The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-07
C. A. Lawson Was Too Quick
for Chief Faulkner
WHO JUMPED TO GET HIM
Police Had Been Looking f0g Lawson
Since Last Night and He Tried
Suicide When He Saw
Chief Faulkner.

In full view Of a street full of people,
none OF whom was near enough, however,
to stop his action, G. A. Lawson slashed
his throat while on North Main street
at 1895 o'clock this afternoon, and was
hustled to the City hospital in dan.
gerous condition. The police had been
looking for him since last night because
he had been acting queerly and tliey
were afraid that he would do injury 10
himself. Chief Faulkner had started out
against this afternoon In team and had
got as far as Blackwell street when hc
spied Lawson
Stopping the team, Chief Faulkner
called. Hello, Charlesl"
Whereupon, Lawson drew the knife
and with both hands pulled II across his
throat Chief Faulkner jumped to pre-
vent the act. but was too far away to
grasp Lawson before lie had hacked him
self terribly, although he did not reach
the jugular vein. Taking the knife away
and pinning Iawson's arms, Chief Faux
ner got back into the team and was
driven rapidly up the street to the hos
pital, stopping on the vas to get DR..
p. S. Duffy DR.. L. J.. Leonard also re-
sponded soon and the flow Of blood was
stopped as much as possible. II was
found that the wound was q ragged one
fully three and a half inches long, large
~ on the left side Of The neck, The
man was weak from the loss Of blood.
The police had been looking for Law
son since last night. when telephone
message came to them from a house on
Maple avenue that Lawson was there
and acting queerly He was paying
visit to house where ne had not visited
for two years. telling the people there
that he wanted to see them once more
before he died They were alarmed at
his speech and actions, and leaving him
in a second-story room they telephoned
to the police. While they were telephon-
ing, Lawson, probably divining their mo-
tive. jumped from the second story win
dow and fled into the darkness.
A search for the missing man had been
kept up since that time. various reports
seen about the city, generally in the
direction Of the city poor farm on the
Hast Montpelier road Chief Faulkner
and Pamolman Carle spent the entire
forenoon looking for Lawson in that part
Of the city, returning just before noon,
empty handed
Report came that Lawson was seen on
Seminary street this forenoon with
knife in his hands, and that he stoppM
and whetted the knife on a stonestep
and then not being satisfied after draw
ing his finger across the blade went back
Of the house and sharpened the blade on
grindstone. This spurred the police
To renewed efforts aud the whole force
started out this afternoon to catch the
man before be had harmed himself or
someone else
He was last seen in the neiahborhood
Of Second street il the north end. where
he terrified the women BY hrandishing
the knife Chief Faulkner started iii
that direction and had proceeded paA
way dcavr Main street when Conductor
Fowlie Of al incoming electric ear stop
ped him and gave him Lawson's location,
the conductor having seen him on the
way into tile city. The meeting between
Chief Faulkner and Lawson then took
place.
The man has apparently been dement,
ed for several days, as the police were
raled 10 the stonashed, where he WAS
working, on Monday They de-
cided then that be was coming out Of his
spell all right ard that bis condition did
not warrant locking him UP. He became
worse, however. and one Of his decisions
seemed to be that commitment papers
had already leen made out to send him
to the state ass lum at Waterbury He
told several people something to that
effect
He had not visited his home on SpauId
ing street since yesterday noon Some
time ago the Lawsons' house was sup
posedly broken into, and later one Of his
young sons. was taken before the police
and questioned about it. That seem,d
To prey upon Mr.. Lawspns mind consid
erably Since then he had tried To inter
fere with tie police when they We're ar
resting the son on an intoxication charge
even making forcible objection to the
arrest.