The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-03-24

Richard Healev eyed 80 years, shot his brother
in.lsw.TbOmaa O'l'i,en aged 85 years OF West
Stock bricge, Mass, Sunday morning O'Drien
wac haru drinkinr man and very quar- elsome.
| ana when drunk ana ugly was In the habit of
going to lealcy's and making trouble. Satur-
day at midnight he called at Healey's door and
demanded admitiance which was refused. at
so'clock Sunday morning Hea.ey was shaving
before front window of his, when O'Brien APP
peared. Healey would not let him In and o. l3rien
stepping close up to the window, struck Healey
| through the glass. Healey at once walked into
his bedroom and took 80 caliber revolver from
a bureau drawer. His vile begged him not 10
go out and not to shoot. She also tried to take
the weapon away fiom him. Healey shook her
| of and stepping outside, raised the weapon and
fired. O'Bren sank to the ground, blood pour
Ing from hole In the left side Of his head.
| Healey stepped into the house and put on his
overcoat His wife begged him to 20 to town
and give himself up. but he refused so to do,
pu, his revolver in his pocket and started over
the hills toward the state line Meantime
the, neighbors had picked up o: Brten
ham was summoned and found that the ball had
ward Of the left ear. The doctor inserted u
probe two and one half inches, but failed to find
The hall On the right side Of the head was
found a cut an inch and half long which was
| probably sustained by the fall when shot.
OBrien was in halfconsclous condition, but
reused himself sufficiently to swear roundy.
At 8 p m. he was falling fast and the physician
said that he could not live long. Father Nahar
CT West Stockbridge arrived at that hour and
administered the last rites Of the church;
was telegraphed to all places in the VI
c,nity and Sunday afternoon Ofacer Johns of
Chatham n y. found H asaey that town and
and viii be brought here on requlsition. He
has the reputation of being an inofensive
fellow and industrious. while o 'Brien was just
as 1t is considered that he had provocauon. He
has wife, two children and an aged mother
dependant upon him for support. The affair has
Nnd mt rhoV,t thn
section. At 10 AS o'clock Sunday night O'Brien
was still alive.
Another Fire In Boston.
fremont Temple was burned Sunday, the
third time In its history. The flames were dis
covered at 80 Sunday morning by Parker
house employees. The fire originated in the
organ loft. The definite cause is unknown, hut
it is attributed to either defective electric light
flames extended to the roof. burning the same,
together with the organ loft gallery and gen.
orally wrecking the Interior. while the remain.
der of the building was flooded. The loss will
be heavy, approximately about 80 per cent. of
the total valuation of contents included in the
same ratio, or 100000. The following adjacent
property was damaged to more or less extent
BY smoke and water. mainly the latter. due TO
lines of hose being taken through the buildings
to reach the rear OF the fire from windows: The
Parker house. corner of School and fremont
streets, owned nv d Parker, heirs and occu-
pied by II Whipple & Co, as an hotel. was
damaged to about 5000. mainly to furniture
ana IrcECOlDR lUC SlS-blOTy lTOU DulIDlHSt ~
fremont street. owned by the Massachusetts
Life Insurance company and occupied above
first floor by X Whlpple Co, as annex to
for hotel purposes, damage light. First floor oc-
cupied BY Samuel Beckhard, mems furnish
Ing goods damage slight. The story build
r Brewer, and the flve-story stone building 100
fremont, corner Bosworth, owned by FL Ward
estate both occupied by William Butter 4 Co.
dry goods. damage sight The four. story brick
b,,flh i>p n 2 Rncwnrth
L Palmer. was damaged o little. The five story
prick building adjoiniSg on Bosworth street,
owned by the Parker estate and occupied S sy
house, was damaged very little.
A Big Fire.
The big Keller Touring mill at Litchfeld. III.
was burned Tuesday. While the employees aud
fremen were fighting the flames, terrible ex-
plosion caused by flour dust occurred, and the
immense structure WAS blown into fragments.
John Cowe. head miilwright, was instantly
Killed, and several other employees were sert
ousy. Injured. The explosion wrecked nearly
every business house in the village and many
persons were badly hurt by nyiDg bricks and
falling tmbers. The damage to the mill aioue
will reach $1,000, 900. The shock was felt In the
adj lining villages of Clyde and Butler. Giles.
pie and Hllboro, and in many of these places
the conclusion was go great that Piaie glass
the citizens we're awakened by the ringing of the
fire bells and before many of them could dress
they were stunned by the shock of the eXplo-
their homes falling upon them. 1t is not yet
known how the fire originated. number OF
serious, but not neces sarily fatal, accidents are
reported. The amount of insurance carried on
themill elevator and ontents is about &350.000
Lewis Wright, aged Il, has confessed to
setting fires five times In the Hathaway building
on Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Mass. In each
case the fire was discovered in time to prevent
any great loss The Ofhcers consider him iB-
sane. He says he carried kerosene and naptha
into the building in beer bottles with when he e
co fryn tod M In ltrno ia
cd mother In Newton.
Henry Palmer, assistant teller of the Fall
River National bank, has been missing from
home since Sunday. At meeting OF the direc-
tors Monday 1t was found that there Is de.
fciency OF about $4,000 in his accounts. The
police have been notified. and kilograms sent to
all parts of the country with the hope of appre
bending him. Palmer's case is the sole tonic
of discussion at Fail River. He was about IS
years OF age, and mas three children. As far AZ
eau be learned at this time ne had no conspicu-
ously Dad habits. He had no companions out
side the home circle.
In searching the Charlestown, Mass, state
prison, no fire arms have been found not even
the one which Convict Booth used in attacking
Officer Seavey recently, but enough other con-
Lraband articles have been found 1t is said TO fill
several bnshel baskets. 10 Convict Booths cell
was found complies plan of the north wing
lod wa J facing the river and railroad tracks.
The location OF sheds and outbuidings was In
Heated and the most minute measures OF dis.
tances and the thickness and hight of the wsll
friends outside the prison has also been found,
but the wardea declines to disclose the nature of
i. Another startling discovery was made BY
he officers, In corner of tie iron foundry
scarcely two feet from the mouth of the tunnel
through which several men escaped to the sewer
1ot long since. Here was found another tunnel
n process of construction It's presence being
by piece of sheet iron placed over it,
DR. j " Hodge. who has an Office with his
BROTHER, w Hodge, in the Grant block, Niagara
Falls, found nitro glycerine bomb cartridge
haped and three Inches long near his Office with
he fuse partly burned Mhcre is no clew 10 the
lend who attempted the outrage, but the theory
5 that the purpose was TO destroy the building
s IL has twice been set on fire In recent years.
A farmer living o few miles south of st 10.
eph, No, on the Missouri river banks, while
luck hunting on q sand oar. discovered LARGE
ry goods bsN floating with the current He
auled the box TO shore and, breaking It open.
ound it filled with dead bodies 80 badly de
Imposed that Identification was impossible.
he II mains were those OF four men and one
oman and appearance indicates that they were
urdered. 1t il supposed the remains are those
a family Of emgrauts who disappeared mys-
rious Y from near Ruio last fail.