The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-03-19
Take Testimony In Taylor
Trial In LyndOnville
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Chief Justice Ross of st. Johnsbury,
who held that jurymen who had read
newspaper reports and who had
formed an opinion from such reports,
were not qualified to serve as jurors.
The court then sent Tor Z. O. Allen
the last talesman called in the case.
State Atty. Campbell outlined the
states case in a brief statement to
the jury as follows. Taylor was
not living with his wife. She was
/ living with their children by
themselves. Scott NJ. Farnum, over
seer OF the poor had information that
Taylor was not living with nor sup
porting his family He called up
Taylor by phone and asked him why
he did not live with his family. He
claimed that Taylor said he would
talk it over and asked if Falnum
would go over and talk it over He
said the states evidence tends %
show that Farnum took Mrs Taylor
and the children and went to the
upstairs tenement at Lyndon whe"e
Mr.. Taylor lived They were met at
the head of the stairs by Taylor and
he refused to let them in.
1t is alleged he swore at
Farnum, and the states evidence
tends to show that without warning
Taylor grabbed a stick Of wood and
struck Farnum, breaking his
glasses, and wounding Farnum quite
severely about the face M. Falnum
then took hold Of Taylor and Mrs.
Taylor and the children started down
stairs. When she 90 to the bottom
Of the stairs she looked back to see
Taylor and Farnum down. Then
Falnum gained the top and choked
him. Mrs. Tayl;f went across the
tsreet and called for help. On this
evidence the state bases its charge
for assault. Atty. Porter said that
about the only things the two sides
had agreed upon was that the
assault occurred in the Taylor tene-
ment. The rest was newspaper re-
port
Fhe first witness was Mr.. Farnum,
overseer of the Door, elected at the
last March meeting.
He said he had assisted Mrs. Tay-
Tor and had called on TAYLOR and ask
ed him why he did not live with his
wife and children. He said he had
lived near Taylor for years and has
never had any trouble with him. That
he had always been friendly up to
the present trouble On the telephone
he said Taylor said he would take
care of the children. Taylor said if
his wife wanted to talk it over she
could come where has was.
Farnum said he told Mrs. TAYLOR
this talk and persuaded him to accom-
pany him to where Taylor lived.
at was about 8 o'clock when we
went to Taylor's home" testified Far
num- Mrs. Taylor and the two chill
dren, aged A and 6, went in first. |
followed. When we got to the top
of the stairs, Taylor grabbed Mrs.
Taylor by the shoulder with both
hands, crying: Annie, Annie, you
can't come in here Instantly he
grabbed a stick of hard wood and said
I'M smash your-brainS out" and
hit me across the head and second
time in the back of the head | tried
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him and choked him just as carefully
as | could"
"After | choked him he laid on the
floor I tried to find my cap. When
| turned him oven there was a Ratchet
under him. "You stole my wallet"
he exclaimed. | denied it and the
wallet was found later by him as it
fell out of his pocket. After | came
out of the building I carried MIS-. J
Taylor and the children back to
where she is living in John Paros |
house at Lyndon Center. On cross
examination Attorney Porter asked
Farnum what he did with his club,
he said he left it up stairs.
Q. Didn't you tell Mrs Taylor to
go in? A. | told Frank to let her
go in.
Nh. Porter called attention to NJ.
Farnum'S newspaper article where
he told her to go in.
Q. Did Taylor tell YOU that he was