Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-06-11
Tragedy at st Adams,
ARSON, ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUI
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ARSON, ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUI
eide.
Henry G. Greene, respected farmer
and magistrate living at Parsonsville,
in the southern limit of st Adams dis
covered, at midnight, Saturday night,
that his barn was on fire, and Fastening
to rescue his live stock, was twice shot
at by some unseen assailant, the first pass
ing through one arm, while the other
struck him in the thigh. He returned to
the house and gave the alarm, but all
his buildings were burned, at total loss
of $4,000, which was partially insured
Search for the incendiary and would-be
murderer was at once begun by hun
bred men, and it was soon found that
Clifton s.. Weeks, near neighbor, was
missing, having left home just before the
fire broke out About noon on Sunday
the report Of pistol attracted attention
to an old shed, and there lying on the
ground, just in the last gasp Of death,
Weeks was found with his throat cut on
the right side, but not fatally, and with
bullet wounds in both temples. One
small revolver lay near him, and another
was grasped in his hand He had fired
both at once and the bullets had entered
the brain, one of them proving almost
Immediately fatal There seems little
doubt that Weeks had been crazed by
non-requited affection, his hand having
been refused by Miss Sarah Wilkins,
pretty seamstress. For some real or
fancied reason Weeks believed that
Greene had influenced her against him,
and two weeks ago he had somewhat
violent interview with Greene's son, in
which he made that charge against the
whole family. Weeks was 80 years of
age and lived with his mother and sister.
FURTHER PARTICULARS
From late accounts it would appear
that Weeks had previously borne a good
character, but his failure in his attentions
to the young lady, had finally led him to
believe that some third party had inter-
fered and though there was no evidence
of any such thing, it assumed the form
of fact in his mind
On Sunday, May 80, as Mark Greene,
a son of H. G. Greene, and well known
as baggage master of the Central Yer
mont railroad at st Albans was passing
on his way home he was accosted by
young Weeks who asked him to come in
and talk with him. Greene went in and
sat down on the piazza, when Weeks at
once accused him of having interfered
in his affairs, and alienated his lady love.
Greene denied all knowledge of the af-
fair, assured Weeks that he didn't even
know the lady, and to all appearance,
satisfied him of the truth of his denial,
but as he rose to go Weeks said "Well,
Mark, it is some member OF your family,
and shall have my revenge, and when
it comes it will be sweet" Mark went home
without serious thought of the remark,
and nothing further was heard of the
matter until the revelations of Sunday
morning showed how we'll its author had
had remembered his threat.
Mr.. Greene though terribly shocked by
the assault, the disaster and his wound, is
in comfortable condition, and expects
to soon be about. He is man So years
Of age, a peaceable citizen, the father of
large family of grown up children, a
farmer in moderate but comfortable cir
cumstances (before this loss )and long
standing justice of the peace. One of his
sons is Luther o. Greene, Esq. proprietor
Of the Woodstock Standard, and another
is Mr.. L. B. Greene, editor of the Engi-
neers' Journal, Cleveland Ohio. The
wounded man has the sympathy Of every
body for the misfortune which came up
on him so wholly without his fault, and
all hope for his speedy recovery.
Mr.. Greene's loss by the fire is estima-
ted at about $4,000, he was insured for
1925, in the Vermont Mutual.
Mrs. Barker of Plymouth Hill opened
box of parlor matches the other day,
and they exploded with pistol-like re-