The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-12-07
Ray COOmer Of Greensboro
Killed by Husband
OF MRS. LEVI PARTRIDGE
Husband Returned to His Glover Home
to Find Coomer There--He Took
Shotgun, Fired Ponitblank,
and Killed Him.

Barton, Dec RAY Coomer 0.
Greensboro, about "A years Of age, wa
shot and killed Saturday in the home o
Levi Partridge, one mile from Glover
village and Partridge is locked up OF
the charge Of killing him. For some
time Coomcr has been rather intimate
with Mrs, Partridge, and his attention.
! have been the cause of considerable trou'
bic in the Partridge family
Last July Partridge swore out war.
Irant for Coomer on a statutory charge
and he was lodged In Newport Jail Mrs
Partridge left home, but reconciliation
vas finally effected and Partridge gave
bail for Coomcrs release and warned him
to keep strictly away
/ OF late his attentions became moro
marked, and about 3 o'clock Saturday
afternoon Partridge returned from draw.
/ ing some wood and finding Coomer's
horse hitched outside entered the htch-
en-. Finding Coomer and his wife there,
it is alleged Partridge took down a shot
gun and fred at Coomor point blank,
killing him instantly.
lie then threatened 20 shoot himself,
but his wife prevented him, and as Bus
we'll Leonard OF Glover happened to be
passing he was called in Selectman A.
c. Phillips was at once notified, and he
and constable A. G. Sargent arrested
Partridge and turned him over to States
Attorney W. NJ Wright Of Barton. Part
ridge vas locked up in the police station
here Saturday night and was taken TO
Newport on an early train yesterday.
He is a man about 30 years Of age,
while his wife is somewhat younger.
The people who knew the existing con
ditions express no particular surprise at
the tragedy
As soon as the murder was heard Of
DR.. F. r. Hastings Of Barton was sum
moncd. When seen that night by a cor.
respondent, he said that he arrived al the
house less than an hour after the trag.
edy had occurred, and as he entered the
kitchen he found Coomer's body stretched
upon the floor. one side OF his head being
completely blown on.
Partridge was sitting on the lounge in
the sitting room holding on his lap the
little child Of Frank Walcott who was
being cared for By the Partridges lie
had a revolver in his possession and at
intervals threatened to kill himself, but
his wife said:
II brought you to IT; don't kill your.
self; perhaps people won't be too hard on
you.
Dr.. Hastings tried to persuade Part.
ridge to give up his weapon, but did not
succeed.
DR. Dow Of Glover was called at the
same time and tells practically the same
story.
selectman Phillips says that Partridge
has had considerable domestic trouble the
last two years, but does not place the
blame for any OF the trouble upon Part !
ridge who is a hard-working farmer and
bore a fairly good reputation IN the com /
munity, He is a native of the town, /
living on the farm his father formerly f,
owned,
Mrs. Partridge was formerly Miss May
Sykes and for some years previous to
her marriage four years ago she was !
employed az the Peerless factory at Bar I
ton, OF her relatives nothing is obtain
able at the present,
Partridge Ia practically alone in the
world, bis parents having died some
years ago.
Coomers reputation was not Of the
best, For some time he was employed
at the hotel in Greensboro Bend, but
lately has been a farmland He had
been employed by Partridge at various
lines, but since the July arrest Partridge
Iad watched him more closely.
No one save the wife and the 3.year.
I'D child witnessed the tragedy, and
Mrs. Partridge viii not talk She ac-
her husband and the officers
% Barton Saturday night and seemed to
De completely unneryed,