The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-12-05
ARRESTED FOX MURDER.

In the Boston Globe Of Friday, the follow
ing despatch appeared;
CHICAGO, Nov. 20 F. A, Hudson, son of
a business man In Middlesex, VI, came to
Chicago two months ago with $500, gold
watch and good wardrobe. He met Belle
Walker, %, recently from Minneapolis. He
squandered all his money on her and then
pswned his jewelry and clothing and gave
her the proceeds. When he was penniless,
she cast him off. He entered her room this
morning at the Vickery hotel and shot and
killed her. Then he attacked the body
with a hammer. He kept two bullets for
himself, both of which he sent near his
heart, and neither of which was fatal. He
was beating his brains ont with the hammer
when found. At the county all hospital
Hudson begged DR.; e. NJ Broechin, the jail
physician, to kill him. you had better
kin me- DOCTOR" he pleaded. IT don't
want TO disgrace my father any more. II Il
had another cartridge in my revolver you
would have been saved Of this" The mans
wounds showed that it was not his fault he
was alive
The accused man ia the son of William
Hudson, au esteemed resident Of Middle
sex, who Is engaged in the livery business
there. Young Hudson il well known in
this city having been employed in j. Q.
Adams stable about eight years ago.
People in Montpelier, in position to
know, say that Belle Walker had been sup
porting Hudson for two years, and that il
there was any such sum as $500 in the case
the money must have belonged to the
girl, as Hudson could never have had any
money approXimatng this sum Hudson
married Montpelier girl who left him and
rumor says is now living with her parents
| in Connecticut, and was In this city during
the past summer. She was a daughter OF
! John Moran.
MDDLEsEx, Dec 3 The community is
| greatly agitated over the report that +. A,
| IuH had Yfnurdarpd nal.a W a1lrar in a
Chicago hotel and had fred two bullets
into his own body with the intention of
committing suicide Hudson is known to
| everybody in this community and it is not
easy for many to believe tina he IL guilty Of
| such a crime as he is charged with. viii
liam HUI son, the father of the young man,
is a well known livery stable proprietor
here. His son, up to a few years ago, was
employed on the Central Vermont rail-
way as brakeman, first working on freight
trains and afterward on passenger trains.
His record up to this time was good About
five or six years ago he married Laura
Moran of Montpelier, and two children
were born to them. When Hudson visited
his father about year ago he appeared to
be flush with money and from stories cir
culated hereabouts it was believed he had
struck it rich in the west. The woman
Belle Walker, is known 70 no one here.
| In case death results from the wounds
Hudson inflicted upon himself the body
will be brought here for interment.
CoLEBRooK, n. H, Dec. 3.-The resi-
dents of upper Coos county in this State
and Essex county, VT, are in state of in.
tense excitement as a result OF an alleged
attempt at murder made by Joseph Boulan-
ger upon James Flynn at the house OF
Francis O'Neil at Lexington, Vt. Flynn is
now lying At the house Of Mr. 0'Neil with
a severe gunshot wound in the abdomen,
and the physicians called to attend him say
he can live only a few hours. Boulanger
was arrested this afternoon in this towI
and arraigned before Justice James l. Par
sons upon complaint as fugitive from
justice. He waived examination and is
now being held here awaiting requisition
DADers.