Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-07-10
sad Accident on the Fourth.
A MAN snoT AT A PICNIC.


, CONCORD, N. IT,, July 5. The CON
munity here was shocked and grieved
one clock Saturday afternoon by the II
telligence that Arson S. Marshall,
prominent lawyer and influential citize
of Concord, had been accidentally sho
and it was feared fatally injured, a
Penacook Lake, West Concord. 1t al
pears that Mr.. Marshall, with his VIII
and child, drove to the lake during tn
forenoon to pass few hours there AM
Join in a picnic which is annually hell
on the 4th of July. After spending al
hour or more talking with friends il
Tamblyn's Grove he was invited to par
take with Others oS refreshments, bu
politely declined, saying that he hat
brought his lunch basket, and though
he had better pass round to the side o
the lake and have family party under
trees. Arriving there he left his car
riage, and spreading blanket upon the
ground, opened his basket for dinner
just at this mement his wife heard the
singing of bullets over their heads aud
remarked that it was dangerous to re.
main there. Mr.. Marshall could see no
one firing, but shouted to them to be
careful He then rose to his feet, and
at that instant bullet struck him in the
abdomen, passing into his body. He
exclaimed, 81 am shot and fatally
wounded" and sank down. His wife
called for assistance, when two men from
party near by promptly responded, and
taking him to his carriage drove him to
Mr.. Tamblyn's house, nearly half mile
distant. With the assistance of the men
he walked into the house. A messenger
was dispatched at once to the city proper
for physicians, and FIVE of them prompt
ly went to the aid of the wounded man.
The surgeons were unanimous in the
opinion that he had received fatal in
juries and could live but few hours.
While waiting for medical aid he was
conscious, although suffering intensely,
He was very caltn, talking at intervals
with those around him, and still i'm
pressed with the idea that he could live
but few hours babe his wife and son
good bye, telling little Southland, his only
child, to be good boy and to care for
his mother The sufferer fingered until
ten minutes past one and then passed
away.
Mr.. Marshall had long been known
as prominent democratic politician in
the state, and man of generous impul-
SEES and public spirit.
There has been much excited discussion
at Concord concerning the circumstances
of Mr.. Marshall's death. 1t seems that
the City Guards, newly formed mill
tary company of Concord, went to Lake
Penacook on Saturday morning for tar
get shooting. They went into pasture
bordering the Lake, Capt. Putney stat
ing that they had previously obtained
permission, and put up the target.
Their arms we're rifles carrying minnie
balls. The firing distance is in dispute,
but was probably about 40 yards. Seven
shots were fired, two of them by Capt
Putney himself, ana the target shows
the marks of seven bullets. Mr.. Mar
shall was about $50 feet out of range as
the target now stands, and the officers
say it has not been removed from it
original position, and the theory of the
police is that the fatal bullet after pas
sing through the target struck an iror
hinge and diverted from its course. The
placing of the target where there was al
exposed area in its rear is pronounced
an act of gross, if not criminal, care.
lessness.