Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1842-09-08

but in adjoining towns, as was apparent from the
dense mass of spectators that hronged every part of
the Court Room, and every avenue to its approach
The Report was prepared by a gentleman, from
the notes of one ofthe Counsel in the case. +,
STATE Us. PHILo MOSS. 'qn,
EVIDENCE FOR THE PROSECUTION.
Julius Gris,OoM. live sixty rods east of
the residence of Isaac Baldwin and was the
carpenter who built his house. The premi-
ses consist of main building, 30 feet IN
length from north TO south, and "a feet from
east to weston the west side of the building
is an l. part, Is feet in width and running
west in a line with the north line of the main
building ~ feet, divided into kitchen occu-
plying 80 feet next west of the main building !;
u wood house 81 feet next west of the kitch-
en-, and hog pen 8 feet in length next west
of the wood house-neXt west Of the l. part
comes the barn, which when first built, stood
10 feet and or 10 inches west of the l. part
and overlapping it about 8 feet-it was SO
feet in length from east to west and % feet
wide-Mr. Baldwin had afterwards built a
cow house 10 feet wide on the east end of
the barn running entirely across it, which
brought it up TO within s or 10 inches of the
l. part. On the south side Of tho barn
NUOut Tue ttttuuLG WCtC lho uidil rUOOIS
through the centre of the barn, tho barn
floor about eleven feet widc-on each side of
the floor. on the north end of the barn, were
mows of hay, but the NOW on the east side
had been cut down and foddered out to the
cattle, so that it did not extend more than
half way across the barn. mean that there
was no hay in the bay on the east side Of the
barn floor ondhe south half Of the barn--but
on the west side Of the floor there was large
NOV. .
On Saturday night, the 81 of April after
had got to bed, was reused by the cry Of fire
II got up and ran to Baldwin's house-when
got there, the fire was bursting out Of the
east gable end of tho barn, above the cow
house--it had caught on the L part over the
kitchen and was blazing on the roof within
20 feet of the main building-we got on to
the roof with ladders and by pulling it off
and stripping the sides of the building pre-.
vented the fire from catching the main build
ing. The roof of the barn soon fell in and
the whole barn and about 10 feet Of the
morning counted the carcasses Of nine
cattle and three calves that had been burnt
in the barn. The shingles on the roof had
been on about twelve years and were very
dry--there was south west wind and blow
ing fresh-t blew the fire directly from the
barn to the main building and set fences aud
ssumps on fire in the fields 30 or 40 rods off.
Dr.. L.scius s. Turner. / was ut Amos
Dickinson's the night of the fire-I had left
his house and gone out towards his barn
while was standing there with his son the
clock struck TENN a few minutes turned
to go into the house, and in climbing over
pair of bars it fetched my face 10 the south
I saw light in Baldwin's barn--it seemed
like two candles about ten or eleven feet
apart and six or seven feet from the hoor--it
increased very fast--I stepped to the window
and raped on it for Dickinson's folks to
como out--we thought at first it might be n
furnace in the barn. but the next moment
saw it was "a fire-then l started and gave
the alarHn-I ran to Baldwins house, got
into tho kitchen of the main building and
stumbled over a stove, and finally got into
Baldwin's bed roonl-I pulled him out OF bed
he appeared very stupid and did not appear
conscious of any thing until I got him on to
the foor--I then went out doors--the flames
had burst out of the east gable end Of the
barn above the COW house-and tho roof OF
tho I. part was all on fire-there was no fire
in the stable-I could see the cows through
the cracks bounding about and trying to get
out fthe stanchels.
Dickinson's house is about forty rods north
of Baldwin's. and is the nearest house.
Hhamar Dickinson. Son of Amos Dickin-
son. (This witness corroborates the state
ment Of DR.. Turner--he also stated that
when he got to Baldwin's house old Mrs. b.
had Just got up and that the flames were
then catching on the roof of the L part)
Frederick Grissoold, William. Gris.coM and
Lorenzo Weimore were all witnesses to the
fire aud gave substantially the same account
%hnI oe Nxryi4s ec1n
ing in the l. part over the kitchen and was
not aroused till the roof was burning above
him.
isaac Baldwiss. am in my I'D year
my wife is one or two years older. In the
evening of Saturday. i had been into the sta
bic to sec my cows-I had an old fashioned
tin lantern with lighted candle in it-this
was about half past 8 o'clock-the door of
the lantern was q little open--I did not set
it down any where--I went into the stable
only half way-I went behind the cattle and
not near their heads-the sta bic had been
very wet and foul that day and had clear
ed It out Just at night-thcrc was no hay or
straw in it--the witness here gave the same
description Of the mows of hay as Mr.. Girls
gold haI done) went In the house and went
10 bed dis not know any thing more until
DIR. Turner waSed me by pulling me out of
gbed-uhe witness then gave description of
the fire similar to the other witnesses) had
been unusually fatigued that day and slept
sounder than common-my wife is subject
to occasional feeble turns, but on that day
was about as we'll as usual.
Daniel Hall and Asohel GrisWod were at
the barn on Saturday afternoon and saw
the wet and foul condition of the stable.
julius GriswoH recalled. On Sunday
morning the Sd of April, found at the bars
about 40 rods south of my house the tracks