St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-01-12
A Brutal Murder.
From the Landmark

The devilish career of the gang of
ruffians at Windsor, known as the
"Molly Maguires," has at last culmi-
mated in the assault on and attempted
murder of an inOtfensive young man
named Henry Barrell. He has been at
work for Harrison Marcy in school dis
trict No. for the past year or two and
is general favOrite with all who knew
him kind and gentlemanly and of a
peaceable disposition, and is twenty
three years old. 1t has long been the
custom of the gang to get together and
assault almost any one who came from
ont of town that they thought they
could get away with, and this is the
third time that Barrell has been set
upon. The two first times there were
only two or three of the gang together
and Barrell proved too much for them.
Last Saturday night the cOwardly
brutes found he was in town and eight
or ten of them got together with the
avOwed intention of fixing him. As
near as can he learned at present witt
| ting Barrell was in IL store and the
gang sent IA fellow by the name OF
Beckwith, better known as "Billy, the
Kid" to tell him that fellow out OF
doors wished to see him. On going out
he was struck on the head with Il bot
tie i'll the hands of one of the gang and
was Immediately set upon by the 9th
ers. lie knrcked one of them down
and run. i'll Lawrence, who keeps Il
saloon, notified more of the gang, who
were eating oysters, that there was
trouble, and they also rushed ont and
set upon Barrell. He ran until hc
reached the corner by Lawrence's sa-
loon, where he was Overtaken by the
whole gang and knocked down, kicked
and stabbed and finally iammed
through low window into the saloon
falling on his back on the floor. While
down on the ground he cried "murdeI
and helpw several times, and us he
lay groaning in his agony the inhuman
devils continued kicking him, yelling
''kill him kill the id son of Il
| b-h I" A number of people were at
tracted by the cries, and Mr.. Lawrence
and Mr.. Poole rushed into the crowd
and scattered them somewhat, but was
unable to assist Barrell, who was just
then pushed through the window. Mr.
! Poole went down into the saloon and
when he came out he was set upon
After falling into the saloon, Barrel
was assisted to Il chair and part of his
clothing removed; seven stabs were
found in his back, three of a danger
Gus character. Two in the lOins and
one in the back near the shoulder
blade, penetrating the lung. He was
removed to the Windsor House anC
the doctors sewed up the two lower
wounds, but deemed it inadvisable tC
close the wound in the shoulder, whicl
was pronounced "prObably fatal" A
BarrelPs request he was removed in !
sleigh on bed, to the house of Davi,
HOisington. Sunday morning the scene
of the atfray was visited hY crowds o
the curious. Splashes of blood on the
side of the buildings and on the snow
We're commented upon. Fragments %
broken bottles were found scattered il
the street. Sunday night the following
named were arrested and lodged in the
prison for safe keeping: Bill Gallaher
Frank Gallaher, Frank, better know
as 'Skin" McClinton, John McClintOn
Ed. Godfrey, George Fields, and III
Irishman named LOckney. 1t is though
that the two Gallahers did the stab
bing and that George McClintOn an'
George Fields are not connected in til,
affair more than as spectators. Th
continued insulting of ladies and inOf
fensive persons by this cOwardly gam
has long been the subject of comment
and this affair has evidently succeeded
in arousing the public and the tow
authorities, who are certainly censura
BILE for allowing this state of affairs T.
exist so long. 2. S.-Barrell died ol
, Thursday.