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

the west and the other going to the east
AnSOn c. Smith. | was with Mr.. Griswold
when ne examined the tracks, saw the
same marks that he has spoken of also
| found the same kind of tracks in the road
going south-they were very plain and
seemed to be made by a horse going at great
speed.
.Jaruis GrisscOH Went with my brother
Julius and found the tracks he has spoken
of-observed the same peculiarities about
! them.
| William MOulhrop. I saw these tracks
at the bars-I saw the same tracks in the
| road going to the north and also on their re-
turn going sOuth-the tracks going south
were great deal deeper than when they
went up.
Horace Smith About ten o'clock, Satur-
day night, heard Il horse coming from the
north with great spcCd-I ran to the door,
! but before l got open he had got by NC
and should think from the sound he turn
I ed to the east at my house, live half a mile
south of MIR. Baldwin's--Harmon Potter and
[ were the only two neighbors that went
to the fire from the south-wc went around
the road by Julius Griswold's and did not 60
across the lots.
Harmon Potter. went to the fire with
Horace Smith-wc went by the rOad-my
daughter called me and said there was a
great fire.: was then 10 minutes after 10
o'clock.
Almira Potter. About 10 o'clock heard
the sound of n horse coming very swiftly
from the north-I rose up and lifted the cur
! tain Of the window and saw distinctly u man
on horseback coming from the north ut
great speed. He turned the corner Mt our
house and went to the east-hc did not go
around by the road, but across the turt-the
moment raised the curtain there was such
light it seemed as the world was on fire /;
this took off my attention from the man and
l cannot say what color his horse was-I
called to father and he got up and went to
the fire with Capt. Smith. The man that
went by our house went in silence-he did
not say anything or give any alarm Of fire
it was very light-as light as a pleasant
moonshiny evening.
morning, Isaac Baldwin Jun. called me out
of bed and wanted me to go with him down
to Moss barn and see if Moss horse was
there the barn is about three quarters of a
mile south of my house, lit lantern and
went with him-we found the saddle and
bride thrown over On to the bay and the
horse standing on the barn floor; he was then
dry, but we could see the prints OF the sad
die upon his side where he had been sweaty
and the hair stuck down by the saddle-the
hair on both sides of his neck was rubbed
up as if by the use of the bridle-he had
evidently been very sweaty-the barn Is
about eighty rods northwest of Moss house.
had been down to Moss the Thursday be-
fore the fire to draw lease Of the premises
from his mother to Isaac Baldwin Jun.-
while VIC were there Philo came in-he be-
gan finding fault about Baldwin's coming
there-~said he had better stay at home and
| take care of his parents-Said he had so
many fires in the iron, as old Caesar said,
some of them will get burnt-yes, get burnt
-he repeated it three times-with very
peculiar expression of The eye and shake of
the head-it was said in such a manner as
to excite my alarni-his eyes snapped, as
they say-taken in connection with the
manner in which it was said, it appeared to
me like threat.
isaac Bald,oin, Jun. (Called to same
points as last witness and fully corroborated
him.) -.f
John Welmore, Jun. On Sunday morning
the third Of April last examined the road
near my fathers at the request of Isaac
Baldwin Jun. found tracks on the valley
turnpike and traced them by their peculiar
appearance to the New Haven turnpike
they were going west--I did not find any in
the road west Of the turnpike--the shoe on
the left hind foot was longer than the one on
the right hind foot--the outside cork was
longer than the insidc-the shoe on the left
hind foot was very broad and short and the
toe cork of the left fore feet was worn away
on the insidc-I found the same tracks near
the bridge at the foot of south hill traced
them up the Wadsworth hill road by the
factory--they were then going east-l also
traced them by Cyrus Catlin's going in
the direction of Moss barnard also saw
them at tho bars of Moss barn and there
were some white hairs on the bars--the CO.
lor of Moss horse is very light grey near
ly white-all the tracks appeared to have
been made very recently.
Henry Bald,ein. | was living at Philo
Moss at the time the barn was burnt saw
him curry his horse on Saturday morning
i saw the horse just at night and he was
smooth and had not been rode that day.
George BolIes. The horse shoes now in
court were taken Off from Philo Moss horse
in my presence by William Rogers--thcre
are peculiarities about each OF them by
which can identify them; Qhe witness then
detailed the same marks as given by Wet
more) also tied leather strings into each
of the shoes and marked the initials Of my
names with the foot from which the shoe
came off, upon each shoe as fast as it was
taken off from the horse--these are the
same strings and the initials are still on
the shoes. We first examined the track at
the bars--they were not all of them perfect
but one or two were very plain-we tried
the shoe that came off from the off hind foot
into the track made by the off hind foot Of
the horse that stood at the bars-the outer
cork of this shoe is long and slender and
the inner cork is almost worn off-the shoe
fitted exactly into the traCk-the opposite
hind foot shoe is very short and broad-we
found that this fitted exactly into the track
| Dc %ho oahor hind foot of tho horse nf the