The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-08-16
A. NJ. Richards to Appear Be-
fore County Court in
September
CHARGED WITH MUIR
DER OF GEO. w. FIELD

l iieliiiiihaiy hearlng BEFORE Judge
Thomas e. O'Brien in the Mr1nicipaI
o
oooiC dC beiio"s r ans Yesterday
Afternoon.
BELLOWS FALLS. Aug. 16.-Al |
mon NT Ricbar1, +ho ro,,r;o+or of
4 -,
i'io"' hi"i htl' VINO was arrested lhufs
DAY evening chnrged with the murder
oI 1eofge W. fleld, restaurant pro
prietor, was released last evening on
nall OF SIZ,OQo TO insure hls presence
before the Windham county court Sep
,emoer ~ ioiioWing preliminary
| nearing nearing heIofe Judge Thomas Fl
Brien IN the municipal court. The
proceedings tasted from : +. m. until
IL Inc witnesses Tor the state were
Mrs Mary Field, wife Of the dead
man; ,teorge Lawrence, Alfred Grow,
.Iohn Slatterv, Dr. j. :. Hill and DR.
/ :. H. Blod2ett. State 5 Attorney \
NJ. y. Plper OF Brattlehoro introduced
through these witnesses evidence which
was intended to show that because OF
blows administered by Richards in an
/ alteration Saturday night in the rest
aurant, Field sustained fractured
skull, which resulted in his death. 1t
was also claimed that Richards struck
iand hit MIS- fIeld.
+ Inc respondent was represented by
/ -HIlo'hesS -, W. II; "Iaham ana T. II.
p nom ~ ps4n, "i4 the Witnesses !, We're l'r.
i,,,I;,+ ~ ~, Si1te l'pot.'4pil !, T.
| tonsy vestnrdav n,ornin" II R;oh
ms +bo ros,1on.Inn+. poIico ot,;.or a.
/ Jus McKinnon. Miss Eva Riley and
IDr I II O'Rrian Tho dafnnse +rio5
f. show thar tbe blows which rosnItad
lin the fractured skull were not struck
bv Richards. but that Field and Mrs
Field had a quarrel carly Sunday morn.
ing. officer MeKinnon testified to
hearing what he supposes was Il quar-
rel between the two about ! a. m. sun
day, and to hearing two blows struck
In testitying the respondent admitted
pushing Mrs. Field away from him, but
oeni'd hltil1@ her hnSbahd.
MIS-. ieid Vas paced under bohos
q f7''"' but "as IeIeased II hef own
7ilr was clItSeu,t,t pN
u - 80 =
s-oao ~ l;.. " NJ ;'il
,.a -, t !"
,a,,I+ ~ P;.banr., ,1 49,
ma,+ marker and narsonal nrouart, !.
wore attached and Constable w : Soy
erance was appointed kecper Of the
market.
The testimony NJ Yesterday : bearino
hronrb4 forth ronsiiar,hlo Iifforenco of
oniniop as tho tho cansa az tho doa+b
~ tho victim
DR. Rlodgat+ +bo first rr;tnoso +os+;
6ad +ba+ bc ,y,s eolIa.l ~ noo,, S,,n.io,
, a,a ..,,ir ,la,,4 } IL .
, arri,sn ,in+ii ,.lo'l. N ~ NM NJ ,,-'' ~
seated n cbai, ona aItbo,,,b H.
couId NOT snaak annooroa 70 ,,,,lo,
r stand what was said +o linn -, ~,
} witness He was able win The assist
J. ance of tho nbysicion "a vollz "a +bf
: ambulance ana from that vehicle +,
:, the hospital aooip with The assis+anc,
! Of DR.. BIodgett.
He testified that DR. Uiu and Io+a
: DR. Ridden were called in consnI+otio,
: and that tbev onara+ad ~ NTr EyoIa ..
) Ill O'Clock Monday mornino Tbe,
found \ fracture of tbe sLuIi = hrnis,
= on the left arm ana ono of tho lef
hin. His condition imnroved Tnasda,
but he urcw Uorea "Wednesday ona soni
until his death
Mrs Field testified +bo+ Ricbord
sent up note TO the restaurant SAT
urdav NIGHT to tbe effect that tho,
i must qet out or ha wonId raisn tba ront
He went nv tho ros+au,o,,+ oho,+ g +
o,cIoeI, +bo+ nirh4 - NIL IN,
z him IA know W., Ia had a;aaI ~
e ran+ Sbo +oe4;EoI 4a4 p;.i,lA,
+ NV was +o tba offoo+ tl,a+ ~ ,,,,4a
:. tben, to qet ont Sbo saiI 4ba+ ~ +aI
ain, tho,E ,,.ono ,.,;l -
: nnd tbat Richards ranIia1 +ha+ ! ~ H.