The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-06

INFORMATION
Evidences of Three Rut-
land Murders
In LAST YEAR AND HALF
At Tine Bodies Were Found. Death
Was Pronounced Due to Being
Run Over by Train.

Rutland, May 6.-It has been learned
on good authority that some startling in
formation has been given to the sheriff 5
department of Rutland county as the re-
suit Of which an investigation is In prog
ress which will probably lead to solu.
tion of three mysterious deaths which
have occurred In the outskirts OF Rutland
during the past year and half.
1t is well known that the local officers
have always doubted that these three
men met their deaths Iii themanner which
was most apparent, by being struck by
trains Of cars on the Rutland railroad
but until recently they have been unable
TO find any satisfactory solution. It Is
now believed that the men were killed
with clubs or some other blunt instrument
at a dIsorderly house which Is situated
near the place where the bodies we're
found, for purposes Of robbery and that
their bodies were then placed beside the
tracks to divert suspicion
All three Of these men we're little known
in this vicinity. they being worthless
characters, so less interest was taken IN
their deaths than had they been Of q diff
fereut stamp The last death was June
is, 1908, and the victim was Joseph Muir
ray Of Rntland, the body being found close
10 the tracks Of the Rutland road and the
head having the appearance Of having
been struck with heavy clnb. Beside
the body was a penciled note purporting
10 have been written BY the victim Just
before his death on which were the words
" Ezekiel Eddy hit me with club Mr..
Eddy is well known business nlan Of
Rutland, and is chairman Of the board OF
seleetmen Of the town Of Rutland
No attention was paid to the note as It
was very evidently written by the real
mRrderers to divert suspicion from them
selves. No pencil was found near the
man as would have been the case had
Murray written IT,
Mr. Eddy has for some time done all
that he could TO break up the disorderly
house upon which suspicion now falls and
1t is believed that the writer Of the note
was aetuated also by spirit Of revenge.
1t has been learned also that several To-
cal men have been obliged TO give up good
sized sums Of money Ia this house but for
obvious reasons none Of them can be in
duced to testify against the house or its
inmates. The local officers will give out
no information on the subject bnt 1t Is un-
dersto0d that arrests may be expected
within few days.
Mr. Eddy, when seen this morning.
stated that Murray, the last Of the vic
Tins, was employed BY him at the ice
houses Of the firm Of Eddy Brothers, Of
which he ls member, and that Murray
worked there all day june III the day be-
fore he was killed. Mr. Eddy knew moth
ing against Murray and never knew that
Murray had been In the habit Of visiting
the house of III fame in question, but sup
poses now that he must have done So Mr..
Eddy states that be had tried persistently
for many years past III his capacity as se-
lectman OF the town to have the house
closed, but has never been able to do so
and the place is running at the present
time
About six months before the death of
Murray Mr.. Eddy succeeded in having the
keeper Of the house and several of the
inmates indicted by the grand jury but
when the time came for the trial of the
cases they were mol pressed by the states
attorney because OF insafielency of evi-
denee. Mr., Eddy admits that he has
known that the keeper Of this house was
''sore' on him because OF his efforts to
have the place closed, but he would give
no opinion regarding the identity Of the
supposed murderer.