Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1914 — MUCH TALK LEADS TO MURDER [ARTICLE]

MUCH TALK LEADS TO MURDER

Lumber Camp Cook Hits Opponent on Nose With Hammer —Is Killed With Rifle.

Berlin, N. H. —Fred Sullivan of Lewiston, Me., was arrested on the charge of murder in consequence of the death of George Bowen, a cook in a lumber camp ten miles from Crystal. Bowen was a native of North Stratford, and had been employed as a cook in New Hampshire lumber camps the greater part of his life. He was about thirty. According to the county ofllclals, the two men had an argument over which was the “better man,” and it resulted' in Bowen • striking Sullivan on the nose with a hammer. The latter Is alleged to have then obtained his rifle and pursued Bowen around the camp and fired a bullet through his body. Sullivan will be arraigned soon.