Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-04-28
NO. II.
BULLET IN HIS HEAD
Clark MundeII Shot by Casper
Smith in West Wardsboro
Strenuous Encounter Before Daylight
Yesterday-Smlth Says Wife Was In
volved-Mundel May Die.

Confessing to having fired bullet into
Clark Mundells head, Casper NJ. Smith
of West Wardsboro is under arrest
charged with assault with the intent to
kill and murder The shooting took place
about o'clock yesterday morning in
Smiths home in West Wardsboro, in a
quarrel in which Smiths wife figured,
according to statements made by the re-
spondent, and the victim lies unconscious
and at the point of death in the home OF
a neighbor
AS soon as the shooting came to the
attention of Deputy Sheriff f. NJ Fits
of West Wardsboro he notified States
Attorney Frank e. Barber of this town
and placed Smith under arrest. Mr. Bar
ber, who was preparing to go to New
fame to have another respondent arraign-
ed on the charge of murder, changed his
plans and with Miss Ethel Millington,
stenographer, went to West Wardsboro
to investigate the shooting and take
some dispositions of witnesses.
Mr. Barber returned last evening and
gave out such information as he could
without prejudicing his case. Smith Is
about 26 years old. His wife was
Aminda Johnson. Mundell GA years old,
is father of Bert Mundell, who is en-
! ployed by the Valley Grain company in
Brattleboro. He began work for Smith
four or five weeks ago, helping through
sugaring and doing other farm work.
] StNtIdl udNS ago SIDllu ltlL 10 ulSDOSe Oh
some sugar and syrup, going to North
! field, Greenfield, Millers Falls and other
| places and on Wednesday he was in
this town and called on Bert Mundell.
Leaving here in the afternoon, Smith
went to Newfane. where he had supper
at the Inn. Continuing to West Wards
boro he arrived home between and 3
o'clock. Just what happened to lead up
to the trouble remains to be proved.
Smith told Mr.. Barber that he found his
wife and N1undell in a compromising
situation The assertion is denied by
Mrs Smith. The respondent says he re-
monstrated with Mundell and that the
latter started for him. He says he
struck Mundell in self defense and
finally was forced to draw and use his
revolver in order to protect himself.
Three shots We're fired, but only one bull
let took effect. 1t entered the back of
| the head and lodged back of the left
eye Mundell also had scalp wounds
supposed to have been made by Two
| by four stick.
Whatever the conditions under which
/ the shooting was done it was apparent
| that a desperate encounter took place.
| Pieces of furniture We're broken, win
dows were smashed and the bed was
/ covered with broken glass. Mr. Barber
| had man placed in charge of the room
so that it would not be disturbed until
after an investigation had been made.
After the shooting, although weak
from loss of blood, Mundell left the
house and walked to the home of a Mr..
| Davidson. 70 to 100 rods away, but upon
his arrival there he was unable to talk
except to say that Smith shot him, and
then he became unconscious. DR.. o. v.
Hefflon of Wardsboro was called to treat
the wounded man, who was taken to the
home of George Tudor in the village.
States Attorney Barber had Smith
brought before Justice j. A Perry OF
West Wardsboro on the charge of as
sault with a dangerous weapon with the
intent to kill and murder, but the hear
ing was continued to l o'clock this af-
ternoon.
The news from Mundel today is that
he is alive, but unconscious and may
not recover. Dr. George r. Anderson
went to West Wardsboro this forenoon
to examine Mundel and to perform an
operation for the removal of the bullet
if he deemed it expedient.