Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-18

raised the head of the PROSTATE man
the body was laying face downward
and saw that it was Mr.. Fem, and that
he was probably dead. Mr.. Stone went
at once to the house, in one part of
which Mr.. Fem lived, the other part
being occupied by the Misses Holman,
with whom Mrs. Fem had taken refuge.
MIR. Stone found that Mrs. Fem had also
been shot, the bullet striking her head
behind the right ear, inflicting wound
which is not dangerous.
1t appears that Eastwood had gone to
the house in which Mr.. Fem and his
wife resided, but knocked at the door of
that part of the house in which the
Misses Holman have rooms. On their
replying to his knock, he told them he
wished to inform Mrs. Fem that her
mother was sick at the home of her son,
Edgar c. Brown, on Seymour street, and
that her presence was desired immediate
ly. Eastwood then passed around to the
east door and waited the appearance of
Mrs. Fem. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Fem
had retired for the night. One of the
Eastwood's alleged message. Mr.. Fem
was the first to leave the house. As
soon as he reached the sidewalk he met
Eastwood, who said: SIS this you,
Frank?' "Yes," was the reply. "Is
mother sick at Edgar's?r These were
his last words, bullet from Eastwood's
revolver having passed between the third
and fourth ribs and directly through the
heart, lodging in the pleural cavity and
next to the spine, death having been in
Simultaneous. Mrs. Fem was just lock-
ing her door and leaving the little hall
for the street, when her husband fell.
AS she turned bullet from Eastwood's
revolver grazed her head Just back of her
left ear, making an ugly scalp wound.
She turned at once and ran into the
Misses Holman's rooms, the door being
bolted quickly behind her. Eastwood
rushed at the door, but finding 1t locked,
fired shot at the door, the bull
let passing through and narrowly miss
ing the women.
The shots thus far fired by Eastwood
were in rapid succession. 1t is probable
that he then ran into the street at once.
Frank Stone, as before related, rushed
from his house at the first shot and took
his way toward the Fem dwelling.
Another shot was fired at this time and
it is probable that 1t was intended to
firighten Stone while the murderer es-
capped.
Eastwood was then supposed to have
gone at once In search of E. c. Brown,
the brother of his wife. Mr.. Brown
lives on Seymour street, and it appears
that he was warned by telephone mes
sages from East Middlebury that East
wood was likely to call on him with MUIR
derous intent.
Frank Sheppard and John Dyer of this
village heard the shots fired at the Fem
house and at once proceeded thither to
investigate the cause. They arrived in
time to assist Frank Stone in carrying
the dead body of Fem into the house.
Before the door was closed they heard a
man in the street, in peculiar voice,
half-whisper but distinct, saying, "Hist.
Come out here; want to see you" Dyer
was about to go out, but Sheppard pulled
him back and shut the door. They re-
mained in the house for minute or two,
when on Mrs. Fenn's urgent request for
her brother they passed out the back
way and went across to Mr.. Browns
residence. Here they found Constable
Seeley with Brown, and the officer
| thought it unsafe for Brown to go out,
as long as Eastwood was at large.
Sheppard and Dyer then walked up
Seymour street to Main According to
their story they were stopped near the
Congregational chuch by man alone in
top buggy, with horse walking slowly.
He called to them, "Say, is that you,
Ed?" They supposed it was Eastwood
and that he was asking If one OF them
was Ed Brown. Hastily replying "no,'
they ran to the Addison House. They
were not able to identify the man, as
there were no street lights, owing to the
plant being shut down from low water in
the river. This was about 10 o'clock.
The alarm had spread and officers were
on the lookout for Eastwood. Search
was prosecuted diligently, but owing to
the darkness the officers and citizens aid.
ing In the search were badly handl.
capped. kilograms and telephone mes.
sages were sent In all directions, to head
off the murderer should he attempt to es
cape by the country roads. Sheriff
Chapman took the IL o'clock train south
to Brandon and resumed search there.
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