Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-07-09
NEWS OF VERMONT.
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Man Accidentally Shot Himself.

Cecil mckenzie. son of Mrs. T. II.
Barton, who lives alone on his farm in
Cabot. known as the William Wilson
place, accidentally shot himself in the
leg between the knee and hip joint early
Saturday morning He was awakened
| between twelve and one o'clock by the
persistent barking of his dog and believ-
ing the disturbance to be caused by
skunks among his poultry he seized a re-
| Volver and went to the barn. He failed
TO md the intruder and returned to bed
ieaVing the revolver in a chair beside
| MN. An hour or two later he awoke
| sufhclently TO reCollect that he had left
the revolver cooked, so he sat up in bed
| and reached out for 1t to let the hammer
| down; in doing this his hand grasped
| the barrel of the revolver and as he
thus drew 1t towards him in the dark
ness the trigger came in contact with
\ something sufficient to discharge the
weapon and the ball passed through two
| thcknesscs Of bed covering and entered
| Mr.. Mckenzie's leg. He succeeded in
! dressing himself and hobbled to the
| home of the nearest neighbor, Leonard
| Folsom. a distance of nearly one half
mile, by whom medical aid was sum
| moned and tho wound dressed. No bones
wer broken and Mr.. Mckenzie is quite
| comfortable at this writing although the
| bullet is still in the leg and has not boon
| located. Doubtless tho bullet would have
! passed through the leg had not tho force
| of it been partially checked by the bed
/ clothing. \ slight variation in tho III
! roction in which the weapon was point
! ing at the time it was discharged would
/ have caused the huletNto enter the
abdomen, which would have doubtless
been fatal accident.
To SELL VALENTINE KNITTING
MILL.
Announcement has been made that
negotla tons for the purchase Of the Val
cntina Knitting mill and property in
Bennington. had so far progressed that
the sale was practically assured. The
mill will probably he converted into a
parer plant if the negotiations are com
plcted and tho new owner will take the
plant August /.
ROBBERY IN WEST BERLIN.
Edward Gliness house in West Berlin
was broken into on Saturday afternoon.
while Mr.. and Mrs Glincs were away.
and valuabes IN the amount Of 5000, he
sides a quantity Of food. were taken.
The door in the rear Of the house. which
the thieves broke through. was the place
/ Of entrance.
MUCH AGGTATED OVER LICENSE.
The village of North Pownal is much
stirred up over the granting Of a license
Wichooi Sbos rorn,ori,, -, ,'hoeb,ra
Ne sbe. onernd Tho I2arhor botoI the
noxt d,v There Vas a stronq onncsition
to tho gran,inr If tho license most of
tho Ie. dirc mon NJ Tho riacn sirri,r tho
nrote:t which VAS unbooded hv the
/ rornmissio,nre If is nov damned mar
the bar is too near the Congregational
of ,ba lau
+ PROCTOR LOST THE CONTRACT.
\ Washington despatch says Nothing
further will be done in regard to the
contracts awarded to the Vermont Mar
bic con,panv for headstones for the
army. 1t is held nv the officials that the
law plainlv permits a member Of Con-
cress to hold stocks in an incorpora cd
company that may have contracts with
the government and that Senator Proc
! tors connection with the headstone CON