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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-12
LUNATIC HUNT
AMID HILLS
Fred Kent Escaped From Water
bury Asylum Today
DR.. CIRCUIT OFFERS REWARD
Kent, Though Giving No Sign OF Inssn.
ity, is Considered Dangerous Man
to BE at Large--People About
Waterbury Are Excited.

The sherif's department Of Washing
ton county, the police departments Of
various cities and townR including Barre,
and the newspapers were warned to-day
Of the escape early this forenoon Of Fred
Kent, an inmate OF the state insane asy-
lum at Waterbury; and Supt, D. p.
Grout Of that institution az once offered
a reward Of 500 for the fugitive's return.
Kent is a brother OF the famous Ehoy
Kent, who is az the state prison In
Windsor, condemned to die Tor the mui-
der OF Della Congdon in the town of
Wallingford Fred Kent himself was
under suspicion Of having killed his "a
ther during previous elopement from,
the asylum some years ago.
This morning Kent was put to work
in the powerhouse of the Waterbury in
stitution. assisting the masons in repair
ing the boiler, and during q moment OF
lack Of observation he decamped His
absence was noted within ten minutes
and Supt Grout was promptly notified.
Within a few minutes thereafter, many
men were sent securing about the vicin-
ity OF Waterbury in search Of the fugi-
tive. Failure to locate the man caused
Supt. Grout to extend the alarm, and he
called up Sheriff Tracy at Montpelier
by phone, following it up with notfiea-
ticn TO the police departments and the
newspapers.
Fred Kent Is described as being %
years old, five feet and seven inches in
height and weighing between lao and
$50 pounds. He is light t-eompIeXioned
and has sandy, bushy inclined TO curlyl
hair He is smooth-shaven He wore
a light -colored oyercoat and cap. Kent
is an epileptic but seldom has the at
.tacks. II il said that he l. pleasant
fellow to talk with and to the casual
observer there would be no signs which
would indicate insanity, But for all that
the asylum authorities are aRxians to re-
capture the fugitive
Kent was first committed to the asv-
lum In 1905 and while working on tbe
farm escaped Some time after that.
Kent's father. who lived in the town Of
Weston, was killed. and suspicion fell
on his son, who was out of the asylum
Later Fred was apprehended and placed
in the Windham county Jail at Newfane.
lie was never tried, although the states
attorney of that county thought he had
some good evidence in the ease On Sep
tember 30, 1909, Kent was brought back,
to the asylum from the Newfane Jail and
has been confined there ever since.
The various avenues Of escape are be-
ing watched closely in the hope that he
viii be caught before the dav is ont.
If the search does not meet with pfompt
success, Supt Grout will send ort photo
graphs OF the young man to be sent
broadcast to aid in the Identification.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-12
CARRIED MAN TO SAFETY.
Former Football Player a Hero at Law
renee, Mass.

Lawrence, Mass, Dec. l2. William
Coash. i former nigh school athlete.
made a sensational rescue OF an uncon-
scious man from a burning lodging house
here yesterday afternoon, carrying the
victim down -four flights Of stairs through
smoke-illled corridors to the street
Coash saw smoke issuing from The top
windows Of the American lodging mouse
on Essex street He shouted e sound
the alarm and dashed up the stairs. be-
ing met by dodgers. who were escaping.
Ccash reached a room on the fourth floor
from which smoke and flames were pour
ing. He crawled on his hands aud knees
and found William Manion, aged 42,
lodger unconscious or the floor
wrapped in burning blankets. TIE mar
had evidently been smoking in bed and
had dropped spark on a celluloid col
lar which he was wearing. This burst
into flames, burning his face and head
and setting the bed clothes ahre Man
ion tried to escape, but became entangled
in the bed clothes and fell unconscious.
The husky ex-football star lifted Man
ion on his shoulders and carried him to
the street.
The fremen had hard fight to sub
due the flames, being handicapped by
the smoke Mrs Minnie Hall, another
lodger, was overcome by smoke and was
carried from the building by volunteers.
She was removed to the Lawrence Gen
eral hospital with Manion. where the
latter is on the dangerous list
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-12
SENTENCED FOR LIFE.
Martin conroy Of Manchester, NJ H., in
Court ct Nashua, N. H.

Nashua. n. H., Dee l2.-Alartin Con
roy, whose home was 40 Cedar street
Manchester, was sentenced to hard la
Dor for life In the state prison yester-
day afternoon for the murder os his
wife on the evening Of July 1, 1911.
In plain English she was kicked to
death" said County Solicitor P. II. Sui.
Ivan, in moving for sentence.
Former Mayor j. J. Doyle of this city.
asked the two Judges VINO always sit
in murder trial to fix term of years
instead Of hfe, as Cenroy was not very
bed man at heart and was excited BY
the presence of another man drinking
with his wife, although he did not think
there was any wrong between them.
Chief Justice Wallace and Justice Cham
berlin retired for few minutes and
when they returned. Judge Wallace
handed to Clerk Luce the sentence, which
the clerk read
In reviewing the facts for the benefit
Of their honors, Solicitor Sullivan stated
that Conroy was laborer aged about
45 and lived with his wife aged 40,
and six children, the eldest of whom
was Is and the youngest baby. Both
husband and wife drank and both had
beer, drinking July !, which was Sat
urday
When the neighbors came in the chill
dren had fled and Conroy was gone
Mrs. Conroy lay on the coGsh dead and
nearly nude. The autopsy showed con-
tusions and bruises from her head to
her lower limbs, and those on the abdo-
men had caused her death.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-12
Who Will Build2

The Monitor expects to see cross
state railroad built from North Troy to
Waterbury or Montpelier, and further to
Rutland, in the not distant future, but
cannot undertake the announcement that
the Central Vermont or Grand Trunk
railroad is likely to build the North Troy
to Waterbury link. Ii we are rightly
informed, the Canadian Pacific railroad
owns the only existing charter for d rail
road from North Troy up the Misssquoi
river valley, and it would hardly be ex-
pected that the legislature would give
charters without number for railroads
over this route. 1t is not probable either
that the Canadian Pacific would sell
their charter to its rival, the Grand
Trunk If the road is built from North
Troy south and across our state. as we
believe it will be, it viii probably be
built by the Canadian Pacific or some
road with which the great Canadian road
ia in harmony While The Monitor Il
not fully informed in the matter and
has not been in close touch with the sit
uation, it wonders if the committee made
up from the various towns along the
proposed route from North Troy to Wa
terbury may not be counting the wrong
railroad officials
As to the value of railroad to this
section of the state much has been said.
and it has been clearly demonstrated
that 1t would be of great benefit to the
Industrial development of the towns
through which it would run. 1t has been
further shown by conservative figures
that the road from the standpoint of a
paying proposition ought to make good
because of the immense amount of local
freight it would handle The Monitor
also believes it would get surprising
amount of passenger business if any.
thing like good connections are had at
North Troy and Morrisville,
From Orleans county and share at
least of Franklin county, this would be
the most direct route to Montpelier and
other central Vermont towns, and if tho
road should be continued to Rutland it
would provide channel for passenger
and freight traffic that would add mate.
rally to the development of Vermont
both within her own borders and with
her neighbors at the south.
This cross-state road ought to be built
and unquestionably will be built in the
near future, and we believe it will be a
profitable venture for the capital invest.
ed in this road.-Barton Monitor.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-12
oBLIGING INTRUDER.
Somersworth Burglar Scared Woman and
Offered to Go For Doctor.

Somersworth, N. H., Dec. PA most
obliging intruder, who offered to go for
doctor early yesterday, after so fright
cninp Mrs. Samuel Lacasse, that she
tainted. is in the Dover jail. thinking
oyei his past conduct. Early yesterday.
Mrs. Lacasse was awakened by strange
noise, and seeing the form of man,
she screamed and then tainted.
Mr.. Lacasse was awakened by his
wife's outcry and as he turned to at
tend her the alleged burglar, Wilfred
Chehe of Somerswortb, said: "fn GO for
doctor if you wish" Laeasse recog-
nized Cliche, and after a few words or
dered him out Of the house. The unde-
sirable guest complied. Later, it was
found that few dollars in money was
missing and Cliche's arrest followed.
In police court he pleaded not guilty,
hut as the money was found in his pos
session. probable cause wac found and
he was held in $1,000 bonds for the grand
Jury. Cliche formerly kept company
with one of Lacasse's daughters.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-12
WATERBURY PEOPLE
EXCITED BY ESCAPE
II Was At First Thought This Forenoon
That SearcherS Were on the Right
Trail, But Hope Was
Partially Given Up.

Waterbury, Dec l2-The escape Of
Fred Kent from the state hospital this
morning, together with the knowledge
that he is not considered safe man to
be at large, has caused considerable ex-
citement about this neighborhood In
some sections women have locked them
selves into their houses for fear OF
visit from the fugitive.
II was thought at one time this fore
noon that the searchers were on the
right trail Of the man, as it was re-
ported that man was seen going to-
ward the WinooslIi river hack of the
hospital. toward Duxbury The town of
Duxhury is just across the river. He
IS said to have been seen entering the
river across the Winooksi, and accord
ingly Supt. Grout dispatched men in
that direction. The footprints were fol-
lowed, but the report came back later
that the clue was probably false An
other crowd of men went in the direc-
ton of Crossett hill in the expectation
that Kent took TO the woods there.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-12
HEAVY LOSS BY FIRE.
Elevator Plant of Canadian Pacific at
Owen Sound, Ontario.

Owen Sound Ont, Dec. IL. Fire last
night destroyed the elevator plant Of the
Canadian Pacific Railway company here
consisting of elevators "a" and 'B."
two large wooden structures. One mil
lion bushels of wheat, oats and bar
ley, stored in the buildings were burned.
The financial loss is heavy.
The fire started in elevator "a" about
nine o'clock and swept through con-
Meeting passage to elevator ''B'' with
such rapidity that the firemen could do
little except save adjoining property.
1t was with difficulty that the steam
er Arthabasca was moved from along
side the elevator. Steam was got up
and, scorched and blistered, the vessel
was moved to safety. The steamer Kee-
walin also had to be backed away.
The government lighthouse in close
proximity to the elevators was burned,
as were several Canadian Pacific cars
standing on tracks nearby. The eleva-
tors were erected number of years ago
to handle the lake grain traffic.
No cause can be given for the fire.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-12
DIVORCED FROM SCULPTOR.
Mrs. Elwell Says She Supported Family
With Own Money.

New York, Dec. ia decree of di-
vorco on grounds of desertion was grant
ed yesterday in Jersey City to Mrs. Mol
ina Elwell from Frank Edwin Elwell, the
sculptor. Mr.. Elwell put in no defense.
The Elwells were married in Paris in
1882.
Mrs Elwell testified that Elwoll told
her that he liked to be alone and pre-
pare his own meals. lie was quite ur-
gent, she said, about her leaving their
home in Weehawlcen and, therefore, she
went to Cambridge, Mass, to visit their
twin sons, Aleott and Burr, in order to
give him the solitary life he crayed for
his art work. Letters from her husband
were submitted to the court. Dear
madam" began one, which suggested
that Mrs. Elwell had better not return
to him. She said she took the advice
as given.
In her testimony, Mrs. Elwell said
she had assisted Elwell financially for
80 years, and for 10 years she had
supported the family from her private
funds.
Elwell was born in Concord, Mass,
in 1858. Among his better known works
are an equestrian statue Of General Han
cock at Gettysburg; a monument to Ed
win Booth at Cambridge; Dickens and
Little Nell in Fairmount Park, Phil
adelphia, and busts OF the late Vice
President Garret A. Hobart and Levi p.
Morton, which are in the Senate chamber
az Washington. He also sculptured the
two fountains, 'Kronos" and Ceres"
for the Buffalo exposition and the statue
in stone, "Classie Art" for the st. Louis
exposition.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-12
FIND MEN ALIVE DEEP
IN WRECKED MINE
Hope Was Revived Following Unexpected
Discovery at Briceyille, Tenn, Last
Night and Work Was Contin-
ued With Redoubled Vigor.

Rrieeville, Tenn, Dee l2-F Five men
had been brought alive from the Cross
Mountain mine at eleven o'clock last
night and rescuers were making almost
frantic efforts to reach at least three
more whom they believe still alive.
These men were buried Saturday when
an explosion entombed more than 100
men, hope for whom had been aban-
doned, when last night three men alive
and well were found behind a brattice,
they had erected to protect themselves
from noXious gases. Those saved are
William Henderson, aged 55; Milton
Smith, aged 30; Arthur Scott, 30; Dore
Irish, 80. They are all married and
their wives had almost given up hope
OF ever seeing any of them alive.
Immediately after the explosion they
rushed to cross entry No. 10, where they
quickly threw up brattice that kept
out the black damp, which killed many
of their fellow workmens They took
their lunch pals with them and the
three subsisted for three days and two
nights on what they expected to make
tteir Saturday noon meal.
Until last night % bodies had been re-
covered and but 20 cross entries had
been explored. The rescuers are en-
countering great obstacles in penetrat-
ing the cross-section and ii is feared
that even should more be alive in the far
recesses of the workings, it will be inn
possible to reach them before they
starve.
Another rescue car arrived from Pitts
burg yesterday so there are plenty of
helmet men on the scene. Finding of
the three men revived an abandoned hope
in the breasts of those workmen and
now they are pushing ahead with all
possible speed.
A new cemetery is being provided for
the victims on hill near the mine.
Yesterday volunteers started to dig
graves in circle in the center of which
it is expected monument viii be raised.
Many theories are advanced as to the
cause of the accident. President Steph-
enson of the Knoxville Iron company,
which owns the mines, said yesterday
it probably had been caused by windy
shot" This might have ignited ases
accumulated in one of the many rooms"
in the mine or might have set off the
coal dust on the boor.
Governor Hooper of Tennessee and
Major Watts of Coal Creek, yesterday
sent out appeals for funds for relatives
OF victims.
The coal company is supplying the
immediate needs of the stricken fam
lilies, but later money viii be needed
to care for the widows and orphans. In
dications are that there will be more
than so of the former and about 100
of the latter. A Knoxville baker dis
tributed 900 loaves Of bread among the
families and there was no shortage of
food.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-12
CAPTURED In WOODS.
Two Yeggs, Who Are Accused of Rob-
bing New Hampshire Store.

Newport. N. IT,. Dee. l2.--After an
exciting chase, the two yeggs who robbed
the general store, in which is the post.
Office, of Frank l.. Hanson at Mill vii.
lage, a suburb Of Goshen, on Saturday
night and shot Mr.. Hanson and serious.
y wounded him in the leg, were cap.
tured yesterday in the woods near the
home Of II. A. Taylor.
County Sheriff King and Deputies T.
j. Deming, Charles Dunbar and Cleon
johnson, who were sworn in for the
occasion, accompanied by Chief of Po.
lice George Carr Of Newport, started
out early in the day on the hunt.
The prisoners are Perry Hackett, IL
years old, supposed to be the son Of
Leslie Hackett, who once lived in this
town, and Earle Booth, II years old
son of William Booth OF Acworth. Both
prisoners confessed last night to com
hitting the burglary, and when ar.
raigled at the Sullivan county Jail before
Trial Justice Frank p. Rowel, entered
pleas of guilty and were held for the
May term OF court without bail.
j. w. Johnson, a dealer in firearms,
was told the description of the two rob
hers, and he at once recalled that he
sold two automatic revolvers week ago
Saturday night to two men who an
swered the description Of the burglars.
lie spoken Of one wearing hair l2 inches
long and having Che general appearance
OF Daniel Boone He was aecompanicd
hy a younger fellow, who furnished the
funds.
H. A. Taylor was met on the road on
his way home from Newport and he
said that two such men were staying
in cabin in the rear of bis farmhouse
in the pasture, where they had camped
for the winter TO hunt deer. Mr.. John.
son, the dealer in firearms, said he knew
both men well and had sold them am
munition. The sheriif's posse then start
Ell for the farm
Mr. TAYLOR SAID that the two men had
returned to his house about midnight
Saturday night and he'd told him they
had been mixed up in scutile at the
North End and one OF them had been
shot Accepting their story as true,
Taylor dressed the wound. which was in
the feshy part OF HacSett's right arm.
Ilackett and his companion then went
back to their camp.
The posse went TO the Taylor house,
aud with Mr. Taylor's permission,
searched the place. The men were not
found but Deputy Deming went up the
road mile to gate and, Just as he
WAS about to turn back, he saw Hs kett
fleeing through the woods.
Demiug drew down upon Hackett with
his rifle, and Hackett held up his hands
The prisoner was marched before the
riilc, with hands mp, to the Taylor farm
house. When the handouts were placed
upon his wrists, he gave battle, but was
subdued The officers searched the cab
in where the two men had lived and
found il stocked with ammunition, ire-
arms, provisions and trappers' supplies
for winters campaign.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-12
DIED WITH SEALED LIPS.
Member of "Gopher Gang" Refused to
Tell Who Shot Him.

New York, Dec. l2---Silent to the end,
so far as any information OF value to
the police was concerned, Joe Larkin
died yesterday true to the code of the
gopher gang" With bullet hole in
his head and another in his abdomen he
had remained in a hospital in a semi
conscious condition for hours while de-
teetives leaned over him. and tried to
catch word that might lead to the
nan or men who shot him
.Nothin' doin'," was the only response
that came from the wounded man to
questions put to him in intervals when
there were glimmers of returning con-
seriousness. And at one time he added:
OH get square"
Even to the pleadings Of his two weep
ing sisters, Larkin returned a sullen
"no"
The case may go down into police his
tory as one of the unpublished murders.
Iarkin was shot Sunday night at a
"beneft" bali after quarrel and scuf-
fle as to who should dance with the belle
of the ball
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-12
4KEEP PROMISE OR RESIGN
Lubec, Me-, Man Asks Gov Plaisted to
Make State "Dry"

Lubec, Me-, Dec IL Il. M. Lawrence,
head of one of the largest sardine inter-
ests of the state, has written an open
letter to Gov Plaisted, in which, among
other matters. he suggests that the gov
ernor keep his prediction promises or
resign.
"When you were a candidate for gov
emor," he writes 'you repeatedly prom
ised the people that if you were elected
and found that the majority really fa-
vored the enforcement of the prohibitory
law, you would make the old Pine Tree
state as dry as covered bridge' Now
why do you feel justified in resubmitting
the question:
Gov. Plaisted, is it too much to ask
you to make good your prediction
promises, or if you are unwilling to do
so TO resign and let someone step in
who can and will be the servant OF
the peoplel"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-12
TALK OF THE TOWN

Fred f. Cults went to Burlington this
afternoon on business trip.
Riley's orchestra will furnish music
for dance to be held in Hardwick Fri
day evening,
Harry Peduzzi returned home last
night, after q two weeks visit with rel
atives in Quincy Mass
The annual meeting OF the Burns club
viii be held in Woodmen's hall Saturday
evening at 1880. All members please
be present
: Foreign Masons can Pay dues on or
before Thursday, Dec "a, to be sent in
time for annual meeting Chas. S. Les
lie, sec, II Forsyth place.
Mrs. Anna Holmes and daughter, Cath
crime, of Montpelier leave Friday for
Pinehurst, n. C., where they expect to
remain during the winter.
Newton stearns, who hos been visiting
at the home OF his daughter, Mrs. ". s.
Ballard, Gu Orange street, left this noon
for his home in Hinsdale, n. II.
The Barre Athletic clubs bowling
team will roll q double header at the
Pearl street alleys tonight with the
italian Athletic club and the Montpelier
Athletic club.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-12
TERRIBLE HAVOC BY
RUNAWAY TRAIN
Caused Several Deaths and Destruction
Of Delaware & Hudson Machine
Shops at carbondale, Pa,
To-day.

Scranton, Pa, Dec. ply the ram
ming away Of freight train in the
Carbondale yard Of the Delaware and
Hudson company to-day, four or five
men were killed and FIVE injured. two
of whom win die. The machine shops Of
the company we're set on FIRE and burned,
together with FIVE locomotives Two Of
the dead have. been recovered from the
wreekage and the others are az yet I'M
known, being buried beneath the debris.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-12
WAS IN GRANITE TRADE.
William Reynolds Died in Quincy Last
Sunday.

Quincy. Mass, Dec. l2.--W1lliam Rey.
nolds, proprietor of the Reynolds Gran.
ite Co, Of Glencoe place, died at his
home on Trafford street Sunday, after
a lingering illness, aged 50 years. Mr..
Reynolds was Scotchman by birth and
had conducted granite business in
Glencoe place for number Of years.
He was member of Clan McGregor,
o. S. G., and leaves a widow and two
daughters.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-12
VERMONT CHANGERS
MEET IN MONTPELIER
4oth Annual Convention Was Opened
in the New City Hall
There To-day.

The Vermont state grange. Patrons os
Husbandry, opened its 40th annual con-
venticn n the city hall at Montpelier
to-day and viii continue the sessions
through Wednesday ana Thursday The
formal opening Of the convention was
preceded by the presentation OF creden-
tials from the delegates Of the snbordi-
nate oranges. and the first session was
largely given over to rollcalls and an
nouncements Of committees. The con-
vention is presided over hy the WORTHY
master. G. Z Smith Of Morrisvlle. vho
presented his annual report at the after.
noon session.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-12-12
ELECTIONS IN Is CITIES.
Coed Weather aud Numerous Contests
Brought Out Mary People

Boston, Dec. r. Municipal elections
were held in fifteen Massachusetts, cities
to-day. The weather condition is ideal
and numerous contests for the mayoralty
and other city officials and the annual
liquor license contest caused increased
interest Elections were held to-day in
Beverly, Chelsea, Chicopee, Maiden, Med
ford, Lynn, Newburyport, Newton, Pitts
field. Salem, Somervile, Wobun, Ever
ett, Melrose and Worcester. AIayoralty
contests were in order in most Of the
cities