Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-01-13

Roston. Mass In desperate effort
TO shield her crippled father from the
attack of two men who she thought
were bent on assault and robbery Mar
garet Graham, the 3O-yearold dangh'
ter of Peter Graham, Il vegetable ped
Ter living on Grover avenue, Roslin-
dale, nearly sacrificed her life recent
ly.
Tho voung Woman. volAo-deSiea fur
ward to ward off blows directed at her
father, came directly in the path OF
bullet fired from a revolver, which
the old man drew, and instead of the
ball reaching the mark intended, it i'm
bedded itself in the young womans
right arm.
While she was staggering forward
still bent on protecting her father, he
fired a second time, and this time the
bullet struck William Ward, one of
his alleged assailants, in the right arm.
Following the firing of the second
shot Ward ran from the house, and it
was not known where he had gone un-
| til he went to the Emergency hospital
in this city for treatment AS soon as
he lUa1 the doctors in attendance what
was the mauev. he was placed under
arrest by an officer who was detailed
| there for that purpose.
The circumstances of Tie shooting
are unusual and are very complicated.
owing to the fact that Ward had "a
right in the house, inasmuch as he
boarded with Graham. The only rea-
son for the shooting was that Graham
felt he was about to be attacked, ow'
ing to th9menacing attitude of Ward
and another man who was with him.
For years Mr. Graham, who is 60
| years old, has made his home in that
part OF Boston and has a good reputa'
ton. Some years ago he suffered from
rheumatism, which left him helpless
from the hips down. After eXperenc
ing many trials, he finally decided to
start out as a pedler of vegetables
throughout that section.
As he cMya sUf' ''crhtcnes, it was neces
sary for him to have help. Ward, who
is 23 years old, was hired some time
ago and came to live at the house. Ac'
| oordino tn thu ..-ii--.ar.-'-~.r ~ "S''i ="
I the old mans story, Ward has been
acting strangely of late.
In the afternoon friend of Wards
called at the stable and fingered much
against the wishes of Graham. When
the old man went into the house, he
left the two in the stable and, fearing
an attack, as he says. secured his re-
volVer and put 1t in his pocket.
He had not been in the house long
before Ward came in, followed by his
friend. Graham didn't want the sec.
ond man around and he told Ward so,
but the latter insisted upon his re-
naming.
Then followed a discussion between
the three, and in the meantime it is
alleged that Ward and the stranger
made some attempt to approach a
trunk which rested on the floor in the
room In this trunk was all the money
which the old man had saved in his
years of hard work, and he feared the
two men were bent on robbng him.
Margaret, the daughter. was in the
kitchen preparing supper, and upon
hearing the loud talk in the adjoining
room she ran in just in time, she says,
to prevent an assault upon her Grip.
pied father Not knowing that he had
possession of his revolver and was
holding 1t in his hand by his side, the
daughter rushed to the protection of
him. and as she did so she ran be-
tween her father and the two men just
as the old man fired shot
Seated in his chair with his crutches
nearby, the old man, as his daughter
reeled toward him, again pointed his
weapon and fired at Ward, who with
his companion then fed from the
house and disappeared.