St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-12-09
DESPERATE DEAD
Shot Himself To Prevent Capture
After Attacking Woman AT
East Concord.

Lying in the tomb in Mt. Pleas
ant Cemetery is the body of an
unknown suicide whose closing
hours in life were as sensational az
could be desired. The only mark oil
Identification about the man was q
signet ring with the initials E. L. c.
The body has been viewed by those
supposed to know the MISSING
thief of the East Ryegate store, by
officials from BrookIine, Mass.
where a druggist was recently shot
and robbed and by others, but none
felt they had found the man they
wanted. So the body was brought
j here and placed in the tomb.
Attacked East Concord Woman.
The beginning of the end was on
Thursday last when the man en-
tered the station at East Concord.
Mrs. Henrietta Russell, the station
agent noticed he was lettering about
and asked him if he wished to pur-
chase a ticket. He said that he did
not and gave as his reason for wait
ing at the station that he was expect
ing friends on, the early evening
train, about 6 O'Clock, from St.
Johnsbury.
Upon the arrival of the train no
one met the man and he was heard
to make some remark about the fact.
After the departure of the train Mrs.
Russell prepared to close the sta
ton and locked her desk. Taking
a lantern she started to cross the
waiting room when the stranger ac-
costed her and remarked in sub
stance that he had "got her."
The man drew a revolver and Mrs.
Russell, who is of muscular build,
grabbed the weapon. In wrestling
the frearm from the woman's grasp
the man severely cut Mrs. Russells
hand but she clinched with her as
sailant and in the fight both went to
the floor and rolled out of the room
to the station platform.
Breaking away from her 'assailant
Mrs. Russell rushed into her Office
to the telephone. The stranger re-
marked that she might telephone to-
whomever she wished, and then van
ished The woman notified Con-
stable Folsom and Deputy Sheriff
Martin G. Garfield of ST. Johns
bury.
Search was at once instituted for
the anu I1Qdy DCP0Iy
Sheriff c. McGregor of Concord and
Constable John Folsom of East Con-
cord received word that a man an
swering the description of Mrs. Rus
sells assailant had been seen by
railroad section men on the Maine
Central tracks at Miles Pond, go
ing toward Nortls Concord.
The officers started Immediately
- fo hin and nnOn
him at North Concord. After ques
tioning the suspect the deputy and
constable started to get out of their
wagon to take the man into custody.
When Mr.. McGregor alighted from
the wagon, he was surprised upon
looking up to find himself covered |
with a revolver and an order to hold |
up his hands. The man threatened
shooting several times, and then be-
gan backing down the platform, still
keeping the officers covered with his
revolver.
They followed him about 40 rods,
when Mr.. Hodgden, who works IN
w. M. Ricn's store saw the plight
Of the officers and taking his r1he'
came up behind the man. The Of
ficers were closing in on him, and
when he saw his chance of escape
cut off, he placed his revolver at his
right temple, and shot himself,
dying instantly.
The body was brought to ii. A.
undertaking rooms in Con-
cord where an inquest was held Sat
urday afternoon when Mrs. Russell
identified him as the man who made
the attack on her Thursday evening.
He was a man apparently from
20 to 22 years of age, height feet, +
6 or 7 inches, light brown hair,
weight about 14O pounds, full round
face. He wore dark blue sack
coat, two gray sweaters, dark blue
flannel shirt with collar, brown
pants, tan shoes, large top brown
sh cap, wore signet ring with inl-
-ials e. L. G.
Looked Like Murderer.
Detectives Sergeant Rutherford and
George Flason of Brookline, Mass,
we're in Concord Monday to identity
murdered as the man who shot
Charles G. Merrill of 999 Beacon
street. Brookline They found that
he deceased tailed exactly with the
description of the younger man, ex-
,ept that his nose was not quite so
prominent.