Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-02-07

TO realize what was going on and ran
down the hin towards Henry Perry's.
who lives So rods distant and in sight
Of the house As she passed the corner
Of the house. she saw her mother lying
On the snow. As she was part way
down the hill. Silas appeared in front
Of the house aud called to her. Its
all settled" A further link in the ev-
idenee is supplied BY Mr., Perry who
heard some one blow 3 horn three times
1T Mr.. Wilder'S. and. as be ran 10 a
place 10 look up there. be saw Silas
strike four times with an axe. where
the mother was found. aud heard him
exelaim. There. lay there. Cd d--n
you. The mother was found there.
having upon her head and neck the ev-
idenee Of four blows from the axe. one
splitting the ear and laying the head
open half way through another blow
plunged down through the neck. sever
ing the head. except little piece Of
skin on the front and on the back Of the
neck. Had the bit Of the axe been an
inch wider the head would have been
completely severed. As the neighbors
began TO arrive. they saw the dead moth
er and feared to enter the house. lest
SIlas might be concealed and chop down
the first who entered.
= SUICIDE OF The MURDERER
After search at the barn Palmer Rus
sci and Henry Power found the barn
door fastened on the inside, with fork.
and the long rope missing, which usual
IL hung behind the horses. From this
they inferred that Silas was in the barn
On going upon the scaffold over the floor
they discovered blood upon the stairs.
pool Of blood upon the hay and on the
NOW above was another small pool
From here they tracked him down from
the now, up an Inclined plane over the
barn floor, upon an empty scafold. where
he evidently went to the end Of the
barn. placing his bloody hands each side
Of hole. where he stood moment look
ing out toward the house. On the floor
at this place was pool of blood about
where it would have dropped from =
bleeding throat. had be been leaning
forward to look out From here he
went back to the head of the stairs, and
on the edge Of the hole leading into the
she'd they discovered more marks of
bloody hands Passing through there
they saw ladder bearing the same
bloody marks. leading into the story
above IN another barn From the high
beams in this barn Silas was hanging
dead At the end Of the missing rope,
and with his threat cut. He made a
good knot at each end of the rope.
showed the rope over the floor to avoid
hitting the bay plate below, and jump
ed of. securing fall Of over seven feet
He had hung there half or three quar-
tiers Of an hour.
A HORRIBLE SIGHT.
After this. the neighbors entered the
house. and in the shed door. where Fan
ny was stabbed and Mr.. wiIder's
throat was cut. they discovered q pool
Of blood, and from this . stream of
blood leading out upon stoop, and some
ten feet length ways Of the stoop. into
kitchen door, Mr.. Wilder was found
On his back. with the are buried ia kis
heod clear to the pole. 1t seems proba-
/ bic that when be drew the knife across
his fathers throat he heard the horn.
then ran across the yard to the corner
Of the she'd, where be. dispatched the
mother. and returning. found the father
staggering in the kitchen. where he
struck him. the axe entering 1t the tor
and centre Of the forehead, plunging
down through the brain and through
the right eye. This blow doubtless
killed him, but . second was given
While he was on his back, and was
square in the face. running from the
centre Of the forehead down the left side
Of the face It was in this wound where
the axe was buried its full depth and
left fastened in the bones Of the head g
firmly that il required good deal Of
/ strength TO remove II
As soon as be dispatched his father
ne doubtless ran out and halloed to Fan.
ny that ats all settled" and then, tc
all appearances. went back into the
house. went into the bedroom, out Of
the kitchen. and to the bureau on which
we're several spots Of blood, took whet.
stone from the drawer. and then went
hack through the kitchen to the sink,
near where the first struggle ensued
where be Ehet his knife. On the dream
bard Of the sink the stone was found
covered with blood on the end be held
IN his hand He then attempted to cut
bis throat, or did it before reaching the
barnysrd gate Near this gate were
drops Of blood. marks Of bloody hand:
we're On the gate. more drops we're Be.
tween the gate and bzrn door, marks Of
blood we're on the door and the drop.
pings Of blood marked his entire course
about the barn TO the fatal leap from the
high beams On tins beam was found
his bloody knife, open
The CAUSE OF TIE DIED.
Such horrible tragedy never before
TO cur knowledge, occurred in the state
and there are only two theories on which
70 account for Il Either Silzs wa
wholly UNCONSCIOUS. for few moments
Of what be vas doing. as = result Of BIZ
disease. or be was converted into fenc
By an ungovernzble temper. Some O
his neighbors, and others, who hsT.
been familiar with him and seen the Cd
erztions Of his temper. feel positive tia