The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-30
George Guella. Tired Of Lille,
Tried Suicide
BULLET WAS DEFLEcTtD
He Left Letter Saying That he coultn't
Stand the Pain IN His Stomach
wil Undoubtedly
Recover.
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@i'ye shos myself Don't tell any.
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Vita shenc Startling words. ososVe
Guella appeared before Bafiste fannul.
solo y the hoardinfhonne OF Mra. Lena
OassaEi. a Ganlte str,<s, early sun.iay
nlotiaE. lhs nhin front burned whefu
b. hal held a revolver against his bneass
ami himself siagRsvtng about with a
52'calllre hniiss n hia body. His aim
was prskty good. but . rib prcxcmtul HE
lah from psm'tmting The ls~rt. dellect.
ing i around "a tifr haek. uhcre Il w4s
found and removed Yesterday. lie will
undouhtolly recoscs.
The aftempi at suicide followed an
evening of merry making. during which
1nclla appcatrd IN bis nasial spisiis.
Before shooting himself. ho wrote . let
Scr, telling the folks MI 70 hlame any.
body and 10 forget him. sayiug that che
pain IN his stomach WA more than he
could endure. lie alsn left a pomlecrlpt
20 Sophia" telling heT 70 excuse him
for not calling on bet before snsling his
life.
cuelIa Is granite cutter. employed BY
the Naiz Granite company OF Depot
square. lie has been living In Barrr and
Montpelier. on and on. for two years,
coming from ntrwilliam. \. II. He has
bctsi IN this country six ycars. and has
wife and several children Ia Italy. He
Il - years Of age.
The shooting occurred shortly before
seven o'clock in the morning. Cuella
roomcd alone. although there are ten
boarglers in Mrs Cassani'e house The
Others heard no report Of a shot and
knew nothing Of the shooting until the
injured man himself walked out of his
room and made the announcement. The
revolver was the property Of Guella. DR..
Reid. Duffy and Paiment responded 60
tho call for a physician, the Last two
finally taking the case. They probel for
the bullet and By yesterday noon had Il
located. removing Il At once. The mis-
size had lodged IN tire small Of the back.
after following The rib around the BODY.
and was about two inches from the sur
face
GuelIa was 20 disgustei over his fail.
ure 70 finish his life ssaat he pslked The
doctors. while they we're working over
him, to hand him the revolver that he
might do Il better. Last night Guella
was earfied 10 the City hospital. where
this afternoon IL was stated that his re.
rovery Was expected. The man had just
arisen from the bed when he decided on
suicide. as be was not dressed.
The letter. written In Italian and In 3
rood hand. reads as follows;
Dear friends: First Of all I saw
not to blame anybody for my death be-
cause It was a long time that l suffered
Of this sickness and see that my stom
ach is growing worse. Now shoot my
self that ! won't suffer. You may sell
nv tools or rafile them. Send watch to
my son, and don't think any more about
me.
q. Cueila.'
"P. s.--Say to Sophia to excuse me
+ didn't call on her before the death"
The letter was lying on top of the
able in the room.
Guela is the man who got cut up in
/ fracas a few weeks ago The affair
happened in the north part OF the city,
md Guelia's face was carved consider
lbly with a knife, once across the cheek
mi again across the lips He made COM
,laint to the police but could mot OF
would not give any clue which might
cad to the Identification OF his assail-
mt. SO, thus far, nothing has come Of
hat case.
Some people say that there was
woman in the case and that Guella's
ttempt to end his life was due more
D jealousy than to pain in his body.
'ossihly that may also account for the
Issault on him a few weeks ago.