The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-10-30


Al lkss Asooaau saith, shot By bic
wlie ssd Der fAgbef lsss TAssaaY, VS.
tslu alive, iheFe wAs 40 ha9e uaaieveF
81 BIZ recovery The aoclors were az
abe 10 an5 either bsilei, he oae 10 Is
laBgs a. lhsi IL 81 thssmta; ard either
wonbd woala probably prove fatal The
ioss Of blood, too, wEs VERY great, Two
streams Tracking The snlortseate mass
palh fof considerable distance A. be
aeJ from Tia scsBs OF the sucoaater 70
The nsighbof's TIE engire Woods fam
rs, We arc iai0rmsd, have aiwtys borne
reputation liltle short 81 Infamous.
some sime ago, Joseph D. Woods, tbe
probable murderer. was Imprisoned in
ths sil In TIL, city FOR selling liquor AID
remslnsd there tor tao OF three yeArs,
refusing 10 pay his enc. The wlie's
reputation il none Of the best and there
i Al east one grave crime charged against
smith The accused parties viii be given
bearing as soon IS the issue Of Smiths
wound is learned. A more recent dis.
patch from Burlington says that Luman
A Smith, died Saturday night. The
latest developments make tbs case look
much like cold blooded mntder. Smiths
.li,tie tour year Old dauGbIer, The only
witness Of the shooting, eorfoborales bis
dying statement that be was set upon by
his wife aud Woods without pFoyocstion
aud shot to death. The reputation Of the
prisouers is the worst. Neither seems to
reere, the result Of their acts. Smiths
neighbors regarded him as peaceable,
well meaning man.
II took The BrAttlebore holel.keepers
less than 8 week TO ssethe folly of closing
their houses bcause they were not allow
ed TO keep open bars. a. delegation Of
business men waited upon the proprietors
aud urged that their houses be al once
opened, As The business Interests OF the
town we're being seriously affected by
their being closed. The delegation stated
that while they could not approve In the
face OF the law, of an open bar, they be.
Iieved II the hotels were open with the
understanding that they were to supply
the dem and OF their guests, no complsints
would be made. The proprietors there
upon decided to open their houses al
once, but not their bars.
The ST. Adams Messenger gives fuller
account OF tho event which bias lately
aroused the people Of Jay.-the mysterious
disappearance Of little Victory Ploof.
The Poof family lived in the northwest
corner OF the town of Jay. The father,
Michael PlooI, has just bought little
land In the side OF hill or mountain, aud
had been erecting log house. Ills child
rem, three little boys and the little girl,
have been in the habit OF playing near
him as he worked upon the house. Tues
day he worked out aud the oldest two
boys, and 10 years old, went few rods
into the woods to get moss to chink the
cracks between The logs OF the house. The
youngest boy aud the little girl, the latter
but three aud half years old, followed
behind, picking beechnuts Two boys of
john Bell had been playing with the
Ploof children; but were not, il seems,
Eben he child was last seeu The little
bsy 9th the girl, wishing TO join bis
brothers, scoded his little sister and told
her 10 go back home They were then
near the new house, by the side OF q path.
Supposing ttst she would go home,. The
little boy Joined bis brothers. This was
about 1920 A. u. Al noon, when the
boys went home. the girl bad not returned
ard the sesrcb then commenced, and has
bee kept up ever siuee. There has not
been the least trace OF the child found
She WIS bAre-footed and bare-beaded,
aud II does not seem possible that she
could have wandered up the side OF the
steep noun tain. It. il said that beat
tracks have seq seen near, but It seems
hardly possible that any wild animal
could have taken the child without her
cries being heard, or bIood or pieces OF
clothing being found. The child has
been disposed of by some means, either
stolen or murdered, but no motive is
known TO exist for either crime, and sus-
picion does not fall on any one; or II sos
is not openly expressed. Altogether the
affair is a mysterious one.