St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-10-01
SHOT HER HUSBAND
Mrs. Cheney Of Hardwick Tried the
Unwritten Law-Fired Three
Shots Which Took Effect.

Goaded into a frenzy by the evT-
dences of unfaithfulness murmured
by her sleeping husband, and from
letters discovered in his pockets,
Mrs. Elizabeth Cheney of Hardwick
fired three bullets at her husband,
Roy Cheney, in bed, each one taking
effect but it is thought none fatally,
last Saturday night. Mrs Cheney
summoned two doctors to care for
her husband, was placed under ar
rest before daylight and Sunday
brought to the county jail here
where she is waiting a hearing. Her
husband was taken to the hospital
in Hardwick. Each one of the three
bullets took effect. One struck Mr.
Cheney on the forehead and glanced
making a scalp wound. Another
went through ms arm and into his
body coming out near his spine "A
third struck him in the neck and
lodged near the jugular vein.
The tragedy is the result of long
term of family troubles, started, as
Mrs. Cheney says, by the infdelity
of her husband. Both are 40 years
old and have been married about
three years. They formerly lived in
Orleans and came TO Hardwick
little over a year ago where Mr..
Cheney acted as agent for T. M.
Gallagher OF Craftsbury. They
kept a boarding house in the Mar
shall block and all went we'll until
a certain lady came there to board.
AS result OF their difficulties over
this matter Mr.. Cheney left his
70 hut To
come to the house. About three
and Mr.. Cheney left again. Mrs.
Cheney then closed her boarding
house and took rooms in the CoDD
Block. About two weeks ago she
went to Newport, r. l., to visit her
While there she bought a revolver
and a bottle of whiskey for her
husband and came home unannounc-
ed last Saturday evening. She found
her husband at the depot with a
team waiting, as she believes, for
another woman who did not come on
that train. He took her in his team
to her rooms and told her he was
going away to be gone over Sunday.
He came back about an hour later
however and after he and a friend
had a drink of whiskey and a talk
with his wife. Later Mr.. and Mrs.
Cheney went to bed, and to sleep.
Mrs. Cheney heard him mutter-
ing about other women in his sleep |
and about letters in his pocket. She |
arose and searching his pockets
found one letter written on the Shell |
ion House stationery here in st. |
Johnsbury and another from a girl |
n Swanton. One letter was signed |
'G" and the other May" Getting |
her revolver she told her husband |
she was going to shoot him and be- |
gan firing. Although hit three times
Mr.. Cheney did not lose conscious
hess and started to get out of bed.
Mrs. Cheney ran down stairs and |
aroused DIR. George and at his re-
Iuest DR.. Tierney. She then helped !
he doctors wash the blood from
her husbands wounds and States /
Dutton was called and is
sued a warrant for her arrest. She
was arrested by Chief Powers and
placed in the lock up until Sunday
morning when she was brought to
st. Johnsbury and placed in Jail.
Mr.. Cheney was able to sit up
Monday and was taken to Burling-
on on Tuesday for the removal of
he bullet. There is every prospect
lie will recover.
No date has been decided upon
or the hearing az the authorities
re waiting to see what progress Mr..
cheney makes toward recovery. 1t
s probable the preliminary hearing
will be before the municipal court
md then the prisoner will be held
or the December term of county
ourt.