Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1839-02-28

Al am so called
s,s e B, Tee yegT 'ea applied to You for edg1o
A.-Yes
Odd you furnish them!
A.-No.
\ Q-When prisoner went out of the house ac
ter parting with his mother what course did he
takel
Am Eastery course.
d What is the distance to S;ylvanus Bates 2
About 300 rods
Q.-What time was it
About sunset.
Q.-Ilow long before the woman was shot1
A-She was shot little after o'clock. p. NJ
PHlLORMAN BATES, Sworn
When was returning from my work, | saw
my brother pass the house on the North side 7
ana the hired man drove up to the house and I'M
loaded potatoes, went to the barn. embarrassed
returned to the house, took pals and MIXED
strained the milk, set pals in milk-room and
washed me, and went into the kitchen Father
asked me to go into his room, followed him into
the bedroom He told me my brothers threats
we heard report OF gun, | sprang up and saw
man running north-easterly from the window
Where my wife was sitting, he ran betwixt an an
pe-tree and stake for hanging clothes, he GOT on
TO the fence ! heard my child CRY. ran ;n,o roy
room, the childwas falllAg from nv wife's Ian ~
the floor, catched the child before il reached
the floor gave the child TO my father, and tried
10 RAISE up my wife, but was unable, called TO NV
hlred man, he helped me lay her on the bed. as
passed the window perceived there was ball
hole IN the window. | sent the hired man 70
alarm the neighbors. He went.
Q.-At what time did YOU see the man ,eor
the gun was fired
Al took but step.
Q.-What distance was the man from, ,ho
window! '"0
Ale was about IL or Is feet from the win
dow where my wife was shot.
On what position was he!
Ale was partly upon wheel and a run.
Q.-Was he i'll shade of trees?
A.-No.
DIV hat distance was the man from where
you stood
A.-Twenty-live feet.
Odd you know the man?
Al have no reasonable doubts the n;oh.
was very light, the man had gun in his hand Il
was my brother, the prisoner knew him when
saw him--he ran about Is feet .hei;,re
Q.-From what did you Judge it to be your
brother!
A.-From his appearance, his look and his
motion. lie runs lower than common men,
cannot be mistaken.
Q.-What do you know ofhis previous threats
About three or four years since he said if
did not remove her he would be the death of
her if he suffered his own life in consequence
The grudge has never been removed, and he has /
ever shown the same feelings.
@. What did you do after this threat?
A. We removed our lodgings to another room
about week afterwards, to a room where we
thought we should be more safe.
@. Did you ever remove from the house in |
consequence of his threatsl
A. Yes; for about a week
q. When you saw the man run had he gun
in his hand! A. Yes,
@. How large is the bedroom where you and
your father werel j
A. 1t is eight feet one way, larger the other.
@. Did you and your father arrive at the win
dow together
A. No | arrived at the window first
q. How do you know he had gun?
A. | saw it.
O. Could you tell whether the barrel of the
gun was bright?
A. 1t had brownsh glisten.
q. Was you not liable to be mistaken?
A. We are all liable
q. Would not any person under such circum-
stances have ran as he did ?
A. | never saw man run like him; it was
a low squat run.
S' iioW hiSH NCiC HOm the
ground
A. 3 feet, perhaps l-2.
q. In what position was the gun?
A. 1t was swinging should say in his right
hand.
@. Did he apply to you for help for his de-
fence, and you refuse !
A. Yes; | thought it my duty.
q. Could he have hit the woman by firing,
without kneelingl
A. | think he could
q. Have you not said that you would do all
in your power to procure your brothers convic-
toni
A. No.
HEMAN DAVIS, Sworn
live with Philorman Bates, on the ID of Oct
1888, the sun about half an hour high, saw Mr.
Archibald l.. Bates about half way between the
house and orchard Mr. Philorman Bates and my
self went to the barn and embarrassed, | there
saw him in about the same place going towards
the house Il went in Mrs Harriet Bates asked
me to take her child which took and sat down
by the window; the clock struck seven while
held the child. Mrs Bates sat at the end ofthe ia
bic; she then took the child, | went out washed
me, and while out, heard a gum thought it
rifle very lightly loaded. Thought it was some
boy going by and fired a squib l went in, Phi
lorman said his wife was shot The child was