The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-09-19
GOT BULLET
FOR RESPONSE
Shooting In Center Of Burling-
ton Last Night
JOSEPH MANNING, VICTIM
Thought Strange Man Was Interfering
With His Affairs and Started to
Punish Hin1--Stranger rs
Still at Large.

burlington, Sept. 10 Joseph Man.
ming, aged ~ years. while III the com
pany OF Mrs. ida t;uyette at the corner
of Main and South Champlain streets
at d quarter past ten o'clock last night
was shot IN the abdomen hy an unknown
man. The reason for the shooting Is
not known. AT the Mary Fletcher hos
Ipital, where the inlsred man was taken,
It WAS said that the wound was not nee
essaiily fatal
Manning had been spending the even-
ing with party of Young people at tli.
hnme Of Mrs. Guyettes father, John
laPlant, at 1876 South Battery street,
and with Mrs. Guyctte accompanied
three Others Of the crowd Rosie, Ella
and Gene Brillon of Winooski from the
fouse They separated at the corner Of
Main and south Chalnplain streets,
ENhereupon Mrs. Guyette remarked
Come along, Ioe'
from across Tie street d strange man
called out
George has goneH
Manning started to cross the street,
saying, What do Nou want, you biz
stif.
The shot Immediately followed and
Manning started on che run down Chain.
plain street, followed by the Guyette
woman le turned and going down King
street went to the I.aplant house on
South Battery street near which be en-
eountered officer Sullivan. Manning, who
was in the fnll possession Of his mind
and strength, explained 70 the policeman
what had happened and opening bis
clothing showed the wound which had
been inflicted He then went up the
stairs to the l.aPlant home, whence he
,sas taken to the Mary Fletcher hospital.
The huliet entered Manning's abjo-
men on the right side. not penetrating
very far. II was not probed for, but
lr G. a. Pease was able 10 feel il under
the skim
Manning's Story.
Manning was conscious enough to tell
his story in fairly coherent manner,
fFst to Health Officer Courtney, who
went 20 the Lapant house At once, and
them To the doctors ID the ambulance.
His story comedies almost completely
with that told BY Mrs. Guyette.
He states that he and friends were
standing ON the 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 eye witnesses To the
affair. One, a man named Isockland,
was coming down the north side Of Main
street when he saw Manning's assailant
cross ON Champain street He states
that tic man said something To Man
ming aud Mrs. Guyette, upon which Man
ming, calling him big stir advanced
across the road, when the shot was fired
Manning ran back to Mrs. Guyette, hold
ing his side and SAYING Pm shot" Lock
land ran to his aid. but Manning ran
ahead Of him down Main street and Ii
tie IaPlant house
The other cye Witness was 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 hi,
lrnn down South Champlain street.
The doctors state that Manning must
! have been some distance from the re,
volyer when the shot was fired, which
would seem 70 show that he had not
crossed the road