Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-04-10
STATE NEWS.
Arrested in North Carolina.

Overseer of the Poor Horace C..
Fenton of Wallingford, VINO dis
appeared early in February. leaving
his wife and children, after having
cashed checks belonging to the town
which Melted him over $500. was
brought to Rutland. April 3. from
Weldon, N. c., by Deputy Sheriff A.
A. Leonard of Wailingford, who
secured the man Monday. Fenton is
lodged at the Rutland county Jail and
States Attorney 3. l.. Stafford will
probably file All information against
him on the charge of embezzlement.
Kills Wife, Then Takes His Own Life.
Edward Alderman shot and killed
his wife, Lillian, aged - years, at
Roxbury, April l, and then shot him
self. both dying instantly. rhe double
shooting took place in the house of
Edward Sayers, father OF Mrs. Aeker
man. and followed an attempt by
Alderman to induce his wife to go
out for a walk with him. She had
filed suit for divorce at the present
term of Washington county court
and they had not lived together for
month or six weeks on account of his
excessive drinking. Alderman went
to Roxbury in the afternoon on the
local train, going from Montpelier.
He went at once to the Savers house,
about half mile from Roxbury viii
lage. His wife and their two child
| rem, one aged nine months and the
other two years, were at the house as
we'll as Mrs. Savers. Alderman went
into the room where his wife was and
tried to prevail on her to accompany
him for short walk, presumably with
| ho inf Of fo hor
to drop the divorce suit and live with
him again. IL won't go. I'll stay in
this. chair till I die first" said Mrs.
Alderman in response to his plead
ing. "All right, them" shouted
Alderman as he whipped revolver
from his pocket and fired. the shot
taking effect instantly. He then
turned the gun on himself and In
| fiicted wound near the heart that
caused instant death. Mrs. Savers,
who had seen the latter part Of the
tragedy, called to two young men
who were near by and they ran for
aid. The Ackermans were married
about three years ago, having run
away from the girls home.
Ellis Award Announced.
Charles H. Darling of Burlington has
filed his report as special master in
the case of Thompson-Starett COM
pany of New York against E. B. Ell
lis Granite company Of Northfield,
awarding the sum of $247, 1888 as due
the Thompson Starrett company,
which petitioned the Ellis company in
to foreclosure. The report finds the
following sums due the petitioner !:
Undisputed book accounts, SOL, 1850. 80 |;
cost Of work on Washington union
station with an additional 10 per
cent, $110, 1888. Is; interest to Febru-
airy %, 1911, $40, 255. 43.
AS offsets against these amounts the
defendant has the following Storing
of granite at Mortified. S18, 900 !;
eagles, $4,000; total, $24, 800, leaving
STAT, 1887 due the petitioner on Feb
ruary 28 Of last year.
The Thompson-Starrett company,
contractors, sublet the contract for
the terminal station at Washington,
ID. c., to the Ellis company for $780,
600 and advanced money from time to
time on the contract. AS security
for these advances, the New York
firm had a mortgage on the Ellis
plant at Northfeld and the Quarrles
at Bethel.
After the contract was under way
1t was agreed that the Thompson
Starett company should set the work
delivered by the Ellis company for
the cost OF the work and 10 per cent
additional. The company claimed the
actual cost of setting the work as 81
cents cubic foot, while the Ellis
company claimed 80 cents should be
the maximum. The master cut the
cost to AZ cents a cubic foot. The
amount set was 256, 7O5 cubic feet.
The defendant was alio we'd $24, 500
offset for storing granite and otner
items but was not allowed S14, 700
for the salary of Goodwin Starrett.
The claim for $780, 900 on the Wiscon-
sin state capital was disailowed, the
master not being certain but what
the failure of the Thompson-Starret
company to secure the contract was a
blessing Id disguise.
The present plant Of the Ellis
company is valued at about $50. 900
and If it had plenty of working capt.
tal tho hnSlnacc irh he QQ00 =