Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-08-17
BODY FOUND
The Remains of Little Alice
Bradshaw Found by St.JOhus-
bury Farmer Near Swamp.

The body of Alice Bradshaw, the eight
year old daughter Of John Bradshaw of
st. Johnsbury, who disappeared July 5,
was found Thursday night, August g.
The body was found by E. A. Gray, a
farmer, who lives within short distance
Of the Bradshaw home. He was moving
on his farm, which is bordered by a small
swamp, when he noticed little huddled
shape in the gfass 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 5. Inc story
they told was that Miss Hicks choked
the child while Mrs. Remission beat her
about the body with a club.
John Kerwin, who claims to be q
brother of Mrs. Remission, was arrested
on suspicion two days after the murder
occurred. The trio is defended by David
E. Potter, assisted by Alexander Dunnett.
The defense will be that the child wander
ed away, became lost and died of expos
ure.
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, now
ed few feet further onto the wet land
directly to where the body was lying
Mr.. Gray went to the house, an eighth Of
a mile away and telephoned to States
Attorney James B. Campbell and Sheriff
Worthen, both of whom we're in East Ha-
ven. They were located by the local pol
ice department and hurried to the spot
After viewing the remains they ordered
the body Of the child taken to Calder
woods undertaking rooms.
The swamp, as it is called, is piece of
wet land 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 it
was in this ditch the body was found
Mr.. Gray, when gu STONED as how, in his
opinion, the body came there, and the i'm
preston made by him from the position
in which it was lying, said; To me it
looked as if the body had been brought
there and dropped"
John Bess, neighbor, is thought to be
the last person, outside of the principals
in the case, to have seen the little girl
alive. While driving past the Bradshaw
residence at 1:20 in the afternoon Of the
day of the crime Bess claimed he saw
Alice standing in the doorway. While he
was driving by she came out into the yard
where she had bunch of field flowers in
a pan. The child was seated on the grass
when Bess caught sight of her.
Bess returned over the road at three in
the afternoon. He reports that the house
was closed at this time and that he did
not see the girl or any of the inmates.
In their confessions the women agreed
that Mrs. Remission went to the Brad
shaw home to visit Miss Hicks, with
whom she was very friendly. Miss Hicks
claims that while in pasture the woman
attacked the child, Miss Hicks striking
her with club while Mrs Remission
choked her. The other womans story
was that the attack was made in the
dooryard of the childs home. Both agreed
on the method of the murder.
After they had beaten and choked the
victim, according to statement, they
put her in wagon and took her to a rock
pile in field owned by E. A. Gray.