Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-10-08


cred trunk, in which were his hills re-
eeipts, money, Ne. This was gone, his
pantaloons had not been rifed. IN. walle,
with siid IN u being found untouched,
and nothing else In tho house was dis.
turbed, except one drawer in little table
at the head OF the bed in the sleeping room.
Word Of this shocking crime was soon
snt TO iiinesbnrgh village, and Mr.. Cur
ny, the constable, started for Burlington,
arousad Sheriff Ashley and Mr.. Flanagan,
and search commenced for the murderer. |
Tracks, supposed 10 be those OF the muir |
deIer, appeared leading west from the
house through eornfeld; and following
IN that direction, in a meadow on the |
Barber farm, about quarter q a mile
distant the trunk was found by E6ward |
Narramore and Luther Pierce. Ii was
broken open and its contents scattered
about.
30 FAR as is known, there was at the time
OF the murder no money in il, and the as
saSsin got absolutely nothing for his hor-
rid crime, unless possibly closer search
may show some certificates OF bank stock
10 have been carried off
Suspicion being naturally directed 10
Busha, whose name the murderer gave al
the door, search was made, but he could
not be found. Sunday morning he was
discovered with his mother in Burlington,
they having come in from Hinesburgh
Saturday morning, and remained there all
night, as they claim. Close questioning
brought out nothing suspicious or con.
Meeting Busha with the affair, and he was
let 20. lie is a young fellow OF To- who
worked for Mr.. Russell last August. and
loft, having had some disagreement with
some Of the household, aud being severely
rcprimanaed by Mr. Russell.
No clue was obtNinoa ~ the psrpotra,or
of the murder Sunday. A young man
named Henry Welcomc-whoso family is
a respectable one, living in Hinesburgh,
but who himself is rather hard charac-
tor, and was discharged last Wednesday
from custody in Montpelier, where he was
in Jail for horse-Stealing-was seen last
Thursday in company with young Busha
in the rear Of one Of Mr.. Russells barns,
and on Saturday afternoon no was OBJ
served at Mr., Fletcher's, near Shelburn
depot, and toward evening he was recog-
nizcd about u mile from Mr. Russell's
4 man was also seen, Just at dark, in n
field opposite Mr., Russell's house, so far
as We learned, no other person liable TO
suspicion is yet known TO have been near
the house. Mr.. Russells grandson was
there shortly before they went 90 bed, on
= his way home from Hinesburgh, and had
Expected TO stay all night but as he had
TO 20 To his fathers first, his grandfather
thought il not worth while for him to re-
turn The hired man lived at some little
distance, and the hired girl had gone TO
Canada on a visit, so tho old couple were
entirely alone in the house, of which the
murderer was no doubt, well aware.
Mr.. Russell was much respected citi-
zen of Hinesburgh, where be had lived
for over seventy years, and in his present
residence for forty years. lie was quiet
man, attending closely to his business, and
in course Of years had accumulated very
considerable property. His farm of ovei
400 acres was one of the finest in tn,
town; but part of it he had given to hi
children, Elwood Russell and Mrs y. X
Niles, on their settlement in life. He had
been in the habit of keeping money and
bonds in the house, and it was common
e remark that he had trunk full Of
: money" But about year ago, at hi
sons suggestion, he had deposited hi
bonds in the First National or Merchant
National Banks in Burlington, for SAT,
keeping So that bu, for the payment Il
!, him that day of Sll3 of dividends OF
y bank stock, found in his wallet, ther
II would have been at the time of the mu
;. der almost no money in the house.
:, The house, "a story and a half high, NJ
. Russell had built for himself in 1925
when he moved to his present farm.
;. stands on the main road, about ten mil,
:, from Burlington, and about two miles an
= a half from Hinesburgh village, the spil
a of whose church is plainly visible fro
- the door. 1t is neat building, painte
y white, with low piazza across the from
;, and part way along the north side. 4
: the northeast corner is the side door I
:, which the murderer came. There is a
:" a" on the north side of the house, she
:, Just at the corner of that, and across Il
:. road the horse-barn Everything arour
;, betokens the well-to-do, Vermont farme
as Mr.. Russell was.
N The sleeping room occupiedby the age
n couple is a small one, dingonaliy aero
i the room from the outer door, and ju
d beyond it opened the entry leading pa
n the sitting room to the front door on Il
re east side of the house, through which Mr.
20 Russell escaped 1t gave, when its do
s was opened, full view Of the sittir
a room and outer door; but in the di
d light and frightened as she was, Nj
N Russell did not sufficiently mark Il
ID murderer to be able to identify him.
,p Examination of the premises Shove
i nothing suspicious. The hinge wit
40 which the murder was done, had, for son
10 time previous, been lying in the bar
a. The murderer evidently had looked rour
J. for weapon suited to his purpose. or ell
I. there were two, for beside the piazza W,
,r found an old pitchfork, taken from Il
,e barn also, broken tine of which had bee
70 bent out nearly at right angles, and G,
" made in the handle about half way up,
n if with the intent at first to shorten it {
- more effectual use But the hinge prov,
If. better adapted for the bloody work, al
40 the fork was not used. A heavy whip h
h also been taken from the wagon and t
so handle broken across AZ if by trial of
MS strength or to prevent its use, and Il
I'll harness was cut in several places.
be Mrs. Russell is - years of age, mfr
III having had paralytic stroke three yea
Is ago. which had nearly crippled her, b
o. from which she had begun to recoy,
he Ellwood Russell, the only son, is one
II. the selectmen Of Hinesburgh. Mr. RUSS
a was an uncle Of Mrs. DIR. H. H. Langd
To and of Mr.. Ira Russell, of Burlington.
a. Every means of detecting the murder
er will be employed. The direction evident
he taken by him leads to the suspicion tn
ed he may have taken the 10 p. IN. train sou
ice on the Rutland Railroad, at Sherbur
mi the distance is but about four miles Z,
DIS he might easily have walk there in tim
~ Search will be made Southwark, and m