The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-08
NEW ENGLAND'S TRAGEDY.
SHOOTING or THE STiRKs on THE
STORE or TIIE UOOSfC MOJyTiIN.
hiurdcrou. Career of the Son Of nm Advent
Preacher-Thc Trouble that Followed the
Building of ~ Chapel In savoy Where
Wholesale Murder was surely Intended.

Afurdcrous Career of the SON Of Advent
Preacher-Thc Troubie that Followed the
building of II Chapel In savoy o. Where
whoics"ie Murder was surely Intended.
NoRrH ADAMS, Mass, Aug. 6-Fvcrv one
who was nj the examination ON Friday and Sat
ur,lay of blanchard who shot the two Stnrks
brothers of Savoy. and tried f., shoot two others
was satisfied from, fhc manner of the witnesses
Tim, thnra ,vos n ,,r,a, dcol behind the shooting
That could NOT be- brought ont on the witness
stand very thorough Investigation made 10y
Tur sus's corresuondent has brought the story
out,
savoy lies on the slope Of the Hoosac Noun
thin. pnrt of il being over the tunnel There is
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Iit,ln churches Tho rest of the town il Divided
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,h,o El"H"s '"'''9 '''' ~ ,ou''' az -, ''''
nail mi!c To Il mic apart NO liquor X SOLD III
the town and every day in the year the uuict Of
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there, especially in the north quarter" the
scene OF the tragedy. Some years ago n little
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huNei. ohhpei was puii, anu VI" pcopie WIRE
ready Tor the services. Almost every one within
n circuit of two miles attended and soon be-
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caine Socohu AuNeh"s's'
We never had any trouble In Savoy to speak
of until TINT chnpnl was built " said Charles
So, 80 - 80. ',,..,' ~, ~, -,
Di"heh"ru' farmer since .leh II nus so'
Won conId ahato s,icl a,,
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mere ii'roer' p'"n',aru so' "'i inc re,'s'ous
Training he ever had. His father was an Advent
pren.h.r Uis mother had bco, divorr,d. nnd
haIi,.,1 f., an a,n,ns,,bnro ,h,rons,,,iy ,nin,,d
ne iiVeu III IN atmosphere 'horouEhiy '"lh'eu
with free love notions Tho people are ignorant.
odd. birotnd. md strong Repullicans They tak
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OF shootinS one another as they would ol DUTCH
erng nm OK According to their own story they
KNIVES ih'se were vac Influences mat sur
rounded Blanchard. When he was fourteen
ycars OF nre H., boran to mako love 4, tLn
girls III the town. ana about TINS time Is san TO
and jew,ry from an aunt. Then he ram away
and enlisted in the United States army and
there and procured his dlscharsc. a. he was ia a
minor lie returned t. savoy. and resumed
lite with the girls. His life in the army had
made him "A lural hero He carried his deviitry
into the church on sundays. and delighted in
disturbing church services, Tor whi' n he WAS
rcprOy ii hy the preacher one Sunday. after
such rcprooi Blan-i arl stood in the door of
t,eppcd ont threw bottle Of vtrd over his
BLACK hrundcl clothes running them; and
H@ @ABy Gg aR om agS aar 4 IN nIs saying that
Hcrhcrt was iAen about Is and at this time
bcgant To- pay srriom attentions to jason BianrL-
rouri-hip. hut The lovers met secretly. and the
father found az la-t thut il WAS necessary to
%.
Herbert Is. They lived together only "a fcw
months the girl tiicn lcit HIM ON ae'ountof hs
him. nrrbOr thon dsuol nred. and WIS at
last heard from in Mexico It was learned tina,
H. lIai married "Eain There. aud reporis Of his
ed in savoy He rarried in hisboiy two BULLETS
hi MsS un WHY iricnGs woalI -Idoi him n'' al
sight il They knew where he was. IT, also said
that he had shot tvs, N, n and -t'lbed another
ltl lgf o. y Al
before lie begun o. rny attentions t. - Younger
sister OF his former wife. iHl t4eraupon The
some irill4> offence md the hos WA SHUT up
in thr Crren i"ld Jail for a short time. When
ahcrwasd learned had "n!.tsl N lno Peruvian
army. from which h 4 s'rtrd. Then a-nin hr
Clara Siar,s. WHO Is q cousin u his first Mif".
j., He "a me-. sad Farnrr Blcnn 'hnri. That
Ne SSPee to se s tn ~ 4 AL iee biRe1erd
ard. but therrw was 10 relationship between Her
beri and tins Blan hard family
Francis Stark. Clarts iatn"r. whom blanrh-
ard shot week ago sunday lay lum1lnZ on
his hcd Yesterday when the Sun correspondent
think shall got well" h. said, " and will
teH You now thls talng started. heard Her
bert was goinG,Yiih my little girl net Inn
one day, and told him; Now. e here, N 'rbvrt.
what DO you want to be iooling around that
little girl forf You don't mean any good TO her
ana II you don stop TINS rgll mere now 0nu
mean whut say. But ii you Ike her and she
llkts YOU Nh,' SNu tclihNe yours u dhill Hh' Is
eighteen. and she ], kes you then. ii YOU want T.
talk with me-. IN u u talk with you.' He prom
ised To- stop Il; hut heard ui hls eling with her
some more and told him iAat ID" Kept i UP AZ
his risk. That e. what W'.dc linn luul
At tbs. point St!rk-'s Doctor cAilr in and
after feeding OF Stark- pulse told the reporter
that II wouIt not 70 tax with iiim Hny longer
Charles Blnnrhurd Sttrks's hrother-in-!aW
WAS found. H. talked freely.
Herbert expected 10 kill five Of US. he said.
II" came To- my house one afternoon recently
and ealing 10 me- 10 come out said that he
d.
out then. \ f,w DAYS ago he was hunting ior
Frank Siarls with a shotgun. H. told Car
enee Slarhs that II tho devil would save HIM
long enough Tor nm 10 got revenge on certain
persons III savoy, H." might have MS S4ul. He
meant M, ffqnh Starks, ALERT Starks. Z,b
henp, Mr3 Hnrklns. anil old man Crantall.