Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-07-03

M STIMULUS AMI ~ SHoOfINT Ar
ram.
The people of Hinsdale were thrown in.
to a state of great excitement last Friday
morning by the news that Charles T.. Hunier
brother of the well known publisher, had
been shot in his bedroom the night before
under strange, if not suspicious, circum.
stances Hunter died Friday afternoon about
o'clock, having remained in an unconscious
condition from the time Of the shoot
ing. A coToner's jury consisting of Messrs.
Geo. p. Wellman, Geo. y. Wilder and Ell.
ward Stebbins, WAS convened before H. f.
Horton. Esq, on Friday, when the deposi.
tons of Hunters wife, the physicians, and
others were taken.
From Mrs. Hunters testimony il appears
that she had not lived pleasantly with her
husband Of late. They had been moving
that day aud her husband WAS somew what I'M
der the influence OF drink. He ordered her
to get some cider for him from one OF the
neighbors, and her failure to get it made him
angry. He threatened that trouble would
come 10 her before morning, and went to bed
early. There was no light in the house that
evening. After her husband retired, she
cooked the revolver which did the shooting
and placed it under her pillow with the muz.
zle pointing toward her husband She says
that she was not afraid of her husbands
harming her, but feared harm from some one
outside. She then laid down on the bed
without undressing and soon fell asleep. Sho
knew nothing more till she heard the noise
of her husbands falling. She had no recol-
lection of hearing the report of the revolver.
She got up and spoke TO her husband, but he
made no reply. Without stopping to strike
light she went after Henderson b. Streeter
who owns the house, and a neighbor who
came back with her. They found Hunter ly-
ing on his chest, and As soon as a light was
brought the state of things was seen. The
revolver was on the bed, but the visitors did
not examine it. Ora Holton, another neigh
Dor, was sent for and afterwRrd DIR. NJ O.
Dix. The doctor found that the ball had
penetrated the skull aud entered the brain on
the left side of the head. When Hunters
brother Henry came he noticed that one side
of one of the pillow-cases near the end, was
slightly blaekened by powder but not burnt
DIR. w. s. Leonard also testified. At late
hour the inquest was Rd jouTned until Satur-
day at four o'clock, and again 10 Tuesday
morning at nine, by request of the brother
of the deceased, who took charge of the re-
mains and accompanied them to Enfield
Mass, for burial on Saturday morning. As
matter Of course there are a thousand sto-
ries and surmiaes regards the mystery of
the shooting The fact that the deceased aud
his wife had lived unhappily together, that
! the wife had only the day before sent away
her two oldest children 10 stay permanently,
| had found places for the other two had been
endeaVoring to hire q tenement on her own
account in an adjoining village, and had
bought pistol NO recently, all gave color to
the strongly expressed conviction on the part
of many that there had been foul play. On
the other hand, the deceased had threatened
suicide but short time previous.
The ooroner's jury Wednesday evening re-.
turned the following verdict '"The Jury
find that Charles Il. Hunter came TO HIS
ath from the effect of pistol discharged
in some manner to the jury unknown"