The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-03-06
MUCH INTEREST
IN WALDRON CASE
Rumor Current that Plea of Guilty Will
Be Made-Attorney Brown to Rep
resent Respondent.
Especial to The Reformer.)

Especial to The Reformer.)
BURLINGTON, March 6.
The criminal session of the United |
States district court opened here this
morning, with Judge Harland B. Howe |
of st. Johnsbury presiding. The first
ease called was that of the United
States against Jack Lawrence and 9TH
ers of New York, charged with SNUG
CLING $l4,0 worth of heroin into Yer
mont from Canada via the Central Yer
mont railroad. Lawrence was represent
ed by Attorney r. +. Brown Of Burling-
ton.
| There is much interest in the case of
/ the United States against Rev. Clarence
! n. Waldron, charged with making sedi-
tious statements and interfering with
the regulations of the selective draft
operations and report gained currency
today that the defendant would plead
guilty to the charge. Attorney r. L.
Brown Of Burlington, who is to repre-
sent Rev. Mr.. Waldron, despite his with
drawal at the first trial in Brattleboro
last December, because the respondent
would not plead the way he wished, re-
fused to make any statements in the
ease.
The case probably will not be called
until Monday, as the Lawrence case will
IOccupy three or four days at least.
The Rcformer has received the follow
ing communication from the clerk and
trustees of the Baptist church in Wind
sor, of which Rev. Mr.. Waldron former
ly was pastor, with the request that it
be published:
a true statement about the Pastor
Waldron affair from the officers of the
First Baptist church. Windsor, Vermont
Judging from statements printed II
your paper recently, the Rev. Samue
, Waldron must have been misinfOrmeC
in regard to the connection of the Bap
, fist church of Windsor with the Wal
/, dron ease. 1t was a united church I'm
, It'll October 21, 1917, at which time
: public demonstration was held in from
Of the church by the townspeople. Thi
l was caused by the pastor s unpatrioti
r actions and refusal to comply with Pres
4 ldcnt Wilson s requests, and the churcl
). people knew nothing about it and ha'
nothing to do with it until il occurred
so that there is no truth whatever j
= the statement being circulated tina
Z Waldron 5 trouble with the Unite
i, States government was the result of
{, church quarrel, rather than of his I'll
: patriotic actions. The taking up Of tn
2, case for trial was brought to the Unit
p ed States marshal's attention by pan
= ties outside the church 1t is true tina
!, after the pastor was forced to resign a
T a meeting on November 22d, several Q
:, the members withdrew to be affiliate
!. with him in his Pentecostal belief, bu
+ among them there was only one famil
4 and one person outside that family tina
% were members when he came to Wine
s sor less than three years ago, and nearl
3, half of all of those that withdrew ha
y been received into the church by Pa
+ tor Waldron less than a week previol
j with the evident purpose Of having
- ma ioritv in his favor. As to the var
z Gus offices held by his followers, OF
!. person held the greater part, he bein
g deacon, treasurer, trustee, ehoriste
& ianitor and custodian of all the funds.
i: "'The above are the facts in the cas-
"Nettie G.. Williams, church clerk.
n ''E. p. Skinner, l.. W. Hemenway,
NJ Braden, G. II. Gates, trustees.