The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-31
FOUND DEAD ON FLOOR.
Miss Bridget Armstrong of 90 Berlin
Street Had Been in Poor Health.

An autopsy was held 20 determine
the cause of death in the case OF Miss
Bridget Armstrong, aged So, who was
found on the kitchen floor of her home
90 Berlin street, yesterday afternoon
The discovery OF Miss Armstrong; body
came about through the decision of her
sister, Mrs. James Sullivan Of Brooklyn
street, to visit the woman, who had been
IN declining health for some time. Mrs.
Sullivan and other relatives have been
accustomed to call at the home Of Miss
Armstrong almost daily this winter and
sometime before 2 O'Clock the Brooklyn
street sister and her husband drove to
Berlin street. When knock at the front
door failed to bring any response, Mrs.
Sullivan forced open screen door, which
was locked with hook. Her husband
preceded her in pushing open the other
door, already partly open, and before
them, lying on the floor just beyond the
threshold, was the body Of Miss Arm
strong.
Mr.. Sullivan thinks that the woman's
heart was beating feebly when he picked
her up and laid her on a couch. If she
was alive as the couple entered the
house, death came a few moments after
ward for Dir. j. w. Stewart, the city
health officer, who was called, found life
extinct when he arrived, Before grant
ing permission to remove the body, the
doctor summoned Grand Juror William
Wishart and Chief Sinclair was notified
at police headquarters shortly after 3
o'clock. An hour afterward the remains
were removed to an uptown undertake
ing establishment.
Miss Armstrong had failed physically
since she sustained an accident on the
Central Vermont railroad track last
March, when she was struck by yard
locomotive. The accident had the effect
OF erippling her somewhat and it was
with difficulty that she had been able to
get around, Early in the present winter
relatives tried to persuade her to close
her house, but she insisted upon living
alone. 1t is thought that Miss Arm
strong was taken suddenly i'll soon after
the dinner hour and from the fact that
the front door was partly open, although
the screen door remained locked, it is as
sumed that she was hurrying toward the
exit for air when she fell, She was fully
clothed and evidently had been about the
house some time.
The deceased was a native of County
Sligo, Ireland, although she had resided
III Barre many years. She was born Feb.
2, 1861. She leaves two brothers, Pat
rick Armstrong and Peter Armstrong,
foremen employed by steam and trac-
tion railroads in Barre and Montpelier
and three sisters, Mrs Elizabeth Boles !
Of Dorchester, Mass. Mrs. John Kelle. |
her OF Bethel, and Mrs. Sullivan. There /
are also nieees and nephews. Her moth |
er's death occurred only a few years |
ago and since her demise, Miss Arm |
strong had lived alone. Probably the |
last person who saw her alive was her
Mrs. Peter Armstrong, who |
called at the house Monday evening, /
found the woman somewhat indisposed, |
and later spoke Of Miss Armstrong; /
to Mrs. Sullivan.
Following the autopsy il was an
to-day that death proceeded !
from natural causes and the body OF /
Miss Armstrong was removed to the
home of Mrs. Sullivan. Funeral services
viii be held in st. Monicas church
Thursday morning at . O'clock the par
sh priest, Rev, p. NJ. McKenna, officiat-
ng. 1t is requested that flowers be
omitted.