The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-05-19
BLOOD-SIAINED AUTOMOBILE;
BILLET PIERCED CLOTHING;
BUT NO BODY IS YET FOUND

vest, outer shi- trousers, was tax.
EN- to the Nor er police station. The
trousers sho & evidence of having
been pulled y a the body over the
Search ~ vicinity this forenoon
brought - ight two blood stained
handker1Sy on the river bank, about
quarG + mile apart. Neither
of Thea .ikerchiefs bore any distin.
guishins sarks, and neither was iden-
titled by Mrs Gay as having been the
property of her husband. One Of these
handkerchiefs was found at the But
Ter place just west of Green Mount
cemetery; and the other was near the
bridge at Montpelier Junction.
The theory of the officials is that
the crime was perpetrated by more
than one person, although there is no
evidence ais yet to indicate that thers
was more than one person involved
The police are somewhat puzzled by
the fact that the coat had no bullet
hole as it is believed that on a stormy
night. such as last night, the driver
Of a car would have had his coat but
toned.
The river, toward which the search
for the supposed body naturally was
directed, is fairly swift at that point
and il said to be from four to fve
feet deep.
So far as has been learned, no shots
were heard last night in the vicinity
where the car was found. B. A. Sum
ner's orchestra Of Montpelier played
at a dance in Middlesex last night, re
turning home about 2 Is this morning.
None Of the members of that party
saw the abandoned automobile in ,he
field. and, in fact, they saw only one
machine. Ford, which was returning
from the dance in Middlesex. Two
farmers who drove over the road last
night in teams saw nothing of tr,
car at that time.
GAYS mother, who lives at Franklin
Center, r. O., has been notified of the
disappearance of her son; and Mrs.
GAYS brother, residing in New Lon-
don, n. H.. has been notified
1t is stated that there was a mort
gage on GAYS place, which is in the
town of Granville, with postoffice ad-
dress as Hancock, and some believe
that the purpose Of the visit through
several towns yesterday was to raise
money with which to pay off part.
at least. of the indebtedness on his
place. That is at present only q
theory.
The location Of the abandoned au
tomobile near the highway between
Montpelier and Middlesex was on me
route which Gay might have taken IN
order to return to his home. going by
way OF Middlesex and Waitsfeld.
Clue to Barre Not Of Any Avail
A mans cap carrying chauffeurs
license button was found not far from
the vicinity of the abandoned automo-
bile, and the number of the license
brought officials promptly TO BARR,
where the Young man, TO whom the
chauffeurs number was issued, was
taken to police headquarters and close
" questioned.
After the questioning. the ofiicials
expressed themselves satisfied that the
young man in question was not con
cerned in this case. He admitted own
ership of ths cap but said he lost Il
some time ago when the wind whipped
it from the seat of the car in whicli
he was driving. He told the officials
that he was out riding last night vita
another Young man and two girls and
they didn't go north of Barre except
to East Montpelier. After the OH,
cials had satisfied themselves they al
lowed the young man to go.