Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-08
DEATH Of DUNBAR
ONE Of MYSTERY
Old Horse Lived q Week Attach
ed to Sleigh in Which Body
Was Found.

st. Adams, Feb. 4.-The mystery sur.
rounding the death Of Charles Dunbar Of
Fairfax. who was found last Thursda,
apparently frozen to death In a heavll,
timbered wood lot in that town, after an
absence OF a week from home. remained
to-day unsolvcd.
Following the post-mortem performed
Friday by DIR. p. II. Stone Of the State
laboratory Of hygiene. Burng ton. under
direction of States Attorney George NJ.
Hogan. when several of the vital organs
were removed for investigation and test
In an effort to learn. If possible. the d.
rect cause of death. permission was given
for the funeral. which was held yester-
day noon at Fairfax. and was largely at
tended.
AS nearly as can he determined. Charles
Dunbar. who was 81 years old, married,
and n farmer and carpenter of Fairfax,
was last seen alive in the town of Fair
FAX. during the evening of Thursday, jan
uary g. on that day he had come to st.
Adams. presumably on business errands
during which he called on his brother,
Henry A. Dunbar, proprietor of the
American House. At that time he seemed
perfectly normal and in possession of all
his faculties. He refused an invitation
to dinner. saying that he must be getting
back home 1t appears that he was de-
tanned, however, and when he did start,
sometime later. he was seemingly under
the influence of liquor This fact is borne
out by the attention attracted and assist
ance rendered, by people in teams whom
he met on the road, some of whom helped
him along.
REPORT OF 4 QUARREL.
1t is said that when he reached the
home OF Milo Beaudry near North Fair
fax. that he went in TO got warm, and
while there. it is alleged that he became
very quarrelsome and an alteration en-
sued between him and Bcaudry, ending
in Dunbar being thrown out of the place.
He was possibly seen by two or three
people after this alleged happening driv
ing along the road, and the next seen
of him was just a week later, when his
body was found lying face downward
in his sleigh, his head resting on one
arm, and all covered with blanket or
robe. on top of which were several
inches of snow. The horse still alive,
but very much emaciated and showing
signs of great suffering, was still hitch
against the trunk Of a tree. impeding
further progress.
Although the spot where the team was
found is we'll protected from the west
and south winds. everyone is wondering
how the horse. old and not well kept.
had ever withstood the hardships of a
weeks exposure without food or water.
In the coolest week of the year. during
from 20 to 40 below zero The outfit was
but short distance from wcll-beaten
track along which wood teams passed
daily. and 1t Is little short OF miraculous
how the team could remain in the place
that 1t apparently did so long a time
without discovery.
SUPERFICIAL WOUNDS ONLY.
When the body was found. the town
officials were at once notified, as was
States Attorney George NJ. Hogan, |
and an investigation and autopsy held /
The body showed only superficial
wounds, including an abrasion under
one eye, such as follows a blow, while |
the mouth was also injured and some
hing like scratches appeared on the |
face, from which it would be deduced
nat DuHDar nau Deen assaulted, al
tn ough. at the same time. such marks
rs he showed might easily have been
'aused by accidents in falling or
around, while in no condi-
ion to take care Of his person.
Thus far % witnesses have been ex-
imined by the State, but no definite
estimony has come out. neither has
he State laboratory yet reported, as
20 anything that can point to direct
leath by violence or at tho hands of
persons unknown.
The Investigation has not been com
,leted and It Is possible that when
wo or three other witnesses have
,een examined that further develop
nents may tend to clear up tho mys-
cry
MAN a CANDIDATE
Brattleboro. Feb ..-Southerl. Vermont !.
viii have q candidate for dclegate-at-
arge to the democratic na.!ona! conyan.
Lion at Baltimore next summer In the
)erson Of Michael j. Moran o. ISrattle-
>oro. MI Moran. who is so years OF axe.
las served ss member Of town, county
md State committees of his party and
las attended practically ell State conveu-
ions since becoming of age.