Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-12-10

on December ID IN Boston paper:
Lying in his hearts blood, dead,
Charles w. Bold. the famous lawyer
Of this city. was found dead In a cor
ridor OF his home by q servant girl
at seven o'clock this morning.
The girl, Miss MCGEE. went to the
second floor Of the Bold mansion at
that hour this morning and was horri-
fed to see her masters body stretch
ed at full length on the floor.
The coroner, after a cursory exam
nation, announced that Mr.. Bold had
been dead for eight hours, and death
was caused by a bullet wound.
A dispatch was sent to the police
Snd Chief Of Police Fitzgerald and
Coroner Edwards we're closeted to-
gether for an hour.
The servants have been in the serv-
ice OF the murdered man for years.
and practically worshiped him, as he
was always a kind and generous en-
ployer
Miss MCGEE, who was the first per-
son to see Mr.. Bold this morning,
made this statement to the police:
About nine o'clock heard the door
bell ring. Mr.. Bold had given me or
ders not to answer the bell after
nine o'clock as he was always in his
room after that hour. There was an
extension bell in his room which is on
the second floor. Mr.. Bold could hear
the bell and would answer the call by
going into the corridor to the speak
ing tube which went straight down to
the front door.
He could in this way speak to the
visitor and II he desired could open
the door by pressing an electric but
ton.
We'll, / heard the bell ring and
then l heard Mr.. Boid's voice. do not
remember or could not distinguish
what he said. Then / heard a noise
as II he had closed the door of his
room"
Coroner Edwards, in an interview,
said:
This Is indeed one of the strangest
cases / was ever concerned with.
Robbery was not the motive OF the
assassin. because nothing Is miss
ing.
THE bullet entered between the
eyes.
''Mr. Bold was prominent as a Grim
inal lawyer and be had prosecuted
and defended some Of the most dan
gerous criminals In this country. Il
is not unlikely that some felon whom
he has prosecuted IN the past is al
the bottom Of this affair"
When nine days had elapsed afteI
the murder Billy Spade, cub reporter
on the Telegram. was struck with al
idea which he decided to develop.
He went to the city editor and ask
cd for a weeks vacation. The weel
on was granted. and Billy set out Il
work up his idea. He was a young
ster in the newspaper field, and h
wanted that $1,000 reward
Billy was intimately acquainted witt
a nice little girl named Emma. 8
Emma was an incentive. and Billy
wits we're soon working.
ofhcef Mcclure, who was On tn
Beacon Hill beat the night Mr.. Boi
was shot, fell into Billy's path as tn
first step in the idea
Oficer MCGUIRE knew Billy and al
swered his question good-naturedly.
billy, me boy. there was no SUI
picious looking characters roun' her
that night. There was a guy WIFI
went up to the house between min
and ten, but he wasn't there mol
than three minutes. He seemed to I
talkin' to somebody in the speaki
tube. Then he walked away Noboc
else went near the front of the houi
all night. an let me tell ye, I'm on
me job"
Billy then went to the Bold hou
and introduced himself to Miss NJ
Gee. She escorted him upstairs al
showed him where she found N
Bold.
Billy went downstairs and examin,
the door, door-ber and speakil
tube.
Then he started on a run for Il
Telegram Office On reaching tn
busy place he jumped for the newsT
per files. Finding what he wants
he ran to the telephone booth. TIL
out Of the Office again. this time
ing to police headquarters. Back
the Telegram office and Billy and I
city editor were at once engaged.
an excited dialogue. the city edit
waving his arms exeitedly and Ri
talking all the while like mad.
He was pushed toward a ty
writer and with the city editor sta
ing over him, Billy pounded away
the machine. writing the scoop OF
life.
A half hour later newsboys W
shouting the information that n
Bold Murder Mystery Solved Exc
sive Story in the telegram ="
Under glaring cross-page headlii
was the following story:
Spike Sullivan. thug and ex-conv
was arrested this afternoon char
with the murder of Charles w. B
on the night Of December 9th las
This morning, Mr.. SPADE. a T
gram reporter. was detailed on
case and in IL hours he has sol