National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-10-16
Letter From Hinesourgh.
Z he Hin, sburgh Murder.
FULL PARTICULARS.

The murler at llnesburg on
Saturday evening, October Bril-, was
one of the most cold b,ooded and
that ever was committed
i'll this Sta;e. Eve.y citizen viii be .
interested to know all the details OF
it that throw any light upon its
character or the cause Of IT.
Mr.. Perry Russell, the victim was
a farmer OF Is years of age. lie
was born in the State OF New York.
and came with his father, q al,s
Russell, to Hinesburg, when he was
about two Years old, aud lived till
his death in the same part of the
where lie first located. Charles
Russell accumulated a large proper
~, much of ii land, SO that for
many years his descendants and
kindred have owned and occupied
nearly al the land in the school dis
t!ict in the north. west corner of the
town. AMI also several large farms
in the adjoining districts. Perry
Russell occupied and owned the
farm in the centre of the district.
and nearest the school house He
had owned near five hundred acres.
His two children, Edward Russell,
one of the selectmen of the town.
and Mrs. Noble r. Miles, he had
located the one on tue north ant
the other on the south side of his
farm, and their estates have lncreaS-
ed till now the three estates com
pose, pro )aiJty, 81 OF the roperty
| in the district. All have been high.
/ ~ respectable citizens connected
with the Methodist Episcopal
! church, and the whole family con-
neclion contributing probably two.
thirds OF the pecuuiary support OF
that church in the town. Mr.. Perry
Russrll had been for a long time an
active and Influential menbe., and
7 gardtd as TIE strongest pilla'-
he patriarch of the church. lie
vas esteemed as an cStimab.n citi
zen Ia ali integrity and lihclalitA
and Kindness. not supposed to hay,
an enemy III the world. For some
Years he had occupied alone Will
his wife thc old homestead, a par
IF the time only having Il hired NAL
Or box, and sometimes Il female ser
want with them. On the night %
he murder they were alone. They
r.-ilcd to rest about eight o'clock
some fifteen or twenty minutes after
they were aroused Is a loud ral4'ili.
=, on the outer door, on the mort
side IT the house. Mr.. Russell call
; ell out who's there IN What i
wanted y After a little hesltati,
: the reply came" Joe Bushey. wan
to come IT." This was the name @
French boy, who had worked 70
him Il month in the last summer
Russell arose and cautiously pro
cedod to unlock the door. n
" s,ou as it was opened II little it wa
: Violently pushed IN against him, an
nearly at the SAME instant Il. hcav
bow WITS deal npoa his head. Mr'
1t Russell saw him recling, and il
II SANITY aSSa,lel by the mur,lercl
T. but whether he fell entirely By I'll
J. force Of the bio v, or i'll part by IN
muscular force of | il enemy, she
unable to SAY. she, however. sa'
I. HE villain top of him, or over hi
=. and dealing rapid and heavy blow
upon his head. Fearing for Ii,
own HE, and surprising there mu
~ be aGompliccS outside, she slippt
III ont OF bed, passed silently throul
10 the west part of the room and wit
IT in twelve feet of her PROSTATE hu
w band, whose groaus were rinr"ii
H.. her ears, passed through a narrc
lr. y usage into another room, al
,U through an outer door ut the Sou
~ side of the house, through the ba'
=" ward and field, over Il fierce int,
M road running South, to the ne
~. upiehbor's. about 30 rods diSta
&C This she did bnre,oo,cd aud in |
III II glt clothes. In this honsc VT
~, ~ only man and his wife. The wa
an refusing to lie left alone, all
pcther some 100 rods further to
~" next house. At this house they
~ H., ted the ncighbor> on the Sol
,n and East to the number of live II
pie and these repaired to the scene
~. The m, RIDER. The door was 81
v" and all was quiet save the hes
hlva hins of the dying man. l
'hd blow upoir the head had produ
~, concussioi and an appoplectic st
,up Of the brain, which rendered
~. unconscious and nolionlcss. lie
~ IN lined In This condition ill de-.