Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-09-14
MANS BODY FOUND
IN WHEELBARR0W
Thomas Smith Committed Sui
eide by Shooting



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lhnmns hnn. who is "mrl"N"d WITH
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iln"i nnh Vi hlnhr snw q man ltins Ia
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nslrrp he went ln tat cate "i HE h"tsr
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innLrd at the man aud ,lia,n,o,od the
rhniuun Tie CALLED tn Nj nlaLe and
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Nh. uloLc t,lc,,I,,ncI tn urln,imon
l. Merrill aud Health oni,r llnn,y
r,rLc, vim notified nioto.s Attmn,y
a. II I,,l,, 'rhoy made am in,csliuo
linn and thc Lndy wac ntdo,cd ,rmn,rd tu
M,nan = Unhdr.s un,lr,Inlinu tnnma
me f,n.t and ,ent barn dnnts had hnrn
lief, ,nrn ON nrrn,,nl of new hny hr
inn in the Lntn. aud il was orpn,eni that
pniiI anioted lI,rmiuh the trnt dnntvny
t!ibte-s AItntney Daley was Of the upin
ion TINT Hmilb sni down in the wherlbni
,ov rorlad the gun and Discharged II
Elm, HE fooi nflcr holding the nulrlr
n.n, his benr The vt,n ibru nunntehiIy
an,t and the bntte npninst the rnd Of
the uhcelbnrtng beiNrrn HE logs The
bt,dy fell oser backward. and no struggle
vas indichted
an sEarnins tiOp Of the gun showed m
empty partridge shell ~ one barrel, bnt
the other barrel vas clean. There up.
peafeH =" DE- D'"Ti W I"st w tne '"' " VI
the harr"is ~ we hnder'skihg ,""mt
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o., ~ sesb indicatinc that the oun was
bsld not lar from the body when it was
discharged
In the opinion of Health Officer Henry
Tucker death took place before midnight
a the body was rigid when found.
As Mr. smith did not come home sun
dav night one of his sisters telephoneC
then TO the Snowflake corn can
ming factory. where it was thought h,
might have obtained work. and was in
formed bv Supt. a. {. Griffin that Thoma
Smith began work there that morning
That information eased the minds of tn
family. but about an hour later DIR
Tucker brought them the news of thu
mans death. which caused mystery
states Attorney Daley drove in his auto
IlODllt To lHt canning lu'lblN anu wa
told by Mr.. Griffin that Thomas Sm'tI
began work there in the morning an,
was Still working. After little qucS
tioning .thc fact came out that Their
were two Thomas Smiths and that whcl
the telephone inquiry came Mr.. Chit
fin thought the man working there wa
meant.
States Attorney Dalcy arrange,
IL
oratorv in Burlington to come here t
perform an AUTOPSY on the body o
Smith. This operation took place Tues
dov morninp. DR.. Stone being assisac
NV onother surpeon and the work be
mo dane in thr urcsencr Of DIR. IIenr
Trcknr
The outonsv showed that fine muzzl
of The oun was held close In the hod,