Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-02-23

| good deal 1t bad either been used good Clllie
| or used Uery badly A pistol with any common
use in four or five days. would not look like this.
never saw one, that, with a few DAYS use, exhib-
| tied the hook that this did
PtinehaS E. DaUts. Was Constable in Ha-
| verhl when Thompson's store was broken open.
1t was on the night of Aug. 10, so. On the
| morning of the 10th, / went out to post some
| bills, and, on my way, saw people gatheredat the
| store, and learned what had taken place. have
memorandum of it, with the date saw the
| chisel, now shown, there.
| Nathan FIetcher.-l lived in Bradford, across
| the river from Hayerhill, in 1858 | was post
| master and State Representative. l saw crowd
around the door of Tkompson's store, the
| morning of Aug. Doth, 1853 fix the time by
| paper, THE Banner" which got at Haverhill
| Friday afternoon, Aug. 26.
Stephen Thompson, Recalled-There were
| considerable number of persona about my store
that morning, in and out. I did not see Mr..
| Davis, the Constable, there | do not reeolect
| having any conversation with him that day I
| did not see Mrs Fletcher or Mr. ) b. Ford there
| that day. | think this was i thursday night, but
am not positive There were more persons about
| the store that morning than common, but there
| was not great rush then. There are usually
| some every morning, There were more then
than any other morning for two weeks before or
| after.
| Mr. Fletcher, Recallea.-I should think there
were about twenty persons about Thompsons
| store, the morning of the 10th. pass the store
on an average, once day. never saw the same
number there within fortnight before or after.
| This was on the full of the moon. The store
under the chambers | occupy, was broken open
| the same night.
| Cross E.ramined.-I have no fact to fix the
| time when one store was broken open more than
the other, only that both were the same night. l
only meant to say that it was some time about the
| full of the MOON
| DaoiS RecGlled-I saw marks on my door, as
| if they had attempted to break it open. 1t APP
| peared to have been made with chisel. Isaw
| the case the things were taken from, and the
| window where it was said they got in. When l
first passed in the morning, should think there
| were eight or ten persons about it. l was there
| thee or -four times that day. I did not see 50
| many persons there any morning preceding or
succeeding.
John B. Ford.-I live in Bradford. My bust.
| ness in SO was butchering. Aug. 22d, went
| into partnership with Mr.. Moulton. On the 10Th,
was in Maine, and came home Saturday; the
| 10th. know nothing of the breaking of the
| store, of my own knowledge. saw Mr.. Cava-
| Tvs store, that had been broken open, the goth
| of Aug.
Ekhanan Bates, of Barre. was one of the
| keepers over Gardner in the Massasoit House
| Lawrence said to Babbitt, g Babbitt what the
devil Is in you you are not going to let that
man sleep in the room with that window open,
are you?" This was in the evening Mr.. Nye
was in the room with Gardner and Babbtt when
Lawrence and went in. The window was
| the bed and was open
| Cross Examined Nelson Tucker and Sumner
| Walker were present. Tucker staid through the
| night with me. l exercised care as Waterman
during the night The window remained open all
| night l sat before it. Nye was not before it
| when | went in. He was IN the room They
| were all near Gardeners bed when l went in
| 1t was night for August. Robinson
worked lof that season, and some dur
| ing haying for three seasons.
Direct. Gardner changed beds after went in
| to the ROOM | did not consider it safe for him to
| be so near the window.
| Lo1eU Baker, Jr Was a Deputy Sheriff in
Worcester in 1868. was in Barre during por.
ton of the examination of the burglars at Barre.
| A few days afterwards Iexamined Rabbits house.
| Mr.. Bryant, Mr.. AldTi< Il, the District Attorney
| Mr. Jenkins, Mr. Eaton, and MIR. Wood, were
| there with me. l went by order of the Sheriff.
! went to Rabbits about IL o'clock in the even
| ing, (Sept. 81 and found Babbitt at home | in
| formed him of the object of my visit The back
| room in the rear OF the kitchen was unfinished
| By standing something elevated in it, | could
| look under the roof extending over the kitchen;
| there was quite spacewsy around the chimney
| think got in it, over theoven; told Mr.. Bah
bitt was looking for a pistol and a-watch he
| produced pistol, mark ed like the six shooter
1 present. and delivered it to me; / think he took
| it from his secretary; he said he got it of man
| in Worcester he did not know where he lived;
| think he said he had it of man from Nashua,
but did not give his name; he, sgd he made bar,
ter trade for il found some taper matches in
or one like it; made thorough search of the
| house; found no mould or ramrod for the pis-
| tol found few percussion caps in a box with
| some other small fXings, a few small wood screws
| one or two thimbes &c. He said he had dis
chargedi because his wife was afraid to have it re-
| main loaded in the house; he told me where he
| got the powder, but do not recolect where it
was; it was the store in the Post Office building
| believe; went to Haverhill after that, and got
| OF MI Thompson some bullet moulds, ramrods
and ehisel, ike those now shown; l have no
! doubt they are the same the moulds and ramrods
fitted the pistol; twas good fit.
| Babbitt said he saw Pond in the bushes, and
was afraid to arrest him alone. He preferred to go
for help. | told him if it had been seven devilsI
| would have made the attempt | said" You
| know that Pond was not armed" H. said Pond
! was much stouter man than himself and he did
| not wish toencounter him alone. l think Bah
bitt said, subsequent to the.irst about the pistol
that he got it in Nashua, in barter | cannottell
what articles he said he gave He did not tell of
getting it any other way. The caps did not seem
to belong to the pistol and they were not brought
away.
Cross Examined. Babbitt expressed entire
Willingness to have any examination made that
was desired. asked Babbitt if he had pistol,
aud he said he had, and produced it. l got to
Barre just at dark. The hole about the chimney
was three or four feet deep; there was rubbish in
it; l cannottell what part of the conversation [
| have related was al the house and what part was
| at Bryants office, the next day l think we were
! at Rabbits two hours or more on my inquiry
Rabbit produced wateh-a small, old, silver
| one.
| cannot tell when Babbitt said he got the pistol
| at Nashua-whether it was at his house. at Bry-
| ants office, or at some subsequent time do not
| recollect having any conversation with him at
any other timeor place, except at his house and
Bryant's office. think the conversation about
finding Pond was in Bryant's office I did not
| try the caps the pistol
went to Rabbits to find what could, and to
see what he would say. I knew the inquiries
were important. Some things l recollect we'll,
and some do not. l cannot tell the connection
IN which the several parts ofthe conversation was
held, nor which was at the house and which at
| the Office.
MINISTERIAL CHANGE IN MILLBURY.-Rev.
Leyerett Griggs, who has been, for eight years
and half, the acceptable and successful pas
| tor Of the Second Congregational Church in