Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-04-21

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aarler growing Gu. Cd, quarrel az Bd.-
tol, Vt, was reported ~ telegraph sun
day. W. have this moving full details f the
STRAY
I,spqeirs that tT5 men named Noah Tt0ur-
son aui John A. Ring. hal rrli-e a-s.ast
each other or Ions time. es-l threatening 90
whip the other if he ever 20. chance. sa,ls-
iay evening Ring h4I some va-is With N-
Lewis, the hl.tler at the Bristol U..aI Lewis
sail to Ring tAs; be lEl-l elui aa- whip
everybody Rag said be could whip any one
there Thompson who was looking oa. SO this
stepped out sai said perhaps you can whip
me-" Ring said 20 Thompson ' keep away from
ne. DON'T want anything 20 10 with ycu -
and backed toward his team TIA, vac s-zlline
nlar by. at ;hs same tine putting bis hands To-
his poke. and taking ont bis knife Thompson
said, 81 know you are armed if you was uot
woulI knock you" Ping ty this time hal
moved back TO bis horse, AMI sail 70 Thompson
come down here aai l vii make S hole through
yoa ' Thompson nii be guessed be hal
right 10 walk sr5lal there If be
chose to, and walked s'ong TO within
SIX or eight fee; Of Ring, when Ring s,guck
At him AMI stsbsel him tvi-e with the knife.
The men then cliuchei anI both fell 20 the
ground and before Ring could be got OF be bad
stabbed Thompson some uiae OF ten tunes, in
fictiug wounds Of which Thompson died iu
about three minutes Ring was at once arrested.
but soon broke away anil ran some fifty rods
when be was caught ami placed in irons.
Ring is a desperate character, and was under
the influence Of liquor al the time Of the affair.
Thompson, it is said, hal NOT been drinking.
Ring was taken before Judge Muusiu anI
bound over, aai al O'Clock Sunday morning
he was taken by Deputy Sheriff yintou TO
Miiilebury jail. After getting sober De seem
Ell to realize his situation ard felt very bad,
saying that if they would take him out and
shoot him, sni close up the affair, he would give
g THOUSAND dollars
4 post-mortem examination vas held upon
the body o, Thompson by Drs Wheeler, Eddy
and Prince.
It is sajl that Thompson has been a soldier,
and vas not inclined to quarrel ezcep. when he
me; Ring. The murder has caused much excite
meat in the neighborhood
FULLER DErAILs
Since the above was put in type, We have re-
ceiyel further and fuller details from correspon-
dents in Bristol and ether sources. including
slip from the Office Of the Ulllebury REGISTER.
The quarrel between the men had been Of
long standing arising from jealousy On the part
Of Thompson Of Rings intimacy with his wife.
Some ten years sgo, they hal an affrsy,in which
Ring knocked Thompson down, and received
severe beating from Thompson. The knife used
by Ring was com. one-blaied pocket knife.
the point Of which had been broken. and
ground down very sharp The first blow was the
fatal one seyering the jugular vein, vet after
it Thompson gave Ring a blow in the face
from which he staggered back and fell, Thomp-
son falling upon him. Ring then turned Thomp-
son and stabbed him again and again, in the
back till Thompson managed to get the knife
away from Ring. when the bys;anders seized
the latter and took him of.
Thompson never moved after Ring was aiken
of from him. He Was taken up and laid on
the front steps Of DR.. Hasseltine's drug store.
He gasped two or three timer, and was a corpse
His last words were " I have got the knife
The body as it lay there, lifeless form, that
ten minutes before was full Of life and vigor now
covered with blood and with the clothes almost
cut from the body, was a shocking sight Ring
was Immediately arrested by the constable, yet /
was not taken from the spot, nor handcufed |
Watching his opportunity when the consta- |
bles attention was turned in another direction, |
he sprsng away and ran for dear life Those |
present started in pursuit. He passed up North !