The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-12
Slayer of Prouty Feels That
Jury Ought to Have
Acquitted Him
SENTENCE WILL BE
IMPOSED TOMORROW
It's Severity May Determine Question
of Appeal to Supreme Court-Prison-
er Was Unmoved when Foreman An
nonced Jury S Verdict.
Especial to The Reformcr.)

y II " + = ~ II, NOV IL.
During the greater part OF Attorney
General Brown 5 argument yesterday
in the homicide case of the state
against Lou A. Foster, Judge w. r.
Daley was the only one OF Foster S
counsel who was present. j. G. Jones
of Rutland had returned to his home
the night before and Judge Gibson did
not arrive from Brattleboro until the
attorney general was we'll into his ar
gument. Judge Gibson was not present
when the verdict was given, having
been called to Greenfield Mass.
While there was naturally 4 great
deal of speculation as to how long the
jury would deliberate before arriving
at verdict in the Foster case there
was no doubt but that there was gen
eral surprise when tap on the closed
door of the jury room, answered with
alacrity by Deputy Sheriff Willis, in
dlcated that verdict had been reach
ed
Deputy Sheriff Frank Wellman was
sent immediately TO bring Foster into
court and five minutes after the knock
on the door Foster was seated in the
chair he had occupied during his trial
| 4 minute later the jury filed in, not
one of the II faces indicating in the
scanned them, what the verdict was to
4 be
/ Foreman O. r. Wright of Newfane.
when called upon by Clerk f. y. +.
stowe to say whether they had found
a verdict, replied IN a low voice: {" We
have. An instant later in answer to
the question as TO whether thev had
found the respondent guilty or not
guilty, he replied in voice barely am
ldible at the press table Guilty Of
tmanslaughter Foster. who was facing
the foreman, standing with his hands
at his side. never quiyered a muscle
An instant later he sat down as any
ordinary individual would have done
under ordinary circumstances
After State 5 Attorney 4. V D.
Piper had suggested that sentence be
passed Thursday morning Foster was
taken Immediately back to Newfane
jail by Deputy sheriff Wellman He
was not especially communicative, but
did remark that tho Jury had unin
tentionallv done him an injustice.
Later in tho afternoon Judge DALEY
and Foster s two brothers held Ions
Il conference with Foster III Judge pa
ley 5 room at the Windham County
House.
While no statement Is Forthcoming
from the respondent or his counsel i
Is surmised that the conference was
with regard to the possibility of tax
ing the case to the supreme court OF
exceptions which have been saved. The
general opinion Is that in the even
of the court not being severe in til,
sentence there will be no appeal.
When the jury had rendered the yer
dict Judge Miles expressed to them thr
T appreciation Of the court for their care
? full attention and deiberation in til,
ease and said that the court undcrstoo,
that several of them had experience,
: the unusual circumstance of having sa
: on two murder iures consccutively an,
that the court would be willing TO dis
charge from further service such o
those as might insist upon such dis
> charge, but that the court would b
{ glad to have all of them report Thurs
, day morning again when the last 0
the jury eases, that Of William Enc
charged with assault with intent t
rape, was to be tried. Three of tn
7 five who had served on both iurie
asked to be excused from further al
7 tendance and were discharged.