Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-12-01
DEAD IN THE BARN.
Frank Harris Body Found at VIM.
POrter's In BOndville Wednesday.

Indications That He Took Paris
Green and Suffered TerrIbIy---Porter
Gave Him water and Then Left Him
---Hart Fled From Jamaica 20 Avoid
Arrest.
Frank Hart was found dead in William
POrter's barn on Taylor hill, B0ndville,
Wednesday morning. He came TO Porter's
house Tuesday about o'clock. Mrs. Porter
was alone. He appeared strangely and Mrs.
Porter became afraid of him, though she said
she didn't know whether he was intoxicat-
ed or not. About o'clock he went out of
the house and she bolted the door. He
tried to come in, found the door fastened
and asked through the window II he might
go to the barn and stay, and said he was
awfully sick.
He went to the barn and when Porter
came home about dark he heard groans
from the barn but did not go to investi-
gate When he went into the house his
wife told him what had occurred, but he
did not go near About 8 o'clock Mrs. Por-
ter heard him calling. Porter went to the
door and Hart was calling for water Por-
ter carried him two quart dipper of water
and says he drank it all. Hart told him
he had taken Paris green and that he took
bottle full of laudanum the night before
without it hurting him.
Porter told his wife on going to the
house that the man couldn't live an hour,
yet they went to bed without notifying the
authorities or doing anything about the
matter. Wednesday morning Hart was
dead and Porter notified Zadoc Howard,
first selectman and overseer Of the poor,
who, with the health officer, DR.. Flandreau,
went to the place and found the body as
Porter had said.
Hart must have suffered terribly as the
hay around the body was trodden hard as
though he had thrown himself from side to
side in his agony, but there were no indi-
cations that he had vomited there.
Porter said that Hart had had trouble
at Chef. Emery's where he boarded at
Pixies Falls Tuesday morning; that he
had quarreled with Mrs. Emery Ovef some
money he had paid her for washing. He
told her if she didn't give IL back to him
| he would murder her, and finally he Chok-
ed her, and said he would murder her any
way and all the family and set fire TO the
house.
When Mr.. Emery came home and heard
about it he sent to Jamaica for an officer
| Hart stayed around awhile and before he
left Emery said he he saw him take a
whole spoonful of Paris green; but he
threw it up before he got out of the yard.
| The officer came TO arrest him about FIVE
minutes after he left, but they could not
find him. Emery said he had a knife with
a blade six inches long and the money his
wife returned TO him, SLIGO, but neither
knife nor money were found on the body.
| There we're letters from Mrs. Emery show
ing that he had sent her money at different
times, and registered letters from Weston,
where he had been awhile ago.
| Hart was q man about 35 or 40 years o:
age, of sandy complexion. His face was
dsfgured from small pox. He was a
rough fellow. While at Weston he was
arrested and as he could not pay his fine
he was released on his promising to send
the money and it is said he had sent part
Of il. He came from North Adams, Mass.
where he claimed to have a mother living,
and also two brothers in Fitchburg. Emery
says he wrote his mother and brothers al
different times but received no answers 10
his letters. DR.. FlAndreau will hold an
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