The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-04-16
AGED BRISTOL MAN
SH00TSH|SW WIFE
THREE TIMES
Joseph Haskins in Addison
County Jail
IS APPARENTLY DERANGED
Woman, Who Was HI BY All Three
22 caIibrs Bullets, Expected to
Recover

Bristol, April 15.-About IL o'clock
last night Joseph Haskins, living ON
East St., shot his wife three tines with
a revolver. She was hit In the back
by the first shot, the ball passing
through her body. The second ball
passed through the fleshy part of tho
neck and the third, through the palm
Of the left hand.
Haskins went to his wife's room
and began talking. Mrs Haskins
noticed that he acted queerly. He
then began shooting.
After shooting Mr.. Haskins went for
medical assistance for his wife and at
2:3O o'clock this morning surrendered
himself to the officers. Mrs. Haskins
Is still living but her recovery is con-
sidered doubtful.
Mr. Haskins has been employed as
painter by the Bristol Manufacturing
Co, for seven years. He is the bro
Their of Postmaster +. G. Haskins.
Haskins will have a hearing today.
Haskins who claims that he was TEN
porarily insane under the spell of
nightmare and did not realize that he
was shooting his wife, lies in bed at
the Addison county Jail in Middlebury
suffering from exposure and shock,
having wandered about Bristol
through the night until 3 o'clock in
the morning, when he returned home
and was placed under arrest by Deputy
Sheriff George Farr of Bristol.
Haskins who Is 20 years old was Ia
ken to Middlebury by the deputy sher-
III and Constable R. F. Smith of Bris-
tol. He was arraigned before Justice
Charles w. Norton here in Bristol and
waived examination and was bound
over in $4,000 to await the action Of
the grand jury, which meets in Dec
ember. In default of bail Haskins
was remanded to Jail.
The shots fired at Mrs. Haskins
were from % calibre revolver. Drs.
Briggs, Norton and Williamson of
Bristol who dressed the wounds, stated
today that they did not consider them
dangerous. She Is at the home of c.
W. Norton in Bristol where she went
after the shooting.
The shooting occurred at 10 o'clock
at night and the circumstances are
puzZlng. Haskins was employed for
dOOuA ~ Ntdio 10 lOi vi DdiHt
department of the Bristol Manufac-
turing company, giving up his place
three years ago. He was married to
Mrs. Haskins about four years ago,
his first wife having died sometime pre-
viously after they had been married
for 40 years.
According to Mrs. Haskins she was
in bed when her husband entered her
room. sat down on the bed and began
talking. She noticed that he acted
strangely. After talking for moni-
ent he drew the revolver and fired at
her. Mrs. Haskins arose after the
first shot and grappled with her hus-
band. In the struggle a lamp was
overturned and she managed to escape
from the house. She crossed the road
to the home of Mr., Norton and aroused
him. He let her in and went for ply
sicians. The deputy sheriff and con-
stable also were summoned.
After the shooting Haskins left his
house and disappeared. On returning
in the morning he was arrested and
| placed in the Bristol lookup where he
remained until arraigned.
Mr.. Haskins has always been mod.
ell citizen and was held in high esteem
at Bristol.