The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1868-01-10

is likely to recover The ball that en-
tered the face, the ply sicians do not
think safe to extract.
All accounts agree that Bishop was
exceedingly fond of his wife, and there
is no evidence that there had been any
dispute betw, en- them until a day or
two previous, or any evidence that she
had at any time given him occasion
for jealousy Still he imagined-and
it was purely imagination-that she
was not faithful to him; nor is this at
all strange, when it is known that he
was naturally of jealous turn Of mind.
! Bishop was u man who occasionally
drank liquor, bnt not often to excess.
Liquor alone was not the cause of his
murderous act, but it undoubtedly had
something TO DO with it. 1t urged
him to DO, perhaps, what he might not
have done if he had not touched ii that
forenoon. Nor DO we think tLat the
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ms. catherine DtSaop-I ara vie OF
John BISHOP now deceased tie has
peen troubled IN mind since Christmas.
l tiiihA ne was insane, Ana to-day he
was ili ihuof; ne had Defn "llnkinS.
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WIS lH lhe touse tins H"'fnnG |
th-nA 9e MAS Jealous OF me, o. "a. least
seemed so. de came nome about IL
o. m, Drought bottle OF liquor with
INN; drank twice or three times after
ne came nome About noon, OF lit
lie altsr' ne ran 10 Tie bureau drawer,
uhiocAea II ana took ont his revolver
'hihk my sister, VINO had been IN the
ROOM naa Just gone out was stand
ing peside the bed lie hred twice at
me- leA' ana ne immediately shot
himself, ana Tell down. l did not
move Tor a moment after Tell then
/ got up went down STAIRS, found my
sister All Mr. Ward family had
gone out. / ran over to kaiph lay
lor $: VINO IVes next door Tor help.
Ny husband dld not then or at any
o'her Tune threaten to shoot me or
any one else, nor did he While getting
MS revolver say anything lie had al
ways been KIND, good ans devoted III
every respect to me up to tins time
N1SS may Jane C0ondR-l am sister
OF Mrs. Bishop, wife OF John Bishop.
Am very feeble from hemOrrhage Of
/ the lungs. Have been living with my
sister few days. Bishop was at home
nearly all the forenoon. Went down
street once after medicine. After he
returned he gave me some medicine