The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-06-14
GYPSY AMELIA
TO PLEAD GUILTY
Taken to Newfane Jail and
Decides to Alter For
mer Plea
TO RETURN HERE
THIS AFTERNOON

After Picturesque Hearing on D. H
Kesey's Complaint that He Was Robbed,
Judge Cudworth Fixed Bail at $500
Last Evening.
Convinced that sufficient evidence had
been produced to warrant holding the
respondent for trial in county court,
Judge Addison E. Cudworth last eve
ming held Mrs. Amelia John, one of the
band of gypsies detained by Sheriff
Frank L. Wellman yesterday forenoon
for the September term of the Wind
ham county court under bonds of $500
She was charged with grand larceny,
the alleged offense being the taking of
| S22 in money and check for $32.50
from Dwight H. Kelsey, Guilfor1
| farmer, in the town of Guilford, a.
stated in The Reformer yesterday.
| States Attorney E. w. Gibson ap-
peared for the prosecution and Attorney
| Herbert G. Barber for the respondent,
and the municipal courtroom in the Bar
4
spectators and gypsies from 4 o'eloek
| until after 7.30 in the evening AL
though the trial was followed closely
one of the centers of attraction was the
group of gypsies, who said they were
Brazilians and had motored from Ohio
to Florida, thence to Vermont and were
on their way to Boston to follow their
trade as coppersmiths.
The cars stood on the Main street
bridge all the afternoon and attracted
q large crowd all day, which was inter
ested in the contents, especially the
children in various stages of undress
After the hearing Mrs. John, who
gave her age as %, was unable to raise
the amount of bail required and was
placed in the lookup, with another wom-
/, an of the party to keep her company,
: and there she began to shrek and
"'take on in manner that attracted
; a crowd of about 800 persons. 1t was
decided to leave her there over night
instead of going to Newfane, as there
: might be further developments, and in
!. the night she complained of being i'll
/ and Dr. E. R. Lynch was called to at
4 tend her He found no trouble with her
: beyond the effects of the excitement.
r Chief-of-Poliee George Wilson had the
: rest of the party move down on Vernon
+ street for the night, as the noise of the
, | crowd on the bridge was disturbing to
5 those in nearby buildings who wished
A to slumber
# This morning it was arranged that
Mrs John ask that the states attor-
a ney file an information against her in
l. order that she might be taken before
n some judge of the municipal court and
d enter a plea of guilty, the case being
,e outside the jurisdiction of the munich
pal court to try unless a plea of guilty
was entered. This arrangement made il
necessary, to comply with the law, that
Mrs. John be taken to Newfane jail anG
- the lock turned against her. Then the
= information was filed and the pris
oner will be brought here and arraignei
and will enter a plea of guilty and the
< state s attorney will recommend fine
the amount which is being talked Of
being 5000 and costs. Should the fin
and costs be paid the woman would b.
Il released and the party would move on
n perhaps rejoicing.
- Just what Judge will hear the cas-
a. cannot be stated, but the acting Judge
re- of the municipal court. who preside il
the absence of Judge Cudworth, are c
NJ. Miller, F. B. Pier and F. d. T
Stowe.
The hearing before Judge Cudwort
was rare and picturesque occasion
IS While State 5 Attorney Gibson and Al
torney Barber were in conference thre
gypsy women and eight "kids' occu
~ pied seats in the jury section of til
81 courtroom and Judge Cudworth had
'n difficult time keeping them quiet. SeN
y eral times he exclaimed with much en-
ol phasis that the children must keep sti
'o' or be taken out of the room, and occ:
"a sionally one of the women would III
~ dertake to argue the question but Will
&c out getting far. The younger childre
- 4 except the littlest baby rolled up in
nd piece of bedquiIt and bound aroun
~ ~ with cord, insisted on climbing ov.
-. the furniture regardless of the spect
~ ~ tors and the fact that only piece
=. soiled and torn gingham separate
iio each little sunburned body from the on
-p side world The court frowned dow
suggestion that they be marked
49, exhibits
az az Finally counsel were ready to begi
his apout 1.oo cioek, ana the court re'
she understood some of it and some 3
the didn't One of the party, Alex Ste
on ems, acting as interpreter, explained
md her those portions which she did n
comprehend. Her counsel entered
plea of not guilty, after the court hi
called attention to the fact that t
amount involved took the case out
ner his jurisdiction to try, further than
determine whether there was snfficie