St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-12-11
THE HARDWICK MURDER.
Mrs. Buck is Bead and Her Husband is
in JaiI Here

in JaiI Here.
The injuries which James Buck Of Hard
wick inflicted on his wife on Monda,
night Of last week proved fatal and Mr.
Buck is now in jail here awaiting trial
The details of the affair are substantially
as told last week.
Buck lives about mile and a hal
north Of the village, and has been work
ing for some months in Cabot. He hired
a rig there Saturday and drove to Hard
wick. At about II O'Clock Monday
night he went to the Centennial house
and called for his daughter, Jennie Buck.
He told her that her mother was seri-
ously i'll, and to go to the house at once.
He also CAV" her what money he had
and his wat !, telling her to keep her
mouth shut if anything came up. When
the daughter got home she found the fire
out and the house cold. On going to the
bedroom she saw her mother lying upon
bed with scarcely any clothing on and
bleeding protusely from the mouth.
There were several bad bruises on her
head.
DR.. Darling and Deputy Sheriff Wake
field were at once summoned. DR.. Oar
ling upon examining Mrs. Buck found
that the right side of the head and tenn
pie was terribly cut and the skull frac-
tured, causing conclusion of the brain.
There was hole in the right cheek and
the iefft side of the body appeared to be
paralyzed. The woman did not regain
conciousness during the day.
Buck after leaving his daughter at the
hotel drove to Wolcott, where his young
son, Willie, works and told him that his
mother was dangerously i'll, and to go
to her at once, and told him to drive his
rig, which he Immediately turned over
to him. Then he disappeared. Mrs.
Buck never regained consciousness and
died Wednesday evening. Immediately
after the discovery of the crime, search
ing parties began hunt for Buck and
he was arrested about a mile out of
Greensboro village Thursday. 1t was
generally supposed that he was making
Tor Canada, but he apparently was
unable to shake off the spell cast over
him by the terrible crime OF wife murder
and instead OF trying to get into Canada,
as had been supposed, he has hovered
around the scene of crime, cOncealing
himself in the woods during the day and
coming closer to the home at night try
ing to learn If possible what the results
OF his act were. Wednesday night he
was seen by Ernest Brown who was
watching with Mrs. Bucks body in the
house, but made away as soon as dis
covered and passed the remainder of the
night in barn about a mile outside
OF Greensboro village.
About daylight he was seen going
through the village and little later
stopped at the farm house of Horace
Flanders where he asked tor food. Re
cognzng Buck the people refused him
| TODD and at once gave the alarm. The
officers and people of Hardwick were
notified and party at once formed to
follow him. Buck was tracked through
the woods over Burr Hilp' to Greens,
boro pond. While crossing a corner OF
this he broke through the ice and got so
wet and cold that he started for the
nearest house being nearly frozen when
he reached it. Here he was found by the
searching party and placed under arrest.
! He made no resistance whatever and
said that he knew for what he was
wanted. The arrest was made by Dep.
uty Sheriff H. c. Libby of Craftsbury.
He was taken to Hardwick and States
Attorney Porter went to Hardwick in
the afternoon. 1t is evident that liquor
was largely responsible for his terrible
crime. He says that he secured a pint o
liquor on Monday before the crime was
committed at the Greensboro agency
Buck waYed examination and wa
bound over tor the session of the CRANE
jury IN une. He was brought her
Thursday night by Deputy Sheriff Wake
field Buck is powerful man, about
feet inches tall and weighs about II
pounds. He is dark complexioned, an
has heavy black mustache. He refuse
to talk about the crime, but it is appar
ent that heis sconsiderably troubled abou
the outcome Of the matter.