Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-08-16
NEWS OF VERMONT
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William Beck several times in tho
back and left side, two wounds being with
in one-fourth of an inch Of the heart
While Beck was seriously hurt 1t is MOI
that he is in a dangerous con
dition. Domestic troubles are said to have
been the cause OF the affair. Stark, Wild
has not lived with his wife for two cd
three years, claimed that Beck was visit
ing her. States Attorney =. A. Cook i'd
investigating the matter.
AN ALLEGED ABDtCTOR CAUGHT
Frank Stevens of Pittstown. N. Y, was
arrested in Remington Monday night bJ
Deputy Sheriff Russell. of bennington
ana Deputy Sheriff Myers, Of Hoosick. y
Y, charged with abducting Miss Gract
T.. Mattison, of Pittstown, a sixteen
y~ear-old girl, who left her home therd
Monday morning and came to Benning
ton with Stevens. Tho couple were founc
in a room together at George Baker
home. Stevens IS a man about 25 year
old and has been paying attention to tn
girl for some time against the wishe
of her parents. when the girl was found
to be missing her parents suspected tina
she had gone away with Stevens. and
80 i''' NiA'AI " DtllIlki Blpl. III
the way he secured the s~crvices o |
DEPUTY Sheriff Myers and. With his asy
siStancc and that OF Deputy Sheriff
Russell, he located the girl and she rel
turned with her father Tuesday morning.
Stevens was placed in Jail here. IateI
he will probably be taken back I'd
Pittstown for trial.
c. II. BRUSH INJURED.
c. II. Brush Of Fairfax was injured al
Cambridge Boro Monday forenoon. WhilI
sitting in his wagon in the yard by ri
n. Gray's store. the horse becaml
frightened by the cash carrier and turned
around very suddenly. knocking one mai
over three times and throwing MD
Brush from tho wagon. He was picked ui
ana carried to Or. T.. r.. Brush's officJ
where his wounds were dressed and id
was taken to his home by f, r. Burns
VINO was with him a. the time of the ac|
cldent. Mr.. Brush was badly bruised
about the face, and it is thought som|
OF the bones of the face are broken.
SUICIDE IN CABOT.
Lafayette Hopkins of Cabot. nearlv. 4
years of age, committed suicide Nonda1
by shooting himself through tho head
at his home on West Hill. There was nd
one in the house at the time. Mr.. Hon
kins was found by some of the othe|
occupants after their return lying upos
the floor with a bullet wound IN his head
Death was not instantaneous for he ha,
apparently struggled for a short time af
ter firing the bullet into his temple wit
co,,od u,a ~
vears boforo ~ w. rH
ro,urrins 70 Caho, o
and uvi,c tboro o,.or - 40
exce,,ion ~ y fa,. ,.oorr l., D.. ~
: cause is knovn Cor conu.ti,n ~ so.
other than old ago and moo, ba,1.h =,
was for many vears a ue,,hor =, cro.
Mountain Lodge No fs = ava NJ
and was peneraIIv resnected uo ia -
family 7, is n coincide,ce ,b., ,.o,,,
or brother rvp,o, " o1so oouu+.o
suicide some ao wears oro f., tho CO..,
manner and NJ tho same ,,,ca ,,a ,o,,
of his father. Gardner Honkfns.
HN
Chief Of Police Brown OF Barre dis
covered Tuesday morning that til
1 screen in a cellar window in the hous
p "a plll' lANS " my J. ,ip"Nt W Az
the family is spending n vacation
S N"l'le, was .ul ope" a"u ne suspect
!, ".NHS
of Mr.. Fits. and the house was one,
ed. A slick attempt at burglary w;
. discovered. but nothing was missed 8,
cept some preserves. the thief
l thieves having been baked aft.
reaching tho COLLAR and then Tho kltcl
on From ,be COLLAR ia tho kitcber
holtod door barred ,he wav An aug,
WAS then hrough, into usa ho
was hored !, tho door and n bo,a chi,
nod ont Iarao o,ougb 80 .ro, tho obi
was ab1e N +brust hi. hand ,brorr
: the ho1, NOS s,,nnoa h,,r ava w. =,
..,u .mua htu.a,. :. ,,.S
Fortunately all the doors into Il
l. o'nci p''' w va "'"'e WHY 'ec"io
n o'N'"' "Nu ~ 'np az i'''e'' ",
'here xiv" up he4o'e ieaN'"s u
o ou'Si"' "lSP'9eu . sum- Jam IA to'
some away WIN MINI me front uo
he Is fastened ny " hlsnt ICON ana u
le locking from tue ihSlue' me purs'
went-put TINS door leaving the 90
st swinging as he went A door FRO
s. the Kitchen on the rear piazza was a
so left open.
n ARA HEWITT OF RUTLAND MIS-
ING.
n ~ - -.
Il land. who has been missing since Fridq