Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-06-06
OF THE RIOTERS,
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a. ,en o'clock on Saturday morning the
examination was resumed before Justice Cush-
ing.
No vgs IN duty in the Court House at the
time q the attack, Just as he arrived at the
rresF door, he saw it barst open--saw two or
more men come in; they were colored people;
.aw Batchelder there; he was just before me,
5,he Witness, and turned round and said, 81
am s4abbeas" took hold of him and carried
him to the Marshal's room; staid there with
A;u, til he died. There were six or eight
men between witness and the door: Batchel-
Aer,s Asce was towards witness, and he was
,Yetroating from the door.
Sullivan w. Cutting testified that he was
~ si,e Court House at the time Of the attack;
when the door was forced in, saw three men
acome is; one bad an axe in his hand; the
white man was ahead; the other two were
colored men; the white man. and one negro
fought in the doorway moment, and then
went out they fought with witness, Batch
elder, and another mans Batchelder was in
front, and bore the brIlnt of the attack the
white man had something in his hand which
wltYess could not see; one Of the negroes had
An axe, the other had nothing, so far as the
witness could see; saw Batchelder receive
en- back; Batchelder was facing the men who
game I'M witness was at his left hand; the
three men turned round and went out: wit
ness locked back, and saw Batchelder fall in
the Marshars room; did not know he was
hurt; supposed he was shot, as there were
two or three guns fired into the door from
without Batchelder sailed, went back, and
fell; he was at that time engaged with one of
the three men, which one witness could not
tell: the minute the door was burst open they
fred at the door; cannot positively identify
any one there is the colored man who came
in; thinks, from his complexion Thomas jack
son was the one; it was large sized negro
who had the axe cannot identify the white
man; thinks he had stone or brick bat in
his hand; he struck Batchelder, he struck
both hands forward at him; Batchelder struck
him with his club, and he went back to the
door.
q Dr.. C. H. Stedman testified that he made
post mortem examination of the body of
Batchelder; in the region of the groin, three
inches to the lett of the front bone, was a
smooth, clean incision, which measul ed one
inch in length; the wound was in an inward
aud backward direction, and the femoral arte-
ry was nearly divided; the depth from the
surface was six and a half inches; the wound
WIS upWdIusg 81 llldi Tue tAlQ W as lMO 1uCllGS
higher than the orifce. On examining the
head there were four wounds through the
scalp, an inch in length; there was a bruise
on the forehead one of the cuts was an in
cised wound, as if made with sharp instru-
meut; the Others were made with blunt in
strument; the opinion was that the man came
to his death from the sudden loss of blood fol-
low NJ the div son of the fen o al artery, and
that the wound was inflicted with long,
narrow' and sharp instrument.
William Crowley corroborated the previous
testimony, as to the attack on the door of the
Court House, and that one of the colored
men had an axe in his had; some one gave
him zap with club; ne dropped the axe,
and witness took it up; met the Marshal and
others, carrying Batchelder to his room; can
not identify any one who was there. Two
or three pistols were fired after Batchelder
was carried in; the bullets struck the ceiling,
and fell down.
Watson Freeman testified as to the attack
on the Court House; was near the west door
with some fifteen men when it was forced in;
no words were spoken by the men that he
could distinguish; saw no person distinctly out
side after the door was forced; think there
were one or two who came inside; was the
second or third person back of the man who
was stabbed; Batchelder and others were near
the door endeavoring to prevent the crowd
from entering; Batchelder exclaimed, 81 am
stabbed" and as he staggered back witness
partly caught him. The exclamation was
made immediately after the door was forced;
heard firearms before and after the door was
forced. At the time of forcing the door,
swords and pistols were in his private room.
Is not aware that any of his men had any
weapons other than 80 lillies -
Adjourned till 10 A. NJ. on Tuesday.