St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-05-27

age Is, and Robert Harrington, 20,
of Bradford made their escape from
the house of correction May z. This
was done by cutting a hole through
the ceilinf and then climbing for
several hundred feet along the ridge
poles of the slate roofs of series of
buildings. 1t is thought that they
were in Poultney that night for the
creamery and a. freight car were
broken into and food taken. A pair
of trousers believed to have belonged
to one of the boys was left in the
creamery in exchange for a better
pair. A reward of $50 has been Of
fered for the capture of these boys.
The funeral of Rufus Z. Percy, a
member of the United States marine
corps, who was killed at Vera Cruz
was held at Highgate Center, Thurs
day afternoon. Company 5, V. n.
G., Capt. G. E. Pell commanding,
acted as military escort, and delega-
lions from the Grand Army posts and
veterans of the Spanish-American
war were also present.
Raymond Barnes and David
Houghton, who were apprehended
in Springfield, Mass. charged with
the burglary of the w. B. Fonda
Company store in Swanton Junction
during the night of May 1, have
been sentenced to two years of hard
labor at the Windsor State prison.
Nearly 100 nurses representing all
the hospitals in the state met at Bur-
lington, May II and organized state
association. This will soon be made
branch of the American Nurses
association which is affiliated with
the Red Cross. The following Of
fiers were elected: President, Miss
Mary N. Schumacher of Brattleboro;
vice president, Mrs. Fred Patch of
Rutland; secretary, Miss Margaret
Connors of Burlington; treasurer,
Miss Hattie Douglass of Burlington.
Arthur Hunter, aged so years, of
Windsor, received a compound frac-
ture of both legs just above the
ankles and both ankles were also
dislocated near the old stone water
ing trough on the West Claremont,
n. H., road. He was driving home
when his horse became frightened
at an electric car and dashed through
the fence down to the bank to the
river. Mr.. Hunter believes he
caught his legs in a wheel when he
was thrown out. He was taken to
the General hospital.
At a meeting of the state fair COM
mission held in White River juno
ton, May 8, James b. Estee of Mont
pelier was elected president to sue
coed Charles w. Gates of Frank
lin. 1t was the wish of the COM
mission that Mr.. Gates retain the
presidency, but on account of other
attentions he was unable to do SO
later than June 1. Mr.. Estee takes
the Office at once.
Little Harriet Critchlow of Bur-
lington was badly burned, May 10,
when her mother not knowing that
the child was near, threw some boil
ing water from a coffee pot out the
door. 1t hit the child who came
running from around the corner Of
the house, and burned her quite
seriously.
A check raiser who poses as a
river man often detailed to superin-
tend some of the big log drives for a
lumber company in Skowhegan,
Maine, recently left a check at a
Barre bank which had been changed
from SIS to $S5. He is known from
Maine to Cape Cod and the Burns
detective agency are on his trial.
Ebert Blowers age so, who lived
in a mountainous section of Rupert,
died at his home, May 8. 1t is
InOuSHI LudC his uedCH was the re-
suit of blow in his head given him
by his wife the week before. At
that time, Mrs. Blowers claims that
he was drunk and attacked her with
a pair of scissors. She picked up a
stick of wood and hit him such a blow
in the head that he was made I'M
conscious. The authorities knew
nothing of the affair until after the
man had died.
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