Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-02

soon hooked on to one arm of the bodv
ueep oown In the water and drew II 70
Tue surface. From the contracted con-
uitlon OF the legs and arms when the
pooy was recovered it is evident that the
boy was seized with cramps which caused
him to drown.
Last week Wednesday. Conductor
Frank Fisher, employed on the Rutland
ralircad, lost one leg while making mn
MS tram and later died from the effects OF
MS injuries. The unfortunate man at
tempted to jump on the step of the pilot
or cowcatcher of the tender, while the en-
CINE was backing, and in some manner
ms loot slipped and he fell onto the
track. The tender and engine both
passed over his leg and severed the limb
rom his body just below the knee.
FISHER was hurried to hospital There
III an effort to save his life. the injured
member was amputated just above the
knee. He never rallied to any extent aft
er the operation and soon passed away.
He was over 60 years of age and had been
railroader all his life, having been en-
ployed as conductor on the old Fitch
burg road for many years.
In the heavy thunder shower which
passed over Putney last week Wednesday.
lightning struck in several places. At B.
NJ. Reeds, the barn was struck on the ga
BILE end, back side, and the boards were
badly shattered. The bolt scattered, one
branch running down the side into some
green hay and another plowed its way
down the side of the barn and was with
in about two feet of the head of q horse
hitched in the basement. The horse was
killed, being found with its head dropped
IN the manager, but, not q mark on it.
Two men, Judson Derry and William
johnson. were in the barn but were only
slightly affected by the shock. The barn
caught fire, but the men were right on
hand and with the help of neighbors and
IRE extinguishers soon put the flames out.
Had the hay been dry, the barn could not
have been saved. A bolt also struck on
West hill in pasture. Ralph Aiken was
leading bull and had just left shelter
under tree and was but few feet away
from the place when the tree was struck,
killing six head of cattle under it. Mr..
Aiken and the bull were knocked down.
Burglary at Marshfield.
The store of Mark Mears at Marshfield
was broken into and robbed Sunday
morning, June 21, of about $500 in jewell
/ y
CURED during the night and was not dis
covered until Hayes H. Mears, brother of
the owner and clerk in the store, went to
open it that morning. 1t is Mr.. Mear's
custom to open the store for little while
Sunday morning. The clerk placed the
key in the lock when, to his surprise, he
found that the door was not locked. He
investigated and found that the store had
been ransacked.
The break looked like the work of pro-
fessionals and that there were three men
in the party is the assumption of the
townspeople. A long railroad spike was
used to pry open the door.
Mr.. Mears has no safe and carries home
his money at night. This probably pre-
vented his losing few hundred dollars
at least.
No trace Of the men who did the job
has been discovered, although it is
thought that they went in the direction
of Plainfield Some have the idea that
these and the Stowe burglars are identi-
cal.
Lone-Continued Suit Settled.
Announcement was made last week
Tuesday of the settlement of the suit of
Mrs. Mary Blakeslee Emerson against
DIR. Henry d. Holton of Brattleboro,
which has been in litigation between five
and six years. Doctor Holton was ap-
pointed trustee of an estate which DR..
Caleb 8. Blakeslee left to his daughter
twenty years ago. When she became of
age, some six years ago, Doctor Holton
was ready to turn the estate over to her,
but she was dissatisfied with some of the
accounts, although the estate had been
largely increased and litigation was be-
gun to make Doctor Holton responsible
for certain losses. The probate court de-
cided in favor of Doctor Hoiton, and the
settlement, after more than five years of
litigation, is Just as was decreed by the
prob bate court in the beginning. In addi-
ton Mrs. Emerson, formerly Miss
BIakeslee, pays all of Doctor Holton's
counsel fees, the court fees and Doctor
Holton's charges as trustee during the
time the case has been in the court, as
well as before.
The estate amounted to about $1,000
when it went into Doctor Holton's hands.
! Doctor Holton increased it to over s4O,-
900, not counting the cost of supporting
Miss Blakeslee. Except for that cost and
the taxes and ether expenses the estate
would have amounted to about s65, 900.
Bellows Falls Man Eiectrocuted.
Karl Imay Colchien, German mechan-
ic. employed by the Bellows Falls q Sax
tons River electric railroad, was electro
cuted by live wire at Bellows Falls
Wednesday afternoon, June "a, and two
other employees, George and James Smith,
narrowly escaped the same fate.
The accident was most peculiar one.
/ Colchien left the car barn and few
minutes later was discovered lying dead
across the tracks short distance away.
There was nothing apparently to Indicate
the cause of death and as the crowd gath
cred, James Smith picked up the sag OF a
fallen telegraph wire and started to throw
it aside.
He at once received shock that pros
| trated him and was unable to release his
CRASH from the wire. His brother,
George, standing by, seized him around
the waist and by a desperate effort sue
ceeded in dragging him free, receiving
shock that felled HIM to the ground.
Examination of Colchien's hand
showed deep burns and it is supposed