Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-04-23
next morning had his plans not been in
terfered with.

I About II O'Clock at night April IA, Jo-
seph Haskins of Bristol shot his wife three
times with a revolver. She was hit in
the back by the first shot. the ball pass
ing through her body. The second ball
passed through the fieshy part of the 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 the shooting, Mr..
Haskins went for medical assistance for
his wife and the next morning surrend-
cred himself to the officers. Mrs. Has
kins is still living, but her recovery is
considered doubtful. Mr.. Haskins has
been employed as painter by the Bristol
Manufacturing Co. for seven years. He
was given a hearing April Is and was
placed under $4,000 bonds. As he was
unable to raise the amount, he was placed
in Jail to await session of the grand
jury which meets in December.
The Pierson property on Shelburne
road just south of the Hinesburg railroad
in Burlington has been leased for long
term of years by Robert Bourne, repre-
senting syndicate of investors. 1t is
said that stock company has already
been formed to finance the project and
plans are nearly complete in detail for the
amusements. 1t is proposed to build a
dam across Potash brook, a stream OF
pure spring water, and eight acres of land
will be overfiowed for an artificial lake
with water of an average depth of five
feet. Into this lake the boats from the
chute will plunge from drop of rs feet.
Many attractions will be offered, includ-
ing moving picture theatre with special
vaudeville features, pavilion will be
erected and there will be special induce
ments to children. The property under
lease contains nearly twenty-five acres of
land. The clearing of land to be ever
| flowed and work of general construction
will be begun as soon as weather and
ground permit, and is to be completed
for the big opening May 10.
The year granted by the courts to the
receivers of the Columbian Marble Quar-
rying company in Rutland to wind up
their business expires May 10 and the big
plant on Columbian avenue will then be
turned over to the Vermont Marble COM
pany. The Columbian receivers and the
4 Vermont Marble company have operated
the plant jointly during the last year,
keeping their business entirely separate.
The Vermont company has done nothing
at the plant but saving. The receivers
of the Columb ian company have been
saving up the blocks they had on hand,
/ finishing some of the marble into monu-
ments and shipping some of it as rough
stock. They have now disposed of al
most everything. Owing to the present
depression in business, it is thought by
many marble men that the Vermont Mar
BILE company will not care to run the
plant another year, as it is said to be able
to do all its saving in its other mills.
These mills are operated by water power,
whereas the Columbian plant is run by
two large steam engines. 1t is said that
the Vermont Marble company can better
afford to shut the plant down and pay
rent on it for another year than to run it.
An unsuccessful attempt to blow up the
sugar house on "Maple Grange farm in
East Enosburg, owned by DR.. w. s. Stew
ems of st. Adams, was made April 10.
Rollin A. Brown was injured somewhat
seriously, and the interior Of the sugar
house is said to have been wrecked, al
though the building itself is intact Mr..
Brown went to the sugar house to light
the fires. After attending to this duty he
sat down in front OF the arch to tie his
shoe and this is the last he remembers.
1t is thought the arch or wood must have
pIoyed there heard the explosion and
soon after saw Brown staggering and
reeling through the door. Just before he
reached him Brown fell. He thought
Brown had shot himself or been shot.
The injured man, when he recovered
consciousness, led the way back to the
building, saying: "Here is where the
trouble is. The sugar house is all
blown up" A physician was summoned
to attend Browns injuries and he found
no bones were broken hut the man was
bruised to some extent. However, il he
was not internally injured, which it is
not possible to ascertain yet, the man
will probably be out in few days. The
sugar house has been broken into twice
during the present season, 80 no syrup
had been left there and it is thought by
those interested that the miscreants, an
gered by the failure to secure any sugar,
attempted to revenge themselves by plac-
| ing the dynamite in the arch. The mat
ter is being investigated.
A suggestion that the income of the
| fund of So, 600, 900 established in 1901 by
the will of Thomas Thompson of New
York for the benefit of needy seamstresses
of Rhinebeck, N. Y. and Brattleboro be
applied to the relief of such women in all
towns and cities in New England except
Boston was made by Judge Hammond in
the Massachusetts supreme court Friday.
1t was understood that the trustees OF the
fund, Laurence Minot of Boston and
Richard M. Bradley, intend to adopt this
suggestion. The matter came before the
supreme court on petition of the trustees
| for instructions as to an Interpretation of
the terms of the will. 1t was stated that
the income from the fund far exceeded
the needs of seamstresses of the two
| tow ms originally named. In addition, a
difference of opinion had developed re-
garding the distribution Of the money by
the trustees, some Of the would-be benef-
Charles claiming that the trustees had
adopted too narrow a classification in de-
termining to " HON the money should go.
Judge Hammond decreed that the trustees
should be the sole judges as to the benefi-
Charles under the fund and he stated that
their management of the fund had been
praiseworthy. He suggested, however,
that under the terms of the will it was
possible to use the money fer persons
throughout New England and said he
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