Semi-weekly Windham County reformer., July 23, 1901, Image 1

About Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901

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VOLUME XXV. BRATTLEBORO. VERMONT. TUESDAY. JULY 23, 1901. NUMBER 103.
WANTED.
tTTiiTRD-Exwrtenoed D'il.tixe salesmen
V to take exclusive ;oi.trol of territory for
rtr st'TCil CUIl'ms. i.''ifli yt-uriy cuuirm'.l.
T-ig-lt Boston, Mubb.
INTRO Hy younir Rlrl situation ilotng
housework. .11 insrn airout. iu,vu
r ijitkI)-Waslilnirs to do at home. Afiis
AsUTON, -a forest sireci, grounu noor.
lOiif
-tita vrEO iinh waber.
V tkl, Spotloril Luke.
8ILVEKDALB Ho.
1112-tt
- i TASTE D lloiiselieoner,
V Hy. Inquire lit Elliot street
only two In fan)
lui-tr
rjsrn l. A t once, eometeiit seamstress.
Miss houuiiton, oi Alum at.
iitantko-A competent woman for genera!
W housework In family of two. A aood
:Mnrl!llberal wages to right party.
E Mi K IT A CO.
s. w
mt
tf
Ironing to do.
ks. A BUTE K. Smith, Richardson Farm
-lT"AiTKI washing am:
1 R
it tt 'rost St.. and he will come to your real-
ctiice and remove your teem mih pain, sa-u.
ANTFD-Second-hand Typewriter. Ad.
drcBB Box 7if, BratUeboro
72tl
rAMKD. Customers for quantity of
choice nnv, uult. inquire at valley
GKAIN Co.'B OFFICE. 64 tf
It wile. iai von.
if m rant of carrlaare or eleleh lialntlnr.
tail at corner o So. Slain and (Janal St. or Stock-
well's stable, iirtt uui owl u. is. uamsev.
XANTED-WOOL.
W Highest
Market Price Paid.
E. H. DAVENPORT,
4, "West Brattloboro, Vt.
S50 REWARD
lir Information that will lead to the arrest and
((.miction of the person or persons who took
iiwfiy the doors and windows and other property
ar d Injured the hulluinns on my larm premises
in Marlboro. Vt.
W. li. DUUL-H n.c, isratiieooro, vi. -June
24. Mil. SStf
THE PROFESSIONS.
( fi. OOIDTB WAIT, n. O. S , Dentist,
Northneld, Mass., Thursdays, Fridays
ud Saturdays. S-2i
IJtt ON fc HlHIKKK, Attorneys at
A'
Law-
Practice In State and Federal Courts Ver-
irost, MiiBsacnoseits, sew uainpBnire anu new
Torfi. 12 and 14 Ullery Building. 74-tf
Of-
4 lilt
TkH. H. L. WATBRMAN. 41 Elliot St.
U lice hours : l'i.0 to 2 3U & 6 to 8 1'. M.
ttATKUMAN dt. MARTIN, Attorney! at
I ' Law. Bank block, Brattleboro, VI.
DKNTISTRY In all Us branches. Teeth ex.
trai led without pain. it. B. Kiskeau, It.
li. s., 8,1 Wain Street. iistf
F, BAHBBK, II. O. ., Union Block,
over (jreene's drug store, Brattleboro, Vt.
TO RKNT.
mo UKKT for two months,
X room near Main street suitable for house'
keeping, li. W. Riioktt & Co.
four tarnished
houfii
l('2-4t
rrw RKNT Six to im Tenement, nil one floor.
Running water, inoiicrL, isio.
101-tf S. W. K DUETT & CO.
Tl RKNT Pleasant tenement corner I n
cast and Vine streets, well arranged hard
wood floors In dining room and kitchen. Kn
quire of H. B. I.AKK1N lul.;)i
TO RKT Five room Teneinenl, hot anil
eold water, butli 4c 12.
101-tf - S. W. KDGETT it CO.
NEW TKMCMKNT f)i South Main ftreet.
100-tf JAMES AUSTIN.
TO RKNT New cottage 7 rooms and barn,
Sllyerdale, Lake Snofford.
;-tf A. V. Rockwell, BratUeboro, Vt.
RKNT. Room 58 In TTIIerv Building.
north corner room o erlooklnfirriver. moun-
tain and Main street, steam beat, running
water. Also a small adiolninir room lfwHiileil.
Suitable for oilice or apartment. Iteapouahle
rents. Apply to A. L. JIavnakd. Room 2U. twf
rilO REST Up Malm Tenemer.t.
J. Terrace street, to be vacated by E. F.
drooma, on
v E. F. Lett.
singer, as he leaves town, and ready .lime 1.
All modern Improvements, one best tenements
lu town. s-3 tf Cha8. Miner.
TOHRNT. ItooirSfi, rilcry Building, over
looking river and mountain. Steam heat.
runnlnir water, very light, airy and nttrac.
tlve. Reasonable rent?. Also a small connect,
lng room If wanted. Apply to A. U. Mavsaku,
uoom 20. eitf
Fine
for any business.
overlooks Main street. Very attractive light and
airy, r-innlng water, gas ami electrics. Apply lu
A. j, 01A) AAKIi. lioom 'u. &ir
rpo RUNT.-ltoom 11, Cilery Building.
JL corner otnees suitable
FOR BALK.
TjVMt BALR-New mllch Cow, and yearling
X' .lersev Hull, from rich milking nock
KM 2t FRED J. JOIIXSOS, Newfaue, Vt.
OIIPAI.K-A good hnrso-good worker
and driver. Also a few nice shnati.
Enw. T.. Welcome, West ChcAtcrtleld, N. II.
10.1U
D'JXTnSI TKKKIKH PI'P1 for sale, lirin
die, one screw tall, 10 weeks. O, CI.OITUH.
southern Avorue. ioi 41
OR A r.K-Thc "Vark View" Hotel West
on. vt. ror rtartlculara inoutrn of
E. C WOODS, Weston, Vt,
101. 4t
XR HALF- A second hand Chlckerlnir Pi
A. ano. Modern, tlrst c)a,s condition, nearly
uBgiKiuas new. mil oe hoiu lor iusb loan one.
tlilniJlK cost. Address Box 084, Urattieboro,Vi
"ITIOR BAI.K. A nice lop buggy. Imintre of
lit'NN a Co. or F. D. Williams. Brattle
boro, vt. h.
Lj-iow salk-ad Meal cash Register: new
AJ anil in uerfect condition. A liHrL.Aln. Art.
aiess "I, care Reformer. 78-11
TOR SAI.R-Cheao-Second hnnd no H. P
I1 Upright Marine Engine 14x14 cylinder. 66
driving puuey. a u in good order, joum TaKT,
v est uummersion. 4tf
CI TIC A fit SAW AND HHINHLK MILL.
For SkU. Ample imwer; near Station
nieniy oi iimoer; no otner nun in vicinity.
rerun ac a very low price.
Keeue, N, H.
Of
Address Box 422,
Stf-tnfr
For Sale.
B K S T
GROCERIES
of all kinds.
Special 3 lbs. Cherry Prunes for iifm. Rlne
berrleb and other fi ulii. Telephone call 44-3.
K-tr j. K. Hi aiisK.LL. 10 Flat St.
TO KBST. Five floors In Pllerv Building
annex, Bultahle fur storage or light manu
facturing. Each lloor contains 1200 square feet,
well lighted and all modern appliances. Apoly
to A. I.. JIavnakd, Room 30. 8tf
PAN-AMERICAN
EXPOSITION.
Special Low Hates ami a variety of Tours
via the
RUTLAND RAILROAD
to BUFFALO and RETURN.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Car to Buffa'.o yla.
Norwood and N. Y. C, without change.
The lowest rates offered by any line, with the
special attraction or a trip across tne islands
of Lake CbampLtln and through the Thousand
isianus.
Call on or write our agents for full details.
OrC. B. H., G. f. A. 101121
FARMS FOR SALE.
If you want to trade for a farm or other real
estate, or If you have any to sell let me hear
Iroin you. .v.'tf
J. A. MILLER, East Dummerslon, Vt.
For Salo.
My Farm of about So acres, 2 1-2 mlics from
BratUeboro centre. Good buildings and plenty
of wood and timber. Conld be easily inadu to
keep 12 or 15 cows and supply a ndllc route. A
chance seldom offered to secure a farm and good
nome so near the village limit. Inquire of
STitf W. G. DOOL1TTLK, llratneboio, Vt.
Ma.mks CON (.AND, 91. D., Physician nod
Mu-itton. i.nnneorr-Vt. Office In Crosby
Bock. Residence, No. 3 rt aluut St. Ottlc.e
coiirs from s to S a.-m 1 :il(i to 3, and 7 to p. m.
Attoiney and Coun
selor at Law, Solicitor and Master In Chan-
Ittry. Collections promptly made, cnester, vt.
FAKKD B. PIBEK,
a: si
rR. E. R. LTNCII, office and residence 4(1
liJ Elliot St., Brnttleborc. Vt,
10 Id a. m 1 to Sand 7 toy p. in.
Office hours
etf-.rtu
fEO. H. GOHHAM, M. D. Whitney
lliack. Main Street. BratUeboro Practice
lolled to the descas es of the Eye. Ear, Throat,
luti Sose. Ofllce hours. 8 :8-lj : 1 o. m.-4. Tucs.
I aVf and Fridays only. Remainder of week at
.tiiows nana ifiT
I funs E. GALK, Attorney at Law, Guilford
in Vermont. i-ioiuir
Teachers' Examinations
Examinations for AVintlliam County will be
held as follows:
At Jamaica, July 2."i and 2(1.
TownsUend, Aug. 1 and 2.
Bellows Falls, July 80 anil 31.
Jacksonville, August 23 and 24.
lirattleboro, Augutt 2(i iind 27.
Bellows Falls, August 211 and :I0.
Exainlniitions' Will 'he heM at the usual
places In each town. Attendance both days
is required.
!il-(it II. D. IvYdkr, County Kxiiuiiier.
Wanted Immediately
he Willard houe, recently va- , 7,,). mlriT, A( T."'lli,.i v;,
1'lske. This Is one of the best lo. "Op, 4U Jlllol M.
nr..
I-' Block
O. PETTEK, Dentist, Crosby
Over Holilcn's drug store. W4tr
Ki S. PRATT, M. D., 18 North Main street,
Brattlcboro. Office hours until t a. m.;
I j to 2 :30 p. m.; 6:30 toe p 41tr
FREMONT HAMILTON, M. D. Office
- Rml Res dence. No. 34 North Main street,
Hours until 8 s. m.; 1 to 2. SO and early evening
Sundays, 1 to 3 p. m. Telepbono call.
iy
HEKCANTILK.
V1LAPP
i-1 Fancv lnn.in.
JONKS, Books, Stationery,
Hlcturea and framing, l.yi
DAHROWS4V CO., whole.aL and retail
dpftlpraln t'.nvta nl nil blmla. ntUi.A Hn. 33
Main Sireot, BratUeboro iy.
TRADES.
fDRATTLEBOKO CUSTOM
AJ M tillot St
LAUNDIIT.
i;nn . null,! rnr Mm, rtfllV.
'il. Lace curtains a sueclaltv. Teleohone
'"ntci'un. 47yf
TliRATTLEKOKO
rtopnetor '
ITOHN Dl'NLEVV, diatom Tailor, Ryth
f bM k, up one flight. Cleansing, Bepalrli
. .cesinir uone at snort nonce.
STKAB1
8 Flat St, E.
CARPET
H. Tnomae,
oayiir
lrlng
14.V1V
U H. JACOBS, Bono Shoeing and
. . - uuuing. anai at. iyi
H. HALL, Carpenter and Slater.
1 tr In slate. 24 Clark street.
Deal
2ilt
I.VSCltANCK.
C. K. K. Jl-NNK,
Successor to Sherman A Jenne,
INBtmAN-OB.
ESTABLISHED IK 1867.
Mutual Life, Accident, Plate Glass, Em.
(.vers 1 I.) mr . . . , ...
lr1' V '-levator, nanrora oveniu
f tr'..Tnrndo. Indemnity and Surety Bonds
German Lloyd 8. S. Co. 17t-tufr
Wanted
Immediately
A jiMomer for a Beautiful Home in West
ottiHairo. Uou-e, barn ami two acres of
' -only a few minutes from end of electric
' .'lunnlng water, house slated, blind-
h iiuht rlL-ht. or exchanged' lor tenement
,'" in HrattMioro.
S. V. tltOETT & CO., Agents.
A ciiHtomer for the following Real Estate : No,
6 walnut St , the
cated bv F. II. F
cations in town, lloupe contains 10 living rooms
In gi o,l repair, modern improvements and is de
sirable In every respect for a business man's
home and will be sold on easy term If necessary
lou If S. W. K DUETT 4 CO , Agents.
37oxr Salo.
One new two-story House on Pleasant St., ten
rooms, Crowell water to bouse anil connected
with sewer. Land M feet front. 12 feet back
Also some good lots to build on and some otner
goon proM3riy lor pal-, call ami see oroperty.
Must lie sold C. W. WAItK. 12 Pleasant St.
84 tf llrattleburo, Vt
HERE IS A CHANCE
To get a good
Lawn Mower for $2.75
Clothes Heel,
Ironing Board,
Wringer,
::.2o
1.00
from l.ti-'i
.35
up
Hay Fork,
Hay Bake,
Hoe,
Shovel,
Scoop Shovel,
Manure Fork,
Screen Doors,
Poultry Netting
Xail.
Glass, l'uttv. Screw
.vc, at u low liuim
nigs lit
DON A. WILDER'S
.40
.75
,.Sri
., - Sj-.
7.V' l.mt
5c ;r KKJ Mr. feet.
:iuj cts per Hi.
Holts, llnt.ls. Tucks.
Leave orders for Awn-
ARTHUR H. H. LEWIS, D.V.S.
Veterinary Surgeon.
Graduate Western Veterinary College, Kansas
CUy, Mo. Surgery lo Ail Us Brunches.
Oft.ce atC. S. STOCKWELL'S STABLE.
Telephone 58-2 Hear Crosby Klock.
CARL F. CAIN,
TAILOR.
Altering and Repairing of Ladles' and
Men's Garments. .Cleaning and press
ing. Authorized Agent for Lewando's Dye Co.,
also Wllder's Improved otit Hangers.
117 Main St.- - Brattleboro
S. W. EDGETT CO.,
Real Estatel Investments
GLYNN'S
DYSENTERY
TABLETS
Contain no Ohlnm nr other hormful ilrnn-
CurunHll formn ot Dysentery, Dlarrha a, rinm
nier Comjdalnt fcttiiln and eulfe pains IMMK
IH ATKLV, ami lo not contlpnte or produce
fever tau removo all lnHaminatlen and lever
and leave you in natural roiMlitlon, Are espec
ially Rood for the chlnlren. j
J.Vc a hax ftt all dealers or by mail.
"I had a severe enseof summer complaint tlilo
month And tt continued for ten ilitye. f tled
several remedies, inv they did nie no good. I
Jlnnlly Kut a hox of lilvm'h Dysentery Tab.Pti
and lour of ihem entirely cured ine.M
VVIUUM H. TATLOK,
Rellowt Falls Vt Au(f. iil, HKKi.
WALTER B. GLYXN.
Mannfacturlng Pharmacist, Saxtons River, Vt.
stf
Just a Cem !
Ifiu acres. Ono storv house of five rooms. ?0x
Ml fmt harn, kio sutrar trees and the loots f
worn mem smontn iicmih, nn pasiurem, n" m
tvvt of timber, (.ood. stronr. deen toam. TUi
farm should brlnr '.VHi, liuttoclie it out. we
will lake 7it0. Come and look Hover. If you
to not tlnd ft as we retirement lu every ptrtlcu-
lar, we will pay your fare here and back.
W3 tf Grange Illock, lirutliborot Vt,
MYSTERY DEEPENED AND DARKENED
BY THE INQUEST.
CRESSf'S ACCOUNT OF FRIDAY MORNING'S TRAG
EOY IN HIS OWN WORDS.
Wanted Immediately:
A customer for the follow ing Keul Etatf'
corner I'earl and Central St. : This Is a line
local ion and a large lot. with two tenement
house, ami in a community that is uiiiirpai
ed for a home. The house bus modern Im
provements, slated and up-to-uide, and will
rent tor if'J-J.'Ki per month as mi Investment.
Call and look It over.
KK) tf S. W . i: li ETT .V CO., A gentn.
groan' ynm (ratt7Vlfe.
4
REASONS Villi INSURANCE S
Of course every msin. wben akeil,
ssjs he loves his children. The
proof of this is tbnt be takes cure of
and provides for them. The best
proof i that be plans to do this even
when he is gone. Life insurance oi
lers him a sure chance to do this
safely.
(Correspondence Solicited.)
,in2S,m-1Wlll
Contradicted at Vital and Decisive Point by
Three Witnesses Are They Mistaken?
-Partial Corroboration by the Fourth
They Declare Room Was Lighted During
the Firing If So. Could Not Have Been
an Accident Stili Many Puzzling Points
: Autopsy Shows Direction of Bulle
y Within an Inch of Straight The Testi
mony and Its Significance Carefully An
alyzedSome Important Points Outside
Bristol's Employer Claims Over $200
Missing.
TAYLOR & SON,
Cen'l Agents,
BRATTLEBORO, VT.
.ov is a good lime to imv ;i
House for investment or 11 Home,
cull on us and see what we have.
Farms, village property, any
thing on earth.
S. W Edgett & Co.
BAILEY'S REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Sells Everything. Addreer
Kyther lllock, Hrattleborn, Vt.
Wanted Immediately
A customer for the following Keal Estate :
No. 21 Canal St. This ir a two tenement
house In good repair and rented to good par
ties. The house has modern improvement
and is located so as to lie aecessalile to the
business part of the town, and also the differ
ent industries. . To any one wanting an In
vestment here is a good chance, as It is about
always well rented.
100-tf S. . EDG ETT CO , Agents.
TOILETIIME
4
Sure Cure for PILES.
Mr. U. F. Davis of 57 Franklin St.. Stone
ham. Mass., wrote me a short time ago:
"Toiletine is having quite a pit if here now.
I gave a lady one-hall of a bottle for her
daughter to try for the Piles, she had been
sick In bed six weeks with them thought
nothing could cure her besides employing a
phy sician : bad used many pill remedies'. Af
ter using TO I LKTIN'E two (2) days she was
almost cured pain and soreness nearly gone.
sue scut lor me an J nil. I If toiletine cost (f
a bottle she would not be without i' ."
Hememlier. after all remedies anil physi
cians laii i unaraniee i ouetine to relieve or
no pay. All druggists. 2., and MO cents.
B. F. MINER.
C. E. Dowxkr, Agent.
Horses For Sale!
Just Arrived This Day.
Monday, June 10th.
Full Carload of Horses,
Coine and see them. i.arge matched pairs
and single workers and drivers among them.
I have thirty-live horses to select from.
At Xo. M) Elliot street.
'. G. E. GILMAN, Proprietor.
lirattleboro, June 10, IikiI. l-lf
May hi, l'.'l.
ARE BUYING WOOL
F. KiciiAiiusox
& Co
SMf
ipadawga Springs
"illll.X.HAM, VT.
Mel Open Maj 151b, 1901.
.: and Snnimer Gnest. Good 1H-
;"". boestsa-IJI be met at the
lion. Rue reasonable.
WHIPPLE, Prop.
ic.ep&oiie connection,
CCO.R
JULIUS C. TIMSON.
v- tSTATE AGEST A ACCTIONEEB.
Satisfaction buaranteed.
"ion Block, Claremont. N.H.
tfti' "'''ed i'w. LoDg pifc Telepbcne.
r Ksws Read The Reformer
Announcement.
Having sold my interest in the firm of A. F.
Eobekts & Co., and bought the GROCERY
BUSINESS of C. W. Puffer & Co., at 32
Elliot street, I shall carry at all times a
complete line of Staple and Fancy Groceries,
Fruits and Vegetables.
ALL FORMER
IN
AND NEW PATRONS WILL BE SERVED
A SATISFACTORY MANNER.
J. E. GLEASO
The Best Medicine
Money Can Buy.
Baxter's Mandrake BitterB has been a
popular remedy with the public for 30
years, and ia warranted to cure consti
pation, eiek headache, dyspepsia, bilious
ness, indigestion, kidney trouble ; will
emulate the bowels and nil stomach ills
It also purities the blood, expelling til
poisons and runisine one well in every
part of the body. At all druggists, ut 1'h
cents per bottle: or bo, and money back
if it does not cure. Brooks House l'har
runcy, Thomas' Hinrinucy, Geo. K.
urecne. . . lioldcn.
All Ready for Business.
Put a proposition in the RE
FORMER want columns and
you'll find plenty of people who
are looking for just that kind of
a proposition. And it doesn't
matter what kind of a proposition
it is, either, so long as it is con
sistent.
A few cents will put a fdrw lines
lefore many thousands jf Ver
mont's best people.
Price -Two cent a word for fir Insertion:
no cent a word for each anbseqctL? Insertion. tioguUh.
ine inquest intorriuay uiornirjR 8
tPiiietiy, 10 the f -it i Ktniotirg of Sid
ney Uray Uri3t .1, ly bis collcKe
clsssrontf and fco?t, Morton Strr
Uressey,, was corcluded yesterday and
It is to be rightfully said that in
stead of clarifying it has only deep
ened nod darkeced the mystery, and it
will be not only a wror-K to society but
ft frnve injustice to young' Cressey to
leave the case as it is with circum
stances and some evidence that inevit
ably throw suspicion most crutl to
an ionoi'.ot man. It is most unfor
tunate that this is so, but it is use
less to blink ut th facts ar deny the
situation as it is. The, duty of the
justice is tuerrly to iile with the
county clerk tan record of the testi
mony for use before the grind jurf.
The state's attorney, if he thicks the
evidence justices it, can issue a
warrant for arrest ard n preliminary
hearing, or if other evidence develop
oau cuctinue the ir,iiest. .-tlreauy
eucb etivecce appears thai miy be of
furious import and was not brought
into ton inqu st at all. K li (Jonsnt
nf Wlfl Trwiruinr n1rust bnildirir l'sij.
rtin, ranie on the 10:10 train Sunday
ciht.acd went to (,'uief Hall's bouse,
einiopieg that he was tne employer of
txiatij.irirlvna .ctiilecJtii; tut x him,
and riat Urist-d must hsv bad ne.r
ly fi"iO of ft.onev lielun?inr ti him,
and dt-legati g Hall to look dftsr it.
J here was found in Bristol s pants
and pocket hook s.io. .iS wt. icli I'dniitit
claimed was his but which nns not
giti'ii h im. ('u.iant wss in a grc it burn-
to get buck to Boston, acd ent yester
day morning. Iii much tb is e idciiti
may "pan rut" on legal sifting.
wb.it proiir.ds Connnt hfis for claiming
there was Hi;y such h mount in Bris
tol's hands, there is of cours1! no
menus of knowing; but it it obiiously
a phase ( f the case that should have
a toorouijli investigation.
A Greenfield despatch to the Boston
(ilobe toiay sus Ponant was there
yesterday hopeful of finding; the reon
ey deposiled lit sumo bank and visited
them all. tne eipress olHoe, and Bris
tol s room, but without getting uny
trace. Tnis tiespatih states Mr Co
nulit to tie positive that 1."0 at least
baa disappeared somehow.
A ntw theory of tte case was sug
t'ested by the medical testimony iu
the fact that the bladder was for ml
practieallv empty, and that is that
instead of its being r case of cwht
mare, iirist s had got up for evacua
tion and was trying half asleep to
climb over Cressey and got back into
bed when the latter was aroused in
alarm ut the ilea of burglars. Tte the
ory has some inalifiestiotis in toe fact
that the condition of the blander de
pends soaiealiRt 00 circumstances, it
the em mnt of liquid taken, t crspir
ation. en. But it has at least rqiml
plaueibilit' v-'ito the nightmare
theory. The elements of doubt and
nivstary in toe ease are r-artly io its
nature ard emphasized by the testi
atony at tro ioitiest. They are:
(ll Three witnesses, who have r.o
interest, in the case and olio nr tir.
contiadicitd except by Cressey, tes
tify positively that they saw a light
in the rnoui during the progress of the
sbnutir.ir. as Geo Karris and wife as
sert, or withiu h second of its conclu
sion, as Miss Kliza Grady says.
Uiese) s statriiieiit is tnat tb' re was
no light Dulil after tne shooting was
all oone, and be bad helped the
wound o.1 man liaeii to lied. It is pos
sible, of course in the quickness with
which the whole thing was done,
covering ooly a few seconds of time,
tbat tfiese sit e?sfs are mistaken:
but t' ey state the distat.cea and tice
in a w y that seems rensorubln and
tbeif sre corroborsted in some degree
by a bjurlij witness. Miss Mackay.
who saw the light abet sue got up
and reacned berwirdow s.-iiuehat liter.
The erido'cn if these witneses if
right is decisive ; for if there was a
light during tne shooting acd strug
gle, it could not possibly bare been
an acciderit and it is evidence that
contradicts Cressey squaiely. At
least, in the absence of any other
ipp siug evidence whatever except
Cressey s, it ia not fair to jump to
the conclusion tbat the three witness
es were mistaken.
A difficult point, however, in Mr and
Mrs Harris' evidence is the statement
that there was a light down stain in the
other corner of tbe boose. This seems
to be a contradiction of Mrs Starr's tes-
timonyjaa sbe says she lighted none be
fore she went up, and so far as ret ap
pears there is no way of accounting for
a light in that cart of tbe bouse until a
ong time after it all.
The only other neigfihnri who beard
the shots, so far as yet learned, were
Mr Loom is and Mr Willis at tbe
Home for tbe Aged and Disabled.
Tbe litter was at a point ntarer than
any of tbe utber witness's, lie heard
vaices but Co cords that lie coul J dis
Hii wicdow was open bat
he saw no light. Mr Loomis got up
and siw none. It can thus be seen
that their evidence may be verv im
portunt, and it should be cirefullv
siftted, with the men on tb stann.
(21 Miss Mackay s testimony o
distinctly bearing tbe exclamation
Oh, my GoJ," three separate times
is important ; for Cressey tells what
ha and Bristol said, after the Ma
shot and renognitiun, aod declares
that there were "no other worus.
Battled as be says he wis, it is
easy to see how he might not rem em
ber Ihem, if there were other wor ts,
auil all too variations it tbe tssti
mony nf tbe different peotle who
heard words and sounds show wbat
freaks human mcoiorv and under
standing will plav over such sundea
ii:.d excit ing events. Hut after allow
ing for nil this, there is a variance
tbat makes imperative the duty of
further investigation.
CU The variation pointed out Fri
day in Cressey s statement, made t)
Mr Wellman and others and that, be
fore trie justice us tt wlietber oce or
both wrists weie in tbe grasp of
Bri-tol when Cressey was groused is
of tte same kind cot surprisit g if be
was misunderstood or if be aid not
kanw certainly ia tho excitement, but
sufficient with ail the rest to etforce
the need of flintier inrjiry.
(4 1 The directio" of tb bullet,
with nut over an inch variation frun
a strutrnt lice between the point
when- ii enterej r.nd struck the back
bone is a bard Ibing to extlain, es
anyoce will see who will esj criinent
in join ling to another's nhdonien.
This fact was ,'ehencntly disputed
Friday when the Krforo.cr reported
the result of the autopsy, but it was
Ciinlinni- I Ly tbe sworn eviuence. It
is possible tbnt tne position of the
two might have been eucb inn struggle
that tbe bullet did take such iicuuse.
It could rot if the two were stauoing or
both l.iug down. Utfortunately the
stenographer's minutes do not show
a- y question closely r.slted rf Cressey
about ths position of the two wben tbe
fatal fotirtn sbot was liied. It dots
show questirns and answers with
regard to all the other shots, i.ut not
this one. upon which this most iinpurt
aLt point of all hicges. Chief Hall's
statement not in court, but to the
Reformer -is that Crcsssy says be
was lyirg oil his back wben be fired
it ami Bristol was partly over bin.
as be thought, but he waa not quite
sure.
() Turn comes the difficulty of
uedt-rstandieg how th i struggle could
bate gone on, witnout Cressey finding
before the t nei that it was it msn in
night shirt and nt t a dressed burglar
witii whom he was contending. Cres
sey does say tnat tit oie point, after
tin- third sbot aod before the fourt'i.
supposedly from tbe minutes, that
Bristol's leg touched bin). It must
have been a bare leg. then, acd prob
ably against a I 'are bp, tbougti tbat
is not stated, and it ought, to have
given warning ol tne real state ot si
fairs. The only possible explanation
is that Cressey was ti o much excite
and fri-'utcued to fully sur.se the
fact.
(til It is strange indeed, and one of
the innate difficulties of tbe case, tbat
if Bristol was in a nightmare, on
was getting back into bed half
asleep, after urinati.in, that be should
not have been aroused by the repeated
pistol reports and the sbot tbat went
through bis shoulder. As etateJ Fri
day, tbe authorities on somnambulism
are pretty well rgreei thnta sharp sbock
to ar y of the senses and especially to
to, will arouse tbe subject t j con
sciousness. There are exceptions, as
to all other rules, but they are veiy
rare. istill mora likely would be
hive been t't come to a realization, if
iostetd tf beitg in a somnambulistic
etato, be was getting hack into bed
only balf asleep. It is bardly pcssible
in either case tbat be should not have
been aroused to wakefulness and if
be was it is strange indeed tbat be
should have con ti. tied the strogsle
until after tbe fatal shot before Disk
ing himself known. If he did it
must have been because be was so
seared and excited as not to really
know wbat be was about. In tbat
case Crrssiv's statements of what his
oppocent was doing must have been
pure imagination, as tbey may well
nave been ia the dark aod tbe excite
coent.
(7 1 Cressey 's statement of sbat
be thought nbnut bis bedfellow must
be ao efter-t bought. Toe more nat
ural supposition, on tbe theor of ac
cident, is tbat be Deer thought
about bim at all.
(Si Ibe fact that there were four
shots ii all. If tbere bad been only
one, and that bad clone tbe f a t s I
work, tbe theory of aex-idct wouli
have bee i e.iy aod nstural. Tnat it
continued through all this struggle on
BRATTLEBORO SOCIET1.
The next regular meeting of the
Ladies" Enterprise Society is to he held
with Miss Hattie Thayer Lext Thursday
afternoon.
The Epworth League ennventinu
closes at San KrHiicisco Pnrday with
great ecthusiasm and 10,000 peoplo in
atftmianee.
A large party attended th lawn party
given by the Swedish Lutheran society
on the grounds of John K Ktrand on
West street, Tuesday evening, mid a
very pleasant time enjoyed.
Mrs L A Howe of Vernon, formerly
of Brattleboro, announces the marriage
engagement of tier daughter, Kupheiuia
E Howe, M U. to Elbert P Ttirton o(
Brooklyn. N. V'.
The ladies of the Bitptist psrish
will have a garden psrty on tbe par
sings lawn, Thursday, August 1st.
Suprer will bn served from 5 until 7
o'clock. At 8 o'clock Prof Cramer
will give an organ recital in the
church. It is always a rare pleasure
to bear Prof Ciaoier oo the organ,
and it is hoped that minv will avail
themselves of tbis opportunity.
Summcrlngs.
Rev and Mrs E O "i O-good left Yester
day for Cohasset. F ,1 Bailev anil wife
returned .Saturday from NTaotsket .
Miss Sadie Ford of Cripple Creek, Cal,
is here for a vacation, stonuirp at her
father's farm in West Brattleboro.
Martin Austin. Jr, left Frldav for a
vacation trip, going from Boston to
Philidelphii by boat and thence to
Atlantic Citv. A G Week' of Boston
who has been with his family at Guil
ford Springs farm went 'i Beverly,
Mass. Saturday. Mrs Weeks and
daughter, Carrie a'e at Strnfoga
Springs Mrs Henry Neil of New York
ranie Saturday to spen'l the summer at
the Brooks IIousp. Geo L and L L
Dunham and families returmd yester
day trom Crescent Beach. Miss Annie
Gregg left vesterday for a visit at
Bridgeport, Conn. II I Bangs and wife
are at Wallingford. Conn, fur a visit.
D strict Attorney Martin and family re
turned vesterday from Naragancett.
Mrs H F Houghton an daughter, Mabel
returned Inst night from Naraunosott.
Mrs Geo E Crowell is at York Beach.
Linden lodge i entertaining meats
from New York. New Jersev, Connect
icut aod Massachusetts, some of whom
aie newcomers to Brattleboro.
J E Hall, wife and two linuirhtsrs
left Saturday fur fin outing nt Vork
Bench.
L W H.iwlev and family returned
yesterday from York beach.
July Jinnn.
Mrs L .T Huntley is at h-r 'fnrn:or
home at Bradford f'ir a visit. Geo
Wilson is visiting bis hoirn io Can
on, N l, acd Arthur Kirch is tahirc
bis place on Ricbardsou'a moat cart.
'Misses Mollis .Hvan 'sn?! AVnesi'
Wnalen are visiting in llurlircton.'-
Patrick Kenton aod son John ate vie-
ting in llolyoke acd vicinity.
THE ESSEX .ICKCTION BCRGL4K4,
Two Men Arreitcil al Springfield, Mass,
V lib Plunder Believed to Have Conic
from There.
Two m;n. Tims Flaherty and Wm
Carroll, are under arrest at S iringtleld
and being held with tte Idea lhar they
re trie nurgiaas woo went throiiah the
Essex Junction post rffice and J C Hart
well'6 storj the night of July 7. They
were tnkn in the act of Irving to
pawn some of thsgcods. In their pos
session was found watcbes, jewelry and
postage stamps. The stanitis !n ones
net two. and "mounting to almost. 2.
orrePT'inded' with thoe taken from
the dffi.'e. There ii a pair of sc'ssors
elorging to Miss NiehoK assistant
postmaster. Also a jackknifs from the
ost ofllce. and ons wa'ch fits descrip
tion of odp known to have been taken
rom tbe Hartwell store.
ContlAued ob 4tb page.
If .000 Oamace to Crops by Storm.
Tt e storm of Sunday eight was very
structive to crops in Deerfjeld and
her towns. The datnxge see" s to be
confined to a nBrro belt. At South
Ashtii-ld several orrh::ris su'Tered
from trees being uprooted. n d corn
and tther crops were injured. In
Decrfiell niary fields if tobacco were
mined by the bail. In tbe Mill river
district the loss to tobno?o is estimat
ed to be 15,IKK). Among the sufferers
are William May, Frarcis and Clar-
e--ce Clvpr. C' E Williams & r?on,
Gen'ge Beldeo and Henry ettright.
At West Deerti'ld E J Everett lost
four acres and Ball Bros' lost a field.
In Wspping Theodore Childs Brd
A Men Briggs are heavy losers, also Mr
Decker and Mr Wrisy. the latter
having a tobacco bsrn ' Mown down.
Maj ,T 1) Bridges of Pine Nook and F
L Wbitmore at North Sunderland are
losers, rtesides tcliaco being cut by
hail, it was blown don id pi ices.
Coro was badly blown clown in the
track of tbe storm.
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