The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-11-24
Body Of Man and Woman
Found in CIaremont Woods
ACT SEEMS DELIBERATE
Registered at Claremont on November
8 as w. H. Jones and Wife -
Papers in Pocket Bear
Another Name.

Claremont, n. H., Nov. 24.-A case
OF murder and suicide was revealed yes-
terday when the bodies of a man and
Q woman were found BY section hand
In the woods near the Boston & Maine
railroad track about four miles from
the center Of this town, in West Glare.
mont. Clasped in the mans right hand
was 23-calibre revolver with two cham
bers empty The bodies and the ground
near by were covered with blood.
The bodies were recognized as those
Of couple who registered at the juno.
ton House on November as w. FL.
Jones and wife of Portland. Me-, and
who left the hotel the following day.
In the mans pocket were found papers
bearing the name of Harry w. Leayitt
and w. H. Leavitt and letter addressed
Me.
When the section hand found the
bodies he at once notified Coroner Fl. L.
Saunders and Selectman O. ID. Richard
who proceeded to the scene. They took
charge of the bodies which later were
! removed to a local undertaking estab-
! lishment.
Coroner Saunders expressed the opin-
/ ion that the bodies had been living in
the underbrush for about two weeks.
There was a bullet wound in the wom-
ans head, just in front of the right
ear, while the man had bullet hole
just over the right ear.
An examination Of the mans pockets
disclosed two Knights of Pythias receipts
for dues made ont by Victor Lodge.
No. rs, Newport, Me. One contained
the name Of Harry w. Leayitt, the other
OF w. III. eLavitt. Several letters were
also found. A gold filled open face
watch was in one pocket.
| The woman wore plain gold ring.
apparently wedding ring. She wore
a black felt hat with jet trimmings, a
fur boa, slate colored Jacket and a
| black skirt.
Inquiries by the authorities revealed
the fact that the couple arrived in town
on November s. They went to the
junction house, where they registered
as w. H. Jones and wife. They left the
hotel the next day and were not seen
again by the proprietor.
They did not take with them two
bags which they had brought. When
these were opened yesterday a razor and
a box Of 32-calibre revolver cartridges
from which q few Of the CARTRIDGES
he'll been removed, were found, together
with Maine Central railroad mileage
book
The bodies were found at the foot OF
a large tree, under which the mans
oyercoat had been spread out on the
ground. The leaves had been brushed
aside, but there were no evidences that
a struggle had occurred. The woman
lay on her back with her hands thrown
out The man lay ten feet away, his
hand by his side, ciutching the re-
voIyer.
The authorities took steps to com.
municate with the Maine officers in an
effort to establish the identity oi
the couple.
After an examination the coroner ex-
pressed the opinion that the dead man
was Harry w. Leavitt and that the
woman was his wife. The papers found
upon the man included a list of the
wooden mills in New England and sug.
gested to the coroner that the mar
and woman were operatives who were
seeking employment. a letter which
vas received by the proprietor of the
tuHSllOH mousse algHeu DIV IeaN1tt SAID
that he was tired Of living because
of misfortune, and intimated self.de
stu elton.
Only one bullet was left in the five
chamber revolver found in the mans
land. Circumstances in connection
with the finding OF the body suggested
to the coroner that the woman might
have tried to commit suicide, that hei
shooting was Intellectual, and that hen
husband then shot her and killed him,
self The man was about SO years
old and the woman about 81