Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-02-13
SHOOTING AT MANCHESTER
Daniel Sullivan wants Satisfaction
AND GETS 1T.

Bennington County is achieving a rep
utation for iustifable homicide, shooting
affrays and uncommitted murders. Only
a little over a year ago the tragedy of
East Arlington was attracting the atten-
ton of the country over the death of
three of the victims, the manning of two
others, and the eventful justification of
the perpetrators of the shooting. Long
before that, Manchester had been arous-
ed to the highest pitch of excitement ! y
the alleged murder of one Russell Colyin
and the conviction and sentence to death
of Stephen and Jesse Boorn, his alleged
murderers. Time passed and the sup
posed dead was brought to life again,
the convicted murderers went free and
the reioicings of Manchester were car
ried almost TO the verge of insanity.
Years after, and about midway between
the former and latter dates, Bennington
County was the theatre of an actual muir
der in the person of Mrs. Harriet J.
Bates. at SALISBURY, in 1923, and the
conviction and execution of her muir
derer, Archibald L. Bates, at Benning-
ton. the February following. All of
these cases, where any actual violence
was used, were the results of shooting
Forty-four years, to a day, from the
hanging of Bates, the gun was again
brought into requisition, this time in
that part of Manchester known as Fac
tory Point On Saturday night last, the
residents of Manchester and vicinity
were startled by the announcement that
Daniel Sullivan, a resident of Factory
Point, had been shot to death by one
Orion, at or near the residence of the
latter. The community, of course, was
stirred to its very depths with the most
frenzied excitement and intense feeling,
which was hardly allayed when it was
ascertaincd that there had been an actual
shooting affray, which, however, had
not resulted fatally. The facts as gath
cred on the spot and from statements OF
both parties and their friends, are meagre
in the extreme, but appear to be sub.
stantially as follows: There seems to
| have been an old quarrel between Sulli-
van and Orion about some trifiing mat
ter, which, although long since set.
| tied, was favorite subject of talk anC
threat on the part of Sullivan when ht
was under the influence of strong drink
! That Sullivan was somewhat, if not
more so, addicted to drinking, seems Il
be conceded by his friends and familiar
acquaintance, as we'll as by all who
know anything about him. When under
its influence, on one or two former oc
casions, he had had physical trouble will
Orion and had ''thrashed him rather
severely" as it is reported. Orion, being
of a less belligerent disposition, had come
to be afraid of Sullivan, and had avoided
him whenever he could. This was about
the situation of affairs, Saturday noon
| Sullivan being primed with rum of the
courageous or fighting kind, and Orion
without knowing Sullivan's then where
abouts or condition, being afraid of him
During the afternoon of Saturday, Ortor
being absent from his house, Sullivan goe!
up there, with evident hostile intent, anC
endeavors to vent it on Mrs. Orion. She
however, was able to elude his grasp
and after following her around the room
and house, with vociferations and threats
in the endeavor to catch and, undoubted
ly, infiict bodily injury on her, he gav'
up the chase and left the house. UpoI
| Orton's return home, he was informed
| by his wife of Sullivan's visit and actions
and so was, in a measure, prepared fo
what was to follow. In the evening ht
locked up his house, whether or not ii
anticipation of a further visit from bis
too attentive acquaintance, we are moi
informed, but it is probable that he hac
some such anticipation. However thii
might have been, Sullivan came agar
and strenuously endeavored to gain ad
mittance. For time no attention wa:
paid to the noise or the implied notice
that an entrance would be obtained
forcibly if necessary, but an entrance il
any event. Orion finally demanded Il
know who was there and what wa