Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-09-01
STATE NEWS
Hatch Held without Bail.

Hatch Held without Bail.
At hearing before Judge Frye of
the municipal court today. Harlow
Hatch, accused of the murder of Sum-
poolroom on Sunday, July 18, was held
without bail for the December term of
Caledonia county court on the charge
of murder in the first degree. The
state was represented at the hearing
by Attorney H. G. Barber Of
Brattleboro and States Attorney N.
A. MOI ton of Lyndonville. Hatch was
represented by Simonds. Searles and
Graves of ST. Johnsbury. The crime
| for which Hatch is helo was committed
Sunday evening, July Is. after the two
men retulned from an automobile ride.
They were left in the poolroom to-
gether and shortly after the driver
left them. Brown staggered into the
street shot through the lung He
lived but a few minutes and Hatch
made his escape. He was captured
two days later at a relatives home in
Barnet and has since been confined
in the county Jail.
Suit Brought for Vermont.
Attorney General Herbert G. Barber
of Brattleboro, in the name of Secre-
tary of State Guy w. Bailey and State
Treasurer Walter F. Scott. commits
sioners of foreign creamery associa-
tions. brought suit yesterday for
$4,000 against the New England
Casualty company of Boston. The
defendant company was security for
the Boston Condensed Milk company,
which has gone into bankl uptcy. The
suit is brought in behalf of Vel mont
fal tners who were patrons of the
! Boston Condensed Milk company ana
who have filed with the Vermont COM
missioners claims aggregating many
thousands of dollars for shipments of
milk to the Boston concern. The
Casualty company has made an offer Of
settlement for claims up to February,
II, when the milk company's license
was revoked. The attorney general
claims that the defendant is liable for
obligations to the farmers which
acci ued both before and after the
license was revoked.
Confess Amezing Career of Crime.
Glendon Tuthill of Gilmore, and
George Archer of Woodbury., about Is
years old. were sentenced at Middle.
bury by Judge Donoway to pass the
remainder of their minority in the
state industrial school at Vergennes.
They pleaded guilty to breaking into
the station at Jacksonville, a club
house at Rutland, the Pittsford sta
ton. the residence of RolIin Hubbard
in Granville and the Central Vermont
railway station at East Granville, the
latter break being made Friday night
Previous to his arrest the Tuthill boy
, was out on probation with a suspended
sentence henging over him for burgIa
ries committed last spring at the rail
road stations in Hardwick, Wolcott anc
: Morrisville on the St. Johnsbu1y &
Lake Champlain road. and the ICotine
OF the postofice at Wolcott. Witt
, their arrest series of recent robber,
, les has been cleared up, the Tuthil
,, boy confessing to a career in crime
, amazing for one of his years. The
, Archer boy refused to talk.
? Acting President Norwich University.
Nelson Lewis Sheldon, a Boston
) law yer. who came into prominence as
: senior counsel in the dakota Dam
5 and Fresno Dan" Russell identity
case, and frequent contributor to the
magazines. has been appointed acting
president of MOI wich university. He
, will not give up his law practice. Mr.
: Sheldon was born in Vermont ane
= received his early education in the
public schools of this state. Of small
: means he was compelled to teach
: school while going through college
,, A short time after graduating from
Norwich he accepted the position OF
! principal of Norwood, Mass, high
school. He is the organizer of the
alumni association of Norwich and
member of the board of trustees
,, During the Spanish-American war hi
raised regiment of Norwich men tina
., was rendered for service to Governor
: Wolcott. He also has the honor o.
? having conducted one of the two cases
: in which a town has been indicted il
this commonwealth. He brought actor
! against the town of Norwich for failure
!. to furnish and sustain a suitable
, schoolhouse, properly furnished ane
!, properly located
2 Aerial Warefare at State Fair.
!. War with all it's horror has been or
! the front page of the newspapers fol
months. while one may conceive of the
! ravages taking place across the ocean
.. little does one know of the actus
desn uction wrought by the bomb, the
: machine gun. the fort artillery or by
the rapidly moving cavalry. The sen
sational feature to be presented at the
Vel mont State fair at White Rive,
' junction. Sept. ID, 15., 16 and L., will
!; depict the aerial feature of moderf
, walfare. Capt. Chauncey Redding,
6 one of Americas leading aviators, anc
| the only man in Massachusetts having
. license to drive an aeroplane, will