Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-10-17
LATE STATE NEWS.

open. de Tel about 4UD TEX
4 Edward ]. Walsh Of Rutland pleaded
guilty Saturday in county court q keep
ing q gambling resort and was lined tSVy.
This il the first case % the kind there n
the memory Of the lawyers Walsh .
place wac raidsd in August and lot q
parsphernslis conhscaiso.
FIJI Andrus. superintendent Of the
Barre q Montpelier electric railroad was
seriously injured and rendered uncoD-
scious Thursday evening by falling INTO
the pit used 10 repair cars a. the car barn.
he struck on his head and shoulders and
was unconscious for several hours- he
suffered 8 conclusion q the brain
I'd. White. charged with the murder
Of Angelo Turf. whose body was found
a. Mt. Holly sept. p, wac held Saturday
az Rutland without bail for the grand
Jury. after 8 hearing before Justice }. Z.
Fletcher Of Mt. Holly. william Lane,
who was charged with being an accessory
70 the crime, wac discharged after the
hearing.
On the second day Of the Sullivan
county fair at Clarernout, y. h, in the
third heat Of the 2 rs pace. r. o. Page q
Bennington. driver OF *.5co0t," was
thrown. the result Of 8 collision that
the reins and be @ss dragged several
hundred feet before the horse Was caught
and Page picked Up unconscious. AT the
hospital hls bead wss found Dsdly cut,
but il il thought his injuries are not ssfi-
Gus.
Because two fire alarm boxes were out
Of order. 8 two-st0ry house on NOyes
avenue IN Rutland belonging 70 d =.
Noyes. was badly damaged by FIRE early
Saturday morning, causing loss q
about $500, partially covered by insur-
guce. Mrs. Della Myers, who occupies
the house, was awakened by the smoke
and after waking the other members of
the family tried IN vain 70 ring al alarm
from two bgxes and before she could
reach q telephone the FIRE had gained
great Roadway. The origin q the fire u
unknown.
Thomas O'Connor was taken seriously
ID a. the town farm IN West BrHiileb0rg
Friday. he was IN q critical condition
and unconscious during tie night. and
physicians ~ no were summoned declared
be bad been poisoned with lsudauuu-
An invest igatiou showed traces q the
poison in some food which had oeen CIV
en- him 10 eat. O'Conn0r j. al old man.
but be has rugged constitution and i
laudaaum came 70 be given him il not
known. Ofncers q the Institution say
another inmate is suspected.
The railroad commissioners made pub
lie Oct their findings on the recent
wreck q 8 passenger train on the Barre
branch q the Central Vermont railroad
and on three fatal accidents n thls vicln-
Ity. At the scene Of the wreck o. the
passenger train. the board nncs there
were loose spikes. q weak shoulder and
several inferior ties. any one q which
would hsve been liable 20 cause the Ecci-
dent. In the case % the fatal accident %
Charles IS. - john 81 Montpelier June
ticn. jane 20 10 Mrs. y. ". sexton AuE.
:. and 20 Thomas =. O-Graag a. Barre
Aug. p. the board found the deaths %
these three persons were due 10 tbeir 0Wu
carelessDess o. trespassing.
nontpeiier wornsn 6urneS to Death.
Carelessness in Lighting kitchen Ere
early saturday morning caused injuries
which resulted IN the death q Mrs. An
drew J. Mile. aged 80 YEAR,. q Mont
pelier. while ner husband j. a. Heston
hospital in q serious condition from loss
% blood caused ~ the bursting % al a.
terry wh lcb resulted FROM bis jumping out
Of q sacond-zfory y iudow. through glass
and screen and all. in q despersie afterupt
20 get help for his wife. Mile also
suffered traseB leg ~ HE leap. he
managed 70 drag himself 70 9 fire alarm
box and 70 ring in an slsrm. his path be-
ing marked alI along the say ~ IluIe
pools % blood lost in the effort.
Mrs. Mills arose about $50 O'Clock
that morning and begaa prsrarst IONS
for breakfast and had some trouble in
getting the kitchen FIRE started. Finally
she took Up = can from which 10 pour oil
upon the fuel IN the stove. but Il va
filled with gasolene and instantly explod-
ed. setting her clothing sire and scatter
ing FIRE all about the room. Her SCREAMS
were heard 10y her husband " ho wAs up
stairs and who started 10 come 10 her aid
down the stairway only 70 ind he pas
sage blocked by the haues.
The desperate man then Jumped out Of
the second story window. bursting an A.
terry and treaking leg in doing 30. and
dragged himself 20 the FIRE alarm box.
When the fire companies arrived a. the
house. they found Mrs.. Mills had fed 10
the cellar and had made frantic Efforts 70
eXtinguish the flames that were literally
consuming her By plunging paris Of her
body into 8 spring there. Her body was
burned horribly and all her clothing was
burned Of. nothing remaining but the
steels Of her corsets. She was still sIive
when taken to Heaton hospital. but died
at about 9 30 O'Clock.
Mills is IS years old and by trade Is q
stationary engineer. His wife Was Nellie
Roberts Of Sharon. Mills moved TO
Montpelier from Groton about a month
ago and entered the employ Of the street
railway company.
EAST ROHBURY
Mrs. Loren Churchill is gaining from
her recent illness.