Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-09

Bail Fixed at $500 for Shooting
at F. B. Calkins.
Admits Firing Revolver but Object
was Merely to Brighten the Nan
who Had Greatly Annoyed
Her.

At the preliminary hearing in city court
Monday morning. Mrs. Jessie Bailey,
charged with assaultng Fayette -.
Calkins with intent to kill, was bound
over for trial in county court and bail
was fixed at $500. f. G. Webster her
attorney. became surety and she was
allowed her liberty. Although bound over
on the charge with intent to kill, there
is possibility that she will finally be
tried for lesser offense. She admits
that she shot the revolver, but in her
testimony she claims that she had no
desire to hit Calkns but merely to
Brighten him. The testimony OF other
witnesses seemed to support to some
extent this statement.
According to the testimony introduced
at the hearing Monday, which took up
the entire forenoon, the cause of the
trouble was a statement made by Calklns
to Fred Bailey, the defendants husband,
hat she had told Calkns a story OF
immortality on the part of her husband.
Bailey went to his wife with the story
and quoted Calkins. This started all
lnds Of complications which did not
cease mil last Thursday afternoon. when
he Bailey woman shot at Calkins
Several witnesses were introduced, in
ludng a number Of eye witnesses to the
hooting. The evid nee showed the events
eadng up to the climax and what hap.
ned at the seen If The shooting
atkins conducts the Riverview farm on
he in,crva.e and Bailey Is employed by
him. on the day Of the shooting Or. II
l.. Mills, a veterinary, William McCarty
and Alvin Costello. with Cakins. were
in the stable near the entrance to the
driving park and in the rear of Baley's
home, attending a sick horse. The door
2as open and Mrs Bailey appeared.
demanding to see Calkins. The latter
c.i,i that h. had no desire to see her
he then tolo him that her husband was
outside and wanted to him, where
upon ga. IN. went out BAILEY was seated
in wa on.
J rhe ,s.imon, # Costello Mills and
No art is alike in regard % the hap
.cn.n.s and all three heard Mrs. Bailey
oYclaim to Calkins NOV take back what
YOU saif about me" There was also
meth.u. OF an oath attached to her
r9mmand. Calkins said that he had moth
ing to take back, whereupon the Bailey
woman exclaimed take that back or I'll
kin YOU" Calklns paid no more a,ten-
Non 70 her and she went over to a corner
70, the house where she had a revolver
.n-ealcd and ,olntng IT a. Calkins pull
"! iEc trigger. The pistol snapped and
not 20 off Calkins, thinking that the
was no loaded retorted shoe,
say" and this lime the gun went off
he bull"' dying over Calkins's head
iae vet al hid not fire again or attemp,
follur atkins.
Fred i.ey, the respondents husband
mad little TO add to the testimony of the
other witnesses, except that his wife had
told him that Calkins had insulted hei
ana that he had told her she had better
wait n while before taking any action
' IN another occasion SIC had told hin
y hat Caltins had been to the house anC
j had made improper proposals to her
Ca.kns had further accused Bailey o
B" immortality, Mrs Bailey expressed thei
: IN intentlon Of getting Calkins face t,
@ lace before her husband to see II n
could DEM her statements
. The iaiiey woman in her testimon.
admitted that she shot the gun but sat
she hed no desire to hit Calkins bu
i merely brighten him. III had wantc
;, 20 Kill m what was to prevent me?
she asked She said that Calkins had in
ulted her on numerous occasions an
that he had come to her home on Christ
mas day when under the influence q
liquor He at that time renewed his in
x suits and tried to induce her 10 drn
some of the liquor. lie chased her aroun
:, the table on that occasion At this tim
y Ae made rharCes Of the grossest kind c
- mmorali,s on the part of her husband
id II was from desire to put stop I