The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-07-25

she took the stand. Ever since the slay.
ing OF Feleh il had been intimated that
the Pero girls testimony would have an
important bearing on the issue OF the
trial, and an eNpeetant hush settled
down over the court room as she began
10 testify,
Miss Pcro told OF beginning work at
the felehs' March 20, having been en-.
gagged by Mrs. Felol She vas at the
house on the night Of the tragedy and
learned Of Fech's death on the following
morning, April 20, ON the night previous
she slept in room adjoining Mrs.
! Feleh's, a room connected by door
which, however was barred hv the 10.
cation Of Mrs. Feloh's bed. The night
was rainy. She saw Felch at supper
time, around $3.50 O'Clock, and again
when he left the house perhaps an hour
| or more later, carrying a lighted Ian
tern, an umbrella and newspapers. The
witness here identified a blood stained
hat as being the hat worn by the muir
dered man when he left the house.
At o'clock, the witness went on, she
retired and Mrs. Felch, in the room adj.
joining, undressed at about the same
time She saw Mrs. Felch again when
she called TO her. the Witness 10 get
In bed with her much later in the night
She went 10 Mrs Feeh's room and found
the woman there alone with her daugh-
ter, Bernice. She saw Williams leave
the Feleh farm about o'clock and heard |
no talk between the accused and Mrs. |
Feloh At 5 o'clock the next morning |
she awakened and heard Mrs Felch arts.
ing. They went down 10 the barn 10. |
gether, Mrs. Feloh and the witness.
There they saw Otis Williams, who WAS
doing the chores.
Then, the witness continued, she and |
Mrs. Felch went to the sugar house At
this juncture the witness testified 10
seeing Williams and Mrs. Feloh practic.
ing with a rifle on the day before the
tragedy. The pair were shooting at a
tree with a spot where the limb had
been sawed of as their target Fetch
was at the sugar house while the target
practice was in progress.
Resuming her story OF the morning Of
the 23d Miss Pero said that she entered
the sugar house. Mrs. Felch stayed out
doors and between the witness and Mrs.
wen WAS the cilllus DtIultct LOOKING Il
irst on one side of the evaporator and
hen on the other the witness said she
liscerned the body of Joe Fetch lying on
he ground. She called Joe three or
our times and there was no response.
Witness testified that Mrs. Felch kept
nut of the sugar house and in her judg.
nent didn't stand at a point where she II
ould look in and see her husbands
'ody. The three then went to the home
f Tom Smith and thence back to the
felch house, where Otis Williams was
landing outside the summer kitchen
Asked by the attorney general con.
erning an incident that occurred, il was {
laimed, shortly before the shooting, Miss
zero testified that she and little Bernice )
tarted for the barn one day, that they
rcumvented the cattle yard because the
ows were out and entered by a stable
COR, as the big doors We're barred wit.
ess called to Anna Fetch and received
o response. Thinking to amuse the $
hid, she started TO mount to haylott |
y a small ladder, when she saw Otis
Villains peering down at her. Witness
aid he made move to pull up the lad
er. Witness and Bernice returned to
ne house and when they arrived they
NV Mrs. Felch coming across the field
ON the direction of the barn. At this I
oint the court adjourned until this .
orning at 9 o'clock.