Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-07-02

take auVantaSe Oh YOU, ana maue u yes
ture with his hand, Yerger said, with
an oath, take your hand out. of my
face p Crane said, don't know you
and don't want to have anything to do
with you except officially" At this time
witness noticed that Mr.. Yerger had his
right hand in his bosom.-Col. Crane
turned his back to Mr. Yerger and took
one step up street. Mr.. Yerger pushed
him and said, " Go you dog" Colonel
Crane wheeled round and struck Mr..
Yerger with walking stick they then
clinched, and Yerger drew knife and
commenced cutting at Colonel Crane
Mr.. Crane caught Mr.. Yerger's arm, and
held it awhile; they we're still struggling;
Mr.. Yerger jerked his arm away, and
struck Colonel Crane in the back ). at
this time Colonel Crane backed into
Browns store store ; the parties strug-
gled inside the door witness could see
nothing but the arms of the parties =
Colonel Crane fell, and Yerger stepped
out and threw the knife at Col. Crane,
saying, " Now you dog, you struck me-"
or, "what did you strike me for p wit
ness could not identify the knife; did
not see it except in Mr.. Yergers hands /;
at the time thought it was a +" thug"
knife.
An article in the jackson Pilot, relat-
ing to the affair says
:" The heart-rending scene which occur
red at the spot of the tragedy, when the
young wife of the murdered man came
and threw herself upon his PROSTATE,
lifeless and bloody form, and in piteous
walls cried, "Oh, Joseph speak to me !
say that you are not dead Oh, God,
what have I done that my dear husband
should be thus snatched from me ?" was
indescribable The crowd silently wept
earnest tears with the bereaved wife
She was borne from the spot almost a
maniac, amid the sympathy Of the en-
tire gathered population. While we all
: regret most seriously the occurrence, we
say most positively, the people of our
community cannot be held responsible
, morally for the rash act. And when in
private or public we drop the tear Of re-
gret over the sad occurrence, and mourn
with deep sympathy with the bereaved
wife of the fallen, we cannot forget the
! family and relatives of the unfortunate
maddened man, who so far forgot his du-
ty to himself and society, as to commit
r the rash act
Mr.. Yerger having been arrested, is
now in the custody of the military au-
J thorities.
, Colonel Grain was Chief Commissary
f of the Fourth Military District, and in
addition to the other duties, was filing
: the place of Mayor of this city by order
: of the District Commander. On Tues
day night his remains were sent to Day
r ton, Ohio, where he formerly resided
and where he has children at school,
} Thither his afflicted wife has proceeded
: to join her kindred, carrying With hel
the sympathies Of the community.
o Correspondence New York Tribune.
: Jackson, June 9.-Mr. Yerger meet
ing Colonel Crane on the street. said, 81
want settlement of that tax business.
$ The Mayor replied, /" this is no place tc
5 talk of that matter come to my office
g Mr.. Yerger took no notice of this but an
noyed the Mayor considerably by forci
: bly, thrusting himself in front of him.
!, Mayor Crane stopped and said to MIR
e 4erger " | respect you as gentleman
o and do not desire to have an alteration
4 on the street / am unarmed, and desir
o to pass on" Whereupon 9erger pushe'
= Colonel Crane in the back, and said, 'Yor
# Yankee son of a. you shan't rul
d me-" Colonel Crane turned to Yergel
I and said Enough of this" when Yel
j. ger Immediately drew his bowie knife an
4. plunged it into the breast of the Mayor
d repeating the blows five times. Colone
Crane tried at first to ward off the blows
h but soon fell to the ground without u
Il tering a word, and expired Verge
re made no attempt to escape, nor did th
: citizens use any means to arrest him, a
y though the street was filled with peopl
O. at the time. He walked to his residenC
k followed by crowd of excited negroe
N who would have lynched him had til
Y. slightest suggestion been made. A squa
,e of infantry succeeded in arresting hil
r. and conveyed him to the camp, where b
was placed in irons. On his way to th
K camp he desired TO hirea hack, but Gel
eral Granger informed him that the so
lt diers were walking and he must wal
el with them. He also objected to bein
3 placed in the guard house, but Geners
re Granger was inexorable, and the haugl
p ty Southron was compelled to yield.
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