Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-15
MYSTERIOUS DEATHlT ST. ALBANS
An EmplOye Of the Gas House Found
Dead in the Cellar

st. Adams. June s.-Tucas Kinesbury
Story, who has been employed as foreman
n the Sasworks. since last April was
found dead in the cellar Of the gas hon o
drout $50 o'clock this morning
lie was last acen alive about ( 81 O'Clock
W edncSday afternoon when ne told ST.
lerintcnd ut Mason that the work was all
done and was already to leav" when he
had changed his clothes. As he dit not
20 to his boarding house for supper We'd
nesdAy night they thought he was dotain-
ed AT work, but when the morning came
and he did not return Mrs Kimball with
whom he boarded became very much wot-
riei and her son-in-law, Walter S Souc
went to tho gas house and looked over tho
building even TO the cellar but found no
trace of the missing man. except his
clothes which were hanging in their ac-
CuStomcd place.
Mr. Soule spoke to one of the men en-
ploycd by the company who said that at
4 O'Clock Wednesday night he went TO the
gas house and finding no one there locked
up and placed the key where Mr.. Story
would find il when he returned Some of
the employees had come to work by this
time and as Story did not appear. they
t,lephonod Superintendent Mason that Eo
was missing and both Mr.. Mason and his
brother, Fay Mason. came to the works.
1t was some tim bcfor, they found Mr.
StoTy's body, thoug. a thorough selrch
was made. At last =. Fay Mason found IL
lying under the stairs in the cellar
under the purifying room. 1t lay face
down with ina head in a pool Of water
and mud
The body vas cxtrcat>d with difficulty
and taken to c. II. Harvey's undertaking
rooms when a post norton examination
Was held by Drs b ,ll@n, Jenne and Berk-
Icy. He was fond TO be free from any or
ganic truoble and the verdict given by
them was .lelth caused by breathing gas,
although Superintendent Mason is very
SIC there We're no leaks and all valves
were in perfect shape Why Mr.. Story
should b. in that particular place in tho
celIaG is mystery to the company as well
a. the general public.
There is not the slightest ground for cn-
tcrtaining the theory OF foul play or sui
eide Mr.. Story was cheerful and happy
when Sup1rint ndent Mason parted with
him on Wednesday, afternoon.
Few young men are more universally he
loved than was Luke Story and his death ha 5
come as a great shock to the community.
He was "A member of co. r, FIRST Vermont
Volunteers and although he enlisted as u
private at the outbreak of the Spanish
American war he returned home as !rSt
sergeant, which proves his invaluable
qualities as a soldier. All through the
hardships OF camp life he was never hear,
TO complain and endured everything with
fortitude and Characteristic checrfulncss.
MIR. Story was to have been married soo.l
to Miss Effic FL Southwick of Chicop1e
Falls. Mass, niece of Mrs. Kimball's,
and who has many friends in the city. lie
intended to leave tomorrow night to make
Miss Southwick a visit The sad news was
telcgraphed her and she will arrive on the
early train train tomorrow morning,
MIR Story was born in Fairfax on Dec.
% 1865 a:d after the death of his parents
which occurred when he was quite young,
he came to this city to reside with his
sister Mrs. Walter 5. Clark IL gradual
ted from the High school with high hon
ors in the class of 81, after which he at
tended Dartmouth College two years He
went to Nebraska a few years after this
and returned to St. Adams in 1896 and went
to work in the auditing office of the Gem
trail Vermont Railway. on his return
from ChickamauGa he went into the rail-
road office. where he remained until last
April.
His only near relative surviving him is
his sister, Mrs, Walter Clark, at whose
home the funeral will take place on Sat
urday afternoon at o'clock.
ST. JOHNsBURY'S GRAND LIST.
St Johnsbury, VT, June S-The listers
of the town have completed their figures
and give the following as the result: The
grand list on real estate in 1899 is SOS. 203 s.:
on personal estate sSS271l making n to-
tai of sS7, a6; 1921 polls az s. amounting
to $3.50
There is aH increase in the number ~
polls over last year of about 200: a de-
crease in the value of personal estate of
nearly 100000. while the real estate re-
mains nearly the same as last year.