Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-02-17
HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT



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Mr. killecn was held for hearing Friday
of this week in bonds of 5000 lie viii
be remembered by friends here as John
Rand, having been adopted by the Rev T
James T.. Rand lie is now but 20 years
old, was educated in the schools here,
and for time was , student at St
Michael's College. lie left here Il few
years ago and went to Boston, where he
found employ meut. lie las been elevator /
boy in the Lawrence building about two
years. 4 brother, Thomas Eillccn resides
here. \ man from Boston stated Satur |
day that the Lawrence building is one
of the best regulated il the city. that
the elevators are we'll insured, and that
the operators have to pass an examna-
ton and are bonded. This elevator he
states. is supposed to close itself
automatically. Following is the re-
port of the accident in a Boston paper
OF Saturday:
John T. l>illcen, elevator boy in the
Lawrence building at fremont and West
streets. was arrested yesterday ON man
slaughter charge as "A result of tho fall
to- death of a passenger in his elevator
yesterday morning.
The passenger was Eleanor Chase. D.
Of No, 175 Riverside avenue, Mcdford
She fell from the seventh floor to the
basement and died in the ambulance
vlOe being removed to the hospital
'killeen, when questioned by Sergt
john Anderson, said that the girl stepped
out OF the elevator at the seventh floor
the office where she worked being on the
eighth. lie said he did lot know how she
happened to fall back into the elevator
shaft
L was looking at my indicator he
said The door of the elevator failed
to click shut as It usually does
I looked down and | could see the
woman's fingers just holding TO the marble
edge Of the car floor. While | looked, her
hold broke and she fell
"Kileen is %. and lives at No. 70 Maya
zine street. Cambridge.
The girl was employed by tho Mime.
Carmela Tesla company. on embroidery
work she lived witu the family Of larry
Newhall in Mcdford. and had come from
the Children's Mission.
THE police charge iillecu was
negligent in not closing both doors Of his
elevator before starting his car They
say the regulations require him to do SO,
and that If he had closed tho door of the
shaft. the Girl could not have fallen
Arthur Rakcr has purchased the res
taurant in the Mougcou block on Main
street, formerly carried ON ny Art hur
1acasse. Mr.. Baker. who has been chef
a. ". DornS cafe in Burlington for four
years, has already taken possession and
begun improvements.
The Rev r. NJ. Kent or Rutland held
the fourth quarterly conference at the
Methodist church Saturday evening with
Charles $. Lord as secretary. The officers
Of the various societies nresente ed written
reports showing the church to he in a
prosperous condition. The Ladies Aid
society has raised 500 and the Epworth
League So. \ home department has been
added to the Sunday school. Tho pastor
reported that he had OBLIGATED al is we'd
dngs. 16 funerals and baptized u. There
is y probationary class Of Is members.
The hoard of trustees and stewards were
reelected and Mr.. Edgar Rc,nord was
Clcctcd a steward. The following chair
mon We're elorted Foreign missions. Mrs.
j.. r. Kcnnev. home missions, Mrs. l.. Ed
wards: Sunday schools. Miss f.. Nash;
tracts. Miss Irene GifTin; temperance II.
a. BAILEY; education. Loretta Dyke. hos
pita1s Mrs l.. A. Burnett: records. :. y.
I'gtn3fn. HlOltS, - n. lt'llSeN. Ia SNll-
age and furniture. H. \. Bailey: music,
q. s Lord. The pastor. tho Rev. Robert
Washburnc. was invited to return for
another year by tho unanimous vote Of
the conference. The ROY. T.. NJ. Kent oc-
cupied the pulpit Sunday morning. giving
an excellent sermon on "Endurance"
Emery Defurgc Of uuncr East Nllcn
street who was dctared ut CRANKY
i. @. sunday by the chief Of police sus-
pectcd of being German SPY. has beer
released upon nVcStiga ton. \ telegram
'amc to his father. Henry DeforCo, Sun
day night stating that lc had been de
tanned there and that his money was takcr
from him, What chang" he did have il
his possession was taken away from hin
and after invcstiCa tion i, was given baCl
to him. Hc was on his way to Waterloo
I. @. to spend Sunday. After he had paiC
tho lawyer he was left without an,
money. Young DcforEc works in tn
Porter Screen company and is about >
years old
Mr.. and Mrs. George Barber of liirkol
street parents of a son. born Tues
day evening.