Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-12-29
SUICIDES AND ACCIDENTS.


John Graham had one leg broker
while at work on the Morrison guar
ries In Ryegate Dec. p. A ston'
tipped over and caught him by the leg
breaking it badly about the ankle.
Joseph Carney of Mortified at
tempted 10 commit suicide Dec. Is
He had procured bottle OF carboliC
acid and after telling his family what
be was going to do, went upstairs.
His family, being frightened, secured
help and the attempt was frustrated.
Mrs. Katherine Neenan Of st. Al
bans died Dec. 10 from the effects OF
+ freezing. The woman lived alone.
| She was in poor circumstances, and
would have no fire except tor cooking.
I Her condition was not discovered
until il was too late TO save her lie,
both CT her arms being frozen.
NJ. w. Downey of Montgomery met
with a very serious accident Dec. Is
and as a result came very near losing
his left hand. lie was out in the woods
and while climbing over a log his gun
was accidentally discharged, the con-
tents going through his wrist and
carrying the best part OF the wrist
with it.
Robert Bancroft, the l2-year-old son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Bancroft OF
Calais, suffered injuries in a runaway
accident Dec. Is that resulted fatally.
As the boy, with a brother and sister,
was driving down a hill a holdback
broke and the sleigh struck the horse,
causing it TO run. The lad struck on
the back Of his head, rendering him
unconscious and he died in lew
hours.
Wilmer Burnham, aYoung man liy-
ing in the town OF Woodbury., was
killed IN a very strange manner at his
home Dec. 81. Burnham and a man
named Thompson were drawing ma
nure. They had dug underneath so
that lot Of the frozen manure fell on
Mr. Bunham, burying him 50 that he
smOthered before he could be removed /
from underneath the pile. Mr.Thomp- /
son was obliged TO 20 some distance
TO a neighbor's house for assistance.
Dr. A. j. Cushman Of Lincoln came
near losing his life recently. While
va ~ AAt-1 bNAOh AsAnAbAH AtlAAtl NAlANAts
along a stone embankment on the New
Haven river, his horse Tell and, rolling
under the single guard rail that inn
perfectly protected the road, fell to the
stream below, a considerable distance
The doctor had jumped, with the reins
wound around his hands, but the horse
In passing over the wall, went out of
he harness, thus releasing the doctor,
while the guard rail stopped the
wagon Had he gone over he would
perhaps have been killed. 1t was
necessary to put team on the ice to
haul of the horse. which died OF its
injuries in a few hours.
A case of accidental poisoning in
he family of Newell Ellsworth OF
Norristown has been discovered and
'lr. and Mrs. Ellsworth and youngest
.on have been dangerously ill., Every
Indication pointed 70 arsenical poison
nc, although as vet the source of the
rouble is a mystery A possible clew I
las been discovered from the tact that |
asst summer Mr.. Ellsworth sprinkled
he gOoseberry bushes with paris
green and DR.. Bates has been testing
'ome sauce made from these berries, J
which has been eaten of frequently by
he family, but has failed to find traces
II arsenic. Another possible clew is (
hat the poison might have been taken I
rom an agate teakettle, the cheaper
ware of this kind being known to con- {
aln arsenic in its composition. In
his connection, the fact that the water {
n this neighboThood is hard and more {
liable to cause agate ware TO peel. {
night give some weight to the argu- {
1ent.