The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-11
DOUBLEMURDERO OF
N OTHER AND
SISTER
Horrible Crime Charged Against
Maidstone Young Man
HOUSE LIKE A SHAMELESS
Suspected Young Man is but 10
Years Of Age but Has Hard Name
in Community

Maidstone, March 1O-A horrible
tragedy occrred in this little hamlet
Thursday afternoon and as a result
the residents are in condition Dor
dering on the hysterical. Arthur
Bean, a neer-do-well and dissolute
young fellow, 10 years of age, mar
dered his aged mother and his IL
year old sister Nina, in fiendish
manner Both victims were shot to
death and left weltering in their
blood while the young monster walk
ed leisurely out of the house and
down the road.
At $3.50 o'clock two section hands
employed in repairing the railroad
track near the village saw young
Bean walking toward them slowly.
When he became aware that they
we're cognizant Of his approach he
began to run toward them, at the
same time shouting out that murder
had been done at his home.
They're all killed at my house"
he shouted Mothers dead and SOS
sis"
The section hands called r. w.
Taylor and Henry Hank to their as
sistance and an investigation OF the
Bean home was made.
I'm afraid to go in" said the
young fellow, and refused absolutely
to go into the house.
A horrible sight met the eyes OF
the men who entered the Bean home
stead Blood was splashed every
where. on the floor, the walls and
over the furniture One OF the men
slipped in a splotch OF red as he en-
tered the door.
In the pantry, off the kitchen, lay
the young girl, Nina. She was stone
dead and lay in a lake of blood. One
bullet had penetrated the brain and
there was another one in the body
Continuing the search the men dis
covered a trail of blood which LED
from the first floor to the stairs and
from there to a small bed room OF
the second floor. Forcing open the
door they found the dead body d
Mrs. Kate Bean. The face had beer
nearly blown off. There were sew
eral bullet wounds In the head land II
the wall were found two bullets i'm
bedded in the plaster.
AS in the case Of the pantry tn,
room resembled shambles and the
sight was a sickenlng one
In an adjoining room Mrs. Bean
father, John Sweet, aged over To-
wanna cot tnVttarino IN hfncalf IN
wholly unable to render any assist
ance.
Il heard the shots, even II | am
little deaf" he said. Watch tn
boyl Watch the boy!"
No other information could be sc
cured from the old man, so It was dc
cided TO lay hands on the young fel
low, who during the entire investiga
ton Of the house, had remained Out
side in the yard. This was done an,
while one OF the men kept him IN
der guard, another notified the auth
critics who Immediately placed hin
under arrest. There being no Jail Il
the village young Bean was confine
in a room In the house
Young Bean was asked II he hal
committed the crime but he stated
that he knew nothing at all about /
save that he believed II had bee
done by some stranger with a rife
The rife was found but II is believes
that the shooting was done with a RI
volyer and that many shots were fire.
inasmuch as several were found Il
the walls OF the rooms where the vic
Tins were lying.
At the time Bean informed the sec
ton hands that murder had bee
done, he was under the influence O
liquor. though not to such an exten
that he staggered.
Young Bean has been the bane O
the entire farming community in tn
vicinity OF Maidstone for long time
Although only 10 years of age he ha
managed to create n sort OF reign @
terror among the simple country foil
lie drank heavily and when under IN
influence OF whiskey made himsel
very obnoxious and besides was qual
relsome.
The murdered woman was tn
widow OF George Bean, who die
about ten years ago.
/ The Bean homestead Is fully
quarter Of mile from the hamlet {
Maidstone and the nearest neighho
| lives fully a quarter OF a mile ava.
so that the crime was committed wit
out any witnesses or knowledge o
the part of outsiders.