The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-10
The Remains of Little Alice
Bradshaw Found by St.
j nsbury Farmer
'SAVS 1UDDLED SHAPE
HE WAS MOVING
rs Women Will Be Held
Pending Grand Jury's
Session

i st Johnsbury, Aug. l0.-Attorney
General II. G. Barber assumed personal
charge to-day of the investigation into
the death of Swear old Alice Bradshaw
daughter of John Bradshaw, who dis.
appeared July 5 and whose body was
found last night
Inc case will be presented to the Sep
tember term of the grand jury. In the
meantime, Eta May Hicks and Mrs. Al
vin kenniston, who are being held be-
cause OF their alleged confession that
they killed the girl because her crippled
condition made her bother, probably
VIII be taken to state prison for obser-
tion as to their mental conditions
The body was found by f. A. Gray, a
| farmer, who lives within short distance
of the Bradshaw home He was moving
on his farm, which is bordered by small
swamp, when he noticed little huddled
| shape in the grass and immediately in
vestigated. The object proved to be the
badly decomposed body of little girl.
Alice Bradshaw was murdered, accord
ing TO the confession of the two women,
on the afternoon of July s. The story
they told was that Miss Hicks choked
the child while Mrs. Kenniston beat her
about the body with club.
John Kerwin, who claims to be broth
er of Mrs. Remission, was arrested on
suspicion two days after the murder oc-
CURED. The trio is defended by David
L. Potter, assisted by Alexander Dun.
nett. The defense will be that the child
wandered away, became lost and died of
exposure.
According to the story of Mr.. Gray, he
was about to return to the house after
moving to the edge of the piece of
swamp, but, as he has done in other
years, moved few feet further onto the
wet land directly to where the body was
lying. Mr.. Gray went to the house, an
eighth of mile away and telephoned to
States Attorney James B. Campbell and
Sheriff Worthen, both of whom were in
East Haven. They were located by the
local police department and hurried to
the spot. After viewing the remains
they ordered the body of the child taken
" SdfhCt WOcu IOOlIi5,
The swamp, as it is called, is piece
of wet lar1 about five rods across, on
the edge of the moving. A blind ditch
through which the waters of the swamp
drain, lies along the eastern edge, and II
was in this ditch the body was found
Mr.. Gray. when questioned as how, in his
opinion, the body came there, and the
made by him from the posi-
ion in which it was lying, said: "To me
{ looked as if the body had been biough
here and dropped"
John Bess, neighbor, is thought to be
he last person, outside of the princi-
,als in the case, to have seen the little
,irl alive. While driving past the Brad
haw residence at l 20 in the afternoon
f the day of the crime Bess claimed he
aw Alice standing in the doorway While
e was driving by she came out into the
ard where she had bunch of field flow
RS in a pan. The child was seated on
he grass when Bess caught sight of her.
Bess returned over the road at three in
he afternoon He reports that the house
'as closed at this time and that he did
OF see the girl or any of the inmates
In their confessions the women agreed
nat Mrs. Kenniston went the Brad
law home to visit Miss Hicks, with
hom she was very friendly Miss Hicks
aimed that while in pasture the wom-
attacked the child, Miss Hicks strik-
g her with club while Mrs Kenniston
oked her. The other womans story was
at the attack was made in the door
trd of the childs home. Both agreed
the method of the murder
After they had beaten and choked the
ctim, according to statement, they
It her in a wagon and took her to a
ok pile in a field owned by Z. A.
ay.
Miss Hicks has been housekeeper for
adshaw for about two years She has
en- friendly with neighbors and visited
many of their homes. According to
itements of some of the farm people cf
e vicinity she was not considered
ght, although she was normally intel
ent. The woman is a tall blonde. %
ars of age. She came TO the Brad
NV home from White River junction.
T original residence is not known.
len arrested she was neatly dressed in
'lue serge skirt and white shirtwaist.
'lrs. Kenniston is about IS years OF
and has lived with her husband and
thers at Cold Corners for two months
2 family had previously lived for a
r in the town of st. Johnsbury. near
ir present residence. They are not
orably known by the residents Of the
.rict, according to several statement.
ginally the trio came from Barnet.
personal appearance is slovenly.
he murdered child. as described by
5 Hicks, was eight years Of age, Of
hit, sunny disposition. with blonde
" hair and bright blue eyes, and par
yed on the right side as a result of
.ntile paralysis.
FINN CORRESPONDENCE