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THE TRAGEDY AT BELLOWS FALLs.-An
extra from the office of the Bellows Falls
Times comes to us, containing the testimony
before the Coroner's inquest, in the recent
case of suicide in that village. youth of
10 clipping with his brothers wife of tho
same age, who leaves, for his guilty society,
n sick child and an affectionate husband, the
the attempted suicide of the guilty parties,
and the immediate death Of one of them
these are facts which form a case Of unbridled
passion and carly crime not often paralclled
in this State. Who can fail to find the NOR
al of the tale? We copy portion of the
testimony
c. IT, Merrill (son Of tho hotcl-keorer,) ,uorn--
7 was mp stairs when this man drove up; I mean
Mr.. Sanders who is now lying dead in the house;
said he had lady with him and he would like to
have baggage carried to her room. asked him to
give me the ladv's name; he said it Miss
Kendall, Of Wcathcrsfcld. so registered it. I
showed them up to their room, No. 81 Sanders
inquired If there If there was any other door that
opened into No. A. except from No. ,. 7 told him
thcro was not I then left him there I went to
half-nns g. and said officer from Springfield, and
another man. was after those people I put to bed
in No. and 4. went to my mothers room to
light lamp. and while in there heard Daniel
Sanders ask VIM. Sanders what he ran away with
her for. VIM. did not make any reply that heard
lie then asked the woman about the question;
she answered him that it was none Of his business
| He said she would find out whether it any Of
| his or not before she got through with it. The
| lady made some remark that did not understand
| Harrison Sanders then said w have n die
| but once,
Ddnid Sanders ,u1rr..-I am twcnty-six years
| o' acc. reside in Springfield am n mechanic had
abrother nv the name Of VIM. II. Sanders. lie
| has worked with me for the last two or three
| months he was II years old he boarded with
| me he left my house last night about o'clock ;
| about o'clock in the evening I became little
| alarmed at his absence, and won't to the livery
| stable toasccrtain whether he had rot team from
| there found he had got n team from Mr.. Has
| kins cnquircd of ITnskins how far he engnr red
the team to 60 he said he enga god it to 60 about
| five miles. and said he would he back abont 10
| o'clock I went into his room and found all his
| clothes were gone, Md that made me think he had
| left. I then went down to the tavern and found my
| brother George there. Ny wife was gone. rather
| thought she had gone with William. because her
things were gone ; tina reason why 7 thou ht they
| had gone together was that they had been pretty
| thick talking together about the house, and her
| things being gone at tho same time. She ia o
| u.
in Springfield, and told him what my suspicious
in relation to my wife and brother, AMI asked
! him what it was best to do Grain and then got n
team and drove TO Wenthersfed Bow, and
went to the tavern near the depot and inquired if
! young couple had put up there, they said
then we went to the tavern in Claromont village,
and we couldn't find them there, nor get any track
| Of them went to Charleston, found nothing
there then We drove to Bellows Falls and stopped
At the Bellows Falls Hotel, walked up the landlord
,ta,l
| he said he thought they had, hut would inquire of
| his son. who. he said put them to bed we looked
| on his register but could not find any names
there that answered the description ; the
landlord then gave us lantern and we went to
| the barn, and there we found the horse, sleigh,
| builalos and whip, all belonging to Mr.. Has
kns. Mr. Grain and the landlord then went to
| the room of the persons who came with the team
we found in the barn. I staid at the foot Of the
stairs; when they got the door open. they called
| to me and I went up irto the room and
found my wife and my brother William
| both there, and Mr.. Grain and the land
| lord were present my brother was not in
| bed when first saw him; he was in the first room
| had his coat and vest off; this was about three
o'clock this mornings there had been no one in the
| bed in the room where found him, asked my
| brother what he was here for, don't know as he
| made any reply; | thenpassed along into the
| room adjoining and found my wife in bed there
! Mr.. Grain told her to get up, she said she would
! get up whom he left the room Grain went out and
| got her clothes md she got up and dressed her.
| When she dressed she came out into the first
| room, and came with her. William went into
| the second room; when she came out she comhed
| her hair and William motioned to her to come
| into the room where he was; when she went in
| there William handed her something white out Of
| his hand and thew both at the same instant, put
| it into their mouths, and my brother catehed up
| the goblet and drank and handed it to her, but
| got to her and knocked it out Of her hand before
| she had time to drink; they then ont into
the first room, and he took up the pitcher and
| drank and handed it to her, and she drank little
| before could get to her to take it away. | then
| took il away. and she sat down on the bed ; ]
then called Grain and told him they hal tax en-
| poison Grain came in AMI my brother and Grain
| both went down my wife then said they had both
| been taking strychnine, and wanted should get
| the doctor in hurry; in about : minutes my bro
| Their came back with cigar and sat down in n
rocking chair, and in about to minutes he fell
| out of the chair the floor; when he fell on the
| ioor he said to my wife owe arc both goncrs,
| Ana about that time there were about half do
up and put him on the bed, and he lay there tow
ards an hour bcforehe died my wifc's name is
| Alkaline.
| The Times says
| We learn that the strychnine was procured
some time since, and that an elopement was
attempted about a week ago. At this time
| W. H. Sanders proposed going with his
brothers wife to Chester, to n ball, to which
the husband consented, and finally concluded
to 90 himself, and his presence frustrated
the object in view. Daniel Sanders, husband
of the truant woman, is said to be very
steady, industrious. hard working man, and
exceedingly indulgcnt to his wife, for whom
he has been ready to make any sacrifice, and
within a short period had purchased for her
largely in dresses and jewelry. On the other
hand she is said to be rather pretty looking,
| gddy, and light hearted, caring more for
balls and transient pleasures than her own
| household She has Il young child which
she left at home sick when she ran away.
On examination ola trunk which ! she left
| locked up at home, she had taken out her
things and partly filled it with wood. She
| got money of her husband under pretensc of
buying shawl on the evening OF her deser-
ton, but made no purchase. She is of French
birth and Il native of Canada.
SATURDAY MORNING., Jan. 20.
| Mrs. Sanders Is much better but is looking
very pale. We believe she does not yet knows
that her husband brother is dead, but sup
poses he has been saved as she was She is
so far recovered that she will be removed to
Springfield to-day,
| REMARKABLE FRAuD.-An ingenious and
dangerous fraud on the national coin has been
detected in New York city. A policeman OBJ
served an Italian woman make a number of