Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-03-06
By GEO. II. BEAMAN

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branches II was Ike Shaw, q. dead a,
! door nail-s, any fs;N though, 80 then
Wa. Ne alive Nss he murdered -
Whs, did you do with him ! cIolslm,d sev.
sral voices from the crowd
Keep cool. neighbors. keep coil cried
the smith rhcrc, YOU have nigh about set
,ha, poor gal INTO hs, he continued point
,ng to Hannah who wss binding towards
hun with elhspcd hand, and a look Of wild
anIieiy IN her face, i shouldn't wonder
now II she fains clear sway when ,e YOU
,hs the poor fellow was cold and aff. with
knife hole in his side, vr, there was q
breath Of life in him
HIS predictions were right With n sin.
/ gle gasp Hannah frll nero. her faihefs
! LAP quite ,cnselrss hut every one present
WAS 80 occupied with tho Witnesses that
she remained unno,iced
I have powerful strong arms continued
the blacksmith, extending his great hands,
20 ! took the poor fellow mp and carried
him down 10 the coal cabin There was a
bunk full Of straw IN one end, md n spfing
Of water close by After | had worked
over HIM a while, he come too ltlle, and
nskrd here had found him OF course
was rather curious to know how he
canr 10 be bleeding in the brush Re seem.
I'd 10th 10 t., but at last ownrd that when
! he was riding with David Hun, through
the storm, some onc fell upon him in the
dark. flung him from the horse. plunged a
! knife into his SIDE and l. f him scn.elcss on
the ground Hc suffered terribly, and the
thought thai Hunt had attempted bis life,
seemed 10 HUT him worse than his wound
/ he begged me no, to mention the matter,
as he vas determined not TO prosecute the
old rnnn, md he fcnrcd that tie affair could
no, be hushed up il the people knew tina, he
was wounded II came hard for me TO he
lieve that Hunt WIS murderer and a rob.
bert was IN hopes TIM; something woull
turn up 10 clear him. 80 made up my
mind To keen quiet | doc,ored Shaw ns
well ms could and wrn, home, promising
to come back after dark with Wagon and
take the poor fellow home with me.
When came - the cross.road. again IN
my WY home | searched abou, among the
brush 20 see II I coulI End anv thing. -
There was iulc hall-w close by the
road, and up ono side saw The sod was
torn, rs If a horse had los, his foo,path and
slipped down a sn,ssfrns bush, close by
was broken and one OF its roo.s torn up md
RICH, there tangled with the root, picked
up n horse shoe knew II IN minute,
for the small nail. had been torn from the
hoof, but had stuck in tho shoe vet md de-
clare for tho first minute nv heart few into
nv mouth Well | .earchcd around in
hopes 10 find something more, bu, thi,
scrap ofsik with bit Of twinc tied 10 j, was
all tina, could find |, dill not seem 10 be
Of mach consequence, bat btough, i, home
wi'h tho horse shoe
As | came into town. Whcele 5 horse
stood 10 crook Of the frnco down in the
u lcc's TO- 90 jus, climbed the bars and ex
ahmed his hoof the one that had shol
the night before was as hare rs my hand
Bv this time | was pretty well satisfied
who was the murderer, out vet nnv othe
man nigh, have been ms certain ms was
went over 10 the tavern, md asked nbo u
Wheeler oi the folks in the kitchen -
They told me- that he WINS sick in bed, nnC
had been oil night dying with the ,oothnche
Just then the hosIler came down with Whcr
lers dandy boots in hand he had BRUSHED
onc, when happened to sec something tina
made me anNlons to get the dirty boot -
The hosiIer went out minute and snatch
I'd m the boot and mnds for home
We'll, square, took the horse nnl wing
gon and went afcr Shaw that night NJ,
old woman here, i. "a first rate muse nnt
hc beg1n TO get better after awhile. but th
, minute he's ms weak rs n baby. irving to 81
+ up lnlle for the FIRST time this very day
nover told him n word about Wheeler
nor nnv thing concerning the trial o. Hun,
, r. he wns e weak tn, il mic', have XII
I'd hln Is SIDES that | wanted 10 see wha
kind of lawyer | should make Now
squire, continued h" good b blacksmith. Nv
taken oath tina, ihs.hoe is the one which
, PIT on William Whrclers horse nj eich
o'clock ihc nigh, of the s,orn, md that
found It Just after davlIGh, on the vert
spot where Isaac Shaw was Sabbed Now
observe thi, boot; tho clay upon it is red
such as can bc found a, no .po, hercabouts
cxcep, a, the crossroads took the boo
with nv own hands. md measured Vt by
hafa dozen Of The tracks left on The spot
They fitted j, like glove Now squire
-, here is the piece Of s'k it looks very
much like the silk handkerchief that Mr.
William Wheeler has got around his neck
He had the same concern on tie night
shod his horse
Every eye IN ne room wa, turned upon
, Wheeler " no cas-, a sharp glance behind
/ him and made another desperate effort tc
, force his way throug6 the door. By lhl
time the crowd WAS IN a state of Wild com
. tnouon, those outside pressed up against tn
windows, eager to learn wha, was passing
IN the count room, where the oIciemen
4 was increasing every moment
T. OF with his handkerchief of with il