The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-08-02
Murder at Ascutneyyille.
Horrible Hatchery or Man ana his win.

Horrible Hatchery ora Man and his win.
On Thursday morning. July 23d. an
atrocious murder was committed at
Ascutneyyille, about five miles from
windsor, in the town of Weathersfeld.
Windsor County. The victims were
farmer named Gowing, about As
years old, and his wife, few wears
younger, and the porpetrator of the
crime was Frenchman named Will
hams, who had been employed by Mr..
Gowing upon his farm Some time
tuesday morning, probably about 3
o'clock, Mr. Gowing heard knocking
at his door, while voice outside called
out, The COWS are in the corn" On
going to the door Mr. Gowing was
met by the Frenchman, who, probab-
" as soon as he opened it, struck him
q irightiul blow over the head with an
axe, and completed his bloody work
by beating ont his brains and mutilat-
ing his body in n most shocking man
ner All tins was done in few mo-
ncnts, and the Frenchman Their crept
to the bedroom of Mrs Gowing. The
same awful fate was hers. He emf
and cut her SO horribly that She sur
yiyed but n short time. The double
murder accomplished, the Frenchman
ritied the house for the money and
valuables which he supposed it to con
tain, and thoroughly cleaned out a
bureau, where, to bis knowledge. Mr..
Gowing had kept 5000 or $500 in
government securities How much
be found and carried away is not
known
5ut his crime had not been unob-
served. IN the same room where her
mother was murdered was frightened
little girl WHO throu.h the whole
tragedy lay in the trundle-bed, afraid
to speak, dimly realizing that there
was some great trouble, but knowing
not what to DO. She heard and re-
coguzed the Ircncbmau voice, call
ing her father to the door; heard the
slight noise attending the murder of
her father. and the close at hand
struggle for life which her poor moth
er made What could she do2 She
covered her face with the sheet from
fright, probably by her silence, saving
her own life, and SO dropped asleep
Early next morning, Mr. Hitchcock,
the nearest noighbor, went to Cow
nr's to grind scythe. He neither
say Ior heard amy ONE about the
house, and, knowing the family to be
early riscrs, his suspicious were ex-
oitsd and he entered the dwelling
The picture that met his vision start
Jed Alm like q clap Of thunder from a
cla sky There ON the floor was the
hieioss body OF MIR Glowing besmeared
with his own blood and horribly dis
figured Fearing hat like fate had
befallen Mrs Gowing, he went quickly
to her room, and there found his
worst opprebensious realized In Tie
same room where her mother was ~
ing in her gore, her little daughter
was discovered unframed and fast
asleep 4 boy older than this girl
slept nj q chamber above, but was not
awakened by the noise and knew moth
ing OF it til morning Williams went
the next Gay and let himself to some
person not far distant to work but
having occasion to go to Windsor, he
was there recognized, apprehended
hand cuiied, and taken to Weathers-
field for examination, and has been
committed to jail awaiting his trial for
murder
The true name of the murderer is
Hiram Miller He formerly lived in
Richford, this county.