The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-30
SHOOTS GIRL
KILLS SELF
Young Edith Ashley Victim
Of Lover
WHOM SHE HAD TILTED
Al North Arlington, Mass-opsnsd Fire
on cih in sehoolyafd, Fatally
Wounded Her. Then Turned
Gun on Self.
WHOM SHE HAD TILTED

North Abingdon, Mass, Dec 3d..
Beautiful EdItn Ashley, belle 81 che
town, j. In critical condition a. fc.
sult Of bullet wounds inflicted BY her
former sweetheart. Samuel stetson.
After shooting Miss Ashley Sletson
turned The revolver On himself, dying
soon after
Tho girl i al the Droekton city hos.
rital, wnerc the surgeons Al midnight
saturday, located aud removed q bul.
lei from Der body.
Unless septic poison sets In she may
rccnVer.
The bullets were fred just after Mics
Ashley bad returned 70 Stetson the
diamond ring with which be had pledg.
ed bic love last July.
Stetson called at the Ashley home on
ThaNter avenue about O'Clock SAT
nrday evening and persuaded Miss Ash.
ley to walk around the block
While waiting for her mother they
walked around to Dunbar street and sat
down ca the steps.
There Stetson renewed biz insittcnt
plea that Miss Ashley marry him.
She urged her youth, and told him
that he first must prepare a nome One
word brought on another. Finally Aliss
Ashley passed the ring. Then came the
fatal bullet.
According TO Mis- Edna Ashley, ~.
ter Of TIT victim. Stetson had recently
made threats 70 shoot her sister. Tue
sweetheart. however, thought the
threats we're merely idle talk.
Stets0n, who belonged at Rockland,
made his home ~ the Films hotel here,
and wien away from employment IN
tie Rice a Hutchins shoe factory, wnere
Miss Ashley's father also holds a re-
sponsible position, he was seeking the
company 81 Miss Ashley.
Miss Ashley. who i considered the
most beautiful girl In this sectian, grad.
uated from the North Abingdon Didl
scnoo lat summer, when she Wa but
month short OF her 18th birthday.
On her birthday Stctson gave her the
diamond ring. He said that Il was an en-
gagemcnt ring, but Mise Ashley insist.
ed that it was a birthday gift, AZ sne
was too young to think Of matrimoay.
Miss E,ina Ashley told the following
account 'of the shooting 70 a Post ~.
porter after she had returned from he'd
sisters bedside in the Brockton hospital.
"My sister was telling me only this
evening that Sam had been threatening
to shoot her. Expecting that he would
call. ! stayed at home.
Il han an idea that lie might try u
shoot Edith, although she laughed at the
idea Of anything so mur,ierous. Sam was
a good -naturcd fellow, but was very
jealous, and tried to warn Edith.
'Sbe liked MIN very much, aud think
in few years would have considered
marrying him. But she Ia just out ~
school and is too young to think Of wed-
dings.
eWhen Sam called tonight at Edith
said sne did not wish TO 60 out. She told
him that she was going 10 spend The
evening with her mother aud ], and ask
ed him In. She told aim that mother
was ont, but was coming back soon.
"I.et as 20 to meet her said sam
Edith agreed, put on her hat, and
they started down the street. They
walked along Tnaxter avenue to Dun.
bar street, and walked up as far as
the sehoolhouse. There they sat down
on the steps, waiting for mother
They we're barely seated before sam
renewed his pleadings that Edith marry
him. She told him that she would not.
Then she heard tae report Of a pistol.
sam had saot her. but she was not con-
scious of danger. She felt sharp ting
ling, but thought that pin had scratch.
Ell her.
sam jumped up and shot himself. lie
staggered ard fell. Edith then knew
that he had tried to do az he mad
threatened kill her and himself.
~Sam fell, and Edith tried TO walk
to him. When she arose torrent OF
blood told her that she, too, had been
shot
"She screamed for help, and mother
heard her as she was coming around the
corner.
she ran to Edith's aid and supported
her till help came Mother has heart
trouble, and when they got Edith home,
mother collapsed, and il now very Id
0When they got 10 the schoolyard,
Sam was dead. The doctors said that
he could have lived but few minutes
after shooting himself. tie fred two bull
lets, both of which imbedded themselves
near the heart.
"Iie was fine young man in. May
Ways, and think that love for my sis-
ter crazed him. He was insanely jealous
but lad no reason to be-"
Young Stetson was an unusually
clever chap at his trade, and his em-
ployers predicaed d brilliant future for
him. He had planned to enter the man
uiacture Of shoes himself in a few years,
and IT II understood that wealthy rela
tiyes were only waiting till he mastered
his trade to set him up in a modest fac
tory Of his own.
He was M athletic Built fellow and
well liked in town.