The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-22
VERMONT NEWS.

Edward Pendergast of Rutland, age
about 60 years. switch tender for The
Rutland railroad, was knocked down i'm
the local yards yesterday morning bv a
switching engine. He is now at the Rut-
land hospital suffering severely from
shock and bruises. He will probably re-
cover.
An attempt was made during Wednes-
day night to burglarize the Burt Brothers
clothing store at Bennington. An en-
trance into the building was not effected
and it is believed that the thieves be-
came frightened and left without caus-
ing any damage other than the breaking
OF large light of glass.
Alice Stone of Barton, the IS-year-old
girl who was last April convicted of al
lowing her Legitimate child to die of
neglect, was gwen a suspended sentence
IN Orleans County court and will be
placed on probation and cared for. Miss
stone was sent to Waterbury for OBJ
servation and found to be undeveloped
mentally.
Little Mary WhaIen had a narrow es-
Sunday afternoon when she fell from a
ferry scOw which plies between West
Swanton and Alburg. The scow was half
way across the lake when the child fell
overheard. The child had presence of
mind enough to keep padding until she
was pulled ont of the water. Beyond a
severe chill, she suffered no i'll effects
John Webster, prominent citizen of
Franklin and n lifelong resident died
suddenly Wednesday of cerebral hemmor-
hage., Mr.. Webster, who was 70 years
old, had always taken an active part in
town and county activities. He contin-
work n 10 of
death. He is survived in his family by
ms wife and four sons, Attorney Fred
Webster of SwantOn, Newell Webster of
Washington, ID. c., Halsey and Urban
Webster of Franklin.
Deputy County Fish and Game War
den A: L. Austin arrested two men in
NeyDrldge Tuesday night on a charge of
catching skUnks out of season. They had
two IN bag at the time and upon search
Austin found Is more which they had in
a pen. The men are Wesley Sturtevant
and William Naylor. They were brought
before Municipal Judge A. w Dickens
at Middlebury. Both pleaded guilty and
each was fined 500 and costs, Sturte-
wants costs being $8.65 and MAYORS
$50; Judge Dickens RENTED one-half
the line IN each case, making Sturtevant's
tine and costs $5865 and MAYORS $58. 25.
Each paid and thought that he had paid
pretty well for catching skunks just one
day before the season opened.
At n.30 Wednesday night a seven-pas-
senger Buick Six, driven by Harold KEEL
lev, was going towards North Springfield
when, between the house of f. A Rich
ardson and the ice house on the River
road, it failed to make turn there and
went off steep bank, the top of which
was plowed by the right wheels before
the machine turned completely over. 1t
turned partly sideways and when the
left wheels struck the bank, the car came
in contact with a huge boulder there
which steered it towards the road so that
it was headed in just the opposite direc-,
ton to that in which it had been going.
In. the car were Eugene J. Maher and
John Dwinell of Springfield. Maher had
his left collar bone broken and his hip in
jured. Kelley was struck in the stomach
by the steering wheel and his left side
was badly bruised. Dwinell received a
four-ineh cash in his left leg just above
the ankle. Officer f. j. Deslaurier was
summoned, and he called DIR. /. r. Doane
and sent also for the ambulance Of w. II.
Angel. The men were brought to their
homes, their wounds dressed, and are do
ing as well as could be expected. The
Buick was a wreck and had to be towed
TO the Springfield garage Thursday morn
ing just why Mr. Kelley failed to make
the turn is not known