Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-04-21
Bloomfield Homicide !
VERDICT
NOT GUILTY.!

'ut irlnl 81 sHr lioiiN'h h"i"'i
ial last week r.,syi with Edison Rrun, .
-pi.. "a ltuthrr of ii,. r''>pau,i-ui. "m tie 4
iaud, After answering few mimPor- ]
ant questions relating IA li> work. the 1
Niiur>> stated h. and hi> hrrlhrr went /
T. la.i ahnm . u'rIprk rh.y were /.
aroused i1t'.r hy angry talk outside the
house. mu,i OF il h.iug la French. lie
.ut az. went L. the door. aui "
Frank LIONS. H.. told the crowd 10
stop fighting and leave the prrmi>' :.
Frank Lyons replied with threats ~ #
abusive language. Reuben told tn IA
Ia 90 AVA, aud threatened To have tho
! lyons house shut up as a di>or,l-rl'
Iplace. Lyons said something els.
would Ice done before morning ~"
tgain threatened the BruuSonS an"
called them vile uamrs. When the VII
ness pat his head out of doors two sho,
w-re fired trnm the direction of I'll.
/ LNous house R.uheu then took dow
a shot gun. A third shot followed anr
then Reuben fired, after which he went
back into the house and decided to sum-
mon au officer. Neither of the brothers
was thpu fully dressed. After dressing
they went across the fields, being atrai,
the crowd would follow if they went 10y
the highway, They tried to get a war
rant from the town clerk, going thence
to Fred Nugent's in an endeavur to
find Justice of the Peace Beattie. They
did not know that Charles Lyons was
injured until told at this time. Ga the
way home, Moses King stepped out aud
covered the witness with rifle and
ordered him to throw up his hands
Nugent took the rifle from King, and
the witness and his brother, Reuben.
were arrested. At tie preliminary hear
inc before Justice Beattie the witueS,
was discharged. Reuben asked him t.
clean mp the house aud look after hi,
2 personal effects. The witness had n,
firearms aud did not shoot. lln
; brother owned "A rifle. The cartridge,
} found in the house did not fit the rifle
Neither he nor his brother, Reuben
Il ia a revolver the night of the tragedy
t and one was never in his possession
9 The rifle was not discharged the nigh
: in question. The Witness feare,
II Charles Lyons and his brother, Franz;
ReGben had not spoken to Charlie
Lyons when the latter fired at him. an,
Reuben did not speak to the crowd. .
il charge OF shot was fired 10y acclleu
into the vacant house between the Lyon
aud bronson dwellings, the Sunday pr,
ceding the shooting, when "A gun VA
being cleaned.
The cross examination was yer
searching, but failed to shake the test
mouy Of the witness to any great exteu
Michael O'Dowd testified that /
y. knew both Bronson and Lyons. and WI
IS working in a lunch room when Charl,
I'd Lyons came in and asked him VIII;
Ill kind Of man Bronson was and furth,
C. said he would shoot him down like
al dog if he meddled With him again
Arabian Bailey was at the Lyon
he house the night of the shooting to 50
he women. He saw Frank Lyons out
to the front of the house. He first sa
tic Charles Lyons on the steps coming on
ed He said he did not notice anything
Ict his hand at the time, but when abo
he half way to the vacant house he sd
him fire twice. Then bronson fire
as Previous to this Reuben had told Fran
We to keep away from his house, and in IL
Of morning he would see if the law cou
ne not stop running IL house like that und
ny his very nose. Frank replied, Con
re down here, you ----- -, al
~ Well show you before morning" Re
ell ben fired ust once. On cross examin
al ton, the witness said he was not drul
m nor had he been drinking. He we
lily alone to the Lyons house, but he did II
tie go in. There were several men outsit
the house. The cross-examination
mt the strength OF the accused mans ca.
ull as his story OF the shooting was We
he vivid and convincing.
IRE After other witnesses had been hear
of whose evidence was in the main a rer
,er titon of that already given, the respo
raj dent was called. lie corroborated /
We brothers story so completely that a q
ch tailed review is not necessary. He to
Is in detail various transactions, al
mt finally OF the much discussed trouh
to over the dogs. DaIes stopped work
camp III odiiNdII, WHICH was before u
or witness and Lyons had the trouble ov
use the dogs. The witness denied that
ep had said in the presence of Mike Da
th II will fix Lyons" He had had trout
ill with the Dales, which would tend
ut. make them hostile to him. He told
- the trouble in pattees store in Nor