Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1902-04-11
IN OUR OWN STATE.
SHOT HER HUSBAND.
Mrs. John Whalen of Waterbury SAYS
She Fired in Self Defence-Wounde
Mans Leg Amputated.

A sad affair occurred on Sumner
Stearns's farm on Perry Hill in Water
bury, Saturday. The house Is occupied
by John Whalen and family. Some trouble
arose between Mr.. Whalen and his wife,
and he, while in a crazed condition, rush
ed toward his wife with an axe and
threatened to kill her and the children.
She, with the children. fled up stairs and
he after her She tried to prevent
his coming up stairs by throwing fur
niture at him but being unable to keen
him back she barricaded herself in one
OF the chambers. Whalen broke in the
door whereupon she took a gun which was
loaded and fired at him, striking him in
the knee. The sheriff and doctors were
Immediately summoned and he was taken
TO the town farm, where the doctors
round II necessary to amputate his leg
Mrs. Whalen claims that her husband
Is insane. Mr. Whalen tells a different
story and claims that he meant no bodily
harm to his wife but only wished to talk
over some business matters with her
which she was unwilling to do.
The family moved from Warren to
Waterbury four months ago. They are
in humble circumstances
Mrs. John Whelan was arrested, charged
with assault with intent to kill. The
hearing was continued one week to await
the result of Whelan's injuries In the
meantime Mrs. Whelan is allowed to be
with her children
Hon. Ira A. Abbott of Haverhil Mass,
a native of Barnard, will erect a new
public library building in South Pomfret
where he attended school in his boyhood.
The proposed route for the Rutland
street railway company's extension from
West Rutland to Fair Haven has been
changed. so that the cars can make n
fast run between Rutland and Lake
Bomoseen in Castleton. The route as
now planned runs largely through pri-
vate property.
A. j. Lang stepped upon a saw at his
mill in East Charleston recently. The
ball of his right foot was cut off He
walked ten rods to his house with his foot
in this mangled condition Blood poison
ing and lockjaw followed, and although
the foot was amputated at the ankle he
died in a few days.
e. A. Sunderlin has taken ]. Edward
Bailey's string of racers from Montpelier
to Lebanon, n. H., to be in training there
until June. Among the horses in his
charge with records are +. f. Knott. 21lK
The Governess. 219A: May Queen. 219A ;
and Mag. 2.23A. He also has three prom
Using green horses in Grace Manning
Lightning and Alhambra.
Hatch who pitched for st. Adams
High school last season, was in the box
for Brown University against the New
York National league team Saturday. The
score was to in favor of the profession
ais. Young Hatch made a remarkable
showing, only five hits. two of the scratch
order. being made off his delivery Wins
low, the crack catcher of the Yale Uni
versity team, has played several years on
the local team at Woodstock. Guy Alb
bolt, captain of Dartmouth team, is a st.
Johnsbury boy.
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the town of Fairfax was left 25 shares of
the stock of the Chicago, Rock Island and
racine Railway company, having a value
of $4,000 The trustees We're instructed
to invest the dividend on the stock in
purchase of other shares. This was done.
and now the principal and earnings ag-
gregate $250O0 the figure named in the
will for the expenditure in the establish
ment of the Bellows Free Academy at
Fairfax. The trustees will apply the
| money as directed by the will
Henry Babcock. rs, who was arrested in
Woodstock recently. was taken to Enfield.
n. H., where he is charged with burn
| ing house owned by his wife. The con-
tents of the house were destroyed and the
| family had to leave hastily. Babcock
lived In Pomfret Is years ago. and soon
after his departure one day a barrel was
discovered in his mill in which had been
placed a lot of shavings saturated with
= hcioscht' anu IL lighted candle UXeQ In
a block of wood. The candle evidently
burned down quicker than intended,
| hence the discovery of the firetrap. Bah
cock was arresed at his time and sent to
the state prison in Windsor.
Joseph A. Deboer, formerly vice presi-
dent and actuary, was elected president
| of the National Life Insurance company
| at a meeting of the directors held in
| Montpelier Tuesday. James T. Phelps
| the company's veteran agent in Boston,
was elected first vice president The Of
| flee of second vice president was created,
and James Bestee of Milwaukee, superin-
| tendent of agencies, was elected to fiji
| 1t. Clarence F. Moulton, assistant treas
| urer. was chosen actuary. Mr. DeBoer
| the new president. was born in Wurffum,
| Provincie Gronigen, Holland, June IT,
1861. He was educated in the public
schools of Albany, N. Y, and Dartmouth
College, graduated from the latter in
1884. From 1885 to 1889 he was principal OF
| the public schools of Montpelier, enter
! ing the service of the National Life in
! the latter year. Mr.. DeBoer was one OF
the Senators from Washington county in
, the Legislature of 1900 an Office in which
he gave valued and efficient service to
the state.