The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-10-19
MAY CALL SPECIAL
GRAND JURY SESSION
To Consider the Fatal Shooting of Harry
Wells By His Cousin, Clyde
Woodward.

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biity of calling a special session of thu
grand jury of Franklin county court t.
consider the matter of the shooting oi
Harry Wells at his home in Enosburl
by his cousin, Clyde Woodward, is un
der consideration by the authorities here
although States Attorney W. r. Me.
Feeters has not received any decision as
yet from Chief Judge T.. l.. Waterman OF
Brattleboro.
The secret inquest was resumed this
morning at the county Jail. The Wood
ward boy still sticks to his story that
the shooting was accidental He said
he and Harry Wellb were left by them
selves when his uncle, Henry Wells, and
son, George, left for work about o'clock
Wednesday morning.
| The Woodward boy says he and Harry
did the homework and that he went out
and got four pals of water and then
Harry wanted him to play with him
Harry took the shotgun and Clyde re-
volver which belonged to George Wells.
1t was the same revolver which Clyde
bought early last summer and which he
sold to George few weeks ago. He
says before George left for work he told
him tClydel that the revolver was load
ed but that he forgot. He also said that
Harry was by the stairway in the kitch-
en- while he was in the pantry. Harry
kept making believe shooting. He went
into the pantry and as Ire did so Clyde
pulled the trigger of the revolver but ev-
identity there was no she'll Harry went
out of the pantry but in a minute ran
back again hollering. Clyde says it was
in play, but it scared him so that he
pulled the trigger again. The shotgun
fell from Harry's hands and he fell over
sideways. At first Clyde did not think
that he VISA dead and tried to revive him |
When he found out his cousin was dead
it scared him and he went to work to |
try and conceal evidence of what had |
happened. Before burying the body he
threw the revolver over bank, but later
got it and hid it under sod. When
he was dragging the body frcm the house
Harry's boots fell off in the garden. He
took one of them aud the cap. which
he went to the house for and hid them
under stone pile. The other boot he
hid in the brush. He then went to one
Of the neighbors and told them Harry
was lost.
About 10 o'clock he went into the
woods to try and find his uncle and went
back again about 80 and found him
md began searching also telephoning
several places. The boy says later in the
afternoon Leon King who was at the
louse, told him he had better tell the
ruth and he then told what happened
lie says there was no quarrel and that
hey had been at play about quarter i,
i an hour when the accident occurred
When asked if he worried about himself,
e said, yes I'm worried, but it was Just
n accident, didn't do it on purpose. I h
ked Harry and We played together ev- \
ry day when Henry and George were a
way Clyde says he was not in st. ?
llbans last Saturday and Sunday and },
hat the last time he was there was
bout two weeks ago. The boy accused h
( the shooting told a little about his =
arly life. He said his mother left when :,
e was about five years old. He left ;,
,hool when Ia years of age and at that 4
me he was in the fourth grade. He );
,ys he helped his father. This morning
e asked to see mis- father A clergyman
ON ST. Albans, in whose Sunday school !.
ass both Clyde and his brother were
embers, went to see the boy this morn !,
q, merely for the personal interest he
I'd in him He says that the boys were =,
kable and mischeyous although not u
lngerous. =,
The dead boys body is at the under :,
king rooms OF j A. Gibson in Enosburg n
ais, where to-day an autopsy was per :;
rmed by DR.. G. F. Whitney of Burling. - :.
n Dr. c. G. Abel was present - -
Besides his father, Henry Wells, the !.
" is survived by four brothers One, -, -
erman, is a member OF Co, +, cavalry, y
Fort Ethan Allen. Young Woodward ~ ~
s three brothers and married sister ~ =,
ie latter lives in Orleans One of his :
others, Harlow, is a member of the -
me infantry company with Herman -
ellis.
Woodward is five feet tall and weighs oe
4 pounds. lie has brown hair and
-ge dark brown eyes
A secret inquest was conducted at the
ellis home yesterday by States Attor- fu
v McFeeters before Judge n " Post
this city. Deputy Sheriff H. H. Best
Enosburg Falls brought Woodward to =.
IS city by train at o'clock yesterday ~ ~
.ernoon and placed him in the Frank ~, ~,