The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-22
MAY TESTIFY.
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be examined by that official. He said
Gibson and Lescord ei,liie TO him April
20 and that he hired Gibson to work
about his farm, beginning May ?. Les
cord came there TO see Gibson two or
three times, and Gibson left May 4,
wearing overalls which the witness
bought for him, leavins MS soldier s I'M
form
Cne of the most important witnesses
of the day was DIR. Charles +. Whitney
OF Burlington, who performed the an.
topsy on the body of Race. lie SAID
Race was six feet two inches tall and
would weigh from go to $50 pounds. lie
found that the lower jaw was frac.
tured Just at the right OF the point and
was dislocated on the left side. The
skull also was fractured by a blow on
the right side, causing hemorrhage. The
injuries he said could nave been made
by the club in evidence but could not
lave been made by fall on the floor.
There was no alcohol in Race 5 stom-
ach, and the injuries were received sew
cral hours after eating The test of
blood indicated weakly that it was hui
man blood.
Frank l.. Parker of Brockway's Mills
told of finding Race S horse and buggy
in the Witness barn the morning
after the murder. ......
The last Witness of the day was
Policeman Angus Mckinnon of Bellows
Fails He said that about $50 o clock
in the morning following the crime he
in Bellows Falls. lie thought they had
been drinking. They told him they had
walked i'm from Chester and were go
ing to Keene, n. H.. At their request
he officer directed them 70 a lunch
counter. He did not see them after the
More photographs. showing the frac-
lures of Race : skull and jaw, were In
troduccd as exhibits by the state yes
fcrday Concerning the bloody pocket
/ knife which Fred Leland of Chester tcs-
tilted yesterday was found on the floor
at Race 5 store, it IS said to have been
: sent to Boston on account OF any I'M
rrr prints that might be found upon 1t.
IT, large blade was ouRn
Deputy Sheriff G. G. Cox, iailcr of
Windsor county at Woodstock. took the
witness stand as the first witness this
morning. lie testified that while
there were five or six prisoners in the
Jail after Gibs0n's arrest he heard Gibson
discussing the Race case with the other
prisoners and heard him say: The old
man was coming to SO | beaned him n
couple Of times" In croSS-eXamination il
was shown that the jail door was closed,
but it was brought out that there was a
crack in the door, through which the con-
vcrSation could be heard.
Of the two soldiers coming to his place the
Friday preceding the assault and asking
for food. which he gave them.
Harold Kelley of Springfield tNtD, a
stcam-ftter, said he and Harold Shaw
and Mr. Burnham, a brother. of Spring
| field drove from that town in Kelley 5
automobile to the Race place the night
! Gf MAY >. reaching there a little before
( 10 O'Clock, and saw Race and the two
soldiers there. The Springfield men ate
! some sandwiches and the witness said all
but himeclf. including Race. Gibson and
Lesc1rd drank from Il bottle of moon
shine whisley belonging TO Burnham TAX
! ing two drinks each. none of them large
cnes. Kelley testified that he and Shaw
+ and Burnham left soon after 10 O'Clock
and that nobody was there then aside from
Race and the two soldiers.
! Shaw and Burnham gave Testimony
! coinciding with that of Kelley.
! Sheriff Wallace l.. Fairbanks of Spring
! field told of being called to the Race store
I and of telephonfne To Greenfield. Fitch
burg and Ashburnham to have Gibson
and Lcscord arrested He attended the
inquest at Bellows FAILS lie was asked
! by Attorney General Archibald if any
/ promise was made at the inquest to Glib
son or LeScord. Attorney Upper for tn,
defense objected, but the court admitted
the question and the defense excepted