Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-23
SPECIAL TERM OF COURT.
Case against Eugene Delargc, Charged
with Robbery, Taken Up.


The decisive rattle of County Clerk Rus
sells little tin jury box announced the
opening OF actual business in special SEES.
sion of Chittenden county court Mon
day afternoon. Judge Taylor occupied the
bench, with Assistant Judges Merrihew
and Hall also in attendance. There was
a tendency to delay on the part of at
torneys at the opening of the special ses-
sion, but Judge Taylor ordered business
to proceed. The cases against the several
Burlington men charged with receiving
stolen property were scheduled first for
trial but Attorney V. A. Billiard appear
ed and requested that the opening of tho
trials be postponed until next Monday as
he is engaged this week with a case in
Grand Isle. Mr.. Billiard also entered an
objection to the cases being tried at a
special term of court on the Information
filed by the states attorney He said that
the cases could not be properly brough:
up for trial on informations filed at a
special term until indictments had been
returned by a grand jury. The court
promised to consider this matter in cham
bers, and also granted Mr.. Billiards. re-
quest for postponement.
large, charged with robbing Joseph Zero
of 1892, was next called. Joel W. Page
and Martin s. Villas appeared for the
respondent in this case. Mr. Page request
ed that the case be called Tuesday as he
wanted more time. Upor learning. how
ever, that Mr. Page had known for SIX
weeks that he was to appear for De-
large, Judge Taylor ordered the jury
drawn and the trial started. In the mean
time the petit jurors called for the term
had been instructed in their duties by
the court A jury was drawn and the
first witness in the Delarge case took the
stand at four o'clock.
The jury is composed of Y G. Nay,
| Jericho; James G. Benway, huntington;
S. II. Holley, Essex Junction; \. Il.
Mears, Milton; Edward Tomlinson Boil
! ton; jerome Thompson, Shelburne; Will
liam West, Shelburne, Roger 7. Lyman.
Hinesburg; Fred Andrews, Huntington;
w. w. Higley, Richmond; c. l.. Aver,
| Underhill; George Benedict, Underhill.
"Where We're you when you found out
where you were" That is the question
that Joseph Zero tried gallantly to an
swer for fully an hour in reply to CROSSE
|
peared from the testimony that Gero
lost himself for about three hours one
afternoon. When he came to" he was
shy his pocket book containing 1892 lie
had hay idea of having met man
and of entering house on First street.
1t developed from the testimony that
Gero one day last November took yl91
from his home and started out to pay
some bills, He visited several refresh
ment emporiums on North street and was
navigating a rather uncertain course up
the street when he suddenly lost him
self Zero admitted on the stand that
he was navigating under heavy sea
ana couldn't recall where he went OF
what he did until he recognized imseli
In front OF the car barns on North Win
ooskl avenue. He was waiting for n cal
"hen n man came up and invited him
INTO mouse across the road. lie accept.
ed the invitation, He had his money SAT,
In his overcoat pocket when he entered
the house. A short time afterwards he
remembered leaving the house, followed
by man who stepped up. placed hi:
arms around Gero and said Now Civ,
me that money" The man ran down the
lower road and Zero called loudly TO
heip. Zero could not identify Delarg'
as the man who invited him into tn,
: house or as the man who took his money
me testimony on cross examination
brought out the fact that Zero was no
at all certain OF the events of the da,
except that he was sure he lost tn
money At the conclusion OF Gero's testi
, mony the court took recess until MIN
O'Clock Tuesday morning.