The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-28
MRS. FELCH
DENIED ALL
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ing that she last saw it that Friday whe
u was located near the engine. AT tina
time, she said, the box was between eigh
II and ten feet from the sugarhouse.
/ The Hours Before Joseph Felch's Death
II Did you see your husband after yol
returned home Friday afternoon" wa
the next question, to which the witnes
II replied in the affirmative. Witness ties
II tined that there were three sweaters II
the house on the Saturday when Felcl
H died. She had two, she said, and MIR
H Felch owned one Joes, she went on
H was red sweater, vest shaped, while
II she had red sweater and one colorec
H green, both of which were buttoned gar.
ments. Witness said she saw Joe coming
home from the sugarhouse 1sse Friday
as she was in the pantry and looking
Il through the window. She saw him again
Saturday night at supper time, around 7
| o'clock, although she didn't remember
| where he was when she first saw him on
that occasion. When Joe came along
the road from the sugarhouse Friday,
she said, Otis Williams was sitting I'M
der an elm tree in the yard Her hus-
band was in the field not far from the
road, and she was driving up the ducks
and went down to meet her husband.
Witness then testified that she met him
near the corner of the shed and that
Felch had some talk with Williams. Mrs.
Fetch was asked to repeat the converse
ton, but on an objection by the state
on the ground that it would be hearsay
evidence, the question was ruled out.
After that, she testified, she and Felch
went into the house.
When she went out to drive up the
ducks, she continued, Josephine Pero and
Bernice were in the house. Asked to
explain the duck driving, witness said
that the year previous the ducks had
laid down there in the grass and the
family didn't get any eggs. Witness ties
titled that her husband stayed with her
| Friday night and arouse around o'clock
Saturday morning, did his chores and
then went to the Payne place to gather
sap. He finished at the Payne place be-
fore noon, she said, and then went to
the sugarhouse, stopping at his house
on the way, for dinner, Mrs. Feloh, her
husband, Josie Pero and Bernce eating
together Continuing her story of Feleh's
movements on the day of his death, the
witness said he returned from the sugar.
house at supper time.
An Emphatic Denial by Respondent
you've heard what Otis Williams said
concerning what happened in the barn
Friday afternoon I" questioned the exam.
liner in referring to disclosure made by
the farmland while on the stand last
week. Yes" was the reply
Were you up there in the hay with
him n counsel went on, and the witness
struck in an emphatic, No, sir; / was
not in the barn with him at ALL" CUES |
tioning the witness about something that |
had been said, presumably by Mrs. viii |
liams, to the effect that the barn doors |
were locked at one time, the attorney |
learned from Mrs. Felch that there never |
were any locks on the barn doors and that |
they couldn't be fastened on the inside,
having only an ordinary catch operated |
from both sides.
Ibid you ever have improper relations
with Williams anywherel" asked her
counsel in effect, and quickly came the
answer, Never, not anywhere"
Witness said she remembered the Sat
urday night when Felch returned from
the sugarhouse at o'clock or there
abouts. 1t had been a rainy day, wet,
nasty day, she characterized it. Joe
had on frock, red sweater and over
abs Here the witness identified the
sweater. She continued by saying that
his clothes were wet and that he hung
up his frock. At this juneture, the wit
ness, after saving that when he left the
house again he wore her red sweater,
identified a sweater and frock as having
been worn by him, and handkerchief /
which. she said, was in the pocket OF
her sweater Witness also testified that
she hadn't seen the handkerchief until
it was shown her in the courtroom since
that Saturday night She replied affirm
atively when asked if she heard Otis
while on the stand, swear that ,
she wore her red sweater when Felch was !
shot and continued by denying his state
ment. saying that her husband had it on. /
Denied Going to Sugarhouse
"Did you go down there to the sugar !
house that night for the purpose testified !,
10 by WilliamsI' was the next question.
Plainly the witness was near to the :
point of breaking down, and all of her !
Energy seemed to be centered in the an.
'wer: "No, sir; | never went to the
'ugarhouse that night" Here she wept I
loud, but recovered her composure par
tally and continued her rejoinders by =
aging that she and Josie Pero and Der ;.
lice, at Felch's request, did the chores =
hat night, and that she lugged down =
wo milk pals full of farm water for u
lew mich cow while the Pero girl car. u
led the lantern. A moment later she =
estified that she was putting the water :
IN the stove to heat when her husband !,
eft the house, and then the judge de- :,
Jared recess. -
Categorical denial of all statements =
made by Otis Williams relative to her -
Citations with him and concerning the =
LEGGED circumstances OF Joseph Felch's I
cath was entered by Mrs. Felch this !,
orenoon, and when court resumed the
rial this afternoon the accused was still ~
Undergoing direct examination. Her =
weeping denial OF the charges made in 81
Williams confession came just before \.
Don to-day, and as there was no telling :.
hen the direct examination would be =,
,llowed by cross-examination, il is inn q,
robable that the closing arguments will =.
e given before tomorrow.
Much of the respondents testimony :. :.
his forenoon narrated her doings on the u
ight of the murder and on the morning
hen the body was discovered. Witness nc