Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-01-08


entrance from shelburne road to the park.
He left Mrs. Kelley's home about 7:so
O'Clock. according to his best judgment
His brother was with him. Daley thought
it was about 20 minutes Of eight when
he arrived at his cottage at Queen City
Park. He stopped there only a few
minutes.
In coming back to Burlington. Daley
declared that he climbed the hill to the
more thickly settled section of the park
and then turned from Home avenue on to
Pine street, coming directly into this city
by that street A map Of the city was
here introduced into tho testimony and
Attorney Leary asked the respondent:
do you see on that map the line that
leads from Pine street to Queen City
Park"
Yes, sir"
Where did you leave Pine street,"
II left it on Bank street"
Does Home avenue connect with Pine
street south Of Bank street,
Yes. sir"
What is the ightest. most direct
road from Queen City Park back TO the
city,"
Pine street.
About what time was it when you left
Queen City Park?'
1T was ten minutes to eight"
Daley testified that on the way back
to Burlington from Queen City Park, he
| went up Pine street to Bank street, up
| Bank street TO Winooski avenue. down
! Winooski avenue to College street, thence
to 2of College street, Mrs. Kelley's home
Daley testified that. as he approached
the home of Mrs. Kelley. he saw two
young ladies on the street near the house
| At that time it was eight minutes after
eight Daley was in the house about
! half an hour. leaving his car on the out
side with the front lights on. The rear
| light was not on because 1t did not work.
nor had it worked for about two weeks
before that.
| At about quarter Of nine o'clock,
Daley. his brother. Mrs. Kelley and her
| little boy went for another ride. They
went up College street to Prospect street.
| 10 Main street, to Willigton road and out
nearly to Williston, then turned and
came back toward this city. Reaching
East avenue on the return trip, they
turned on to that street drove a little
way and stopped and talked for about
20 minutes. Then they went on down to
Colchester avenue, to Prospect street. to
College street and back to Mrs. Kelley's
| home 1t was about 10 or 20 minutes after
ten o'clock when they got back to her
home.
Daley said he did not stop there long
at that time, but he and his brother
went down to the lunch cart at the cor
ner of Main street and South Winooski
| avenue and, leaving his car in front of
the lunch cart. went inside and ordered
a lunch. IT was while they were eating
that Officer Collins came in and asked
Daley if that was his car outside. Daley
said II was. When they were outside,
the officer asked him about it again. and
! Daley again said it was his car 1t was
! at this time that he was placed under
arrest.
On cross-examination, Attorney-Gen-
ersl Archibald asked Daley if it was not
fact that the lower end of Pine street
is not as good road to drive over a s
She lburne road. Daley said he consd-
cred the lower end of Pine street in as
good condition as Shelhurne road was at
| that time
Did you have anything to drink in
Wiliston'' asked the announcement
NO. replied Daley,
Didn't you drink anything after YOU
got back"
No"
Daley said that in the lunch cart he
was closely questioned by the attorney
general as TO how long It took him 70
drive to Queen City Park from the home
of Mrs. Kelley on the night of the 18th.
He said that it took him about eight
minutes When asked how long it took
him to drive back, he said that it took
him about Is minutes, Asked if the poor
road on Pine street had anything to do
| with the extra time coming hack. Daley
said that it did not. but hat the extra
seven minutes was spent in turning
around and In climbing the sandy hill
from the lower part Of Queen City Park
to the road which he took, as he had to
climb that hill on second speed.
CORROBORATIvE TESTIMONY
Mrs. Emma Kelley and William Vet
! tors. an employe of the Burlington Light
& Power Co., gave important testimony
IN connection with the case of the defense
Thursday. Netters declared that on the
night that Hazel Rugg was killed, he
stood in front of the Majestic theatre OIL
| Bank street smoking a cigar before going
into the theatre. He had just come from
Towards Cigar Store. which he had lief.
at eight o'clock He looked ct his watch
! Just before going into the Ma iestic and
saw that it was seven minutes after eight
| ~ indt llHle ne saw toward Daley drive
by the Majestic in his car, going east
toward Winooski avenue.
Mrs. Kelley, who was the first witness
Tor the defence Thursday morning told
practically the same story regarding the
"trip to Williston ard Richmond In the
afternoon of the nth of September tina,
Daley told later. She was not very sure
lahout the time that they arrived at or left
the different places on their trip and
could not tell exactly when they got back
to Burlington, or when Daley and his
brother left the house and returned again
ION the cross-eXamination. Mrs. Kelley
told Attorney-General Archibald that the
only time she looked at the clock to know
what time any of the events happened
after leaving her house in tho afternoon
was when they started out for their sec
Iond ride that evening at S:45 o'clock
Mrs. Kelley testified that her husband
had been dead six years and told of goina
to visit his grave that afternoon in Rich
Imond and of making the visits to her
imother in Richmond and her sister in
lWilliston, as noted above. She knew
about Daley's trip to the blacksmith
shop. She told of the top OF the auto.
mobile being put down by the men when
they were near the weather bureau on
the way out of Burlington, and said that
lit remained down during the remainder
of the day and during the trip that
evening
Anthony Terrien and Patrick Spence
1.-TWO blacksmiths in the town of Rich
lmond. saw the Daley party when they
were in the town on the afternoon OF