Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-06-09
SUICIDES AND ACCIDENTS.

thrown by a playmate May 81. The
eyeball was split open, allowing the
iris to protrude. IL is doubtful If the
injured eye can be cured, and fears are
expressed for the other eye.
Robert, the little son Of A. F. Stone,
editor of the St.Johnsbury Caledonian,
has been seriously injured. He ac-
cidentally ran into e. A. Stanleys 1ur-
nit1re delivery team and one wheel OF
the wagon passed over the abdomen.
Internal injuries are feared.
A dog the property OF John Shea Of
Barre attacked three women May 81
and bit them severely. The dog had
been lighting and attacked Mrs. Ben
/ Cook, an elderly woman, who was in
her ward on Silver street. Miss Addie
Richardson attempted to rescue Mrs.
Cook and the dog attacked her. Then
Mrs. Shea went to the rescue and the
animal sprang at her. All three women
were so severely bitten that two ply
sicians were called to attend 10 their
injuries. The physicians expressed 1t
as their opinion that the dog was not
mad, and no serious results from the
bites are apprehended.
A tragedy was enacted in Putney
about midnight June 3, when Sidney
Bailey, aged thirty-fve, shot and kill
ed his wife, who was ten years young
er. Bailey's story is that he heard a
dog bark out OF doors and got up to
investigate. Going to his wife's bed
room with shotgun he saw form
moving about and shot, thinking he
was firing at a burglar He then went
back outside the door. Returning
with a light, he found he had shot his
wife, the charge striking her in the
neck and face. He summoned a
neighbor, who went tor physician,
i but there was no help for her.
Gideon Burnham, living on the farm
owned by Burnham brothers in Wood
bury. deliberately shot himself June
at a. m. Mr. Burnham went in to
the house from the barn where he had
been at work and going to a closet
took down a revolver with the inten-
ton OF taking his life. His wife see.
} ing his purpose endeavored with al
her strength 10 take the weapon from
, him but not being able to dc so rushed
ont of doors to call for the help OF his
. brother, WILDER, who was at the barn
Before they could return the tata
, shot had been fired. He was about 81
! years old. II is thought that his mlnc
was temporarily deranged through the
influence OF liquor.
Search for the body of William An
b derson Of Rutland, drowned OCTOBER
/, Il in Lake Bomoseen, has been aDan
/ doned and all hope OF ever recovering
5 the body has been given up. Al th'
! time OF the drowning Anderson ana I
: companion were tishing. Ihey Were
: in a small rowboat and when they trieC
; to exchange seats Anderson wa
: thrown overheard by the rocking o
the boat. He Immediately sank ant
no trace of the body has since beer
: tound although a search Tor It ma
E been kept up almost continually unit
[ recently. Men who are familiar Wit
I the bottom of the lake say that ther
: is n place not far from where Ander
f son sank where the water is about IA
/ feet in depth and that the bottom ther
: is very uneven. Ii is their theory ina
r the body must have sunk into one Q
4 the rocky crevasses in the bottom 9
n the lake and caught there.
Y VIM. HUM, German gardener, wa
e found dead in the storm house OF III
e home in Burlington May 20 by aneigh
9 Dor who had gone to call MIN 10
9 breakfast. He was lying in hea
with a rope drawn tightly about NJ
neck. Several nails had been drive
into one OF the ratters, TO which rop
b $40 OF an inch in size and about nv
G feet in length was tied. A slip noos
/, was then made and after mounting
d chair the moose was placed ABOUT nj
neck and the chair kicked from under
S The body evidently did not renal
t hanging long for the rope was SO ira
a and the mans weight, which was abou
n $50 pounds, so great that he droppe
d and death probably resulted troL
r stranoulation. He was born in Gei
Il MANY and served for several years
/ the German army and took part IN
number of battles in the Franco-Prus
/ sian and the Russian-German wars {
n 1S66 and 1871. About quarter OF
e century ago he moved to Burlington
It Family troubles are believed TO nav
b driven him TO suicide.