The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-05
HORRIBLE MURDER AT HIGHGATE.

Tho Wife Of Charles Butler Brutally Muir
dored by His Hired Man-Her Head Pound
ed to q shapeless Mass-Arrest Of the Muir
derder-Another Ball Murder Case.
Another bloody deed is added to the long
list Of crime, which is equal to, il not more
horrible, than the Ball and Langmaid muir
ders, says the st. Adams Messenger, from
which VIC gather the following particulars.
Mr.. Charles w. Butler, who lives about
two miles north of Highgate Center, Fri
day evening went to the village 20 do
some business, and left his wife, Alice,
and his hired man, Edward Tatre,at home,
| Between nine and ten o'clock Mr.. Butler
returned home and found the house dark.
He went into the house and started for the
match SAT-, and stumbled ag,inst
hired man laying on the floor.
He lighted the match, and there
met his sight the lifeless remains of his
lovely wife in pool of blood, in the most
mutlated condition, her head beaten al
most to pumice, and her brains oozing
out ON to the floor. There stood the axe,
covered with blood, several bloody sticks
of wood on the floor, chair broken to
pieces and his gun lying on the floor. Mr.
Butler started for assistance, but soon
heard voices approaching him, and Edward
Tatro came up with some Of the neignbors
whom he had been after. He claimed to
Mr.. Butler that as he was going to bed, he
had got up stars, and as he took off his
pants, Mrs. Butler came running up stairs
and man after her that a. soon as he
reached the chamber he turned upon him
(Tatro), knocked him down stairs, and that
he then ran for help.
Mr.. Butler came to the village and called
upon the constable, Z. Sheridan, who, as
soon as he arrived at Mr.. Buffers, arrested
Tatro. Justice Lewis Christian then sum-
moned jury and held an inquest over the
body and from the evidence the jury
were not more than one moment in CON-
ing to the conclusion that Alice Butler
| came to her death at the hands of Edward
Tatro. 1t appeared that the ARRAY COM
menced up stairs, where was found stick
of wood covered with blood, and chair
broken and blood on the walls. The body
| lay in the kitchen, near the back door,
where 1t 10 thought she made an attempt to
| escape. Almost the entire skull, from the
| eyes to the base Of the crown, was a COM
plete pumicc. 1t is thought that the as
sailant struck her on the head with the fiat
al &c tha otil1 thopa eOolrN FRA
lures that showed different blows.
| Tatros shirt was torn almost of OF him,
and was very bloody, which he claims the
tramp did. His hands were badly chapped
! and he could not wash them 30 that the
blood could not be seen in the chap
cracks. He claimed to have been knocked
down twice and thrown down stairs, but no
marks of violence could be found upon his
person except light scratch on his neck
There was. quite large quantity of blood
| found on his wrists and arms, and his legs
were badly spattered with blood, which ap-
peared to have struck him with force.
| Tatro is now under arrest, and will prob
ably have his preliminary hearing Satur-
| dsy.
The deceased was a young and lovely
wife, esteemed by all who knew her. She
was about twenty-one years old, and had
| been married about Tour years, Dut had no
children. She was a daughter Of the late
Augustus Mead of Swanton.
Edward Tatrc is Frenchman, and will
be twenty-one years old next August lie
has been a sort of profiigate young man,
but has never been called bad boy, and
has never been known to DO caught In any
bad scrspes. He has a widowed mother
and several brothers and sisters. 1t Is
difficult TO assign the reasons for the crime,
but it ia thought that he attempted to vio-
late the person of the unfortunate woman,
ard failing, murdered her to aviod dis
| covery.