Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-21

s BEA>rLY AFFRAY.-The Bellows Fall
Imes gives long account Of, as it would
seem. an unproyoked and brutal ARRAY il
that village Sunday evening of last week, il
which William Savage, former resident o
this village, figures as the chief participant
and aggressor. We give the Times version o
the affair below, slightly abridging it in IN
important particulars.
On Sunday evening Mr.. l.. NJ. Read wa:
wall king eastward on School ST., when ht
met Il stranger, who, wheE even with him
instantly turned and struck him violent
blow on one eve MIR Read was staggered
somewhat bv the blow, but recovered, a nd
was again struck in the other eye Again
he recovered, and again was he struck down
bv Bis unknown assailant. By this time
Mr. who has had a soldiers experience
thought it about time to call up his reserve
forces. and he seized and held the man from
doing further violence. Meantime a crowd
was collecting, and he called upon them to
help arrest the man, who was trying to get
away. a stranger, who was no doubt a
s7uratl.ler with the assallant, asked Read
o. let 20 Of his man as 50 many were present
be would not then attempt to escape, 10
which solicitation Read yielded, when he
corn in Capt TaylOr's garden. Mr.. Read 5
face was dreaming with blood from the
bruises be had received, but with true pluck
.e instantly followed his assaIlant and called
for aid. Mr. j. ID. Perkins res pOnded, and
Dee and Read again seized their man in the
clrrH.Ii. Meantime Mr. j. ID. Bridgman
who resides On Henry ST.. heard the cry for
ala and crossed over to the field of action,
where another gentleman furnished him with
revolver. During all this time the pris-
1uer was using the most violent and threat
ching language and deiying everybody.
Threatening ;. ;. Coolidge, who was urging
him - submit peacefully to arrest, Author
Coolidge armed himself with a club for an
emergency Seeing which, the assailant
filed both hands with rocks, declaring that
two cloud play at that game.
Mr. Brdgman drew the revolver and com
mandeI his submission The man detied him
Oh shoot and made a motion as if 10 draw
revolver himself No one believed he had
one. however, but Mr.. Bridgman then cooked
IBIS revolver, and this incident had the proper
effect. lie then asked to 20 for his hat, but
was informed If be took one step further in
that direction he would be shot down. He
was made To walk. with revolver ready, up
School street and down by the side of the
steps, when he was secured in the lookup.
This man proved to be one William Savage,
"a brakeman on the Cheshire railroad, and
belongs 10 Montpelier, and is a first class des-
peradJ when iniuriated by liquor Savage
broke a mans Jaw at WalpOle few weeks
since, and we understand did the same thing
at Montpelier a long time since and once at
Fitchburg he smashed a mans head. He
was no doubt crazed with liquor when he
attacked Real, and would have assaulted
any other person had he been there. In
Ill Il
dog l5Jse IN the streets.
On Tuesday Savage was brought before
Justice Bridgman, and held TO bail 10 the
sum Of $1,000, for his appearance At County
Court, and $1,000 more to keep the peace for
one year On examination he was quite IL
different, and made oath that he had not tasted
drop Of liquor that day As he neither
asked and no one ffered to invest $4,000 in
his bonds. Captain Taylor took him to Jail
1T Fayetteville on Tuesday. He is said to be
peacaab.e. except when under the influence
of liquor.
This is a sorry record for young Savage
but it ought in justice to him to be said that
he never when residing here developed any
Of the characteristics Of blood thirsty des-
perado. He was ever considered more
Savage by name than by nature. We
remember him az a member Of the school
over which we had supervision for several
years. as a quiet, inofensive, studiOus pupil
1t must be the Bellows Falls rum is first
class fighting - benziue," and that it makes
beastIv tigers Of all who imbibe it. The
moral IL. never drink anything but water at
Bellows Falls-or az to that matter at any
other place.