The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-10-22
BOY KILLED BY FRIEND
Then He Dragged Bodysto Field and
BurledSlt

ST. Adams, Oct. lS.-Clyde wood
ward aged II years, was brought
here late this afternoon from Enos-
burg and lodged in the Franklin
county jail, there to await the out
come of the investigation into the
death of 11-year-old Harry Wells Of
Enosburg. The boy was shot to
death early yesterday morning by
Woodward according to the boy 5
own story, end then was buried = or
80 rods from the house. Woodward
claims the shooting was accidental.
Harry Wells iivsd with his father,
Henry Wells cnl brother, George,
older, on the mountainside in the
town of Enosburg near the Montgo-
merry line in what is known as the
Austin neighborhood. The mother of
George and Harry died few years
ago and Harry has had to do good
deal of the housework for the family
since. Clyde Woodward cousin,
moved to Enosburg short time ago
from this city, where his father,
Joseph Woodward, now resides on
Lascelle street, in the section known
as "The Blocks"
About six o'clock yesterday morn
ing Mr.. Wells and son, George. left
the house to go to work. leaving
Harry and Clyde alone in the house.
Mr.. Wells is day laborer. Soon af-
ter they left the two boyS at the
house began to play war. according
to the Woodward boys story; Harry
was German and Clyde an Ameri-
can. Clyde had 32-calibre revolver,
which he says he did not know was
loaded He went into the pantry and
Harry followed him, whereupon Clyde
pulled the trigger of the revolver and
his little playmate fell to the floor
with a gaping wound over the left
eye. Health Officer c. G. Abel of
Enosburg Falls who was summoned
last night after Clyde confessed to
the killing, is of the opinion that
death was instantaneous. Clyde
dragged the body to the outside door
of the house and then carried it on
his shoulders to a point about 25 or
80 rods distant. There he dug a
grave foot or foot and half deep,
placed in it the body and covered the
grave with leaves, ferns and old
sticks. So cleverly was the grave
concealed that it is said 1t would
have been difficult for anyone to have
discovered it had they not been di-
rected to It, After burying the body
Clyde hid the revolver 20 rods away
in another direction.
When the father and son returned
from work they began to make In
quires about Harry and at first Clyde
said that when they were playing he
went out for some water and when
lshe returned Harry was gone and he
had not seen him since. Later, he
told Leon King that he had shot
Harry while at play and
buried the body When Health Off
Ger Abel and Selectman W. j s Chat
fee questioned the boYY 1heA repeated
the confession to them A and after
midnight by lantern light the officers
found the body. .ag,a9o5a hre
1t is learned that Clyde was in St
| Adams last Saturday and Sunday. A
member of the police force said that
| he saw him in the Central Vermont
| station Sunday and that he had been
| drinking at the time The young
mans mother it is said, ran away
| some time ago with a man named
| Tonty Garrison, and it is supposed
that she lives in Plattsburgh, N Y
| The family came here some years
ago from Montgomery. When the
boy lived in this city he and broth
er, Charles, were inmates of the
| Warner Home for time and were
pupils in the Congregational Sunday
school. Both were likeable little
boys, full of mischief, but not of 8
| malicious kind.