The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-05
VOL. XLlv.--N0. 339.
r,ro upoTurEs sHoT oy SUNDAY UN-
wv ,,',, rms sJIaDOw or A tHURCH
,o., congregation Standing by md
IN. .,n~ III, Murderer 10 fsc"pe-A Fif-
Aho"'"t W., s.,,t the Innocent Cause Of
t'',,ns-A t.rn-se rejected suitcr'- Revenge.

".o,d s.i,i the Innocent Cause Of
a.. shoo,ina-A Rejected su't"r" "e'e"se'
,r,Ns. Mass, Aug. 4.-Savoy Is |
N'i'i -,olf,st towns in Massachusetts. II |
~ s,r,uc the mountaius near the hoosnc tun-
~ anil ihc people arc all farmers. but It's repu-
,a,1or t- very bad. Many OF the people are
enir;,ualista and Adye sis and 1t was in front
=; IN, Adventist Church that tragedy took
,lace last sunday that reads ike story OF
e,uihcrn or frontier life. On the grcensward
4. ,hc church door while the congregation !
wore standing by. ayoung and desperate fellow
,,o, t,,, men and fred his revolver at another.
,,rsst,nel womans life. and then forced the
.or anil nephew Of the men whom he had shot |
>, iri,o him To a place II safety The terrified
o,r,r,,,ation stood by and let him cso ape nnd
ssbc disappeared over a hill he turned and
,raved his hat This happened in a New Eng
land yilla, 70 ON sunday, under the shadow OF n
church.
In Savoy two brothers. Albert and Francis
s,arks lvc They are both farmers. and have
the reputation OF being peaceable men. Fran
cis has family. in aiudinE "a boy and girl about
fne,n years old. who nrc twins The little girl.
Cnra. :. the innocent 'lusn of the tragedy.
some time ago Herbert L. Blanchard re-
turned to Savoy from California. and. accord
insto his own story. a. lns sccn n good deal 81
life for man Just turning twenty three.
puriu. the four years that he lived in Calilor-
t.ta,,.,.ars ,o ho,. l.nrnnd all thnt life in
tie mines can teach but there is rather too
much hraggadocio about his confessions OF
Moody deeds of shooting scrapcs and other
crimes since he returned he has been ut
work ON different farms in Savoy. and for the
lst three weeks has worked for Philo Tower.
and WAS a good farm hand.
few weeks ago he. as he says. formed an
t.,.i ,,i,r. e,.-ts ,,d ,raa my.
n'a'hio'w ior l'u' ''r" ''"' NJ """ ""' p"'-
ing her honorable alrhh"hs' 'ihrh hpp'"iS 10
have received h.s advances fuvoraby for she
IL ...,,.. .i,.. S,.ri.a l.,,.v.r rae.h-
NJ mn .'''' '''''' =,
ell her fathers ears about Blan'hnrds former
liza II WAS said that he nlrenly had two wiVcs
a. t,..,t - tt. .,.,,,,,,..s,s.f vo,,ny
Nl'' h'' va" ''"7N' ~ ~ N''i' '
girls affections. and that. moreover, he WAS
Ilco,tLir-,v fellow who v..nt about with re,oly-
ers pnI ini,.- which h. would not hr-itsfn To
uso on ,in Il ght. Il lrovorniion. This is prob
g1ly not true. Bl1nfhard was fond of talkus
,icn Viii i Ssionirhm.ni as he told Of Gis wild
a vcniur $ hut no authentic rruort Of his ever
can bc obtained. H. admits having been mar
J ed twir'. but says that he Is divorced from one
l,tc ani that the other IS dead. Mr. Starks.
dwevcr did not wish him 10 pay any atf"n-
ms io little Curn and told him -. lie also
ttd several people in Savoy that " Herbert
1,nnrnard could not have his Clara" Blanchard
! - that when Starks told him his visits must
.ags. he welded only writing Clara az King for
o. final interview. which was granted. and that
fl.u he confessed his love to her. and obtained
rpromse of marriage but that this promise
she u'rrward revoked IN the preseI . Of her
father.
~ on' Of their last interviews in lu'e pine
grove near savoy. little Caras brother b"ing
pr ni. somebody in the grove fired n pistol
Nui fir hiilrt wnltIrl close by Blan hard :
head. a. says that he started TO find the nssns-
fn but VS. not able L. cetrh him, out believes
iroth,l in-aw Of Francis, starks, An account
Ci tins shooting appeared I'm the local paper "a
day or Two Afterwards AZ fellows
Considerable excitement j. mamie st,i over the recent
herocri blanchard ~ West la~ey became enGmor,d oi
an dan =, 7. IN s,i,n- \, , S.sF W." .., n,,y
, t tta ~ i h't ,iapr in,siie. "a f'.1 w.itc-iay +
evening" the sth thcy had their tng-.
end thr Young Adonis VA wendins way home, arco
aniei ~ clarence stark when the su.nr.' ~ tlc m-hi
Nas broken ny We tslH' M "i pNa9 nls Va l,. M %
uul, usvl'v ',1s ,1 o' b v,i,l IT, s.aS
an ,re from nm a tht s,t of brakes r,i Hrcd nsnIn
but IN h- haste the bullet n,v wio 1t, MARI ant hc
Ecre he could FIRE asan hancheId wa la,i n TIC Al
o. his ing coat'si' a. Ne, ned towards Ae ioF,sI
"nsn al WHee o. ''"' va 'os-
After this transaction Blanchard seems 10
have determined 10 be revrngrd, few days
teiorn the sunday oi N. tragedy ne was IN the
neighhorng town OF West Hhwey. and met
there WIN. l.. Luce. To Luce he showed re-
voyer, and said that he had had some trouble
with Charlie Blanchard ana Francis Starks. and
that he was going to shoot them, adding that
his name wou ld ring louder in savoy than ever