The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-09
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.
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ne had not made return upon the court
order because Isaacs could not tell him
what the contents OF the jugs would
bring until he had seen them.
Q. Had the liquor up to that time
been in your possession or in your
charge!
a. l hadn t seen it. I hadn t been in
the lookup since the search was made
until that night.
Q. Was any Of the liquor taken by
you?
A. No. sir.
Q. Or was any of it, to your knowl-
edge, taken by any of the sheriffs?
y. No, sir, not to my knowledge.
He said that he had not any talk
with the police officers about it. Asked
as to the condition of the corks III the
jugs when he saw them, he replied:
"They had all been drawn. That Is
what attracted my attention in the
first place. | was in . court and heard
the ease tried and the testimony was
that nothing had been touched except
the Jug of wine. The ivegallon jug of
whiskey had been opened and the cork
was not big enough for the jug and a
| piece of brown paper had been put
| around the cork to make it fit the jug.
! The corks had all been pulled and /
! had to 90 to the store and get a cork
| big enough to fit. The little key of ale
had been tapped and laid on the side
| on another one
| He testified that he spilled what was
| left of the ale in the small keg in the
| sink in the cell room and that Commits
! sioner Gibson, Judge Barber and Depu-
ty Sheriff Knapp were present. He tes-
titled to having seen Chairman Gibson
measure the contents of the Jugs with
stick
q. Have YOU covered in this testi-
monv all that was covered by you At
the time Of the inquest
\. All eXcept-yes, all pertaining
to that--everything pertaining to this
particular case-yes.
Said Wood Wanted Some.
Q. Have you any INFORMATION in re
gard to the disappearance of the liquor
which will be helpful to the commits
sioners in determining what became OF
it,
4. l can tell YOU what one of then
asked me, if you want. That is the only
thing ! have in the way of informa
ton. That night while we were ovel
there
Q. That Monday night?
\. Yes, that Monday night, one OF
them came there and we were discussing
the proposition of trying to ship tha
keg in the condition it was. 1t was il
no condition to ship and said | CUES
| had better empty it. This man called
me out into the corridor and wanted t,
know if / was going to spin that Ike!
which had been tapped and l told hin
| thought | probably would. He sal,
if ] had to spill it to let him take i
home and | told him l could not d
that He further said that when h
went home that night he should fill hi
pail-his dinner pail-when he wen
home that night. said; You had bet
ter let it alone right where it is. -
Q. That was an officer who would b
going home that night!
\. Yes, sir.
III q. That was Wood
A. 1t was.
: In response to further questions h
said they had asked him at the il
quest where he had been at times sine
the search and that he told them h
had been in Newfane and did not sta
in town any. lie was only down her
days during that period and had nc
Z been to the lookup. He said that the
= also wanted to know how much h
l. drank during the proceedings and
he and the others at the lookup ha
the door closed.
u lie said that on the Tuesday morn
ing when Chairman Gibson was the1
Deputy Sheriff Alexander was with tn
witness because he had remained a
night at Newfane with the witness an
had ridden down to Brattleboro wit
- him. He did not see Alexander drin
-tI any or offer to. He said that he ha
II never had any talk with Chief Wilso
II about the shortage. lie had never b.
II fore missed any liquor or beer fro
/ the station. He had never before seen
/ key with a faucet in it in the STATIC
II Chief Wilson had told him the da
II before he received the order to sell
II that he (Wilson) had tapped the ke
Il on Hughes s order. Ire had not talkC
II with the chief since.
I'LL @. Are you and the chief ON frien
II ~ terms3
HI A. As far as 1 am concerned V
Il are.
HI @. As far as he is concerned a
J a. At times he appears to be and
= other times he don't appear to be.
don t know how he does feel.
Q. Is all the liquor that is spill,
usually spilled in the lookup?
A. 1t is if it is kept there. I used t
TX when l first came here, good MAJ
ne times take it up to my garage hefo
TX we had the new lookup. l had at o.
- time a ifty-gallon cask of wine and
Id spilled it right up there in my var
W. back of it, 1t is always done in t
" presence of somebody. They won
r. trust me alone to do even that.
Sc Chief Wilson Testifes.
on Chief George Wilson testified tn
he and Officers Worden and Wood, FIR
Whidden and George Bower had Ike
to the lookup when this thing came L
et "and another man, Harry Sweetlar
has a key now but he didn t ha
then" The sheriff and deputy sheri
all that wanted them were furnish
keys when the new lookup was opent
"There is a key that hangs in the f