Litchfield enquirer., 1850-09-12

picked up a walnut hoop pole, and cut
 the ends of it. picked upa hemlook elS about two and a half feet long. Went ( to the house. Calhoun opened the door, au
 went into the kitchen. 1 went after hin
 Calhoun went into the bed TOOm--cam
 back to the outside door. Said 1t was
 dark he could not see anything. He tne
 walked back, and pulled ont ahe Iar' drawer Mr. White then got up, and cam
 IO the bed rOom door, and asked what wa
 wanting !? Calhoun said, "some bIanGy,' White said, You cant have any Cal
 boun ihfr struck him. He salIied back CaIhoun struck him again, and knocked
 him mn ,o inc bed. He said 10 the, come on, fellow, and hit him." l went up ant struck him several blows. Calhoun Struci him again, and we both went out into th' kitchen. Found candle on the hearth Calhoun It it, and we went back mo tnt bed room and to1k the things out oI ms pocket, There were two wallets, and heart-skin with some change In II. we
 went out into the kitchen, and took Some change out of the table drawer. Calhoun
 then tried to break open the north Ioo" door. He took a slice and tried to ara"
 rhe staple in the door twice, and II oent- then to,k a hammer and succeeded m draw ing the staple, and nearly broke the nam mer off the handle. He then weht into the north room, came back, and said he found no,hipe. He then tried 10 break open ches, on inc south side of the kitchen. Could not break it open-took SleoSe anu smashed in the lid. We rumaged over the pa pers in it, but found no money. Calhoun then took bottle out of the cupboard in the but,ery, and we started and went back m ,o the mountain. Got little way from the house. asked for something to drihk. He said had got enough-we must look ont how we drank or we shonld get down.
 When going up the mountain, l asked when he expected Cobb back. (OoJected to by MT. Chapman. States Attorney waiv> ed the point, after short discussion.) We went up to the shanty and built tire.- The indian had not been there. we coun- ted the money. There were Si:uM %s!oV' There were $50 in gold-and $5O bill on the Bridgeport Bank. The rest was in small bills and silver. We divided the mons ey-flled Calheun's bottle out ot the oran- dv we took from White's-I took the bot tle we took from Whites. Went home and went 10 bed. Got up in the morning drank the rest of the liquor l-threw the bots tie into the brook, and broke it. Ate my breakfast, and went up to Cobb's. When I was going across the bridge, Cobb and Calhoun came out of the house, and went tow ards the saw>mill, and went to the saw mill. Cobb said, You did well, boys ; you are bloods." Said we did it up, over the end. We then made up our minds that we would clear out that day. We started to see the Indian before we went. We went over to Menasseth's shanty-found be had been there and left some pork and bread.- We there divided the money again. Cobb took one third. He took the $50 bill. He took more than one third, because there would be danger in getting the bill changed: We then started down to Sales,' to see if we could find Menasseth. We got to the road, and heard that White was dead. We changed our minds there. and considered 1t was not best to clear out, because we should he suspected. We went to Sales Men assath had gone from there on to the moun> tain. We went back on to the mountain again; and he had gone up to Arnum Cobb and Calhoun went from there home. l waited at the shanty a spell for Menas> seth he did not come, and started with some men down to MT. Whites. Went in' to :he kitchen-turned round and went ou' and came home. The next day in the af- ternoon, (Monday,) saw Menasseth. told him they had been speaking of us, and were talking of arresting us. and examin' ing us as to where we were Saturday night He said. Bury the money, and keep still.' We agreed to say on our examination, that we went to little run of water below the saw-mill, and drank with him-I turned north, and went home. did not see him again, to have any talk with him, till after the examination. then asked, if the boys had given him any of the money. He said No. offered to divide miRe with him. He said he did not want more than couple of shillings, or 25 cents. He didn't wan
 more than quarter besides what he coult prove where he got it. He told me to bur,
 mine, and not to have more than one or tw' dollars by me at a time. went to worl piling wood. Came from work Tuesda. night. Father told me that Cobb and Cal
 houn had been arrested in New York, an'
 brought back to Colebrook River. mad 0u SXCuSC tO HUI tO ShSAt OhS OA SuS 6A
 bors-lug up the money, and cleared out
 Wandered up to White Hall-was arreste' and lodged in jail at Salem. When there wrote down to B. B. Rockwell, of Cole
 brook, stating that Calhoun,lmyself, Loren 20 T. Cobb and Menasseth were all con cerned in the murder of White. Was brought back to Calebrook.
 The remainder was given in answer to questions by the States Aturney.1
 Am twenty years old-was nineteen when the murder was committed-was born and brought up in Colebrook, or rather came up. Have been acquainlsd with Calhoun
 since July 4. 1S49-wilh Cobb more than g year--have known him some time, Knew
 Menasseth about six months, three or foul
 years ago, and since last fall. lived wher
 called upon by Menasseth, at Sandy Brook
 at Eraslus Doty's house. boarded a
 Scouts my brolher>in>law. chopped logs
 and worked around generally. Cobb livet
 at his fathers. It is half a mile iron
 Cobb's to Doty's house. Calhoun live'
 with Cobb. Don't know that he did an,
 thing. Menasseth lived on the mountain
 It is from one half to two miles from Men asSe,h,s shanfv fan White'S We remain