The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-01-30
PETE HOPKINS WRITES
up GRAHAM TRIAL
Thinks the Isoue Is Whether Graham
Can Be Convicted of Stealing
Something That isn't Lost.

Something That isn't Lost.
Bon Ami Club
Montpeelyer Vamont
Pete hopkins
barbery Center. vt.
dere Pee?
as Il is bizzy kuttln ice ana kant
attend the grayam tryal, I'm anserin
|ur Request 2 rlte~u in full about the
same. Well, as Uncle Hold wood say,
the case move slice keep UP
much intrese in it, but Charlie Hee-
ton hez kindly arrainjed hiz spar
moments so as keep me posted. It
seems funnie after adyertizin this
case fur moren yeer tibet no more
is atendin the Honorabel washing
koun " kcrt. SO far one fack hez
ben agreed 2: Hennery lawson who
Is the son Law of landlord Tracie
cells the State plenty Of wood to keep
the kort house warm. know 1t
takes konsiderabel beet up the black
sla.e tibet U. jones, assisted by mason
stone used 2 urge us not 2 burn 2
much Off
Now about the Jurbrs; we know
NEST about thoz what got emselfs
excused. S. da aginst Jurors pay
seemed koinside with granitcu tiers
decfness Other bizzy men he'd red
the noose-papers and formd an Opin-
yum. one vennerabel juriman from
rocksberry allowd he'd lus he'd "a
Good cpinyun of guverner grayam. :
This juror wuz excused. About the
twe'v sittin In the jury box, we don't
know what there goin do. but they
act Human and go 2 sleep as often as
the rest CT us, then they wake up an
go meals. SO far none have ben
sick of enything excep the time an
their pay.
I All last weak kort wuz konduc led.
. at the xpence of the State and the
prinsipel Witnes, mister b. gates, as
sisteded old aterny jenncral barber
in maxim an inyen orie of all the
bockes, papers and akounts in the of
fice of the awditer of akounts show
what a big job 1t meens B awditer.
So far the've Amounted fur each paper
3 times apiece so as not miss eny
T. NC iiob SllIhlt ENgutIlSe inter-
duced by mister barber wuz the fack
tibet ence upon time Uncle Hod
overheard hiz check akount in the
Knewport bank to the xtent of 1860
This fack in the opinyun OF visitin
members of the washing kouiTy Bar
istablisht knox usive motive fur
steelin $40; 1000! if the Kashier d en-
ly known about this trubel he kud OF
payed the 1859 hiz afseldn savd hiz
caYfare to montpelier as witty
mes.
noose-papers last yeer printed the
fack tibet the items now bein in err
duce as Evydense prior 1913 hev
out-lawd as krimes or diets, an be
sides bein outlawd, Uncle Hold payed
EN- all In full
or korse its late now save the
Stae the, Expense of this tryal. but
sum taxpayers may Xix know tibet
Uncle Hold wiz never asst by aterny
1enneral barber 2 xplane hiz awditin
nor WIZ he given an offer appear
before the grand Jurie what indyted
HIM or korse II wuZnt good poly
hiSrro 6iNe llOu a tndHCt = Up l.lR.
neether wuz/it good sence fur Hod .
xpiane sumthin in an Indytment he
never seem until the Honorabel kort
took charge of the case in du form.
SO thet's why we're here.
AS a summary fur the first weak
of the tryal. mister barber hez
proved nearly half as much as the
Defence knoseeded when kurt open
ed.
The Real aterny jenneral keeps
blzzy putin mister barber back on
the rite track. Brrun s elk is gon
2 B Holds lawyer when the proper
time kums.
Taint in this tryal, but pwraps 1--WE
herd about sum fe.lers who ,ended
Hod sum money on sum timber
property. Well up day nobody
haint lost eny muney en- Holds tim.
Der and we hope Hold wont.
Urg afexionatly
Sister Mary
p. s. The naebrs over here Ia won
derin how there going knoyik He'd
LOT steelin sunthin nobody hex lost.