Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-22
Especial to The Bulletlh)


 Danielson. May 21.-Edwin E. Spalding, set the Almyvlle section of MoqsuD into state of terror Saturday evening when he started on rampage and shot up the community wounding seven, three of the number being taken to the Backus hospi- tai in Norwich.
 Spalding. after taking refuge in nearby woods, went to the home of friend. Frank Barber, asking him to get an of 6cer which Barber did. and Spalding during the early hours of Sunday morn ing was brought to Danelson in charge of -.ate Policeman Albert s. Field in charge of the local barracks, Arthur w. Williams and Merrill, Keith.
 Spalding told Bulletin reporter, in the presence of Chief John Mcfarland of the Danielson police. at the police station here this morning that he had decided to shoot up the community in which he lived because he had been made the target Of an infinite variety of heetorins and pes tering over period of more than two vears because as he described the sit luatic,u. the colony of foreigners in which he lived made life miserable for him. and had finally driven him to desperation as the result in his opinion. of their raiding his chicken coOns, breaking into his home and robbing it. and subjecting him to a constant campaign of sneerspg and teas ing that had almost driven him buggy = word he used himself
 i Spalding appears to be moron. peace | ful enough so long as no one interferes with his mental processes and does not hammer his plan of what life should be, as he sees it's prospect. but dangerous in | ,he extreme if he takes a dislike to any one or anything.
 | He tod The Bulletin representative that he lay on a wooded hillside after the | shootng-debating with himself as to several plans of action, favorite among | these being to go back into the com munity from which he had fed and xii i that girl and then commit suiside But I finally decided that the Polaeks wonic | kill me if I went hack. l thought -tht whole thing over Had hsen younger l would have made my way stealthiiy | through the woods. getting something tC eat fl I could. going without food if couldn't. and finally make my escap' 1 from the country But l am not young and my health is not good I suffer SC were pains from my feet. which wer' frozen years ago. and I knew could no hold out long. so 1 finally decd ded to gt to the home of Frank Barber who hal been good friend of mine. and give my self un And did this. I know I am il a. had fix, but I think it is because thil government does not give enough protec tion to Americans and lets foreigners d. as they please"
 Glad Shooting Not Fatal.
 Shading was much relieved when toit by The Bulletin correspondent that non of the persons he had shot had died '' don't believe they can get me flor frs degree for th's" he declared. "I couldn
 stand it any longer They have beel bothering me for years"
 Snaldine says that the continuation e all his grievances came Saturday nigh
 after Polish eiri had run baby car
 rlaee down through his garden He toi
 her to gpt out and she appealed to he
 father, accord'ng to his version of tn
 sTai- Tine father laughed and take
 with his daughter. SDeakng in Pol;sf
 S7aiding says and then the man nov
 under arrest says he felt that he cou!
 stand this constant teasing no longe
 and went into his house for shotgun
 Ee returned with it and orened fir, Spaldfng cou1 rot he induced to reviel
 in detail justN what happened thereafte
 and says his memory is not clear as { just what he did but he admits shootin
 m the neighhorhood and firing into 1 group of oeoDle who were standing tC
 gether Then he went back to the hous tcok other firearms and made his wa into wooded country that WAS near by. However, as the result of the mlniatur