The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-25
SIh,, S,I.,,' nv:s' IIONAL
MEN UNDER BONDS
In County Court as Result
of Disturbances in
Bellows Falls
TRIALS TO BE HAD
WITHIN FEW DAYS
Bail Ranges from 5000 to $500 and Is
Furnished - Stephen j. Cray Becomes
Surety in Two Cases--0ne Respondent
on Probation Here.

Six Bellows Falls youths and men
were arraigned in the county court at
Newfane this morning and yesterday aft
ernoon in connection with disturbances
on the streets of Bellows Falls, the re-
spondents being charged either with as
saulting or being implicated in assaults
by strikers on employees of the Interna-
tional Paper Co. or with refusing to
obey the orders of the police officials.
States Attorney Harold Z. Whitney of
this place has been deyoting most >of his
time the past few days in Bellows Falls
cooperating with authorities there in
an effort to insure safety to men who re-
sumo work for the Paper Co. The six
men were released on bail after pleading
not guilty, and their trials viii take
place within a few days Two or three
other men previously arrested and re-
leased bail, charged with similar Of
fenses in connection with the strike dis
turbances, also will be tried
Two were brought in yesterday after
noon to plead James Gorham and
Henry Blake were charged with throwing
stones at Charles ,Wolak Oct. IL also
with throwing stones at his house after
he had taken refuge therein. Judge
II RANK l.. II ISL 9Atu Ddll at NOtID IN each
case, and Stephen j. Cray of Bellows
Falls, who was present, became surety
for them.
Four more were arraigned this fore
noon. James Doyle was charged with an
assault ON Thomas Usher on Oct. 10 as
Usher was on his way home from the pa
per milf being struck with a club and
stones and injured. Bail in this case
was fixed at $500, and in this and the
three other cases which came before the
court this morning three Bellows Falls
men, james Byrne, Mr.. Murphy and
Mr.. Edwards, became surety for the re-
spondents. Doyle already was under
bonds of 5000 for another offense in Bel
lows Falls and is 4on probation in con-
nection with a Brattleboro case in the
municipal court, in which he pleaded
! guilty to following a girl home and dis
Augustus Rocker, who was arrested
Sunday charged with disturbing the
peace. was put under bonds of $500 His
case was in the Bellows Falls municipal
court but. was mol pressed and he was
re-arrested by Sheriff Frank L. Wellman
and taken to Newfane Jail last night
Joseph Farwell, who was arrested with
Rocker. charged with lettering on the
street and refusing to move on when told
by policeman, also was re-arrested by
the sheriff, when his case was mol pressed
in the municipal court, and was taken to
Newfane jail The court fixed his bail at
5000
Michael Curtin, whose home is in
, North Walpole, was arrested by the sher-
i'll last night and taken to Newfane Jail.
He is said to be one of the committee in
charge of operations i'm behalf of the
strikers and he was put under bonds of
5000 on the charge of trying to intimdate
Joseph Douselo. In an information filed
against him by States Attorney Whit
ney it is charged that he said to Dou-
+ sello: You are a scab. You are damn
; Scab. and if you continue to work for
the International Paper Co. l will fix
YOU"
In all of these cases Attorney Joseph
Jones of Rutland appeared for the re-
spondents.