Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-12-27

populace Of the Granite City thil
morning when rumor went creep
ing around that Chief of Police Patrick
Brown had been assasslnated by ar
Italian anarchist. A little later II
was learned that the Chief was still
alive, although he had three bullets
in his anatomy. and his nervous sys.
tenn was greatly disturbed by the
shock.
There is no more popular or better
police officer in the state than Chief
Brown, and threats of dire vengeance
to be wreaked on the cowardly assassin
were heard from the lips of stern
faced, reSolute men.
The police are keeping the facts in
the case as close as possible so it is
hard to secure particulars but the
story Of the thrilling events Of last
night and this morning is practically
as follows:
Last night there was an Italian
dance at the new Socialistic Labor
Party hall on Granite St. At pri-
vate daGce held there Saturday even
ing there had been little trouble,
and when appearances indicated that
there was to be more last night some
one went to police headquarters and
asked Chief Brown to come down to
the hall.
The Chief evidently tn 'ught there
might be trouble ahead, for he went
to Officer Gauthier's house 90 Prospect
street, arriving there little after II
and asked Gauthier to accompany him
to the ball. The two officers staid at
the dance about an hour, then.a there
was no disturbance and everything
was quieting down and the people
going home, they left the hall and
went back to headquarters, about l.3O
this morning. While at the dance
Chief Brown took pickaxe handle
away from a man who was furnishing
it little, but there was no resistance
aud no disturbance while the officers
were there, but passers-by at about 2
O'Clock a. m., report lively row as
taking place at the hall among the
Italians at that time.
When Cbief Brown left headquar-
ters to make his 2 o'clock rounds, Of
ticer Gauthler went home and to bed.
Officer Brown noticed no disturbances
while making his rounds. At about
O clock this morning he registered
at Depot Square. From there he
went down on Granite street to see
how things were at the hall and found
all qui-t there. He heard a noise
down North Main street, however,
and started to investigate.
When he arrived near Smith Bros.
market, at the corner of Maple av-
enue, he passed two Italians and no.
ticed another across the street. AS
soon as he had passed they began tir-
ing on him from both sides, some
dozen or more shots ringing out On
the cold morning air. AS soon as
Chief Brown realized that they were
after him he started to run, as he had
on heavy coat, all buttoned up, and
his revolver inside. Three of the
leaden messengers Of death reached
him however. AS the chief IS not
allowed to talk, Of course exact
details are hard to- get, but
somehow he managed to stagger
to the residence of the Rev. P. M.
McKenna on Summer street. Father
McKenna telephoned to DR.. Reid.
who came Immediately. DR.. Deziei
,u,c also ballad Tho WOund1d man
was taken to his home on Allen street
and the doctors extracted a bullet
from his left foot. There are two
holes in the abdomen, and the doctors
are as yet unable to say whether they
were made by two bullets or whether