The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-19

Years ago Bishop Clark told an assem-
blage OF church people that it were bet
ter to DO missionary work near at home
rather than devote all uplifting efforts
TO the Christianizing of the Inhabitants
of FAR off lands.
The good bishop had in mind the people
residing in the northern and western
part of the state. remote from the civiliz-
ing influences of church, the school and
railroads. where people were not given
i'm marriage but lived In open licentious-
ness, generation after generauon,wi APP
salling disregard for law, decency and
tho consequences of their acts.
Time. the work Of church people. better
educational facilities. the Introduction OF
modern appliances and methods for COM
munication, have all served To ameliorate
he condition which then existed; but
the eradication OF vice is far from com
olete and there IS still fat field for the
missionary.
SCENE or FATAL ASSAULT.
In such settlement as Bishop Clark re-
ferred to a tragedy was enacted last
Sunday night.
The scene Of the terrible assault was
a two-family house az Tarkiln, in Bur
rillville II was typical northern Rhode
Island home. The man up stairs, Albert
Dixon lived openly with Julia Rankin.
Down stairs Dixon's sister lived openly
with the Rankin woman's brother.
Dixon and his paramount went To Oak
land Sunday. the village i'm which the
Reynolds family. father, mother and
daughter were killed with an axe by
Martin Mowry, who burned the house and
the bodies of two OF his victims with
the hope OF hiding his awful deed.
In that village the couple met Perrin.
With Others at dusk they started home
ward. stopping on the way ut house TO
get liquor
There Perrin acted too freely with the
Rankin woman. II IL alleged.
Because of these attentions Perrin and
Dixon uuarrelled all the way home.
Arriving at Dixons house the party.
which had been augmented by the addi-
ton of two men, one by the name OF
Mowry, entered
Mowry offended Dixon and the latter
elected him. This caused Perrin TO enter
a protest and when Dixon called him a
vile name he, Perrin. struck Dixon with
a steel framed umbrella, causing the lat
ter To bend almost double
Dixon picked. up "a small piece OF wood
and aimed ~ blow at Perrin's head.
Perrin threw up his arm Ia fend off the
blow and received bruise upon his
head.
More words were exchanged and Perrin
arising said that II he wasn't wanted IN
the house he could go out
PERRIN LEAVES THE HOUSE.
Perrin had no more than got 60 the yard
than Dixon left the tenement I'm pursuit
OF him.
The others remained I'm the house and
when Dixon returned, which was within
,,,,t,.pf ono of tho DnIfV asked what
had become OF Perrin.
Dixon replied that the OH man had
gone home.
This struck the inquirer as rather n
strange procedure for Perrin. who was
not I'm the habit of deserving his friends
and without any delay that man started
To investigate tho truth OF Dixon's state
ment.
About - feet from the door the inycs-
tigator found Perrin ON the ground.
The insensible man was lying beside %
cboppluC block in which. but few min
utes before this discovery he had seen
that an axe bad been driven.
Tho aNa was missing
Calling FOR help II was found that Per-
rim had "a cash. inches long. on the left
side OF his forehead, extending upward
and perpendicular with the line OF the
face. into the hair.
The wounded man was taken into the
house and Dr Poirier sent for. The doc
tor dressed the wound as best he could
md said that on the morrow Perrin must
bc sent 60 hospital as there were NO
convenience iu ihc house Tor the treat
nent of SO critical ease. wherein there
WIS perhaps 70 chance ntst chance, Ia
save The man.
Constable Wood md been notified and
~ iflaced Dixon under arrest.
SAID uE USED A CLUB.
Dixon Insisted that ho had used a club.
a piece OF Gre wood only. and that he
struck In self-defence.
The Rankin woman corroborated thir
story by telling what she saw done IN
the yard. Neither she nor anybody else
witnessed tho hnei and fatal blow. IL is
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