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# The Rochester Murder Case.
Mrs. Delia Green, the woman alleged to have been the cause of the trouble between Bean and Root, testified in the Rochester murder trial at Woodstock last week. She is described as stout and plain, but dressed showily in a black picture hat, red silk waist and black silk skirt. She said that Bean had been a member of her family for 18 years up to June when the partnership between him and her husband was dissolved. She said he did not threaten, but reproached her for allowing Root to stay at her house. Deputy Sheriff Paul Tinkham, who arrested Bean, was on the stand Saturday. He told of Bean's arrest and of finding footprints, near where Root was killed, the same length of Bean's shoes.
In the cross-examination it was brought out that the deputy sheriff had a lawsuit with Bean, involving title to some woodland, which was now pending.
Dr. M. J. Wiltse director of the state hygienic laboratory at Burlington, was on the stand Monday. He told of Bean's clothing and knife being sent to him and of his finding no blood on the clothing. On the knife blade were several blood stains but he could not swear it was human blood. The expert was also questioned as to the result of certain fractures of the skull.
The trial was interrupted Tuesday by the illness of one of the jury. The evidence for the state is all in. About 124 witnesses have been examined. The defense will probably have 15 or 20 and it is understood that Bean will testify.
Dr. H. J. Stevens, who was prosecuted in Addison county for practicing in Benson and Orwell without authority and who was under 38 indictments, one for manslaughter in Ohio, has committed suicide in Jefferson, Ohio.
Hon. Charles P. Smith, president of the Burlington Savings bank, has been appointed by President Roosevelt a member of the National Assay commission for 1904. The commission will meet in Philadelphia Feb. 10, and is composed of the most eminent bankers in the country.
The stockholders of the defunct national bank of Vergennes have made a proposition to Receiver F. L. Fish to settle the claim for the return of dividends paid them by the bank at the rate of 40 per cent. It is understood that the terms will be accepted and if so the litigation will cease.
Ray C. Johnson formerly of Burlington, was held for the action of the grand jury at Boston, Thursday, Jan. 14, on the charge of murder in the second degree in having killed Mrs. Sadie A. Peters. The shooting occurred Jan. 5 at a house in the south end, where Mrs. Peters and Johnson lodged.
Fourteen insurance companies were admitted to do business in Vermont during 1903. Four of these have headquarters in England. Five of the companies deal with fire losses, five are fidelity and casualty companies, three are assessment accident companies and one is a life insurance company. One insurance company was withdrawn.
The socialists of Vermont have elected Bernard F. Healey of Barre to represent them in the national committee of the party. The party has organizations at Bellows Falls, Springfield, Barre, Graniteville, Burlington and Rutland. It is expected that ex-Mayor Chase of Haverhill, Mass., will speak at each of the above places during the winter.
At the last annual meeting of the Vermont society, Sons of the American Revolution, held at St. Albans November 11, 1903, a resolution was adopted authorizing an investigation which should disclose, as far as it might be possible to learn, the names of revolutionary soldiers buried in Vermont. Any information on this subject will be gratefully received by the secretary of the society, Walter H. Crockett of St. Albans.
Abram Tittemore of Cooks Corners is dangerously ill from the results of exposure and injuries he received by falling through the feed door from his barn loft to the manger below, breaking three ribs and fracturing his leg in two places below the knee. He lay where he fell, helpless for over an hour, before his calls for help were heard and when found he was in great agony and chilled to the marrow. His condition is very serious.
Carl Backus of Northfield was sentenced from two and one-half to four years in the house of correction and fined $1 and costs at Montpelier, Friday, Jan. 15, on a plea of guilty to the charge of larceny of a grip containing money and bank books, the property of his uncle, William Baird of Lowell, Mass. Fifty dollars and two bank books containing $650 were recovered. Baird had not been in the state for years and was sued Jan. 14 for debt by M. L. Hutchinson of Westfield, whom he owed for 20 years.
Lincoln and Warren, adjoining Washington county towns, are at war as a result of the recent small pox scare. At the request of Warren parties, the only road connecting the two towns, a main road much traveled, has been closed although the Lincoln board of health declared such action unnecessary. The Warren authorities have fenced the road not only in Warren, but two miles beyond the line in Lincoln, thus stopping travel not only between the two towns, but in a part al
