Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-04-26

MO ldldl bCtlutHlS, DOlu dllIlDuId-
Die To the use OF intoxicating nquOr
took pace FRIDAY ana SATURDAY, less
imam - hours apart, one ON the road
nom ljraIUleDOrU 10 MnnamsVllle, ANA
the uIner III BrattleDUrO. In the first
george Mitchell Oh WlmiamsVlne had
MS neck broken and ms mead BABY
alnmed by the weight OF a heavy
wagon, and i'll the second Fred Phil
ups Ul BrattleDOrU mad both legs cut
On, his skull and Jaw fractured and
tnice RIBS broken, beng run over by
locomotive.
Mitchell was about 80 years old and
had been employed IN the basket de-
ualtnent IN A. M. Merritield mill
IN Nlluamsvlle village some seven
years. lie was a young man of unus-
uaI capabilities i'll the mechanical line
and was often called upon to do work
III the mill that other employees could
not do. His only enemy was liquor,
and by this he was occasionally over
come. He came to Brattleboro Fri
day morning. On the tram with him
was J.. II. Merrifeld. Mr.. Merrifield
was confident that Mitchell's chief err
rand in Brattleboro was to get liquor,
ana he made him promise that he
would let it alone.
After reaching Brattleboro village
Mr.. Merrifield went to his office and
from his office window watched
Mitchell, whom he saw start toward
the Main street bridge. Mr.. Merri-
neld started in pursuit, saw Mitchell
cross the Connecticut river bridge
and take the path leading from the
road to the brewery, and, quickening
his pace, overlook Mitchell Just a few
feet from the brewery. Mitchell plead
ed with Mr.. Merriteld not to tell
where he found him, and returned to
this village.
Mitchell said he wanted to go to the
5. \. Smith company's factory to see
some former companions and prOmis
ed to return later to Mr.. Merritield 5
once. In the afternoon Mitchell
found Mortified and told him that he
had seen Charles Packard, a teams
ter employed by A. NJ. Merritield, and
was going to ride with him. Packard
had taken load of baskets to the
freight depot and had put on load
Of phosphate to take home. Mr.. Mer-
uhcld saw the men go up Main street
about o'clock but neither seemed
to be intoxicated then, although it
appeared later that they had bot
tie with them.
About o'clock the team without
the driver was seen as it arrived at
the mill in Williamsville. 1t was
stopped and in the body of the wagon
Packard was found drunk. Not far
from the same hour A. M. Merritield
who had been away, arrived on the
train at the Williamsville station,
which is about two miles from the
village, together with j. II. Merrifield,
who was returning home from Brat
tleboro. a. NJ Merrifeld started
home in a team which had been
sent to meet him and which met
Mitchell and Packard on the way and
j. ii. Mortified got into the stage
which left close behind A. NJ. Merri-
fields team.
When about a half mile from the
station the teams came upon the dead
body of Mitchell in the road, face
downward, partially covered with a
blanket He had evidently fallen
from the wagon, and it seems proba-
bic that in falling he pulled the
blanket with him. An examination
showed that one of the wheels of the
wagon had passed over him diagonally
across the shoulder, neck and head,
breaking his neck and jamming his
head into the dirt. The face was
covered with blood.
\ guard was left with the body and
the other persons were sent to the
village for a conveyance with which
to remove the body. Up to that time
the people of Williamsvillc did not
know that the accident had happened,
and it was with a feeling of deep sor-
row that they received the news.
The body was taken to the village,
where it was viewed by DR.. Roberts,
who said that death was due to frac-
tlre of the neck.
Mitchells brother, who lives in
Northampton, Mass, was sent for and
on Saturday he arrived and took the
body to that city for burial. Mitchell
had no family and his parents are
dead Packard was questioned in
regard to the accident, but he was
unable to tell anything about it and
said he could remember nothing that
took place after they left West Dunn
merston. A broken bottle, supposed
to have been thrown out by Packard
and Mitchell, was found a short dis
lance below the Williamsyille railroad
station.