| Show DOGS BARKING IS CAUSE OF WOMANS accidental DEATH shot by husband in dark believing animal had warned of burglars burglar augusta maine A dogs barking in the early morning hours led to his bis death here when mrs annie herrin parmenter sixty was shot and killed by her husband henry 0 par menter parmenter creeping through his house in search of a burglar whose presence pr he be believed the dogs barking to signal fired bred at a light tn in the bands if his bis wife who also had arisen from their bed and the heavy bullet crashed into her body a few feet away she dies die quickly horrified he be carried her to the bed where she died before he be could summon aid police arriving in answer to par menters summons found a large wound in her right shoulder marking the bullets course medical examiner K R I 1 L mckay and county attorney H 1 0 I marden were summoned questioned by police parmenter who was near collapse said we were in bed about three w when hen we were awakened by the dog barking he was in the front of the house looking out a window he came to the bed licked my face and barked again followed the dog my wife said you better get up something must have happened I 1 got up and went to the front of the house following the dog to see what was wrong I 1 thought I 1 saw a light sh shining ning through the kitchen window 1 I got back to the bedroom and got my gurt gun from under the bed I 1 then walked towards the kitchen and as I 1 went through the dining room I 1 saw the flash of a light thought it was a burglars flashlight and fired my wife screamed and I 1 realized she must have got out of bed and followed me parmenter was formerly a deputy sheriff and for several years was a deputy city marshal here he told tol d police the number of breaks reported here lately caused him to think burglars were in his home when his dog awakened him |
