The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-23
Jury in Baseball Case to
Come from TOwnshend
and Newfane
3 - 7
MERCHANT PLACED
UNDER ARREST
One of Proprietors of Boston Fruit Mar
ket Placed Under Bonds of $50 -
Altogether 65 Complaints Have Been
Made to States ATTORNEY.


Guy johnson comes to bat tomorrow
morning in the municipal court. The
slab artist of the Brattleboro Athletics.
who was one of the two members of the
team arrested yesterday charged with
breaking the Sabbath by playing base
ball on the alley fair grounds, will be
placed on trial before a jury in the
municipal court, before Judge A. E.
Cudworth.
This will be the first trial resulting
from the complaint of nine Brattleboro
ministers to State IS Attorney E. w.
Gibson last Saturday asking him to
prevent further baseball playing in
Brattleboro on Sunday. States At
torney Gibson will appear for the state
and Attorney N. d. Clawson attorney
in-chief for the respondent
Mr.. Johnson, under the law. cannot
be obliged to testify, it being optional
with him whether he testifes or not.
The jury which viii try him will be
composed of Newfane and Townshend
men.
The Johnson case probably will be
completed tomorrow, and it is planned
to draw a jury in the afternoon to try
Lyndon l.. Dunham, who was arrested
yesterday charged with breaking the
Sabbath by playing golf at the Brat
tleboro Country club. Harvey, Maurice
& Whitney are entered as counsel for
him, Attorney Harold E. Whitney APP
pearing for him yesterday.
One more arrest was made yesterday
afternoon, making five to date. The
fifth arrest was that of Efthin Tseko,
ne of the proprietors of the Boston
Fruit Market. He was brought into
court by Chief of Police George Will
son charged with violating the Sunday
law by keeping his store open and do
ing business Sunday, As in the case of
the four who had preceded him, he en-
tered plea of not guilty and was re-
leased on his own recognizance in the
sum of $50 to appear when wanted.
Yesterday afternoon Sheriff Frank L.
Wellman drew the jury in the johnson
ease. States Attorney Gibson asked
the court to direct that the jury be
drawn from some other town than Brat
tleboro, his reason being that public
sentiment here was such that it would
be difficult to get conviction or an
acquittal. Attorneys Clawson and A.
V. d. Piper for the respondent urged
that Brattleboro jurymen be drawn,
this being purely Brattleboro affair.
The court directed that jurors be
drawn from Newfane and Townshend.
Both sides exhausted their six chal.
lenges before the 18th juror was drawn.
The jury consists of the following:
Park Holland, A. l.. Howe, f. C. Cut.
Ter, w. a. Eddy, c. L. Austin and H.
o. Gale of Townshend, and William H.
Newton, Leon H. Whitney, Alfred
Patch, j. w. Williams, j. ID. Maher and
| ID. A. Benson of Newfane.
Altogether complaints against so
persons have been made to States At
torney Gibson, and the persons arrested
were selected at random from the list,
the other names being held in reserve
for possible future use
Complaints were made against Is ball
players, 10 golf players, IL merchants
and employees including restaurant
keepers who are said to have sold
cigars), IL garage proprietors and en-
ployes, four news dealers and employees
and SO forth.
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