The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-16
SOME DISCREPANCY
IN WARMS STORY
Persons Taken Before Him Try to Iden-
tify the Cavalryman as the Man
Seen with Jennie Hemming-
way Sunday Night.

st. Albans, Aug. l6.--Some time in the
next "a hours Robert Warm, a private
in the 18th IT, S. cavalry, who is held in
connection with the death of l4-year old
Jennie Hemingway, viii face an ordeal
when States Attorney w r. McFeeters,
after studying closely the transcript of
the evidence taken in the inquest, will
interview Warm and ask for an explana-
tion of seeming discrepancies between
his story and that of many witnesses.
Chief Mahoney and Deputy Sheriff L. P.
Martin have some questions to ask.
Undoubtedly the questioning will have
a great effect on the decision the state
will make in entering complaint against
Warm, who late yesterday was held un-
der $1,000 bail as material witness.
Warm says he has not engaged lawyer,
as he has no funds.
Some witnesses were taken to the jail
building yesterday and Warm was
brought before them to see if they could
identify him as the man who was seen
walking on the Newton road Sunday
night with Jennie Hemingway The
officers refuse to say whether the iden-
tification was satisfactory but they seem
confident that eventually they will be
able to show that the two were together
on the Newton road that night. 1t be-
gins to appear also that the police are
inclined to doubt whether the couple
were beset by any soldiers, as Warm
stated Monday. If so it was not the
men mentioned by Warm as having made
a disturbance in front of the Hemming |
way house Saturday night, as those
men are said to have all reported back
to Fort Ethan Allen Sunday night.
A witness, relative of the dead girl, |
has stated that Warm met him Sunday |
night and said that he had not had any |
trouble with soldiers that night
Henry Hemingway, father of the
dead girl. and Joe Wiley, her uncle, say
they cannot understand how it could
happen that Warm, if he killed the girl
single handed, has no scratches on his
face, as Jennie was a strong, healthy
girl, large for her age and capable of
defending herself for time. Both the
men believe that if the girl was seized by
the throat she would have been strong
enough to fight and scratch The dis
,olorations on the wrist are such that
hey do not believe that one man could
rave made those marks and have choked
he girl at the same time. II is evident
hat it is their belief, although no state
nent has been made to that effect, that
more than one person was mixed up in
he affair.
Chief Mahoney made careful exam
nation of Warm this morning to see if i. .
here were any scratches or bruises on
he mans face and found none.
Warm keeps his nerve well, although !,
he police thought they detected signs of
ervousness when the witnesses were
rought before him for purposes of iden- :.
He told the chief this morn
ng that his nerve was good. He ex-
resses considerable concern about his
ersonal appearance and he asked il he
ould not have his shaving equipment
nd other toilet articles so that he could
eep slicked up. The chief told him he !.
rould consult with the states attorney
o see if the prisoner could have his raz- !
r. !