The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-03-09
WAS SHOT DEAD
AS HE PURSUED
Henry Bushey of Winooski
a Victim in Midnight
ARRAY
.ASSAILANT HAe< MOT
BEEN,yssS slURED
SoleNw nth Bushey at the
fine Is Held as
Witness
ASSAILANT HAo$ NOT

Winooski, March o. Henry Bushey,
shot in the head about midnight Sat
nrday, following an attempt to take
stolen coal from two foreigners, died at
the Fanny Allen hospital shortly before
six O'Clock yesterday morning Bushey's
companion, Christopher b. Chandler,
soldier of Troop L.. Second u. S. cavalry,
stationed at Fort Ethan Allen, is held
as witness.
The shooting occurred in the Central
! Vermont railroad yards at the head of
| Hickok street. The soldier, with an
other cavalry man, of Troop NJ. met
Bushey on st. Peter street near Nal
let's Bay avenue. Going to the depot
they walked along the track short
distance Two foreigners came along
with bags OF coal on their back, where
upon Bushey said to the soldier. "See
the Guineas they have been stealing
coal. Let's take it away from them"
Then, the soldier says, they both start
ed in pursuit Of the foreigners, who ran
down the bank near the coal yards They
dropped the coal and while running one
OF them opened fire, only one bullet TAX
ing effect. Residents nearby say that
they heard three shots, but the soldier
thought be heard six. Thinking that
the gun was empty, he kept up the
chase, but was outrun by the men.
Later he returned and found Bushey
lying in a pool Of blood Not until then
did Chandler know Bushey had been
shot. He dragged the injured man to
nearby house, but could not gain en-
trance. He then left the man near the
tracks and notified Officers Horton and
st. Amour, Chfe of Police Barber was
notified later and the officers worked the
rest of the morning in an endeavor to
find the man who did the shooting.
The soldiers story left very little for
the officers to work upon. He stated
that he thought he could recognize the
man who did the shooting if he saw him
again. At the point where the men
started to run and also where the coal
was dropped there We're footprints in
dicating scutile. The coal was
wrapped up in what appeared to be an
old skirt. The soldier in NJ troop left
before the chase began.
An autopsy was performed upon the
body of Bushey in the undertaking
rooms OF a. =. Lavigne yesterday aft
ernoon by Doctors Stone and Whitney.
II was found that the bullet entered
Just above the left eye, and, going
through the brain, lodged in the back of
the skull. The bullet was somewhat
fattened and for this reason its exact
size could not be ascertained. 1t viii be
weighed to determine its calibre Other
doctors present at the autopsy were DR..
Sheehan, who took Bushey to the Fanny
Allen hospital, DR.. Caisse of the hospital
staff, and Drs. Thabault and Burdiek
The remains We're taken last evening
from the undertaking rooms to the home
OF his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Levi
Bushey on Hickok street. States At
torney L. +. Hopkins and Chief Barber
made trip yesterday morning among
many of the homes of foreigners, to as
certain if any of them were burning soft
coal. but this failed to bring any clue.
The coal stolen belonged to the Ameri
can Woolen company.
Mr., Bushey was 26 years old. He is
survived by his parents; three brothers,
Adelard, Arthur and Rodolph; and two
sisters, Mrs. Eugene Greemore and Miss
Isabella.