Show BEATEN WITH BARK PEELER Jealous Old Mnn Fatally Wounds Boarder and Beats Wife Near East Sullivan N H East Sullivan N If Sept O1alu chi Barnes Is confined in the county jail on suspicion that it was he who yesterday beat Mrs Barnes and Asabel Dunton an old man who lived with the Barnes family Dunton Is still unconscious uncon-scious from his injuries The fact developed de-veloped today that there had been frequent fre-quent auarrels between Barnes and Dunton the former being jealous of tit latter S Mrs Barnes first gave Sheriff Tuttle to understand that the house had been visited by a tramp who committed the double assault Today however she made a formal statement to the sheriff sher-iff which the latter said justified him I In taking Barnes into custody Afterward the sheriff went to the Barnes house and in the yard discovered discov-ered what Is believed to be the weapon with which the bloody work was done a barknecler having a blade two I feet In length and awooden handle of the sime length On the blade of the bark peelcr were blood stains and human hair He discovered absolutely no evidence evi-dence of a tramp having been In the vicinity last night or yesterday The principals In the case arc aged people Dunton Is 75 Barnes 7U and his wife 71 years of age Dunton has been a boarder In the family for several years although he has near relatives including a son living liv-ing Mrs Barnes is rapidly recovering from the effects of the assault but the doctors give no hope of saving Duntons life |