The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-10-29
MRS. FIELD TAKES
STAND TO TELL OF
RICHARDS Assault :

tried to interfere Richards seized her
by the hair, struck her and pushed her
head down until it bumped the floor.
She said that when Field arose Rich
ards knocked him down the second
time. She did not know for sure
whether Field hit his head on shelf /
in falhngs She said She called for
help and George Lawrence came in and |
threatened to break 4 chair over Rich
ards S head it he did not get out
After the quarrel her husband com |
planned about his head and She put /
cold water on it. Later in the evening |
she brought a mattress from the back !
room to the dining room, after pulling /
down the curtain, and her husband |
went to bed on it about midnight She |
arose about and Mr. Field arose
about and sat in a chair in the /!
kitchen. He acted as though he did
not understand what was going on !
She gave blm an egg nog, and later
when he did not answer her questions
which was about l o clock Sunday af-
tcrnoon, she sent for DR. John II
Blodgett, who came between ] and
and took MIR. Field to the hospital
about She went to him at intervals
until he died Thursday afternoon. Al
i though there We're periods when he was
conscious. lie was unconscious the
greater part of the time.
Cross examined by Mr.. MoIoncy. She
admitted that she once was convicted
of larceny before Judge Holmes in
\ kecnc and that when she first came to
! Bellows Fails with Field she went uu
der her maiden name Of PIutf: She was
wholly unable to give the details of
her marriage except that she thought
tie train went toward Brattlehoro and
she could recall nothing about the mar
rage from the time she boarded the
train until she returned to Bellows
rails the aeNt su0rniug- She-lGniGl
ever quaTreling with her husband or
ever laying her hand on him violently,
but said she might have used cross
words on occasions. Mr. Molonev
questioned her closely as to whether
she pulled down the curtain before
making the bed, evidently for the pur-
: pose OF showing whether it would be
: possible for persons outside to see what
, was going on bat she stuck to her
original statement
When questioned as TO her relations
: with Lawrence she said he was only
! Il boardaf and while he bad done work
| about the restaurant she never consid-
cred that he was amy more than an
ordinary friend to her She denied
having walked mp the mountain road
. Ioppositc Bellows FAILS with Lawrence
since the assault and had seen him
: only once or twice since that date. Mr.
Il Moloncy questioned her at length as
{ to whether she had made statements
about the quarrel to several Bellows
+ Falls persons, evidently for the pur
i pose of showing that she referred tC
: injuries to herself and not to her hus
bay,l b.4 x.]
$ injuries TO both whenever she talked
!. about the quarrel. She was unable K
4 describe in detail how Richard.
e struck her husband, and would no
n confirm statements which she made il
court at Bellows Falls, saving tha
r She was Very nervous ut that time.
OriSon y. Deming Of Bellows Falls
! a mill hand, testified to going past TIL
restaurant Saturday and Of hearing
Field call attention to the assault upo
II Field and his wife. but his testimon
was of minor Importance.
Mrs Kate Willard OF Bellows Fall
testified that She was going past tn
= restaurant on the opposite side Of tn
p street at the time of the trouble, - Lik
j, Il fool | stopped she said. She III
not know the Fields, but did llno,
: Richards She saw Richards 20 in an
- throw out his hand toward sma
= man, then swing around a woman VIII
- either fell or was Knocked down.
Is, Cross examined by Attorney ThomI
cs SON. she said She did not see Ricl
If ards S hand touch the man and ii
: not see him again during Or after Il
= scuflc
2 The next witness was Or. B. !
er Stone Of the state laboratory in Bu
u lington, who performed tho autops
- Aug H. He illustrated with marko
-, skull. also exhibited part of Field
"a brain to show the hemorrha2e. J.
! said an external examination Of Il
~ body showed black aud blue marks {
- the left arm, evidently made by sou
ng one grasping it. There were black IN
ne blue marks also on the right hip al
tc. on the point Of the shoulder. On Il
05 inside of the scalp there were sever
If black and blue spots and portion
= the brain was badly bruised. I'll
he base of the skull was fractured beIo
ro' the opening made by the surgeons.
or In Dr. Stone : opinion all these |
OF suits were caused BY violence apple
Ie to the right side OF the head, and
believed death resulted from conditio
= produced by this violence.
Cross-examined. Dir. Stone said til
in his opinion the blow must have be
,op of greater violence than would
H. possible from one s fist and that Fl
- lowing such a blow there would
~ considerable concussion, enough
,ss IS make 4 person dazed but not necessa
l'o. " unconscious Mr.. Moloney question
= him closely regarding the finger mar
on the left arm and brought out the fl
that il would be almost impossible.
the person making the assault ws
old facing the man assaulted, to make wi
Iav the left hand the marks which
ap- IStone found on Field S left arm