The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-27
IN srAssiso ARRAY.
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compAny the Participants


shaTtiy after I eieiees "Wednesday
afternoon, tee liAlisss heesmr IN
Valssai ia aa alsrFessian near the Cen
trail NSfmoni failFaad statlan. and as
f1sali ane has tse stab wounds In the
hack % bic seck. nhile The ether 10 =
ninns quantity. snafts 81 the Officers
Ia lacais him hsyins bern nnaNailinF,
The victim 81 the assault 10 bohaile
fiaria, an assistant time keeper and
foreman emplayei BY the eemmissafN
depaTiment IN keeiting accounts 81 The
lalaEeFs n0Ikine "a The Rad On The
Island, where ahnnl leo m.n ate en-
ploVeI. The assaiiahi il ffanrisre
,'alncei, employed - = day labeTeF
upon the same work,
According 10 fiofla. who gave HI.
story a. the RefoTnef ihfangh the aii
~ ~ Interpreter, the itoHhle whlrh led
a. the s,ahbing started early Wrines'
day morning when taiucri started an
argument On the amount deducted ffnin
his paw hy fleIia, florla turned him
away aud later In the day made out his
time, - that when be went n the OF
fees ~ the i.ctlng \; farhum sompans
Ia Vernon % draw bis nav bis board
could be- deducted, "Wednesday after
noon when flOFia aud ralnrei rnme a.
Rfaiilehora. the former Ga purchase
some necessary supplies for use NJ bis
eamn, and the latter 10 beard y train
for Vernon, the argument was renewed.
When the Vermont side WAS reached
bv the two men. rloria started along
alone. lie had reached a point near
the railroad crossing. directly Opposite
the Crosby building when calncei
quietly slipped NJ behind him and
stabbed him twie. in the neck with a
silletio, floria started after Calueei.
who Immediately headed down the
tracks In the direction % Vernon, with
the wounded man in close pursuit. lie
was unable 20 catch him. however, hn'
reirnced his steps toward Brnitleboro
Because Of the shock Of the affair.
the loss Of blood, and his generali.
excited state. floria was the object OF
much attention as he made his way up
Main street. With the blood squirting
from one ~ the puneiurcs he made n
pruesome spectacle. his clothing soon
becoming saturated with blood. lie
made his way into Haus' grocery store
ON South Main street, and from there
was hustled bv one of the clerks 20 the
Office Of DR.. Henry Tucker. where his
wounds were dressed. The cuts were
about thrae-quartors Of an inch IN
length and quite deep, one wound be.
ing al the base ~ the skull. and the
other lower down. The sharp blade
OF the siileito severed n small artery,
in the upper cut. and IL was this which
accounted for the loss Of blood.
Notification was at once given 10 the
aut horiiies. and States Attorney X. =.
Bacon, and Deputy Sheriff Mvron J..
Davis started on hunt for the erin,
inal. lie could not be found near the
station. however. and word was sent
10 the Vernon office OF the Loring y;
Farnum company, where II was SAID
that Calucci's pay would be withheld,
and that in case he should appear. the
officials would hold him until the Brat.
,lcboro authorities comld come and get
him. Floria was taken to the island
after his wounds had been dressed by
the physician. and except for the spill
ing of little blood, was none the
worse for the encounter.