The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1884-04-11
M%ISF0RTUNES VICTIMS.

MlSF0RTUNES VICTIMS.
RECORD OF \ WEEKS FIGHT WITH
SIN, MISFORTUNE AND CRIME.
Released by Suicide from Lirc's Tolls and
Cares.
Prime as w. Spaulding, u wcll-to-do farmer
of the to wn of Cayendish committed suicide on
Saturday the 9th by hanging himself In his
horse stable. He had boon dead some time
when discovered. He was % years of age:
A son, q man grown resided with his father and
between the two 1t Is alleged not always the
most harmonious relations prevailed. Mr..
Spaulding came OF a highly respectable family,
a brother being one OF the substantial citizens
of Cavcndish.
A TERRIBLE FALL.
IL. I. Batchelder of Bar re, had n narrow es-
cape from a serious accident recently. He was
al. work remodelling a barn when he accident
ally fell a distance OF about 20 feet. Fortuna
tely no bones were broken and lie escaped with
SO far and come out so well remains a mystic
ry.
Blown mp by Powder.
Baxter Sargent, Of STAFFORD, while at work
In the Tyson mine, accidcntly dropped his can
dleinto q keg. Of powder, which exploded, IN
juring him badly.
STRUCK With PARALYSIS.
John Maxley, of Tunbridgc, had a shock OF
paralysis, Sunday night, and is very low.
IN DEATHS STIFF BRA
Michael Mutt, a pensioner OF the Mexican
war, was found frozen to death on Tuesday at
Middlebury. 1t was first supposed incorrectly
that the body was that OF a missing Plattsburg
merchant, Albert Stern.
| SUICIDE AT wALPOLE.
NJ. J. Comstock of the "Hollow" Walpole, N.
H., committed suicide by shooting himself
through the head with a pistol Monday after
noon. He was 3S years of age and leaves a
family. No cause is given for the rash act.
BURGLAR UNDER ARREST.
Edward Badger was arrested at Newbury.
port Saturday on a charge of burglarizing B. +.
browns store and taking a considerable guam
tity OF cigars, tobacco and confectionery. He
was put under 5000 bonds and committed to
| jail.
KILLED BY FALLING TIMBER. !.
Andrew Shovah of Whitehall, a bridge car
| penter, was killed at Ballston Spa yesterday
! morning about 10 o'clock. Shovah was en-
ployed repairing the railroad bridge at that
point and was beneath the structure, when a
heavy timber fell upon and crushed him. He
lived about ten minutes.
FATAL FALL THROUGH AN ELEVATOR WELL.
Mr. James +. Dowsing of Burlington, for
many years sexton of the Unitarian church,
was killed on Tuesday by falling through the
elevator well at Wells Richardson & Cos. He
lived a few hours, but remained unconscious.
He was As years of age. and one of the most
popular men in town. He leaves a wife and a
adult daughter.
THE WATERS YIELD UP THEIR DEAD.
The body of John Hallisey, who has been
,nicrinr cinoo nnon,nbar 90 1000 .r,oe fo.,~l ~
some boys in a pond near Holyoke Monday
afternoon, was taken to the city hall morgue.
He was 80 years old and leaves q wife and four
children. When last seen he was leaving
a saloon with four other men. The body was
lying face downward when found, and was in Il
fair state of preservation.
KILLED by THE CARS.
Thomas Andriad, a Polander, was struck by
the s 81 through freight on the Connecticut
river railroad while walking on the railroad
bridge just above Chicopee Junction Monday
morning and died at noon. Andrian, who is
60 years of age, came to town only two weeks
since from Gclietza, Poland. He leaves q wife
and two children.
BEAUTY, FRAILITY n WOE.
Northampton m to light with a sad case
of total depravity. in a young woman of Is, who
was arrested Monday for lewd and lascivious
conduct. By her W confession she had
for weeks been living about in barns with com
panions in crime. When arrested Saturday
she had been 4S hours without food. Her par
ents are respectable people of Iiadley. They
have known nothing of their daughters where
attend the religious services at the Jail Sunday,
when they were greatly shocked to see their
own daughter brought out from one of the
cells. AT the examination the father stated
that she had received kind treatment at home,
but that she was stubborn and was determined
tn Ioitar o1o1f fha ctrpntc at ptnht Ac fhay
did not care TO assume any further responsibility
of their child she was sent to Sherborn for one
year.
CHARGED WITH MA~NSLAUGHTER. +.
Charles d. Barrett, of Hinsdale, has been
arrested for manslaughter. He is charged
with neglecting an old aunt, Matilda Barrett,
whom he was to care for during her lifetime,
and was to have the farm which belonged to
"Aunt Matilda" provided he would care for
her during her lifetime. He took good care of
her for q while, and later, it is alleged, the farm
was mortgaged and leased to strangers, and tie
old woman, who had partially lost her mind,
was very much neglected. The case was called
to the attention of the town authorities, who
are said to have found the woman In a terrible
state Of filth, and she soon after died, 1t is
claimed, from exposure and neglect. Barrett's |
bail was fixed at $4,000 and be WIS taken to |
Jail.
GROUND TO FRAGMENTS By THE CARS.
Henry Dewey was struck by a freight train
about s O'Clock on Sunday morning and torn
to fragments opposite his home, two miles
north Of SIN ith's Basin, Washington Comfy N.
Y. Dewey was found dead at the railroad bridge
a little north of the depot at TT. Ann. He was
beyond description. and could only be
identified by his clothing and personal effects.
is supposed he had returned home from Al
bany on the Saturday night train, as he was
expected by his family. 1t is supposed by
hat he arrived on the sleeper" and as
Va ~ Fort Edward and took the freight train
home. ADMITTING such to be the fact he must
have fallen between the cars while attempting
to Jump off when near his residence. His
watch and $50 in money were found in his
which was scattered along the track
for miles. His hat and parions of skull were
found on the track opposite his residence. He
was draggen or carried along the track more
than four miles to the place where he was
found. His head and one foot were severed,
and one arm was found near Whitehall, twelve
miles further on. Dewey was forty years of age.
He had the agency for Il pump and for now
ing machines, and Travelled considerably.
The judiciary committee reports fayorably on
Poland's habeas corpus reform, and and against
the woman's suffrage constitutional amend
meut,
The Senate has passed a bill providing for
the distribution of land IN scveralty 10 Indians
and giving TO these long-neglected wards of
The nation q status under the law, The bill, in
addition to providing wise regulations for dis
solving the tribal relation and a~llotting land to
Individuals. extends the protection and the
of the laws to the Indians. The
army and the civilian friends of the Indian are