The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-21
TELL or FINDING VICTIM.
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of challenge The completed jury was
made up of the following: ERNEST Iofr
bett of Wilmington, w Il. CudWorth %
Londonderry, w. G.. WOrden OF Guiltofd'
Floyd Gerrish of Halifax, Ernest MUIR
dock of Nottingham, w. j.. walker OF
West Brattleboro, George Carpenter OF
Wilmington, Fred Hall of Londonderry
George F. Hubbard of Wilmington, Les
! lie H. Adams Of Wilmington, y. >.
! Streeter of Wardsboro and Nj. }. Ander-
son of Nottingham.
Clerk w. II. Daley read the indictment
against the respondent, which chafgeu
that on May ), 1921, he fcloniously and
! with malice aforcthought killed George
Race in the town of Chester, IN Whlch
town the village of Gassetts is located.
I Attorney General Archibald asked all
tie state witnesses except the physicians
leave the courtroom so rs not TO hear the
testimony, and then he made a statement
as to what the state would try to prove
lie said the evidence would show that
Gibson and William LeScord were sol
diers and deserted from Camp Dix, going
| to South Ashbarnham, Mass, where Les
cords mother lives. They came from
there to Vermont. which was the frSt
time Gibson had been in the state. They
had no money he said. and after going
from Bellows Falls to Gassetts Gibson Sc
cured work on a farm while Lescord
went to work for Race in the latters gem
fcral store. They were in uniform ana
visited each other several times and made
plans to rob the aged merchant OF MS
money. the attorney general said.
3 The evidence would show further, Mr.,
Archibald said that early in the evening
, of May : the two deSeTters met ar the
store and three other persons came there.
They had Moxie bottle of liquor, which
was drunk The three others left about
pfclaal- and tbarn only circlDl-
stantial evidence to show what happened
after that until Race, nearly dead, was
! found next morning on the floor OF his
kitchen in the store building.
Race was struck several blows on the
head and was robbed of about 500. and
the attorney general said the evidence
would show that Gibson remained with
Race while LescQrd hitchcd Races horse
to a buggy. During that time, he SAID.
Race revived and Gibson struck him the
last blow. The two deserters then drove
to Bellows Falls, the state claims, arrIv-
ing there at > Il. IN, went to the railroad
, station and bought tickets for kecne, \.
H., but remained on the train until it
reached South Ashburnham, Mass,
where they were arrested in the home of
Lescord's mother the following night.
At that time Gibson had from SIT to
$50 in his pockets, which in the attor-
ncy generals mind tended to confirm the
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der was robbery and that the two divided
the money taken from Race.
Attorney BickncH said he had no pre-
, ;miHary statement to make. so the FIRST
witness was called. About 10 spectators, |
besides witnesses, were in the courtroom
at the time.
The state first called Byron A. Robin |
son of Bellows Falls. a civil engineer. who |
went May Z to the scene of the murder |
and with the aid of Il detective from the |
. Wood agency in Boston and Fred Lee
land made a plan of the ground floor of |
the building. which was introduced as an |
exhibit. lie saw blood stains on the |
kitchen floor. He did not go upstairs.
After recess the second witness was
called, Charles +. Wellman of Chester u |
photographer. He made pictures for
States Attorney Rowland. Eight pic |
lures We're received in evidence. showing |
, the buildings and surroundings. Well |
man testified that ne saw Race on the |
kitchen floor, that Race was grooming !
and could not answer questions that |
he could be understood, that a rope was |
attached to One wrist. that he had on but |
one shoe. that blood was smearcd on his |
hands and face and that the floor was |
gpattered. lie saw u round oak stick &c |
inches long and two inches in diameter, |
on which was blood. lie identified the |
stick and the rope introduced as exhibits |
aS the ones he saw.
ran " AlltaU OF tT1S~eEIS. 4 lGEEl9UU |
railroad man, was called next and was |
on the stand when court took Il recess for |
the night. He was the first person 10 |
call at the store the morning after the |
assault. lie heard groans and looked in |
at the kitchen window. seeing Race on |
the floor covered with blood. He sum-
moncd two other men and they went in |
and found Races left wrist tied with |
rope and found the oak stick in a store
room. He identified both the rope and |
stick.
When taking the stand this morning
Mr.. Wyman testified that Race moveG |
his arms butt did not speak. The wit |
mess helped take Race to he hospital in |
Bellows Falls where he died Cross-cN
amined by MIR. Upper. Wymau said hc |
found the stick in question i'm store
room. He did not 20 up stairs.
George Boss who has a store in Gas
sets. said Wyman came to his house |
about : % clock the morning after the /
assault. they went to the Race store |
found Race on the floor. and saw him |
move his arms. There were three pools ]
of blood on the kitchen floor, one near |
the door, one by a table and one by a |
bed lie identified the rore aad stick in |
court.
Fred Leland, a Chester merchant aud |
deputy sheriff. told of going with DR. |
Stevenson to the Race store at 7.30 the /
morning of May G. He said Race : left |
eye was blacEened. Leland removed the |
rome from Race s wrist and gave both |
the rope and stick to a Wood agency |
detective. He told of seeing Gibson and |