The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-13
.RIDDLED MAN
WITH BULLETS
Victim of St. Johnsbuy Murder
Was H. C. Williams
N. C. BUTTERFIELD DID IT
Immediately Afterwards Butterfeld
Turned Weapon on Himself, Dying
With a Bullet Wound in
the Head.

st, Johnsbury, Nov 49, Henry G.
Williams, fish culturist at the govern
ment fish hatchery here, was shot and in
stantly killed yesterday by Nathan c.
Butterfeld, another culturist, who then
turned the weapon on himself, causing
instant death jealousy is ascrbed as
the cause of the tragedy.
There were no witnesses of the crime
and no one heard the shooting. The
bodies were discovered shortly after by
Faulkner Carter, son of Superintendent
Carter, who was in charge Of the govern
ment hatchery. He notified DR.. +. H.
Ross, who in turn summoned Sheriff
Worthen and States Attorney Smonds
and the three went to the scene of the
shooting. No autopsy was considered
necessary and the bodies were removed
to the undertaking rooms of G. A. Stan
Icy
Butterfield had been employed as fore.
man at the hatchery and apparently had
taken keen interest in the work Of
Williams, who worked under him Tie
lad been employed at the hatchery for
about five years and Williams for two
years. Evidently Williams was increas-
ing in efficiency and Butterfeld thought
he might supplant him as foreman. But
terfeld had brooded over this great
deal and il is supposed this was the
real cause OF the shooting.
Williams was cleaning the stable at
the time OF the shooting and had q
scuttle open to the basement In fall
ing he dropped the stable fork which
he was using and this prevented his
body from going through the scuttle.
Butterfield shot him four times, one
bullet going through his wrist, one hit
ting a rib and glancing, one passing
through his right side, going clear
through the body, and the fourth which
entered the body in the rear going di-
rectly into his heart. ButterGeld then
placed the revolver in his mouth and
sent bullet through his brain a Colt
revolver Of 3s calibre was used. Ii did
not belong to him. but he evidently bor-
rowed It for this purpose.
Murderer's Mind Unsettled.
II is thought his mind was unsettled
hy the recent death Of his oldest daugh-
ter, who was 20 years old. He was also
in financial difficulty. owing his board
ing mistress considerable money and
having borrowed money lately from his
friends These troubles, and the pros
pect that Williams was making better
headwav than be. were more than he
could bear He boarded at the home
OF Mrs. ]. c. Wing in this village and
stayed there several hours after eating
breakfast Sunday morning. He ap-
peared very much depressed and Mrs.
Wing thinks he may have planned to
shoot her as his conduct in the morning
was so unusual.
Nathan c. Butterfield was As years
old and his residence was in Milford,
n. H. He formerly resided in Nashua,
n. II. He came here four years ago
last spring and had since had charge
Of the work His wife and a daughter,
is years of age, live in Milford. Accord
ing to his boarding mistress up to the
time of going home TO attend his daugh
teris funeral about q month ago, he was
cheerful and was generally liked by his
fellow boarders Since his return, how
ever, he had seemed entirely different,
practically living on cereals and dry
bread and appearing very morose.
Henry Cuthert Williams, his victim,
was 35 years old and lived with his
wife and two children, Catherine, aged
six, and Carl, aged three, at Mrs John
Beckson's on Summer street He came
here from York, Pa, to enter the gov
ernment service two years ago and was
very well liked at the hatchery He
was graduate of the York Collegiate
institute Besides his own family he
leaves father and mother and a mar
ried sister in New York City. His fa-
ther is very wealthy and was prominent
in railroad circles before he retired from
business. His body will be sent there
for burial. Butterfeld's relatives are
at Milford and his body viii be shipped
to that place.