Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-03-14

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their question waldron replied: mo. I'd
DO SO would be to repair men and send
them back into the war"
On June IL Brayton said that wald-
ron said; Personally 1 would resist
the draft to the point of being shot"
The attorneys for the defence en-
deavored to construe Waldron's state.
ments to mean that Brayton might not
be called for year and then to show
that Brayton was angry because Of
Waldron's utilization with the Holy
Rollers.
wasn't IL fact that unfriendliness
grew out of Waldron's stand with the
Pentecostals?" was asked.
YES" admitted Brayton. II didn't
like his stand on that or his lack of
patriotism. l didn't like his bringing
the Holy Rollers into the Baptist
Church"
Brayton afterwards stated that the
Holy Rollers went into the church and
ran things He had cried out on one
occasion. when they were strongly in
evidence, THE Christ I accepted here
year ago is not present to-day" At
about this time Judge Howe put a stop
to the Holy Roller tank, saying that the
court was not sitting there to try out
a church row.
The last witness during the forenoon
was Charles Laughton. another of
Waldron's Bible students. Laughton
is British subject and was born in
China. He said that Waldron had
quoted Scripture to him in arguing
that a Christian should not fight. He
had quoted "He that taketh up the sword
must perish by the sword" The argu-
| ments weighed so heavily on him that
he consulted his father. who is the Bap-
fist minister in Vergennes. as to wheth-
err he should enlist. Waldron used the
same arguments with him against a
Christians enlisting that he used with
others.
In taking the recess at noon, Judge
Howe said that he was not going to
| order the Jury locked up, as this prac-
tice had not been followed much dur
| ing the past year or two. He cautioned
them, however. against listening to or
reading anything regarding the case.
METHODIST CLERGYMAN A WITNESS
| A Methodist clergyman. the Rev.
| Bertram B. Hanscom Of Windsor, was the
first witness examined in the afternoon.
Mr.. Hanscom said that he had a con-
versation with Waldron regarding the war
| after demonstration had been held in
| front of Waldron's church. Waldron told
him Christians should not participate in
the war. Waldron later gave him the much
talked OF booklet, 1.-THE Word Of tho
Cross with the words. IF you want to
know where I stand. read this" Waldron
told Hanscom that he had taken his
stand in the matter Of patriotic meetings
and would not participate in any Of them.
He therefore refused to participate in the
Red Cross meetings. He told Hanscom the
Red Cross would not have his support be-
cause 1t was connected with he war.
On cross-examination Mr.. Hanscom said
the two were in the habit of exchanging
ideas but that Waldron impressed him as
particularly anxious to get him to share
his ideas regarding the war.
Sherman Evarts testified that he met
Waldron last fall and Mr.. Evarts, with
Miss Margaret Evarts. daughter of the
late Maxwell Evarts. were brought in as
witnesses to show the extent to which
Waldron had circulated 1.-THE Word Of the
} Cross" He had even sent one to Miss
!. Evarts through the mail.
! Mr.. Evarts said that Waldron had told
: him 1t was useless to oppose the war. The
Kaiser had been pre-ordained to win. He
was the Beast OF the Book of the Revela-
ton. When Evarts told him he couldn't
understand his position Waldron ex-
claimed Hold on a minute" and ran into
the house after one of the tracts which he
. gave Evarts.
r. f. Brown asked Evarts II he heard
Waldron say anything complimentary to
the Kaiser and Evarts replied: mo,
except what he said about his being pre-
ordained to win the war" He thought
l that was quite a compliment. Evarts
gathered from the conversation that
Waldron was strongly opposed to the
entrance Of the United States into the
war.
5 The argument as to whether the booklet
i should be admitted as evidence was here
Il revived and Mr.. Billiard read some radical
arguments against the prosecution of the
war from the booklet.
4 SOME PEP IN THE TESTIMONY.
Q Some pep was put into the testimony
: with the advent late in the afternoon to
= the stand Of Mrs. Alice Skinner. a men,
:. Der of Waldron's parish. Mrs. Skinner
: had heard Walron say in prayer meeting
It mo Christian should take arms and
n fight" This didn't please Mrs. Skinner,
r. who had views of her own on this subject.
a She inquired why doesn't God strike the
" Kaiser dead?" Waldron replied 1.-THE
IS Kaiser was chosen by God to win the
world war and he will win out" He then
IS went on to say: They are going to take
10 the cream of our young men over across
l. to be slaughtered, when they don't want
q to go, under the name of patriotism. II
N this Is patriotism, l say to hell with pa
g. triotism." On cross-examinaton Mrs
m Skinner was asked II there wasn't some
" little discussion at the prayer meeting re-
1t garding the war when this statement was
Is made. Mrs. Skinner replied there wasn't
Is much Of a discussion until Waldron start.
Dt ed that kind of thing and then there was
some, all right. Mrs. Skinner said she had
Of a father who was in the Civil War and he
T. didn't believe any such doctrine as that
at Waldron said this was no such war as the
as Civil War
ri II. B Ryther testified that he had heard
to Waldron say that no Christian should
IL fight, and that closed the testimony of the
1t day.
n. DAIRYMEN's LEAGUE.