The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-10-11
C0LORED TROOPER
KILLS TWO At Fl.
ETHAN ALLEN
Shot Comrade and Negro
Woman III In Bed
Wounded and Captured After Fight
With Guard at Resort Near the
Reservation

Burlington, Oct. ll.-One OF the
most spectacular murders ever COM
mitted at Fort Ethan Allen or its
vicinity occurred yesterday at one o.
clock when Matthew Carlyle of troop
A, 10th cavalry shot and instantly
killed Andrew G.. Fox of c troop of
the same regiment, on the reseryat-
ion and Clara Washington as she lay
in bed In a resort known as Blue
forts" a quarter of mile from the
post
Carlyle also MORALLY wounded Be
atrice Stewart In the same resort and
was not captured until detachment
of United States troops had been sent
after him and he had shot a horse
from under Capt. Godson of troop l..
The murderer was brought low by
a bullet from a rifle In the hands of
a commissioned officer. who shot
Carlyle in the thigh from the under
brush near the "Bluefort's" resort.
Carlyle was armed with powerful
army rife and belt full Of ammun-
ition.
Jealousy and the belief that he had
been mistreated are said to have led
Carlyle to the deed The trouble Is
supposed to have started when Car
lyle, who had been assigned to spec
ial duty as a painter, failed to report
for work and was reported to the Of
ficer of the day by Fox, who is in
charge of the work. He was placed
under arrest in his quarters late in
the afternoon.
At noon Carlyle ate dinner at the
mess hall with his troop but appear
ed to be morose and said that his
arrest probably means his discharge
from the army. After mess nothing
more was seen of him until he emer-
ged from behind the row of non-com-
missioned officers houses armed
with the rife and ammunition.
Fox was standing in front OF the
paint house. distance of few rods
away.
Carlyle said nothing but took de-
liberate aim. No one saw Fox at the
time but It is thought that his back
was turned.
Hearing shots, soldiers rushed out,
but they fell back speedily when they
met Carlyles gun. Carlyle dashed
down the road until he reached the
"Bluefort's restaurant, resort fire.
quented by soldiers and other color
ed people.
A soldier named Blodson gave the
alarm to the women. Two of these
fed into the underbrush and escaped
The man went directly up the stairs
and into the room where the Wash
ington woman was lying In bed, III
with rheumatism. He was not heard
to say word but fired three shots
into her body. One blew a part oil
her head off, another took effect IN
her right side and the third tool
away a portion OF her right foot.
Blodsou and the Stewart woman
hearing the shots. started TO run fol
the dining room where they had TAX
en- refuge. and through the hall ou
OF doors. Carlyle had by this time
come into the hall and seeing the
woman In the hall beneath shot hel
through the back II is thought tina
she will die.
Blodson made his escape through
the back door and the woman drag
ged herself through two rooms ou
into the yard.
BY this time the guard in charg,
of Capt. Suplee. officer of the day
had come up and surrounded thu
house. Carlyle took q position In 1
northwest window upstairs and be
gan shooting at his mates outside.
The house was riddled with bullets
but no shots landed, excepting II
the case OF horse, ridden by Capt
Godson. The animal was shot In tn
neck and afterwards died.
Carlyle was outwitted by an oil,
ruse which brought matters TO
climax A part OF the troops wer
Carlyle's attention was attracted e
wards them, Lieut. Blaine crept U
through the underbrush and she
Carlyle through the groin.
As soon as Carlyle felt the lea
he gave himself up and pleaded I
the men to stop shooting He yelle
to Bluefort who had kept In IN
house and was uninjured to come u
and take his gun as he would do n
further damage.
lie was lying on the floor an
bleeding profusely when Bluefoi
went in and all his braggadacio ha
fed. He whlmpered In his Gear TIL
room rapidly filled with troopers VIII
roughly tumbled him into a WACO
and took him with all dispatch TO IN
post hospital.
An ambulance took the Stewal
girl to the same place aud as Fo
had already been transferred. mu
dered and murderer were under III
same roof.
Last eyning u was not though
that the girl could recover and II wa
not considered safe to make any a
tempt to probe for the bullet
Carlyle IL now under governmeI
jurisdiction and Il Ia not know
whether or not the state Of Vernon
will make any claim on him. State
Attorney H. r. Shaw and Sheriff
= II. Allen were on the scene OF n
nnrder and collected a large amour
Ratimony but the states attorns
pt certain what the courl