The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-08-01
SHOT FROM AMBUSH
Mine PaymaSter Fired on While
Carrying Wages.
HIS COMPANION MURDERED

Robbers Escape With Three Thousand
Dollars--Army Of Men Seeking the
Murderers, Who Are Thought to Be
Italians.
Johnstown, Pa, Aug. 1.--Charles
Hayes. a driver employed by the Purl.
tan Coal company, is dead and Patrick
Campbell, the company's paymaster,
lies perhaps fatally wounded at the Al.
toona hospital as the result Of a brutal
heldup and murder on the township
road leading from Portage, this coun,
ty, to the mining town of Puritan
The two were in a buggy taking a
satchel containing about $4,000 With
which to pay the coal company's EN-
ployees at Puritan from the Adams TX
press office at Portage to the coal
town, when at a point about three
quarters Of mile out OF Portage they
were suddenly fired upon by three men.
armed with shotguns.
Campbell and Hayes went to Portage
about s o'clock and ate breakfast at
the Portage House. At 8 o'clock the
two went to the office Of the Adams
Express company, where they obtained
about $4,000 in gold and bills, which
they placed in a small leather satchel.
Armed with forty-eight caliber revolv.
ers as a protection against possible
robbery, they got into their buggy and
drove out the township road. This
was the last seen of them before the
shooting took place.
William Helsel. a farmer who lives
four miles from Portage a little later
found the body Of man apparently
writing in great agony upon the road
Getting down from his wagon. Helse
discovered the wounded man to bt
Campbell
Further on Helsel found the body OF
Hayes and, calling assistance. haa tie
dead body and the wounded man takei
to Portage.
Were Taken BY Surprise.
Campbell told the doctor nothing sus
picious had occurred during the ride
from Portage to the place where tIe
shooting took place. He and HAYES
had the money satchel iii the seat he
tween them. Hayes was driving Will
both hands, while Campbell had ont
hand on the satchel ana the other il
his left coat pocket, where be kept hi.
revolver. This, ii Is said, was thei
usual mode Of procedure on trips 81
this kind About the h0ldup itself
he could tell but little. There WAS ii
sudden binding dash from che woods
to the right Of the road. He felt "A
sharp pain in his right shoulder ana
becoming suddenly dizzy, found HIM
self falling from his seat out over ths
left side Of the buggy. he struck the
ground Just IN front Of the rear wlie
which passed over him Even thoagl
only seniconscious at the time. d,
said he remembered seeing three mel
run out Of the woods, approach ths
buggy and then scurry away dgt!n
He could give no description Of ii
men except to say he thought t5n
were Italians After his wounds hsf
been temporarily dressed. Cmnrb
was conveyed by traln to Alton
where he was admitted to the ie
hospital.
His injuries consist Of buekshotl
wounds IN the right shoulder be
ming &C the arm pit and running II
over the shoulder 70 tie base If Tilt
neck, i was thought that the wound,l
We're not necessarily fatal, but tile lass
Of q quantity Of blood occasionea ii
them before the arrival Of asslstancd
had 50 weakened the patient That hh
condition is critical Campbell il.
thirty-seven years old and married.
Hayes was f0rty-nine wears old ano
unmarried. Both were old aud trust
ed employees Of the coal company an6
lived near the mines IN Puritan. New,
Of the fra-edg sprcak like wglfrd