The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-11-10
Little Glen Wright Crawled
Under Piazza.
AND FELL INTO WELL
Lost Early Yesterday Afternoon, No
Trace of Five-year-old South Main
Street Boy Was Found Until
Nearly Noon Today.

Glen Wright, the year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Wright Of 70 South
Main street, disappeared between one
and two o'clock Yesterday afternoon, and
all trace OF him was lost until 1i:I5
this forenoon, when his body was found
Sin an unused well under the piazxa
at the rear Of the house.
One man il reported to have searched
under this piazza this morning, but he
failed to find the we'll which Raymond
Tierney later did find.
Before the body was found the river,
which II near the house, had been drag.
ged yesterday and searching parties bad
hunted high and low for the little fell
low. He was last seen alive at about
Q o'clock yesterday BY his father. He
vas then playing with some neighboring
children
The unused well was not discovered
until this forenoon
Raymond Tiernev, a 10 year-old bov
living at so South Main street, was sent
under the piazza by j. A. Demo, who
was giving the premises and immediate
vicinity o thorough search Tiernev re-
ported finding hole" under the piazza
and A. A. Morris crawled under and
claimed he could see body in the
we'll The plaza flooring was then
torn up and lantern was lowered into
the wen, showing the face OF the boy
clearly. grapple was secured and Ed.
Tnhfp o.1 r. Cnnf,n tstoi.r.s 49, - !.
Pile on the lads right arm and drew him
to the top of the WELL The we'll was
fully 20 feet deep and was not known
to be under the piazza. The boy had
evidently crawled under the piazza and
not seeing the hole fell into the we'll
and was drowned. There were no
bruises on the body.
Little Glea was last see By his father
about two o'clock yesterday afternoon,
and at that tife be was playing in the
dooryard with neighbor's child At
About o'clock he was missed and the
police were notified and sesrch begun.
Mrs. Wright says that the boy had
asked for water to make mud pes but
she did not want him to have it and
she thought he might have gone to the
river which Is near the house, and fallen
in Acting upon this theory the police
ard others tegan search Of the river,
continuing it until after 10 O'Clock IA t
night.
The water was drawn from the Trnw
4 Holden machine shop pond and the
bottom Of the river was thoroughly
searched from the dam for consider
able distance above and also below, but
no sign Of the boy was discovered.
Again this morning the police Went
over the ground, but could find no clue
OF the missing child.
The FIRE alarm was sounded last even
ing at o'clock from box % and the
crowd assembling in response were in
formed Of the child's disappearance and
parties In teams ard on foot went in
various directions, the last Of them not
returning until after 2 o'clock this
morning. but without finding any trace
Of the hoy. Various rumors have been
heard to the effect that the child, or
at least child answering the desc ip-
tion Of the missing boy, had tcen seen
in various parts Of the city, and all of
these were followed but with no result.
The Wrichts came to this city from
WilliamstSwn last spring and Mr..
Wright is employed in Dix and Cole
mans market
Glen was the youngest of four chill
dren and was a bright little fellow, liked
BY all who knew him. Only few DAYS
ago lie went to Trow a Holdcn's and
told Mr.. Holden he was going to work
and wanted a Job Mrs Wright is pros
trated with grief and she was not im-
mediately made aware OF the
finding Of the child's body. The
father was in Graniteville this morning
searching when the body was discov-
cred.