St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-06-03
VERMONT NEWS
Murder ID BIoomfeld.

WHO 1LuuuSOldlely gave ulAAoCL up "
the officers. Dolly claims the shoot
| ing followed an all-night drunken
spree in the camp, and that he shot
when Poulin had followed him into
horse shed, where he was hiding,
and had threatened to kill him.
Dolly is out under bail of $4,000,
with leading citizens of North STRAIT
| ford and Bloomfield standing back OF
his case. Dolly said that he mad
been watching the camps of the Con-
necticut Valley Lumber Company,
and was occupying the camp about
! five miles west of North Stratford
village and three miles north of the
stone dam" Since leaving the
woods in March he had been on
scout duty watching for forest fires.
When he came into camp Thursday
evening he says he found Peter
Poulin and Clarest there on their
way north to fish and that both had
been drinking and were in a quar-
relsome mood. Dolly got their sup
per for them, but they continued to
grow more noisy, and he could not
get the men to bed. When Clarest
fell asleep, according to Dolly,
Poulin said, Get me the axe, I'll
cut his head off, Dolly however
interceded, but there was more or
less fighting until morning, when
Dolly got breakfast for the three.
The two men, says Dolly, had been
taking more liquor and Poulin re-
fused to leave the camp. HE got
hold of a cant-dog and said he
would kill me-" explained Dolly.
The latter, according to his state
ment, pulled down his rifle from the
wall and rushed out to the horse
shed" and hid in the hay. Poulin
walked around the place and then
came in through the feed hole, J"
shouting. so Dolly says, 1--WE got
you and will finish you here. !"
Dolly said he then pointed his rifle
at the man and fired, and when he
fell, went to his side and found him
dead. Dolly says he covered the
body with tarred paper and went
straight to John G. Hutchins and re-
ported the shooting and later gave
himself up to the officers, claiming
the deed was done to defend his
life.
William Seymour, aged %, who
had nearly completed his sentence
at the states prison at Windsor es-
capped May 21. He was working on
the institutions farm about a half
mile from the buildings, and walked
over the hill and out of sight.
After having been in office about
year and considering "a cases, in
four of which the young people were
girls, Probate Judge A. G. Coolidge
of Rutland is convinced that the jul
venile court in Vermont, established
by the last General Assembly, does
not work out as was expected and he
;e -, 81 hn Of hn
character he is called upon to con-
slider in municipal court, where they
were previously.
The many friends of the late po-
liceman, George K. earle, who died
from the results of freezing after a
fire last February, got up purse to
give to Mrs. earle. The full amount
was $562.75 and showed that the Of
ficer's friends were many.
Mrs. Sarah Dixie of Pittsford was
1O1 years old, May 26. She is in
good health and able to do light
housekeeping, and has been able to
read until within a few months. Her
son, Henry Dixie of Hebron, Ill, is
76 years old
E. p. Streeter entered police head
quarters in Rutland, May 90 and ask
ed for aid to get to his home in Put
nam, claiming that he was struck on
the head in March and that his mind
had been left blank since that time.
Evidence shows quite conclusively
that this is the same fellow who has
been getting fake checks cashed, of
late Mrs. Streeter wrote the Rut-
land police a week ago asking them
to locate her husband, and said moth
ing about foul play, thinking he was
working there.
Donald K. Carter, who has been
working in Keene, n. H, was arrest
ed by Bellows Falls officers for pas
sing bad checks for $24O, all of
which were on the Keene National
Bank.
Steve Mayor, a Hungarian, was
overcome by heat while piling logs
for the International Paper Com
pany at Bellows Falls, May 27, and
died in a few minutes. Thermome-
tiers there registered LOG in the sun
and SO in the shade in several Sec
tons of the village.
Miss L. J. G. Daniels, of Brattle-
boro, a suffragette, refused to pay
taxes on her property, because wom-
en- are not allowed to vote in the
state. Her persistent refusal
resulted in the selling of her bank
shares by the authorities in payment
of her taxes.
The two upper stories of three
story apartment house on Atkinson
ST., in Bellows Falls were destroyed
by fire, May "a. The fire had such
start before it was discovered that
it was very hard to get it under con-
troll.
The Brattleboro village commits
siOners Monday evening voted unan-
imOusly to purchase a Seagraves mo-
tor truck for the fire department.
Just before the commissioners met
an alarm was sounded for a slight
fire in a barn at the top of South
Main street hill and the White motor
fire truck which was in BrattlebOrO
for demonstration purposes made the
run, beating the horse-drawn appar-
atus although starting some minutes
behind them.
President Wilson has been invit-
ed to come to Burlington for the eel
ebration of Flag day, Sunday, June
"a which iS RI he conducted nv Rur-