The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-09
State Has Cecil ]. Snow of
TOwnshend Placed
Under Arrest
ALLEGES HE SHOT
SARREL SAWYER
Respondent Furnishes Bail Of s250o
Tor April Term of County Court -
Denies He Shot at Object Under
Trees as State Claims

Denles He Shot at Object Under
Trees as State Claims.
Evidence in the possession of States
Attorney Z. W. Gibson resulted late
yesterday afternoon in the arrest of
Cecil Joe Snow of Townshend, who is
commonly called "Joe'' Snow, on the
charge of manslaughter, the charge grow.
ing out of the death of Sarrel SAWYER
of Townshend, who was shot and in
stantly killed while hunting deer on Mon
day morning of last week Snow was ar
rested by Sheriff Frank L. Wellman on
the states attorneys complaint.
Snow waived examination when ar
raigned before Judge A. E. Cudworth of
the municipal court, who was in Town
shend to act in the case, and was placed
under bonds of $500 to insure his an.
pearance at the next April term of the
Wndham county court at Newfane. His
mother, Mrs. Inez Moore, wife of Wal
lace Moore, and his grandmother. Mrs
Frances Snow, became surety for him and
he was released. The Moores live in the
Lowe neighborhood and Mr.. Moore ia
sawyer in w. III. Taft's mill in West
Townshend. Mrs Snow lives in Town
shend village
Mr. Sawyer. who was sc years old and
lived with his daughter and husband.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Watson, left home
about $50 O'Clock the morning of the
first day of the deer hunting season, GO
ing about mile on to West hill. be-
tween Townshend and West Towrishend.
About an hour later he was shot through
the heart and killed. Mr.. Snow, who
also was hunting in that locality, re-
ported to the selectmen about s o'clock
that he had found the body of Mr.. Saw
yer, and after seeing the body the select
men gave permission for its removal to
the Watson home. 1t was still warm,
and according to the selectmen Mr.. Snow
said he moved it somewhat from the po-
sition in which he found it.
That afternoon States Attorney Glib
son and Sheriff Wellman visited the
premises and Attorney General F. c.
Archibald ordered an autopsy and an in
quest The autopsy was performed next
day by DR.. B. H. Stone of the state
laboratory in Burlington and on the
same day some photographs of the sur
roundings were made by Benjamin A.
Crown of Brattleboro.
The autopsy showed that the bullet
struck Mr.. Sawyer in the heart. passed
through that organ in a downward
course and went through the stomach,
liver and right kidney and imbedded it
self in the right hip bone. 1t was a
30-30 bullet, the same calibre as those
used by Snow, whose rifle is in the pos
session of States Attorney Gibson.
Parts of Friday and Saturday were
taken up with an inquest before Assist
ant Judge F. B. Pier of the county court,
J but the results of the inquest are pri-
Ivate. Several persons who hunted deer
in Townshend the day of the shooting
lwere examined.
On Sunday night Mr.. Snow, who has
been canvassing in Rutland, came to
States Attorney Gibson and wished TO
tell him about his experiences the morn
ing of the shooting. The Rutland police
department had been in touch with Mr.
Snow few days so that he would not
leave without reporting to the chief, as
it was anticipated that there would be
D further proceedings in the matter. This
5 was the first time that States Attorney