The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-09-24
BOY MADE ATTEMPT
TO PROTECT HER LIFE
After Killing Her HartShorn
Crossed Road and Stone
Wall and Fired a BuIlei
Into His Own Brain, Dy-
ing Instantly.

Danville, Sept. 24.-1Trs. Kate Frye,
wife of Fred ]. Frye, was murdered
this forenoon by Abel Hartshorn, who
after firing two shots into the woman's
body, turned the weapon on himself,
dying from a wound in the head, States
Attorney simonds Of st. Johnsbury Is
here in charge Of the case, having arrived
with sheriff Winch and Deputy Harri-
man Of St. Johnsbury early this after
noon.
The murderer in the case was about to
be the defendant in $4,000 suit
brought by the husband Of the murdered
woman for alienation OF his wife's affec-
tions, and there has been trouble be-
tween the two families for some time.
Mrs. Frye, it is understood, had warned
Hartshorn to keep away from her re-
Gently, as she had become afraid Of
him.
This forenoon az about $3.50 o'clock,
according to the testimony Of Rsy Tay.
lor, boy Is years Of age, Hartshorn
was moving nv hand in his ied, which
is just across tie road from the Fryes'
house, the Hartshorn house being To-
Gated a quarter Of a mils down the road.
Suddenly Hartshorn dropped his scythe
and started toward the Frye house. ldrs.
Frye saw him coming and fearing trou,
bic seized a revolver which, she had Sc
cured to defend herself Ia case Of at
tack.
When Hartshorn reached the house,
Mrs. Frye pointed the revolver at the
man and told him to stay away, where's
upon he knocked the weapon out Of her
hand. The Taylor boy, who was in the
house at the time, jumped for the re.
volver and fred four chambers Of il at
Hartshorn. Meanwhile Hartshorn had
pulled his own weapon and shot at Mrs.
Frye, one bullet hitting her in the jaw
and another in the neck, going through
the iugular vein. Then the Taylor boy
grabbed Mrs. Frye's two-years.oid child
and rushed to the house Of neighber.
After shooting Mrs Frye, Hartshorn
left the house and started hack into his
field, the Taylor boy seeing him as he
disappeared over the wall. Then a re.
volver shot was heard, and when the
searching party arrived they found
Hartshorns body back Of the wall. there
being two wounds in the head Inss.
much as only one shot was heard at
the time be went over the wall, It ia
thought that the Taylor boy may have
biz him once when they had the fusilade
IN the house. The body Of Hartshorn
was ordered removed to his house It is
not probable that an official inquest will
be held.
The murderer was 67 years Of age and
leaves his wife and four children Mrs.
Ella Badger Of Danyille is a daughter BY
4 former marriage. and Ernest H. Harts-
horn Of st. Johnsbury and Bert Il. and
Blanche Of Danville are the others He
also leaves his aged father, Ephraim
Hartshorn, Of Danyille.
He had not borne the best kind Of
reputation here, having, il is said, driven
two families away from town because
of intimidation. One woman Is said to
have gone to California recently beqauso
she was afraid Of Hartshorn. The man
IS also said to have put dynamite in the
wood Of some Of his neighbors in an ef
tort to scare them. He bore the rePuta
ion Of crank.
Mrs. Frye leaves her husband and two
'hildren, one aged eight and the other
Two years old