The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-12-04
DEED DONE
WITH AN AXE
Thomas Mccormick Killed at
Bridgewater, Vermont.
WIN. ALLARD ARRESTED.
Admitted the Crime and Said He Sup
posed He Would Have to Hang for
1.-THE Result of
carousal.

'Oei'tOSns A1ft. r. suppose Lhdb
| shall hang for this" was the remark
of William d. Aliard, 65, a farmer Of
Bridgewater Village, as he was being
locked in Woodstock Jail Saturday night,
charged with the murder of Thomas
Mccormick, a woodchopper. McCor-
mick's body was found on the steps OF
Allard's house early in the evening. His
head had been crushed in, and there was
a rope around his neck. Mccormick
had been at Allard's house since Fri
day.
David Hoisington, neighbor, diseov-
cred the body of Mccormick and gave
the alarm at Bridgewater village and
Constable Allen Pinney later arrested
Aliard at the latter's house where he
had returned from Spraglles. He is
~ years old and submitted quietly TO
arrest, but threatened to kill the officer
for not allowing him another drink OF
whiskey, of which half dozen bottles
We're found in the kitchen where the
quarrel occurred.
States Attorney Batchelder was noti-
fed Of the murder at White River june
tion by telephone and he ordered guard
| placed over McCormick's body which
was lying on the spot where he fell till
nine o'clock yesterday morning, three
men sanding watch through the drizzling
rain. On the arrival of the states at
torney and Doctors HoIbrook Of Wood.
stock and Boyden of Bridgewater, an
autopsy was held at Allard's house and
the body was then brought to Wood
stock.
The Prisoners Story.
The prisoner told his story Of the
tragedy in the jail Office yesterday after
noon. He said he had known Mccormick
for three weeks, but there had been no
quarrel leading up to the final trouble.
They were sitting in the house together
Saturday evening, Mccormick being
drunk on liquor he bought, AllardI claim
| ing he was sober. when Mccormick
threatened to kill him and struck him
i the blow making no wound, however.
Then Allard grabbed q club and struck
Mccormick twice, knocking him down
and q third time as he tried to rise.
He dragged his body to the door, putting
1 rope about the neck, intending To
remove it further from the house, and
struck him in the forehead twice, com.
pleting the butchery. He said he butch,
cred Mccormick, meant to kill him and
! was determined to finish him.
Allard has served term in prison fol
arson, and from prison he was sent TX
Waterbury for observation. This was
about eight years ago. He was gener
ally feared by his neighbors for his
treacherous and vindictive character. Hi
| wife and the latter's two children wers
absent when the tragedy occurred
Il Mccormick, who is said to have beer
dissipated and quarrelsome, has been II
Bridgewater only a short time, going
there from New York state.
The scene was visited by hundreds
of people Saturday night and yesterday
: and the crowd in the blood despatched
. room and outside interfered at first witt
the work OF the officers.
Murdered Man Little known.
The officers here have the body D
Mccormick in their charge but do no
know where he came from or where hi
relatives live He had told that he has
! a brother and sister living and that h
E had worked in Island Pond and New
Brunswick. He was in jail here las
: March, having been sent from LUDLOW
; to serve a sentence for intoxication. /
is not known where he went when b
, | left the Jail He was woS 1chopper
Mccormick was about so years old, has
: dark hair and black moustache, wa
six feet and one-half inch tail, had broas
shoulders and wore light.colored suit
He was unusually broad between tn
eyes.
When the officers reached the bod,
! they found the contents Of Mccormick.
! pockets on the ground and steps. Al
, lard apparently had gone through then
after committing the murder. Allar'
4 saws he took no money from him. AL
!. lard talks very unconcernedly and seem
4 to think no more of the matter than !
) 10 had Killed some animal