The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-09
H. A. STATEN SHOT
YESTERDAY NEAR
VERNON STATION

of blood
Collins, who was taken to Newfane I
jail yesterday for safe keeping, was
given hearing there this morning be- /
fore Municipal JuTee Frank +. Barber 1
State 5 Attorney A. v d. Piper had
filed an information against him charg- /
ing assault with intent to kill and
murder. The state ; attorney appear
ed as prosecuting officer. Judge Bar
ber ordered the case continued for two
weeks and held the defendant without
/ bail to await the result of the injuries.
! Collins was without counsel and ap-
| peared unconcerned as to the court ses-
| sion.
When found yesteday by the Of
i feers he was intoxicated and said to
one OF the officers that he wished he had
killed the man he had shot. He is -
years of age, SAYS ne came recently
from Texas and gives his occupation
as telegrapher.
Mrs. NJ. /. Reed Of Brattleboro had
been visiting in Vernon and intended
to take the northbound train from
that station which brings the SUNDAY
morning papers and reaches Brattle-
boro at $50. Mr.. Staten, knowing Of
the condition of Collins the day before.
said he would 60 "a the station with
her and flag the train for her as he
did not believe Collins would be on
duty.
Mrs. Reed says that they went TO
the station and found the door locked.
The nag was lying ON the station plat.
form and Mr.. Staten picked in up and
placed it in position to flag the train.
Mrs. Reed sat down on a bench in
= L
Office and Mr.. Staten stood some dis
tauce TO one side.
Collins. who was in the Office. walk
ed TO the window and called Good
morning to Mrs. Reed She respond
Eed i'm lsind and Collin asked. ssWou L
you come in Mrs. Reed declined
and rs She did 50 noticed that Collins
rested a rifle against the window sill.
Mr.. Staten remarked that as the
train was about due and the flag was
zap hc though he would 20 home. Say
ing goodbye To Mrs. Reed. he started
. along the platform 10 Ills home only
few rods distant from the station.
, ii minute later Mrs Reed and George
i phetteplace, q ncWsbov who was wait
ing for the train to gct his Sunday
{ papers. heard two shots. They had
, not seen Collins since his conversation
, through the closed window of the
/, ticket office with Mrs Reed
A minute later Collins appeared
B from the direction i'm which Mr. Sta.
q ten had walked. carrying a rifle with
5 him. lie rested the gun against the
! bench upo3 which Mrs. Reed was
seated and said: .'I've just shot Sta
o ten. Here is the gun
{ With that he turned and walked
i away. Mrs. Reed and young Phette
I place hurried along the platform ant
e found Mr.. Staten lying under a tire,
: a few rods distant. He was cousciou,
and called to his wife. who was HURRY
ing toward the spot, to 20 for JOIN
: Wright. Mrs. Reed ran TO the hous,
4 aud summoned DIR. George X. Ander
f son OF Brattleboro, the family physi
= elan, and others called officers from
= Brattlehoro Dr. Anderson ordered
{: the ambulance and Mr.. Staten wa
i brought to the Memorial hospital il
! Brattleboro, suffering from ba,
!. wound in his right hip and another il
the right forearm
: Collins. during this excitement
q walked to the home of Oscar Thayer
~ ~ where he had been boarding, and re
= marked, - guess ] m crazy: I'v
5. lust shot Staten. 1t was here tina
& Sheriff Mann and Deputies KNAPP
If and Harris found Collins whe
: they arrived by automobile ltti
= later They took him to Newfane ia
4 aud locked him up.
= Collins, when arrested upon a con
Z. plant for drunkenness made out b
State 5 Attorney a. V. ID. Piper. Al
+f peared before Municipal Judge +.
= Barber, who motored to Vernon Satu
ad day to hear the case, but declined I
s engage counsel and conducted his ow
ak case Upon the evidence given b
6 Mr. Staten. a. f. Davis and a.
= Barnes lie was found guilty and II
~ fine imposed which Collins paid. TT
- - testimony was to the effect that CO
= Inns was asleep on the table whe
tf the witnesses. with others, went Fl
. their mail. and that he was so drum
or that he was incapable of conductiI
RS. the business of the railroad. Satu
m. day evening Collins was heard to j
el clare at several different times th
he would have the witnesses who b;
- testified against him arrested. The q
a. % he used he borrowed Sunday mornil
~ of George Thayer, son of Oscar Tha
er. He obtained the weapon by sayil
.tf that he was going hunting.
= Herbert A. Staten, the victim of G.
:" @ Inns IS revenge, is native of Beverl
alP Mass. He is 81 years of age and
ON farmer bv Occupation. He has been
n: II: resident of Vernon since 1894, and
I'll Republican in politics, having be
is elected to the last legislature on tn
md party ticket. He has not been in I
no best of health recently, which m
ar handicap him in his recovery from t
'el&bwounds inflicted by Collins. He
1t been resident of this part of Win