The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-08-25
MURDER ANDSUICIDE
Resident of Weathersfield
Shoots Wife and Then
Kills Himself
JEALOUSY The MOTIVE

George +. Huey Fires Two Bullets
Into Wife's Body, Kills Horse Driy-
en- by Her and Then Fired Bullet
Through His Own Chest-CoupIe
Had Been Separated Since Last
June.
Springfield, Aug. 23.-George r.
Huey, aged 81 years, for the past two
years residing near Amsden in the
town of Weathersfeld, this afternoon
shot and killed his wife, Isabel c..
Huey, aged A, shot the horse she was
driving and then fired a bullet through
his own breast, dying almost instant
ly.
Two bullets entered the body of the
woman, one just below the chin, pass
ing through the neck, and the other
entering about five inches below the
first and passing out of the right
side, just below the armpit. The horse,
which belonged to c. E. Parks.
neihbor, was shot through the neck,
while the bullet which proved fatal
to Huey himself, entered his chest
almost in the center and passed en-
tirely through his body.
The tragedy occurred about $3.50
this afternoon, bur the bodies were
not discovered until about $50, when
an automobile party made the grew
some find and reported the matter
to the selectmen.
Huey and his wife had been on bad
terms since last June, when she left
him and went to Doard as the home
of c. E. Parks. who resides about
three-fourths of mile from the Huey
farm. Last week one day. Mrs. Parks
and Mrs Huey drove to Tinmouth to
visit some relatives and on the return
trip today Mrs. Parks stopped off at
Cuttingsville, leaving Mrs. Huey to
return home alone She was obliged
to pass the Huey farm on her way
and it was almost in front of the |
house thai she met her death.
This fol- enoon Mr.. Parks went over |
to the Huey home on an errand and |
found Huey sitting in the back yard
with his rifle beside him. Parks ask
ed him If he was going to shoot him
self, as he had been rather melanch-
oily of late, but Huey that he intended
no such thing. He claimed to have
been shooting hawks. In the course |
of their conversation, he placed his |
almost crazy"
FROM where he sat he could get a |
good view of the road and and could |
see the approach of his wife for some |
little distance. 1t is thought that he |
walked up to within about Is feet of |
the carriage and fired point balnk |
at his wife, for his body was found |
at about that distance from the wa
gon. 1t is supposed that he first fired |
one shot at her, and that she grasp
ed the whip in order to urge the |
horse along, whereupon he fired a
shot through the horses neck. drop
ping it in it's tracks.
He then is thought to have fired |
the second bullet into the body of !
Mrs. Huey and then committed sui
eide in the manner described. Mrs. |
Huey's body was found in sitting
position in the carriage. with the
whip in one hand and the reins in
the other The wagon was covered
with blood and there were two holes
in the canopy. which was raised st
the time Three shells from the Mar
lin 30-S0, repeating rifle were found
on the ground near the body Of
Huey and a loaded revolver was al
so taken from his pocket.
The selectmen, when notified of
the shooting, removed the bodies to
the Huey home and undertakers were
summoned from Springfield to care
for them.