Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-02-05
EL0PEMENT AND Suicide.

An extra from the Bellows Falls Times brings
us the details of an unusual combination of Sc
rious crimes, which had its development and
crisis in that village on Friday morning. A
young man but 10, named William II. Sanders
eoped from Springfield, Vt, with his brother
! Daniels wife, who, though married for five
| years, was herself but 10 years Of age. They
left home Thursday evening, came to Bellows
Falls, and took adjoining rooms at the Bellows
Falls House, registering only the name of the
woman as Miss Kendall of Weathersfcld."-
Towards morning the husband arrived in pur-
suit and on being arrested and their guilt de-
tected, the runaways Immediately took strych-
nine which the young man had provided in his
pocket, apparently for such an emergency. He
died soon after in great agony, but the woman
recovered from the poison, and was carried
back home on Saturday. She left young
child sick with the Group when she deserted her
home, The testimony of the husband at the
coronor's inquest gives the best account of the
sad and shocking history -
Daniel SdndeTS-I am twentv-six years of
age, reside in Springfield. am a mechanic had
a brother by the name of William II. Sanders
lie has worked with me for the last two or three
months; he was 10 years old he boarded with
me- he left my house last night about o'clock !;
about O'Clock in the evening became little
alarmed at his absence, and | went to the livery
stable to ascertain whether he had got q team
from there; found he had got team from Mr.
Haskins inquired of Haskins how far he en-
gagged the team TO go he said he engaged it to
go about five miles and said he would be back
about 10 o'clock l went into his room and
found all his clothes were gone, and that made
me think he had left. My wife was gone.
rather thought she had gone with William, be-
cause her things were gone; the reason why
! thought they had gone together was that they
had been pretty thick talking together about
the house, and their things being gone at the
iAf f a sbf is s6s IL h'fT IN SpIngsd and
told him what my suspicious were in relation to
my wife and brother, and asked him what was
best to do. Grain and then got team and
drove over to Weathersfield Bow, and went to
the tavern near the depot and inquired if a
young couple had put up there, they said no
then VIC went to the tavern in Claremont village
and we could not find them there, nor get any
track of them; went to CharleStown, found
nothing there; then we drove to Below stalls
and stopped at the Bellows Falls hotel walked
up the landlord and inquired whether such folks
had put up there; he said he thought they had.
but 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 Ia a
lantern and We went to the barn, and there we
found the horse, sleigh, buffaloes and whip. all
belonging to Mr.. lIaskins. Mr.. Grain and the
| landlord then went to the rooms of the persons
who came with the team We found in the barn.
| staid at the foot of the stairs when they got
the door open they called to me and went up
into the room and found my wife and my broth
er William both there, and Mr.. Grain and the
landlord 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 morning there had been no
one in the bed in the room where | found him
| asked my brother what he was there for, don't
know as he made any reply; l then passed
along into the room adjoining and found nv
wife in bed there. Mr.. Grain told her to get
up, she said she would get up when he left the
ROOM Grain went out and got her clothes,
and she got up and dressed her When she
was dressed she came out into the first room,
and 1 came with her; William went into the
second room; when she came out, she combed
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 they both at the same instant
put it into their mouths, and my brother catch
ed 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
came out 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 it away, and she sat
down on the bed / then called Grain and told
him they had been taking poison; Grain came
in, and 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 five minutes my brother
came back with cigar in his mouth, he threw
away his cigar and sat down in a rocking chair.
and in about three to five minutes he fell out
of the chair ON the floor; when he fell ON the
floor he said to my wife, tive are both goners."
And about that time there were about half
dozen persons in the room, some of them took
him up and put him on the bed, and he Law
there towards an hour before he died my wife's
name is Alkaline.
The Bellows Falls Times adds the following
facts =
ave learn that the strychnine was procured
some time since and that an elopement was at
tempted about a week before. At this time w.
IL. Sanders proposed going with his brothers
wife to Chester, to ball, to which the husband
consented, and finally concluded to go 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 indulgent to his
wife, for whom he has been ready to make any
sacrifice and within short period had purchas-
ed for her largely in dresses and jewelry. On
the other hand she is said to be rather pretty
looking, giddy, and light-hearted, caring more
tor balls and transient pleasures than her own
household. She has young child which she
left at home sick when she ran away. On ex-
animation of trunk which she left locked up
at home, she had taken out her things and part
ly filled it with wood. She got money Of her