Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-29

MURDER IN ST. ALBAN4s5 q3qt 4
o'clock, Tuesday morning, the m list,
Mr.. Thomas Murphy, who ifve3 aj566t tRo
miles northof St Adams, near. f55ta rsxck
Of the Vermont and Canada RAilr6sS y; ls
awakened by a knock ut the door, ana OH
going down, he found leaning againsk tlls'
doorway young man in Il disiievclest
condition, wounded and scarcely abb ff 81
stand. Mr.. Murphy at once aroused hiss.s
sons, and with their assistance conveyed
the stranger to the next house, occupied
by Frenchman named Peter Jondreau.
where he was taken in and cared for. and
Dr. y. f. Fassett summoned from St.
Adams to attend upon him. The young
man was choking with thirst and very
weak. lie was put to bed and during the
interval since has given an explanation of
his condition, which is substantiated and
generally credited, and is in substance rs
follows: His name is Joseph Mnard, age.
about thlrty-two; has been at work in
Holyoke, Mass, the greater part of the
time, for some years past; arrived in St.
Adams, Saturday night, on his way to his
nome IN st. Cesaire, 2. @, on a visit
stopped in st. Adams over Sunday: Mon
day morning, took his satchel and started
to walk up the track to Swanton, intending
to take the train again there; this was
about o'clock in the morning Having
walked about two miles he became some
what tired and warm, and, going up into
the edge OF some woods near the track,
sat down under II tree to rest He was
there shortly accosted by two men, who
came up on the track like himself. both
unknown to him. A conversation ensued.
and they said they were sailors lust dis
charged from their ship. They seemed to
ne Americans. In the conversation. some
little alteration arose and one of the men
struck Mlnard on the cheek. Minard put up
ms hand to ward off another blow, when
the man seized his wrist and bit off the
lore-ilnger near the first joint. The other
man then drew common pocket knife and
stabbed him three times about the left side.
aIter Which they took to their heels It is
supposed that Minard lay in semi-uncon-.
sclous state during the remainder of, tho
DAY and night, until early Tuesday morn-
ing, when he succeeded in crawling across
the track and to Mr.. Murphy's, us stated.
Dr tassett on his arrival made IN exam
NATION, finding, i'll addition to the bitten
hnger, three stabs, all in the region of the
heart; one very slight, one the length Of
the knife blade. or about three and a half
inches in depth, and the third blow sent
the knife IN the full length of the knife
and handle, and the knife still remained
IN the wound, having become half closed
and partially turned around The knife is
Il common pocket knife, with white bone
handle, having originally had two blades,
but the smaller has been broken off short,
and the large one is dull, and has evident
ly been used for cutting tobacco. Minard
fingered until about O'Clock. Friday
morning. when he died
The murdered man was of Canadian
birth and spoke English brokenly. He
had been known formerly in the vicinity.
His mother arrived, Friday noon, from St.
Cesaire. \ post-mortem examination was
made, Friday, by Drs Fassett and Comeau.
and an inquest held by Justice Hi. Farms
worth. The second blow penetrated to
the heart, and actually punctured that or
gan to the depth of about Il quarter of an
inch. The last blow was to the left of the
heart the knife intlicting Il cut about two
inches long upon the left lung. Either
wound was probably mortal. and the Won
Ter is that the victim survived so long.
On going to the place designated by him.
traces of the struggle and blood stains
We're found. The elt"hel had been broken
open and the contents scattered In the
watch pocket of the murdered man WI,
found about 81 30 in currency, and in Il
secret receptacle, under his shirt, SJl in
bills. He WAS well dressed, and a fine
specimen of physical manhood. Officers
have succeeded, rs they think. in tracing
he perpetrators of this crime nearly to the
province line, and every effort is being
made to procure further clues and infor-
nation.
THE MINARD MURDER Sheriff Kimp-
ton, who, on Saturday, telegraphed from
Stanbridge to s.. Adams, that he was on
trail of the supposed murderer of Minard.
sent another despatch yesterday, saying
that two suspected men had been arrested
and held for examination, and requesting
that the knife and all information connect
ed with the inquiry be forwarded to him
at once