The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-10-20
ONLY ONE OF ACCUSED
HELD FOR TRIAL
Joe Bennett Charged with Grand Lar
ceny but Eddie DeForge, Charles
Young and Henry Coloumb
Were Released.

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Joe Bennett of River street was bound
over to county court in the sum of 5000
before Judge II. w. Scott in city court
Saturday night and the cases against
three other respondents charged with
completely in the theft OF merchandise
from Mike David's peddling car 80
Granite street were dismissed Be" u
was unable to furnish bail and an Off
GER took him to the county Jail yester.
day.
Eddie DeForge, Charles Young and
| Henry Coloumb were the three respond
ents against whom the grand larceny
charges were mol pressed. The state
was represented by Grand Juror A. G..
| Fay, who put several witnesses on the
stand to tell what they knew of the
| alleged burglary of Mr. Davids cart
Friday night. DeForge, Coloumb and
Young furnished evidence that tended
to shift the burden of the alleged Of
fense onto Bennett Mr.. David and his
wife testified to missing the goods in
the gray dawn of Saturday and Mrs.
1NlDuiIt 1ltfGlhIih lbiAi VI itNtiNiiS
nett into her house. He carried bas-
ket of goods with him, she said. In
the morning, according to her testimony,
she was just sending the goods back to
Mr.. David when officers intercepted her
messenger and took charge of the bas
ket.
Others who testified were Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank DeForge, who said that Ben
nett came to their house with the bas-
ket. They refused him nights lodg
ing Mrs. DeForge told of getting up a
big feed for Coloumb, Young and Eddie
DeForge. Testimony given by Coloumb
and Eddie DeForge was mainly cor
roborative with Mrs. DeForge's story.
They had been to the "moyies" and
We're returning home when the supper
began to be debated. Their evidence,
with that of Young, tended to account |
for their presence on that night as any
where but in Mike David's backyard. |
Under oath, the respondent, Bennett, |
said the cart door was already broken |
when he appeared in the rear of Mr.. Da- |
vid's house.
The court decided that insufficient evil
dence had been introduced to hold Co |
loumb, DeForge and Young. They were
represented by R. A. Hoar, while Ben
nett appeared without counsel.
Two Other Respondents Discharged
days city court proceedings con-
tanned record of nolle prosequ en-
tries in the state cases against Daniel
Hagan and Howard Simonds. The pair
were arrested several weeks ago on war
rants charging them with felonious as
sault They were placed under bonds
of $500 each for their appearance at
hearing to have been held this morning
They were discharged for lack OF eyi-
dence.
The Cats Warning True.
Coming events cast their shadows be-
fore them, SO AYERS Mrs. Monser Deep.
and so she told her husband when Mon
ser came home at dusk last night after
taking the baby out for an afternoons
constitutional, At MIR. Deep's heels
tagged a strange cat that first took up
the trail as father and the baby cart
came tripping down Merchant street
hours before. Despite Monser's frequent
protests, puss persisted in keeping up
the march. 1t was Mrs. Deep who met
her husband and little one at the door
VI lit ISND IfOHut WIN ttte ttHAdIh lHdt
no good would come from a strange cat
that insisted on making its appearance
Just at dark.
The cat and the axiom began to make
their evil influence felt around the mid
night watches. The Deeps live upstairs
over the Deep store at l02 North Sem
mary street, and when the dealer in
and fruit was aroused
from his slumbers by heavy knocking
at the door he suddenly recalled his ..
wife's sinister remarks concerning the
at, From below, someone was loudly /;
,alling for quart of oil, but Mr.. Deep ..
refused to descend for such small sale,
30 he told the officers this morning.
Then the trouble began, for the mid J
night visitors started to raise "high :
inks" around the store. Mr. Deep was
moved to communicate with police head |
quarters and Officer Harry Gamble ar
'ived on the scene in time to arrest one
george Walker on a breach of peace /
harge. Walker was led away to the !,
tation and search for his companion
vas started.
To-day. MIR. Deep furnished the off i
ers with sorry tale of someone's
nisdoings at the store. Someone thrust !,
club through display window and :
mother placed the whole family in ieop-
rdy of their lives by lighting matches !"
round the oil tank. Walker pleaded y
utility to the charge before Judge II. w. ."
cott and paid s. fine and costs of
3.95. The officers, it is said, are still 2
oolling for his companion. y y
Willie G. Gordon, Moretown farmer, =.
ppeared before Judge Scott on an in ',
charge, to which he pleaded -
uilty and paid a S. fine and costs y
TO S5.04. Gordon came to 7
own Saturday and made trouble for y
mployes of the traction company on v v
he way over from Montpelier. At 10 y,
clock last night Officer Harry Gamble .,
box him in tow. ~