The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24
Murderer Beside Road Where
He Had Fallen, a Suicide
IN A VERMONT TRAGEDY
George F. Huey and Wife Of weathers-
field Had Not Lived Happily Together,
Having Separated Three Times
During Two Years.

Springfield, Aug. 2i.--George +. IEuey,
aged 81 years. shot and killed his wife,
Isabelle G. 1Iuey, aged a. killed the horse
She was driving and then ended his
own life with bullet through the chest
in front Of his house in Neathersheld
yesterday afternoon.
The double tragedy was discovered
by an automobile party on their way
to Amsden at $3.50 o'clock last evening.
The body Of the woman was sitting up
right on the wagon seat, the whip in
one hand and the reins in the other,
while in bis front yard reposad the
body Of the murderer, bis lifeless hands
grasping the powerful rife that had end
ed two lives.
Two bullets had taken effect in the
womans body, one entering just below
her chin and coming out on the right
side Of her neck, the other striking about
five inches lower and emerging from her
right side below the arm. The horse
was shot through the neck and the muir
dcier ended his own life with a bullet
in the chest, which passed completely
through his body and came out at his
back.
Mr. and Mrs. Huey have not been liy-
ing together since June. and She has
been boarding at the home Of G. l..
partch, neighbor. Huey had become
desp0ndent over the abandonment and
had talked much with the neighbors
about bis troubles,
Last week Mrs. Hney and Mrs Parteh
went 70 1inmouth to visit relatives Of
the latter. On the way back Mrs Parteh
stopped at Cuttingsville and Mrs. Huey
returned alone with the team In order
to reach the Partch place il was neces-
sary to pass the Huey home
IL is supposed that this point was
reached about $3.50 o'clock in the after
noon. It is probable that Mr.. Hrey,
upon seeing his wife approach, ran to
within Is feet and fired the first shot
at her. She then started TO whip the
horse and he killed the beast with the
next shot TO prevent her escape. The
third shot passed through the back OF
the carriage top and killed the woman
instantly The murderer then stepped
back to the yard aud killed himself.
Mr.. Partch went to the Iiuey home
yesterday forenoon and found Ilney Sit
ting on a chair in the front yard with
q 30.30 Marlin repeater beside him. He
said that he had been shooting hawks
When iokingly asked If be was then CO.
ing to commit suicide. Huey replied that
he was not but that he was almost
crazy.
When the autoists made their grue-
some discovery a pool OF blood was un-
der the buggy and the grass about Huey
was saturated with the contents Of his
own veins Upon reaching Amsden the
antoists notified the authorities and Sc
leetmen i. b Leland and Charles Grant
hurried 10 the scene. They directed
that the bodies be taken TO the fouse
and placed on the kitchen floor
Huey leaves three sons BY a former
wife, Harry, aged 22. and Erwin, is,
live In Cavendish, and Albert, II, in
Weathersfeld
a tragic coincidence lies in the fact
that in this same house where lie the
bodies Of Huey and his wife, Herbert
White was murdered several years ago
by James Gravelin.
The marriage Of Mr.. and Mrs. Huey
was the result Of a matrimonial adver-
tisement placed in newspaper by Mr.
Emey. Possessed Of a good farm, Mr.
Eiuey offered to share it with some ac.
ceptable member Of the opposite sex.
The answer came from western
woman, whose maiden name Is unknown
here, but who became two years ago,
Mrs. Nancy Huey The married life Of
the two was not happy and Mrs. Huey
had been In consultation with Spring
field attorney regarding steps toward
separation.