The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-08
SENTENCED FOR FORGERY.
Louise Townsend Gauthier Given Three
Year Term.

Burlington, April SIN Chittenden
county court yesterday Louise Town
send Gauthier, who was convicted week
before last of having forged check and
uttered it, was brought up for sentence.
". A. Billiard her attorney, pleaded
earnestly on behalf of her husband and
aged father to have her put in charge of
a probation officer and not sent to pris-
on. The court took some time for delib
GRAFTON before pronouncing sentence.
When asked if shsS had anything TO
say as to why sentence should not be
pronounced upon her Mrs. Gauthier said
simply: "lt wis most unjust" Appar-
emily she referred to her conviction. and
Judge Fish told her it was too late to
60 into that, He went on TO say that
the jury had duly considered her case
and had found her guilty He added
that in coming to this verdict the jury
must have found also that she com
mitted perjury The court then pro-
nounced sentence of not less than three
nor more than four years in the stae's
prison at Windsor.
Throughout the whole proceeding and
after the sentence had been pronounced,
Mrs. Gauthier was as cool and uncon-
cerned as if she had been at tea aparty.
The states attorney had recommended
a severe sentence on the ground that on
other occasions Mrs. Gauthier had been
guilty of acts of dishonesty and that
her record showed her a dangerous per-
son to be at large.
Sues Father of Agent.
The trial of the case OF II. c. Rcket-
son VS.. Daniel Loisette took up most of
the day. The plaintiff, wholesale con-
fectioner and baker at .Plattsburg, had
as a commercial traveller John Loisettc.
who lived at Winooski. where his par
ents now reside. In July, 1911, David
Loisette. father of John, executed bond
to Ricketson to indemnify him for any
shortage that might develop in Johns
accounts with the Plaintiff. 1t is al
legged that John did not pay over all
the amounts he had collected for Rick
etson in the course of the business
John had since left the employ of Rick
etson and this action is on the bond
Among the witnesses were Mr.. Ricket
son and Joseph A. Jordan, one of his
travelling statesmen.
Grand Jury Summoned.
A grand jury was ordered and drawn
to report next Monday at 2 p. m. 1t
is understood that this jury is called
to look into the killing of Henry Bush
ey of Winooski about month ago
This killing has been the subject of ex
tensive investigation by the Wood Nor
gan detective agency, and the impress
sion is that some evidence has been
gathered pointing to the two suspects
held in the county jail. The men are
Italian mill-hands named Antonio Torza
and Michaeli Memone.
The members of the grand jury are
as follows: John 0'Brien of Bolton, C. +.
German of Burlington, H. W. Root of
Charlotte. j. +. Lanou of Burlington.
w. L. Ring of Huntington, David H.
Holmes of Milton, w. II. Davis of Bur-
lington, Z. j. Moseley of Colchester, b.
c. Hawley of Jericho, w. S. Walker of
Henry n. Rowley of Shell
burne, Daniel X. Tupper of South Bur
lington, Henry G. Stebbins of Hines
burg. Samuel keeler of Essex. w. ;. !
Woodruff OF Underhill, r. f. Forbes of |
st. George, r. A. Rice of Westford and
c. S. Wright of Williston.