Litchfield enquirer., 1832-03-15

top NRe oloOo Woe oetWeen sne stoue anu stump six inches disiaat. maa's head could lie beiwee" the stone and stump. Blood soaked along by ihe side Or the s,one. In the scufle between Orloa and Ili ram old Mr. Root used no viOlence. There was a general cry to Hiram to give it to oriOn. OrtOH showed no ill will towards old Mr. Root. Hiram and OrOW had two scufaes after came 10 the Pi'. Whe"
 first went to the pit, while shaking hands with Mr. Root, OruOn came Wp and said, " You was against me a, Norfolk" addressing himself to me. Tire old man told him to get away and let alone. Orion manies- ted no ill will towards old Mr. Root; this was two hours before the fracas Advised OrtOn to go away afier TWO or three scufles with Hiram. OrlOn was progressing south when Hiram followed and spoke to him; threw down on. or both ends of the club used no violence; heard nothing from OrIon and Root aE ter they went west. Hiram and Or:on Trad sqnab bles nfer he went to the pit Orion in the squabbes su uck Hiram; they were. boosting of their strength. Old Mr. R. said once, Pull them apart" 'The de- ceased was not drunk for him; drunk "s he might have been; was sxty-two years "Id, troubled ,O see, partially blind; was capable of performing pretty good days work pretty careful when he walk ed did not do much work that day. Did not tell Setiswick it was lwO.hundred rods from the pit [" wleEe OroO overlook the company, but probably said it was one hundred. Perpendicular height of rock from seven ieet-above the blood. Blood about six inches across, and had soaked iM from three to i've inches. The hair club was dark brown. Mr. Ks
 hair was whsh, but darker sides of hs head; was three or four inches long, Both eyes were affected Walked with more care than formerly could chop wood with an axe. Countenance on Saturday nut tha. of man drunk. There was blood on the upper part oi the hat inside it could have run up there from the head. Was a, the pit a; the time of the quar- rel. ~sM
 Benjamin ANen.-Therc were three duarrels be- tween Hiram and Orton; the old gentlemen thought it not proper tolcit fight. told him HiramcouId beat: he said he knew it he could whip hmi old as he was. After Or,on got up the third time, he took up pole and went south a few rods: moved 10 the south side of the road. Pretty after seeing him in that situation left the pitt supposed the rest were going.
 By comse for state.-Hram got the advantage the first time, and took Orton down. Orton said he did not wish to fight, and Hiram let him up. The third time, Orton got Hiram down, bul after while Hiram got him under. I told Hiram he ought to fog Orton he said he could not Aog ,ha. would laugh him in the face. About sun half am hour high when the squabble commenced. | think left the pit before Orton and Amos Root; went off with Mfr. Humphrey. Witness the body after it had been iou"d by the Calder girl it lay straight on the ground, head lay one or two feet higher than the feet, with the face root of large stump No blood on the root or ground, bu, Lands and face; elbows rested on the
 ledge: hands up the face hat the head loosely;
 nseps out straight; one shoe off; paOtaoons torn, scratches the legs, one six or seven inches in length the scratches up and down; there were some bruises, bat skin not torn about knees; blood in those parts. The shoe tha, found compared with the one There was blood in the upper part f,be hat, which could not have up from the head as i: lay; dry blood the face. Searched forblood, and the frs. discovered was on stone two or three rods from the hody ahe next found was as ihe bot. tom of ,he ledge eleven rods from tlse body; three drops wittmi,e distance of two feet but it prin= cipalIy within the compnss Of eight inches there two clos five or six inches apart within the large hody Other blood found at the distance of 3sor rods on the patlI the coa-pit, and wo other spots be- tween the main quantity and the body: Tie ground is porous where the principal bleod found. Don't be- lieve Amos Root was intoxicated. The club here looks like the one O,.on took could not say wheth- CT i, was soft maple birch. The prissnersiI con- vefS0lOn Wttn Me tWicc WonM give no @cCOuHt Ot what ke had done with the oub, and oRly repicdio my inquiries the subject, that he was innoceht told him it would be strong circumstance in his fa vor if he could tell where the clul,awns, and the third
 time spoke to him about it he seemed to hear 10 me;
 he then said hc might have left it a, Calders, drop ped it the way-,hat he could saot recollecl the stick he took it up for a walking siaE
 By prisoners counsel.-Tho three conversations different times 6rst time said he inno- cent. bu, did not seem disposed t0ssay much on the subject. He told me he did not go round the road where they supposed he did, but went across.s The land is rough across. think Orion could go around quick across; timber logs alIs over the swamp
 Marshall Humphrey questioned by counsel for the sta,e.I did not discover blood on Orton's clothes when he went from the pit. M I
 Abner Bailry--Was n, ,He pit. Or,on began to die. course with Mir. Allen; was pretty sapcy. T and Mir. Root went away after leaves he raaed them as fas, as could carry and put ,hemAin. Didn', consider Root ih state of intoxicaon. Witness left the pit about an hour high. Root could see very we but said he would no: go home then. Sometims af. ter got home in the evening, Or,on came in with blood the shoulder, shri about the shoulder some blood his hands and face, and on his pan,a.
 looms. charged him with having. been fighting; he said he had not, hut tha. he had betn molestes by two men who came out of tho woosls and beat him
 with club. While talking with him, my hoys whom had left at the pit, came in one of them looked