The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-09-14

noon the body of Charles G. Gordon,
the night man in charge of the car
barn of the Bennington and Hoosick
Falls division of the Berkshire street
railway system at North Bennington,
was found lying in the meadow at the
rear of his homo about mile
west of the village. A 3S-calibre re-
volver was clutchcd in his hand and
a bullet wound Ia the temple indicat.
ed all too plainly how he had died
A little more than two hours after
the body of Gordon was found in the
meadow the body OF Mrs. Deborah
(loung) Clark of North Bennington
was found lying near blanket
spread upon the hay NOV in the barn
on the Gordon farm. There was
bullet wound in the side of the wo-
mans head and another through her
body. She had apparently been dead
for some hours.
The body of Gordon was discover
cd by Tracy Kenyon, a young man
residing in North Bennington. who
was visiting at the house. News of
the tragedy was telephoned at once
to the dead mans brother. Town
Clerk John Gordon of South Shafts
bury who at once hurried TO the
scene by automobile. First Select
man W. II. Whipple of SALISBURY
was also notified as the Gordon home
-t. fo ftte
Salisbury line The body of the
dead man was carried into the house.
rs there was not the slightest doubt
that the man came to his death by
his own hand.
News of the suicide quickly spread
through the village of North Bennng
ton and eventually reached the home
of Mrs. Clark who lived with her
pa -ents. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Young of
Greenwich street. Gordon had been
keeping company with Mrs Clark for
some time, and. as she had not been
seen since dark Saturday night, Mr..
Young hurried to the Gordon home
and announced that his daughter
was missing. After short search
her body was found in the barn by
John Gordon.
Drs. F. L. DeGs CT South Shafts.
bury and Edward \. Tobin of North
Bennington made examinations OF
the bodies Both victims of the
double tragedy must have died with
hardly struggle. The bullet when
Gordon sent through his own head
cnte.ed enc temple and passed clear
through the head. emerging from tie
opposite side. AS he was lying on
his back with the weapon still
grasped in his hand death was ap
parently instantaneous.
Mrs Clark was shot through the
temple and under the left breast.
While the bullet through the body
may have missed the heart 1t was
near enough TO that organ TO have
caused death in a short time after
the wound was inflicted. The wound
in the head was also of fatal ma
ture Her body was lying upon the
NOV just to one side of a blanket
which had been spread upon the hay.
In the opinion of the physicians. Mrs.
Clark had been dead since midnight
Saturday. Her body under the direc-
ton OF Selectman Whipple and Or.
Dean. the latter being the health o'-
fcer for the town OF SALISBURY. was
removed to her home.
The murdered woman was between
30 and 30 years of age and was mar
ricd about 10 years ago 30 Arthur |
Clark of Bennington. They scpdrat- !
ed about the time of the big fire IN /
Baltimore lie moved to that city |
where he secured divorce and MAJ
riod again. Mrs. Clark leaves
daughter about dozen years old |
who resides with her grandparents |
at North Bennington.
The revolver. which figured in the
double shooting. was a weapon that /
formerly belonged to the unfortunate
mans fathc- Il had been carried |
by the Younger man for a number Of |
years al the suggestion Of the cleo 1
trio railroad company. lie was alone
az ihc car barn during larger por-
tiun Of each night and as some of the |
collections from the conductors we're
deposited at the barn ii was thought /
best that he have the weapon on i
hand for protection. There was more
necessity for it in his case as he had
but one arm.
The incidents that led up to the
double shooting viii. Of course. never !