The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-19
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant L. Prem
tiss Of st. Adams Dead
from Revolver Wounds
HAD QUARRELED,
BOARDER SAID
The Theory Is That Prentiss
Shot His 7..y,ife in
r.

| st. Adams, Sc - 9.-Drs. B. II. Stone
and C. f. Whit : arrived in st. Adams
this morning = the purpose Of holding
an autopsy : e bodies of Mr. and Mrs.
Grant L. p ) IS, the former of whom is
said to hg : not his wife and then him
self. IT, stopsy on Mr. Prentiss' body
was perfoi.ned this morning and on Mrs
Prentiss' this afternoon. Besides these
doctors, States Attorney w. R. McFeet-
ers and Drs. w. B. Arnold and S. w.
Paige were present.
The tragedy was discovered when a
boarder, Fred w. Watson, returned to
the house and saw Mrs. Prentiss uncon.
scious at the supper table. Watson says
that when he left the house he heard
Prentiss telling his wife that she was
not to 90 downtown that evening; but
he did not hear more, as he left to go
after the milk. II is said that Prentiss
had been drinking heavily of late. A re-
volver with two shells exploded was
found under the bed in Prentiss' room,
where he was found.
Mrs. Prentiss was shot from behind,
the bullet going through one cheek. She
would have been 35 years old in Novem-
Der. Mr.. Prentiss was Al last Janu-
ary.
Sheriff G. c. Holmes was at his homs
on North Main street when he received
the call. He .'phoned DIR. w. j. Upton
of Bank street, started out in his car,
met DR.. Upton at the corner of Brainerd
and Messenger streets, and on their way
picked up Deputy Sheriff L. p Martin
and Policeman Patrick Fitzgerald.
The officers found Mrs. Prentiss at the
table, her head and one arm, in pool of
blood. As soon as the doctor found the
hole, he called another doctor. A phone
message was sent to DR.. Arthur Martin
and the city health officer, DR.. w. B.
Arnold, was also summoned.
The officers then questioned Fred w.
Watson, boarder in the house, and he
.old the following story:
II went to a neghbor's after milk,
eavng Prentiss, his wife and little girl
n the house. When / returned walked
through the front hall to the kitchen, fed
he cat as usual, and put away the
milk ! then went into the dining room,
where I found Mrs. Prentiss at the
able, as YOU saw her when you arrived.
went Immediately to the telephone at
! neighbor's house and called the sher-
f."
1t was at this point that Sheriff
Iolmes directed Deputy Martin to look
he house over Taking a lamp, Mr..
Iartin went upstairs and Immediately
allied for a doctor.
DIR. Upton found bullet hole through
he mans head, but no indication that
he razor that lay beside him had been
sed. Later, a 3s-ealibre revolver was
under the edge of the bed.
pparently, Mr.. Prentiss had sat on tho
de of the bed and shot himself
The surviving member of the family is
daughter, Katherine, s years old. The
tile girl was found last night after the
'agedy at the home of William Prentiss
t SO Messenger street. The girl said
lie was going there last night when she
et her father going home. The two
rentiss families were not related but
I'd lived in the same house and were
,od f.iends.
Besides the daughter, Mr.. Prentiss has
rec brothers, Guy C. Prentiss of this
ty, Edward of Springfield, Mass, and
,orge of Milton; also two sisters, Mrs.
Jorge Taylor of this city and Mrs. Da-
d A Elliott of White River Junction.
RS. Prentiss' father lives in Milton and
arrived here this morning