Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-09-06

nr,,Scuo1y SUICIDE-A MAN Ours HIS
T,-1,,r rn ESCAPE BLACK MAILING.
Death of William f. Hale, who was tound on
sunday morning in Rutland with his throat
Ont oToves to have been case OF unuouo1ed
suic;de The last that was seen OF Mr. IIaIe
Live ,yas on the morning of Saturday last
abont nine O'Clock. At that time he took
leave of his wife, after giving her his pocket
hook and watch, and aifectonateiy klssihg
her and his young child, telling ms WIie Iha'
she would never see him again. he tasseN
out of the house and turned up Pihe etIoe''
1aving no heed to the fond entreaty, papa, ,
mana ) with which his curly-haired boy OF
three wears called after him HIS vile was
naturally alarmed at his conduct and rs ne
did not eturn in the course Of the day, sue
became very anxious and ex press I'll the belIet
that he had committed suicide. On Sunday
morning some of his neighbors started To
search for him and, following his foot tracks,
soon found his lifeess body in swamp ee-
longing to John Cain, Esq. A deep cut was
found in his throat, seyering the Jugular Veln'
4 few feet from the body lay small two
hladed pocket knife, with one blade open,
the crimson stains upon which made II eSi-
dent that il was the instrument with which
the bloody deed had been committed. II
was clearly a case OF self destruction, as
there was not the slightest signs OF strug-
gle in the moist ground where the remains
iav. The unfortunate man had evidently
fallen forward at once on striking the fatal
blow. and died without struggle. On
learning of the confirmation OF her worst
fears. Mrs Hale swOOned, and on being re
stored to con sciOusness, was almost distracted
with grief.
ON searching the pockets OF Mr.. Hale,
letter was discovered N the breast pocket OF
.r. u .o4 r1 III 10 and written
by a Young married man named George A.
Patch. 1t contained IN substance an implied
charge Of criminal intimacy on the part OF
Hale with the wife of Patch, and demand
OF $50 to prevent legal prosecution Inis
letter was delivered 20 Mr.. Hale by boy on
Saturday morning, and was opened IN the
presence OF bis wife, but he refused TO dis
close its contents The letter made the
demand to have the money sent by the bearer
as the only possible alternative % prevent q
prosecution Mr.. Hale did not send an an
swer by the boy, however, but Is supposed TO
have had an interview with Pate Ion the
street soon after. when the demani was re
ncwed, the sum named being SlOO lnste al o.
$50 After this interview 1t Is supposed that
Alr. Hale formed the desperate resolve to
take his own lite. On learning Of the con-
necti9n Of Patch with the tragedy, he was
questioned and not giving altogether satls-
factory information OF ms whereabouts on
Saturday morning, he was arrested.
Nh Hale was formerly a resident of Bran
don. and had hyei IA Rut AID about tgO
years He had been employed in the car
Shops of tle Rut'ald Railroad, I'll. ABOUT a
week since, when some disagree uent aris ny
ne had been discharged Iae Rutland Her
aid. from which we c5udcu>c the above
PARTICULARS. says lie was "a man Of some
what cxcitablc nature aaI strong passions,
bat with no tendency u dependency, aud
tHe rash act with which he ended BAL. hl,
seems o. have been one oil deliberate deter
nII.tt. on