The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-04-24
H. G. TiIden, Cousin Of G. N.
and A. G. Tilden Of Barre
In SAN FRANCISCO STREET
Was Member Of the General Relief
Committee and Carried the Red
Cross Flag--No Reason
for the Act. E

The fearfulness Of the calarity III
San Francisco was brought home to
1.-TWO Barre people today when George
| N. and Arthur q. Iilden read the news
/ paper dispatches of the killing Of their
cousin, IA G. Tiiden, while be was act
/ ing as member Of the general relief
lcomnilttee IN the stricken city, he hav-
ing been shot, supposedly By members
"a the citizens patrol. There have bsen
no private dispatches III confirm the
lsuspicion, but both are quite positive
that the victim was their relative, a.
are Charles b. Tildcn, II. Il. Cady and
others Of Northfeld, where he lived
prior to going to San francisco Is
years ago.
George N. Tilden OF this city visited
his cousin In San Francisco year ago.
The latter was in business as i com
mission merchant, residing with his
three children on California street. in
the heart of the district devastated br
lire. His father, FL. n. Tilden, who i
a brother Of Charles Of Nofihfcld. was
IN the same business, but was not ac-
lively engaged, owing To his advanced
years. II. g. Iilden was 40 years of
age:
The newspaper despatch il as fol-
lows:
Major II. e. Tilden. commission
merchant and member OF Governor Par
dee's staff and one Of the most promi-
meme members Of the general relief COM
mite, was shot and almost instantly
killed in his automobile this (Monday)
morning At Twenty second and Gner-
zero streets, while returning from Mcnlo
Park He was Slot BY men supposed
70 be members OF the citizens patrol.
Hugo Alltschille, who WAS in The auto
mobile. was clit III the face BY bull
lei and another ball pierced the scat
and struck In the back Of 4. G. Sea
nan, acting liesicnant of the second
company Of the signal corps The force
of the bullet was spent and seaman
suffered no injuries.
Tilden had taken his three children
and nurse from the Fourteen Mile
Hourr. where they had been since the
earthquake, ia Menlo Park, where he
has asuBimer cottage His automobile
had been used for an ambulance in con
feFlne the sick and wounded to the
lospitais aud the Red Cross ilag iusie-
Ia was displayed on his cur. BeAIde<
this, be had the Red Cross insignia on
his right arm.
According 10 Seaman. six men stood
in the middle Of the road at ED and
Guerrero streets separating when the
ear get within fifty feet Of them. When
the ear was within ten feet Of the
guard, Sesmen claims the guard began
shooting without warning on challenge
and kept up firing after the ear had
passed them. The machine had gone
about fifty feet past the patrol, said
Seaman, when the ear stopped sud-
denly. Tildcn. who was operating the
EAR, fell towards me, saying; ''Well.
they got me they killed me. He then
dropped back in the seat and rolled
ont OF the ear. ! sprang up and fired
i've shots in quick succession at those
who were still shooting behind us.
A doctor after examining IiIden
said he was dead. Several policemen
ssme running up and arrested three of
The men who did the shooting. The
men were III Khaki uniform. Tile body
II Iilden was placed in the car and
AIKEN to police station, being removed
alter to Elks' Emergency hospital.
"Altschul, whose right cheek il
'wollen where one Of the shots grazed
I, said that Tiiden stopped The ma
'hine when the shooting began. jumps
ng out Of the car, saying, 4 am shot;
hey have killed me, ran To the side
walk and fell dead.
The three men under arrest are Z.
J. boyncton, telephone inspector, Geo.
N. Simmons and MaIcolm Vance. They
ire sll young men, and members Of
he citizens patrol. Boynston declares
hat he did not see the Red Gross flag
N TiIdcn's car, and when the latter
I'D not stop when challenged, he fred.
The coachman in the car then began
hooting, and Simmons and Vance re-
HE'D. The killing Of TiIden has ere.
ted the greatest indignation