The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-28
WREN WILL TESTIFY.
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/ the water out of the toilet tank.
/ There were unwashed dishes in the
! kitchen and dining room and large
amount Of food on hand in the pan
! try. The coffee pot was on the din
/ ing room table with coffee in it. On
the following Sunday he went into the
tenement with his mother. His mother
! had loaned or given Mrs. Wren a
bowl and she, Mrs. KirzwOod, had
heard that they were going to take
the things away and she went up to
see if her bowl was there.
In looking around the house the wit
ness noticed that the chimney cap in
the dining room was loose, one edge
sticking out little more than the
other He took it out and looked in,
| but found nothing. The stove and
| pipe and chimney cap on exhibition
were identified as those which had
been in the Wren tenement. The
pipe was straight out, without any ell
| bow. \ few minutes after looking in
to the chimney upstairs Young Kirk
wood went down cellar. He knew
/ that the chimney went to the cellar.
1t was cleaned out about three weeks
! before by his father. The boy took
out four bricks, the same bricks that
his father had taken out in cleaning
the chimney, and found n receipt for
a registered letter. He put his mi
tials, X. X, on the corner, took it up
stairs and showed it to his mother and
then took it to Chief-of- Police George
Wilson Immediately. No SCOT had
fallen down the chimney since it was
cleaned out. The receipt was slightly
scorched on one edge. kirkwood was
not at home on the morning of Feb.
8. when Wren left. lie was present
ON the night of Feb. >, when Mrs
Wren came down and paid the rent
and milk bill. She gave his mother a
$50 yellow-back and be and his broth
or changed it, the bill amounting TO
something like Sl3 OF Sl4.
On ross-examiuatiOn ne testified
that Wren had been in the habit Of
going hunting and THAT the witness
had been with him. lie thought Wren
spent his evenings home when he was
not working. Witness went into their
rooms seldom during their occupancy
of the house, and did not know what
kind of housekcepcr Mrs. Wren was.
He knew there was reward of $1,000
offered and he went upstairs to see if
he could find any hioody clothing, hut
| found mana
Gaor,ro Wrilso, .bfaf o+ ,,oI;.o If
| BrattlebOro, was next called. He ties
titled that Ralph Kirkwood came to
his home about Feb. @, aud delivered
| TO him registered letter receipt. At
| the time he received it there was a
| brownish color on one edge He turn
| ed the receipt over to Sheriff Lord
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