Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-01-10

resulted in the hanging of Elroy Kent.
He convicted several Italians of murder,
and against great odds convicted an
Italian priest of conspiracy to commit
murder, Jail sentence of three years
being imposed upon him.
He was a member of the Protestant
Episcopal church and deeply interested
in the work of the Y. M. C. A. He en-
enjoyed social life and belonged to sew
eral local organizations. Dearer to Mr..
Lawrence than his profession was his
college and the companionship of
schol ars. He was one of the most &C
tive of the younger alumni of the Uni
versity of Vermont. His loyalty was
shown not only in regular attendance at
commencements, but in freely giving
of his timeiand thought to the advance
ment of the prosperity and progressive
ness of his alma mater. Especially was
he active in bringing about the practical
election of trustees by the taking of an
annual preferential vote of the alumni.
Three alumni are selected each year by
cummittee on nomination and the one
receiving the most votes is seated as a
trustee for four years. Mr.. Lawrence
served on the committee on nomina-
1 ton and afterward himself received a
nomination and came within few votes
of an election. Had he been elected,
he would have been by far the youngest
to receive an election to the Board OF
Trustees in recent generations. He
was Alumni Founders Day Orator in
1910.
On April 25, 1911, he was married to
Vermont's young sculptor, Mary
Stickney, daughter of Hon. and Mrs.
William B. C. Stickney of Bethel, and
grand daughter of Hon. A. P. Hunton,
then the oldest member of our bar.
A trip to Europe and the Mediter.
ranean followed. Soon after their re.
turn, Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence moved to
the house on Main street where Mr..
Lawrence three months later met his
untimely death. He seemed fated tC
meet with accidents. While in college
he fell several stories and was saved by
a snow bank, while trying rope fire
escape in fourth story room of the
Converse dormitory. An accident to hi:
limb while campaigning in the north
part of the state in 1906 required the
cancelling of many engagements. II
the spring of 1909, he was thrown from
a carriage by runaway horse coming
down mountain road in Chittenden
resulting in an injury TO his head, from
which he did not fully recover for many
months.
it has been generally thought that i
Mr. Lawrence had lived, he would hav,
represented the First Vermont distric
in Congress. He was undoubtedly the
best known and most thought of man Of
his years in Vermont. His hearty gooC
will toward all, his buoyant step, hi,
faith in the success Of the very best
his appreciation of others. his unlimiteC
loyalty and devotion to friends and hi:
insistent making of their cause his own
rendered him tower OF stroi.gtn. -,
was also an especially faithful anC
loving husband, son and brother and {
lover of home. He is survived by Mrs
Lawrence, both parents and younger
brother, Edwin Winship Lawrence, alsC
a well known member of the RUTLAND
County Bar.
He had many friends and each friend
ship was strong one. His generosity
constantly found expression in some
kind act. He drew unspairingly upor
his own strength to aid others. During
the few months of his married life Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence entertained many
friends in their home. His great, oper
nature made him a delightful host anC
his fondness for literature and his
scholarship attracted the most cultured
to his home.
Vermont was the gamer while he
lived his short thirty-three years. She
is the loser of the many years ut-ofl
that would have been filled with bril-
liant accomplishment.