Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-03-21

be willing to work for the Red Cross. He
had heard waldron pray for the President
and the country.
When Newton testified that he never
heard Waldron make a number OF the re-
marks attributed to him, II developed that
the government knew that Mr.. Chase dur
ing the summer was enamored OF young
lady who lived in Claremont, N. H., ana
Mr.. Chase spent just about nine Of the
summer Sundays in her company In that
town. Mr.. Billiard thought that Mr.
Chase could not have heard any OF the
reasonable remarks attributed to the DE-
PENDANT at such a distance. and that nine
Sundays were Just about all the summer
had.
The Rev. l.. r. Daniels, pastor OF the
Unitarian Church in Windsor, then TOOK
the stand. He knew Waldron very well.
He was present at the so-called patriotic
meeting. which was held In Waidron's
church. He remembered very few OF the
details Of the meet. Mr.. Daniels said that
he had never heard Mr.. Waldron express
any antagonism to the Red Cross. VALID
ron at one time attended the meeting OF
the Windsor Ministerial association out
had not attended since last spring.
Miss Alice Chase was another VIII
ness. She was organist in the Baptist
Church until the time Of the disruption.
She went with her family and Waldron
when he left the church. She looked at
waldron when he preached the sermon
"Is the Kaiser Anti-Christ?' She' IN
her position behind the pulpit, couio
see waldron read the abstracts from
the magazine. Wldron, according 10
Miss Chase. compared the prophecy IN
the Revelation with those statements
which the clippings expressed ana
which were made by the Kaiser dur
ing a period as far back as 1888. she
stated that Waldron did not attempt to
inculcate his views on the audience
but by paralleling the cases he let them
draw their own conclusions. She had
heard waldren repeatedly pray for the
country and for the President. She
had never heard him make any sedit-
ious statements. She. on the contrary,
remembered that on one occasion
Waldron took part in a patriotic meet
ing in the town hall in Windsor. She
couldn't remember anything like the
date.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
After the noon recess. Mrs Frank
White took the stand at two o'clock.
She had been a member Of Waldrons
church. but like most Of the witnesses
left when he did. She remembered
part of Waldrons sermon, us the
Kaiser Anti-Christ" One statement
attributed the Kaiser was that he
owned his army. body and soul. He
could order them to STAY their wives
and their children and they would dc
1t. She thought the sermon was any
thing but complimentary to the Kaiser
She remembered that the sermon closed
with a prayer for the President of the
United states and this country.
Mrs. White on one occasion asked
Waldron If it was true that he would dc
nothing to assist the Red Cross. He hat
replied Certainly not" Waldron then hat
said that he couldn't buy Liberty bond:
| for the reason that he didn't have an,
money with which to do SO. Waldron hat
left with her the opinion that the onl,
| way to fight the Kaiser was by prayer ani
faith. He had, however. told her that Il
ne were not Christian minister he woult
be in the war himself. On one occasion
Waldron had expressed the view that al
President Of the United Stats, Wilso,
could do nothing else but go to war;
Mark Reynolds Of Springfield, Mass.
was the next witness but he didn't hav
much to offer. He had been a member o
Waldrons Bible class and had hear,
Waldron advise the boys to register. Rey
nolds never heard Walden express any un
patriotic sentiments. He was present a