
clothes and dark gray cap. He
said he was standing near the mark
er and he did not notice him espec-
tally, as he was accustomed to meet
strangers on the highway leading to
North Bennington. He also passed
the Singer Sewing machine wagon
between the covered bridge and the
country club entrance He was be-
tween the railroad and the trolley
tracks, when he met Mr.. Tinkham,
who was on his way home When he
got about up to the watering trough
opposite the soldiers home, he heard
two shots from the vicinity of the
Meechole bridge. He continued on
his way to Bennington -
Louis Parotti, an Italian, now iiv.
ing in Brainerd, ~ Y, was the next
witness, who said that he was en-
ployed at the time of the shooting,
in the freight yard at Bennington.
The morning after the assault. he
went to car where the tools were
kept and found man asleep on a
bed in the car He whistled to
awaken him and then went for his
brother, Pascal, who was the fore
man. When Louis came back with
his brother, the man jumped out of
the car and started in the direction
who was a special officer, stopped
him and when they attempted to
question him, the stranger answered
that he mo understood" His
brother then took him into custody.
This happened about s o'clock.
Louis said he heard early that
morning of the shooting affair
Pascal Parrotti then took the
stand. He said he was employed as
foreman by the Rutland Railroad
Co. and was also a special officer in
the railroad yard. He repeated the
testimony of his brother in regard
to the finding of the stranger in the
car in the freight yard and pointed
to the prisoner as the man. He said
when he got TO the car, with his
brother, the stranger was going
toward the freight house and he
stopped him. He Immediately look
ed up Chief of Police Brazel and
turned the man over to him.
Little difficulty was experienced in
securing a jury when the trial open
ed Wednesday afternoon. A few
were excused but most of the Jurors
summoned were satisfactory to coun-
sci for both the state and the pros
ecution. The following were select
ed: j. C. Barton of Landgrove, Will
liam Campbell of Pownal, w. wv.
West of Peru, Ezra Brothers of STAN
ford, William Pratt of Arlington,
Henry G. Stone of East Dorset. Thorn
as Burns of South Dorset, Roy II.