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KILLED BY HIS BROTHER.
TRAGEDY on 4 FARM INBERKSHLRH
COCNTT. MASSACHUSETTS.
Tho Victim Triod to Ashanti His Rrothep
with nm ANo and II Himself KILLED By
being Struck with "a WhImetree.

Tho Victim Triod to Ashanti Ills Rrothev
with an ANo aud ir Himself KIiIed By
heinE struck with WhImetree.
plTTSTIELD Mass, Mnv 4.-In the neah
farmhouse OF William D. Hnle two nilaa he.
yund the village of ll,nsdale and ton rniIes cast
OF here lies the body of w. Henry Hale. slnin
by his brother, Frederick A.. I'm n ounrrel an
Saturday afternoon The Hale family com
sisted of tho father, nged 10; tho mother.
Frances Halo, aged 10; tho daughter Alloa
AGED So; w Henry. aged AZ. and Fred A.. aged
49, For years the father and sons have Quar-,
relied. Tho quarrel which ended in the death
of Henry grew out OF a trivial matter. and aa
told by the father is as follows:
Saturday morning Henry was plouRhing a
piece of land east OF tho house. the father driv-
Ing the team. Henry said he could drive and
plough. 10 the father left him and went to tho
barn. Soon afterward Henry brought tho
team to the bnrn, ono OF the horses having
slight cut on the hind foot This Henry said
was caused by catching In hook on tho Whit
fletree. The father did not see how this could
be- and after some words Henry went plough.
ing again. At noon Fred came home from
Dalton village three miles away, and after
dinner sat down on the piazza with his father.
Henry was in the door yard putting the whit.
tietree on the wagon. Tho father told Fred to
Get somo liniment for tho hnrso's foot and IN
so 'onio iiniiloh' ioi 'no ioiso ioo" anu ia
conversing about tho matter said he did not
think tho cut was made as Henry said This
49,, n,0' . "lo o"'u W NO '"lneA WIN az
oath: I'll show you how 1t is done" He then
$500 mvw mn w. ,n., n'eNo m"..I no,
tree anu rusheu at MS la'ner' saying: IN
break your head" The father got the wh!fle-
! ..nrh,a rreu in'erlereu saying 10 henry'
you for the horse being hurt, and this must
-" H. 49,. .s w 80
stop, henry then en- turned on Fred and saids
rushing to the woodhouse near nv aeized an
axe and started for Fred. The father seized
the axe. and after q struggle. in which Henrys
hand was cut got possession OF the weapon.
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henry' no" wiz with rage, again ran 10 inc
woodhouso, and getting second axe again
usAou ~ iou. no s.e,et nioe E.auoou talo
axe a, ana llehrY .heh rusneu lor Freo eRain.
on enrS ID over sH ,ees sa, anu W Ss Iyes
the whlihetree and struck Henry on the head
dronnsd hnt cor nm and aot down and saVtne
70 Erod .il "a Nv ~ v"n vet stonnod sn,n tha
kitchen. whore he, fell to the floor unconscious.
He was put to bed and Fred went for Or. Wont.
was possible, but the wounded man died at Z
this morning never regaining consciousness.
AS soon as the news OF the killing reached
Hinsdale Policeman Harrington and Deputy
Sheriff Jackson went to tho scene and placed
Fred under arrest lodging him in the Plttsfied
jail. Medical Examiner Paddock OF Pittsneld
was notified and made an autopsy He found
fracture on the left side OF the skull SIX inches
long. two long scalp wounds. and wounds on
tho arm and hand. The blows had ruptured an
artery. Three ounces Of clot blood forming on
the brain caused DEATH:
The Hales for a long time have had the repu-
tation OF being n Quarrelsome crowd. having
had many savage fights among themselves In
these encounters. axes clubs and other wea-
pons were used promiscuously. Henry was q