The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1868-04-24
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Troy. v. I.

The Troy Times of Saturday evening
last, contains the following particulars
of the murder OF Policeman Cramdell, IN
the suburbs Of that city, ON Saturday
morning last:
Early this morning tIc public author
tiles were notified of the murder OF a
Capitol Policeman in the village of Abba,
constituting portion Of the Fifth Ward
of this city, and in q short time the news
Of the occurrence of the tragedy was
generally known, although the distance
from the heart Ofthe city to jhe locality
I'm which the murder transpired is such
that the particulars were not fully devel-
opcd TO the community. The tragedy
is still shr0uded in great mystery. At
haif-past four O'Clock this morning,
citizen of Abba, named VIM. II. Van
derpOol, who was proceeding from his
residence to a distant barn. found the
murdered policeman David Crandel,
lying upon the sidewalk in front OF the
house of John Davis, stiff and cold in
death. He was lying upon his face. and
from a bullet wound in the forehead
blood had oOzed and trickled into a pool
upon the walk. Mr.. Nanderpo0l at
once alarmed of the ueighb0Ts, and
the murdered man was tenderly taken
up and conveyed TO his residence about
a hundred rods from the scene Of the
terrible occurrence
The alarmed and indignant citizens at
once began an investigation into the
circumstances connected with the trag-
edy, and in a short time it was disc0v-
cred that the store Of McNeal & Pilling.
connected with the Troy wooden works.
had been burgalariously entered and an
attempt made % force open the safe in
the store during the night. The body
of policeman Crandell was found dis
tant from the store about 200 feet. At
about twenty minutes to one O'Clock he
entered the barn Of the Troy Il Abba
horse railroad company, and couversed
for few minutes with the Waterman
on duty there. He then left and pur-
sued his beat past thestOre. and il is sup
posed that while passing he discovered
the presence Ofthe burglars within. and
listening for a short time probably sat
iSfied himself that there was too many
of them for him tOattack single-handed.
and that he then started down the street
i'm the direction of the Troy Wooden
Mill, which was running, To procure as
sistance. 1t is further supposed that an
accomplice of the burglars was on pick
ct without the store in dark area be-
tween two houses, and that observing
Crandell he fired upon and killed him.
The burglars and the cOwardly assassin
fled and the dead slept undisturbed
until the morning light revealed the
awful crime that had been committed.
The Wing of Monday morning thus T
0lludes to horrible murder in the ninth +
ward Of that city on the previous day:
Citizens residing in the southern part
of the city were startled yesterday morn
ing, by q report that another murder
had been ovnmlttedfn the Ninth Ward
the dead body Of g young man having
been found int the alley, between Second
and Third streets, a short distance north
of Jackson street. Anda suhsequontin-
vestigation proved the truthfuincss of
the rumOr. At half-past five o'clock
Yesterday morning, French Canadian
named Narcisse Forti, who is employed
rs private Waterman by James Carsiey.
left his post and started for home. He
resides in the rear Of 22I Second street
near the corner Of jackson street A.
he approached his home, he discovered
the dead body of man stretched AT full
length in front Of his house. He at
.empted to wake him up, when he dis
covered that he was dead. FOrti became
horror stricken and Immediately aroused
he neighbOrhood, and started in search
# a policeman. lie met patrolman
Cummings, who was coming from the
sixth ward, on Second street, and the
'flicer repaired Immediately to the To-
.ality, and took charge of the remains.
\ stretcher was procured, and the body
vas taken to the first precinct station
lOusc.
During the day the remains were in J
pected by large crowds of people, and
{ was not until nine o'clock that the
deceased was identified as Samuel Law
ence, Scotchman, employed as a pud- /;
.ler's helper in Burdens tap mill in the :
,iXth ward. :
On examination there was a terrible +.
round found in the back OF his head,
lose to the right ear, which had evil
emily been inflicted by club or a sharp :
tone. /