Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-10-16
The Hinesburg Murder.

charged with the murder of Russell in
IIinesburgh, the main ones being the
contradictory stories he gives of himself,
and failure to account for his where
abouts on the night of the murder, and
the spots of blood on his coat. As usual
in such eases he says it was from those
bleed" The Free Press thus speaks Of
him:
in person Welcome is about five feet
eight inches in height and weighs about
140 lbs. He has fneiy proportional
and well developed muscular frame, for
a lad of II years
During the examination he maintain
ed rather stolid interest in what was
going on; bis speech and motions being
quick, strong and jerky. When he was
led into the Town Hall for examination
on Monday, p. NJ, followed by large
number of his fellow citizens and most
of his former schoolmates and play
mates, and looked around upon the ca
ger faces of the crowd gathered there,
among whom were two or three of his
little brothers and sisters, his face became
slightly dushed,-his keepers said for
the first time since his arrest The hall
was packed fall, bat the utmost quiet
prevailed throughout the whole examin-
alton. While the words and countenan-
ces of all indicated an undoubting be-
lief that young Welcome was the mur-
derer and that such an atrocious crime
must be fully punished, there was not the
slightest intimation of any desire to take
him out of the hands of the officers of
the law; circumstance significant of
the strong hold which law and order has
on our Vermont people, widely contrast
ing with tbs frequent reports of lynch
ing that come to us almost daily from
the West and South. Indeed any one
looking carefully into the faces of that
audience, would have detected an express
sion of pity on almost every counte-
nance, and the compassionate tear in
many an eye. Adherence of the crime.
approval of, and confidence in, the Sc
we're and righteous judgments of the
law, mingled with sincere pity for the
misguided and guilty lad, and tenderest
sympathy for HE broken hearted parents
all these we are sure were shown in the
expressive faces of that whole assembly.
Welcomes parents are French Cana
dlans. They came to Vermont before
their marriage, and have lived in or near
the village of Hinesburgh most of the
time for many years. Their numerous
children have all had the privileges of
the common school. They have always
been regarded as honest, industrious.
and trustworthy citizens. Henry is the
nth child, and there are six Younger
Efforts were made when he was a little
boy, TO get him into the Sunday School,
and keep him there, but without success.
III the common school he was idle and
OF course mischieyous and irregular in |
He did little more than
learn to read and spell poorly, perhaps
write little, and hardly got through |
with the fundamental rules of arithme-
tic. He was suffered to run in the street
with IDLE boys; and as soon as old enough
to work, mainly controlled his owp time.
earnings and actions, seldom working
more than a few days or weeks at any
me place. Since he was eight years old
le has been known to be in the habit ofI
offering and lying. About one year
go he was suspected of breaking into {
he store of F. W. Baldwin of Hines
urgh, and taking a small amount of
honey. He was traced to Waterbury
mere he took the cars for Boston. A f
Nv weeks after, information came to his
lther that he was arrested for stealing A
a watch, we think, and soon after
lat ne was sentenced to the House nc A
direction for six months. On being rr. q
ased, last summer, he came back ne far "a
Waterbury, where he hired n livery q
am came to Milton and offered il for b
le' was arrested and taken to MontnoI. :,
to await histrial for theft. Last week 1
eonesday he was tried and released y r
A scene of thrilling interest occurred =
Tuesday ?. NJ, when Constable Stew X
t was on his way to the jail at Bur. pI
'Ston with his prisoner. Abont two =
lies from Hinesburgh village he met
9 hearse bearing the body Of Dir. Rus
Il to the grave, and the funeral certeos
nearly hundred carriages. The
pposed murderer was in one cardiac
front, Mr.. Stewart in another bebind
'n carriage containing a second ner. Nj
D. They turned out to one side Of the
'o' and stood, while the whole proces-
n passed, Young Welcome sittipq nm -
mt IN an oman oarr: -, AZ