Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-10-20
Murder Most FOul.
An ON MAN FOUND nurcHEREp ON rHE ROAD
siDE N nAnRE-A ATHEISTS ~ SUSPECTED PARTIES
RUN At TiIK NOTION or ruE rlAaEpY

An ON MAN FoUND nuTcHERFn oN rHR ROAD
sfDE n nAHRE-AHitfa.rS ~ SUSPECTED PARTIES
RUN At INK NOTION on ruE TRAGEDY
The terrible epidemic Of crime, whose progress
has scnt thrills Of horror through the country, as
H. victims IN rapid succession have come Ia light,
has at last reached our quiet community. aud has
eliminated In a hatchery 20 atrogiuus that the
mind shuddcrs ut H. bare contemplation dread
ing to believe that civilized beings can exceed the
blUodthirsty savage in cruelty The 1ourishing
town Of Barre rendered ftmouv a few months
ago by the great bank burglary, has now acquired
n still more deplorable nototiety for crime, and
will go down into history ~ the scene Of the one
Of the most appalling murders ever known In the
history Of Vermont ltnecd scarcely he said that
the main cause Of the tragedy was rum-the
deyilsm efficient instrument for mans de-truc-
ton and hell must be holding high carnival to-day
at the grand success attained.
riir DISCOVERY
Just about daylight, on Friday morning "
last week John 5. Clark a pcddler, residing
at South Royalton. and man named Kelley
from pan,llc who had left Chelsea at three
O'Clock In the morning aud were driving To Mont
pelier discovered the corpse Of man in field,
just over the left fence Of thc road Startled at
the sight, they only stopped long enough to dis
cover signs Of murder, and drove IA fast ~ they
could to tho nearest house beyond occupied by
the widow Hannah Perrin reused her, thence to
Sandiord smiths. q few rods farther uu, aud
thence to the village telling the terrible ncws as
they went large crowd soon gathered at the
place. and shocking spectacle met their eyes. OF
the identity Of the murdered man there could be
noqucstion-m anglcd ~ the body was every ono
there recognized it as belonging to Ruff. Sireotel
an old man Of poor repu,c, accustomed to hard
drinking aud dchauchery. The corpse lay, face
10 the sky, in a field belonging to the widow Han
nah Perrin. it, head lay next the fence, few
inches from the ports. The legs were spread
wide aud the arms extended from the body The
head was bruised and cut beyond description aud
q cut across the abdomen, just under the breast
bone, had let his bowels out 20 that they lay, a
scleHing pile, in the full light Of day The
sheepsgmy trousers had been stripped Of
exactly at the bottom Of the right leg, where the
hcu remained intact, and lay by his leit side ON
his left leg the drawers remained but the right
was almost completely bare The mans thick
cowhide boots with wom-out heels were ON his
feet a. when alive. the front Of his vest ON the
right side was stripped of like biz tronsers and
lay the inner side OF the fence close to the road
Ills coat an old private soldier. oyercat was
still on, the skirts rolled mp under his back No
hat could be discovered It was plain to be seen
that the body had been drawn from the road
through the fence, to It's then position, aud the
lowest board Of the fence, broken and stained with
blood in tsprogres-, marked IL course with awful
dis,nctness. just at the edge Of the grass which
lies between this fence and the roadway, Is a small
rock mbedded in the ground. It was besmeared
with blood and pieces Of flesh and broken teeth lay
around it, and looking from these to the dlshgured
corpse and the feeling bccnm irresistible that the
mans face had been jammed repeatedly aud forc-
bis against the rock till life had become extinct
the fierce rage Of the murdercrs sstiatcd. On the
other, the south side Of the road, was indeuta-
ton in the dirt, which looked AZ though a mans
head and shoulders had descended with force
Here were a tooth aud two locks Of hair, near by
was a whip From this indentation the body's
course could he traced almost straight across the
road, to the stone, The whip was singular in
construction and was recognized a- belonging 70
Streeter. The stick WAS once the thick par Of
a common buggy whip belonging To Mr Harry $
Boutwell,, Of Montpelier and 70 IL Streeter had ar
fixed aleatheT lash.