Stamford, Vermont, USA
1878 - The Stamford Murder.

John Dailey, the hotel keeper who murdered the agent scissors grinder, James Patrick Spellman, at Stamford, the 20th, was arraigned the 22d, on charge of murder. He waived the reading of the warrant and plead not guilty to the charge. The evidence against him was very strong, and he was finally committed to the county jail to await the action of the grand jury on the second Monday of January next. The chief witness, Nellie Grant, was also committed to jail in default of $100 bail. The other witnesses recognized in sums of $50 for their appearance at the trial. A rumor being circulatd that Dailey's friends wear about to raise the money necessary for Nellie Grant's release, and then run her out of the state, the little game was blocked by swearing out two warrants against her, one for adultery and the other for vagrancy, to be served upon her in case she obtains bail, which were placed in the hands of the sheriff.

St Albans Weekly Messanger
St Albans, Vermont
August 2, 1878

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