The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-21
MuRDER INQUEST
CONTINUES ITS |
SESSION TO-DAY
States Attorney Examines Many
Persons During the Day
FRANK BOGEL NOT MAN WANTED
Friends Furnish Alibi for Suspect Ar
rested by Windsor County
Officer

The inquest into the shooting of
William Costello, the Bennington
young man whose body with three
bullet wounds in the back OF the head
was found near the Vermont soldiers
home crossing last Saturday night, is
being continued today before Assist
ant Judge II. N. Shaw at the county
court house today.
States Attorney Frank G. Archibald
of Manchester with the assistance of
the local and county officers is examin
ing as witnesses every possible per-
son who may have any knowledge that
may help in unraveling the mystery.
Sheriff c. E. Mann of Windham
county. who arrested Frank Boyle in
Dover Wednesday and brought him 70
this village. is today conducting an
investigation in that section OF the
country in search OF any evidence
that may tend to connect Bogel with
the shooting.
Boyle is known 10 have been in the
vicinity OF Bennington for some time
previous to the shooting. He is known
| to have crossed the mountain through
the towns OF Woodford and Searsburg.
lie was seen in Searsburg by Con
| stable Olin Smith, r. c. Davis and
Davis son, Arthur While going
down the mountain toward Whining
ton he was given a ride by Constable
Davis. The constable says that Boyle
was intoxicated at the time and brag
ged about his ability to handle a re-
volver; said, that he was the quickest
man in Vermont "on the draw" and
that anyone who interfered with him
would have trouble.
Boyle suddenly jumped from the
wagon and disappeared in some
bushes by the side of the road AS he
leaped from the wagon knife with
blade ten to twelve inches long drop
ped from his pocket ard was secured
by Davis. Some distance further on
the road toward Wilmington. Boyle
suddenly appeared through the brush
on the side OF the highway and fred a
revolver at Davis. The constable be-
lieves that the bullet passed over his
head, but is also confident that it was
too close fer comfort.
Search was made for Boyle by Of
ficers and a posse of citizens. During
the first day the man was not discov-
cred but Wednesday he was found on
the Herbert Stanley farm and arrest
ed.
4 Bogel was sent to the state prison
at Windsor 10. years ago for shooting
and wounding his brother Fred Boyle.
He had served nearly all of a ten
years sentence when he was paroled
Since his release from prison he had
been living with brother Henry
Boyle in Dover. He is an inoffensive
fellow when sober but when he has
been drinking is unusually trouble
some. He is reported TO have been
in liquor at the time he shot his
brother. He has been married and
has a son but does not live with his
wife
Bogel is being held for the assault
upon Constable Davis. The Benning-
ton authorities do not now believe that
he could have been in any manner
connected with the shooting of Costel-
10. Wednesday afternoon members
OF family by the name of Pierce in
formed the authorities that Bogel was
at their home Saturday and Saturday
night. lie. is known to have been at
the home OF Martin Pierce on the
Woodford road Sunday