Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-09-20
ATTEMPT AT MURDER.
Joseph Manning Shot in Abdomen
by Unknown Man.
Affair Occurred on ChnmpInfn street Inc
Was Apparently without Provocn-
tion-Injured Man Taken 10
Hospital sn6 May Recover.

investigations have developed Is
shrouded in mystery. occurred Tuesday
evening at about 1915 O'Clock at tn,
corner Of South Champlain and Main
streets, when Joseph Manning re-
ceived II serious wound In the abdomen
from n revolver fired by a man whose
Identity Is unknown.
Manning. who is about % years old
and a son Of John Manning. with n
company of other people mad been
spending the evening with Mrs. Ida
Guyette at the home OF her father,
John LaPlant, at 1876 South Battery
street. Shortly aften ten o'clock Mrs.
Guyette and Manning left the South
Battery street house to go TART OF the
way with Rosie. Ella and Gene Bril-
lon of Winooski. They had separat-
ed at the southwest corner Of South
Champlain and Main street. when the
Guyette woman remarked to Manning
Come along Joe"
Immediately from across the street
a stranger called out George has
gone" Manning thereupon crossed
Champlain street and accosted the
stranger with What do you want.
you big stif?".
The shot Immediately followed ana
Manning started on the run down
Champlatn street, followed by the
Guyette woman He turned and 60
ing down King street went to the
LaPlant house on South Battery
street near which he encountered
Officer Sullivan. Manning who wasin
the full possession of his mind ana
| cfrnf~th
what had happened and opening his
clothing showed the wound which had
been inflicted. He then went up the
stairs to the LaPlant home, whence
he was taken to the Mary Fletcher
hospital.
Meanwhile his assailant had dis.
appeared into the night. He was seen
to run down South Cha mplain street
but no one could be located last even
ing who seemed to possess the slight-
est clue as to whittier he had gone or
who he was.
Mrs. Guyette, who told the facts to
a Free Press man as related ahove
described Mannins's assailant as a
tall. heavily-built man wearing a
high collar. a dark raincoat. and
~ al fuT1npT imam
this she could not describe him. She
said she had never seen him before.
Mrs. Guyetts Is the wife Of Albert
Guyette. whose present whereabouts
are unknown. Manning is a teamster
for the Spaulding & Kimball com
pany. He boards on Bank street. He
has three sisters and a brother liv-
ing in Providence. r.. I.
DR.. C. A. Pease who was called to
the LaPlant house and accompanied
Manning in the ambulance to the Mary
Fletcher hospital, stated yesterday
morning that the mans condition was
comfortable and hopeful for recovery
The bullet entered Manning's abdo-
men on the right side, not
pentrating very far. 1t was
not probed for. but the doctor was
able to feel 1t under tho skin. From
the feeling he thinks that the revol-
YER used was S2-caliber.
Manning was conscious enough to
tell his story in a fairly coherent man.
ner. first to Health Of,cer Courtney.
who went to the LaPlant house at
once. and then to the doctors in the
ambulance. His story comedies almost
completely with that told by Mrs. Guy
cite.
He states that he and friends were
standing on tho southwest corner of
Main and South Champlain streets and
that his assailant came down the east
side OF South ~Champlain street, and
shot him from the southwest corner.
There were two other eye witnesses 20
the affair. One. a man named Locklan nd,
was coming down the north side of Main
street when he saw Manning's assailant
cross on Champlain street. He states that
the man said something 10 Manning and
Mrs. Guyette. upon which Manning, CALL
Ing him a big stiff" advanced across the
road. when the shot was fred. Manning
ran back 70 Mrs. Guyette, holding his side
and saying I'm shot Lockland ran to
his aid. but Manning ran ahead Of him
down Main street and TO the LaP1an,
house.
The other eye witness was a young lady
who was sitting on nearby steps at the
time. When the shot was fred she ran
into the house, but saw the man with the
rain coat as he started on his run down
South Champlain street.
The doctors state that Manning must
have been some distance from the re-
volver when the shot was fired, which
would seem to show that he had not
crossed tho road.
GEN. JOCELYN HOME.