Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-02-06

COurG of Common Pleas for Criminal
Cascs.--February Term.
JUDGE BISHOP PRESIDING.
TuRspAY ArrgRNooN. Feb. 81

cey Bosworth, Alfred Clarke, George P. Sherwin,
and George R. Richardson, all of Winchendon
This indictment charged defendants with riot at
wmchendon on the 18th day of December now
last past 1t is the case of which we gave some
account about the time, where young man and
woman were assaulted by the defendants, in con-
sequence of their having appeared against them
as witnesses in a prosecution for former as
sault.
The case was opened by the District Attorney,
who stated the facts he expected to prove in the
case, and the law applicable thereto, and proceed
ed to call the witnesses.
- Clattter5ack. Is pail painter Resides
| at Fitzwilliam, n. H. In December last and for
two months preceding, resided at Winchendon.
Boarded with MIR. Bartlett. Knew Frances D..
Bennett. She is now my wife. Know the sew
eral defendants. Was at the house of Hosea
Bosworth on the 1lth of December. On the
10th, was witness in case at court held in
Winchendon Left there about eleven o'clock in
the evening, in a wagon with Hosea Bosworth,
Sarah Jeanette Bosworth, Frances Roberts,
Frances d. Bennett, and the driver. We arrived
at Horace Bosworth's between eleven and twelve
| o'clock. l went into the house with them. There
was fire built from five to ten minutessafter we
| arrived i think; by Mrs. Bosworth. There were
| two lamps lighted We were sitting by the fire,
and Mrs. Besworth was preparing supper. One :
| light on the table, and one on the hearth.
Between one and two o'clock, there was aloud
! rafting at the latch of the door leading into the
! back room. was sitting close to the door, and
leaned backjn my chair to take hold of the latch.
| Miss Bennett was sitting on my left; Mr.. Rob-
| erts Sat on the other side; Hosea Bosworth sat
| between and Roberts. AS l leaned back, the
latch ratified again. the door opened and Levi
! Bosworth, Lincoln, Relic, and Lowell entered
They were disguised. Their faces were blacken-
! ed, and they wore red caps. Bosworth extin-
! guished the lamps. John Lowell called out
"There she is" Relic and Clutterbuck rushed
| towards her and laid hold of her. Lincoln came
| behind me, blinded me with his hands, and led
me to the door. seized hold of the door and
| hallooed as loud l could. Lowell, and two
others who did not come in, then took hold of me
and dragged me out to the wood shed. They
held Inc there for short time, and then dragged
me out in front of the house. After stopping
there a few minutes, they dragged me up towards
the depot by Sherwin's house, some % or 90 rods
from Bosworth's, beating me BY he way, when
ever | attempted to halloo. They laid me down
on the road and rubbed my shirt with paint, and
then left me and went awoy. l returned to Ho-
sea Bosworth's. They hooed when they seized
me and while they were taking me through the
back room. | could see blythe fire in the stove
CRATE, after the lights were extinguished. / cried
- murder at the door, 1t was Bowman Lincoln
who put his hands over my mouth. Some one
kept his hands over my mouth nearly all the time.
My mouth was cut by my teeth in consequence of
n.
intervals, and blinded at intervals during the
time.
Between Sherwn shouse and where they leftme
two of them said "Now take up on sides again"
Before we left the door-yard, one of them said,
snow bring the tar" Do not know who it
wae. did not know, for certainty who the
two were that Joined us at the door. They car
ried me part of the way.
Alfred Clark and Chauncey Bosworth resided
in the same house. When the men seized
4horT A,llD
be heard all over the house. 1t was between
two and three o'clock when l got back to the
house, after they let me go. | went directly to
the house. They struck me several times in the
chest.
Cross Examined. Levi Bosworth first entered
the room and Bowman Lincoln directly after
Relic came next and Sewell last. The first light
was put out after Lincoln entered, and the other
rfter they were all IN
Tie cross examination proceeded at some
length, and consisted almost entirely of repeti-
| ton Of the facts ELECTED the direct examina-
| tlon. II UrlN-- -
/ Have been examined before on this subject, be.
/ fore the magistrate Levi BoSworth did not
| sst in dragging me out of the first room. ! did
not so testify 1t was out of the second ROOM
Did not say to Bartlett and Richardson that did
not identify defendants | did not say to Bart
lett that was not painted. | said was not tar
red. l did not tell Miss Pierce that was not
| hurt, and have made no suoh~statement to any
one. Boarded at Levi Harris's about ten days.
There was some conversation about the affair
| Did not tell Mr. Harris that did not want to do
anything more about the matter. l told him,
that on account Of settlement with Mr.. Richard
! son about some threatenings did not like very
! well to go into the matter again, but that l
Nwould. No one has paid me for coming down
! here, or advanced means for it. Mr. Sherwin has
| paid me for nay work.
| l am between nineteen and twenty. Before liv-
| ing in Wnchendon, Presided in Haverhill. About
three years since resided in marlborough Be-
fore that in Boston. drove team for Mr. Mann.
Some of the time was doing nothing. Boarded
| with Mr.. Burke on Commercial street. There
| were no other boarders there l came from Eng
| land about five years ago. Became acquainted
| with Miss Bennett in October. Was married to
| her at Fitzwiam on the 8th of January. Mr..
| and Mrs. Bosworth Miss BIS sister, were pres
emit Cannot tell the size of the room at Bos-
| worths. 1t might have been four feet across or
| twenty feet. 1t was the room where visited Miss
| B. Have been there one hundred or one hundred
| and fifty times. Am positive to the persons
| who came disguised into the room. Knew them
! by their features The complaint was made when
l was out of the State.
Frances d. C9stttey5uck Reside in Fitzwil-
liam. Resided in Winchendon last December,
with Hosea Ballou. Am wife of last witness, land
my name Soas Bennett. Hiswife is my sister; went
there the latter part Of October. Was at home
the 10th of December, Went to Winchendon
that day and returned TO Bosworth's. The clock
struck one, soon after we arrived. The same per-
were in the room named by Clutterbuck.
| Mrs Bosworth was preparing tea. There were
two lights in the room. | was sitting by the
stove. Mr.C. and Roberts were also sitting there
| | heard the back door rattle 1t was opened, and
| Levi Besworth opened it and extinguished the
| lights. A tall man entered Immediately after
| him, Jerry Relic next and then Lowell. Some
! one said" There she is, catch her." Do not
| know who it was. The tall man went towards
| Mr.. Clutterbuck, and then Relic seized me, car.
| ried me to the long entry. where | broke away
| from him. l ran few steps, and, stepping on
my dress, FELL and he caught me again
! He carried me out the door, by the window of
| Chauncey Bosworth's part of the house, to the
back door. Heard noise in the back room like
some scuiliing. He then turned and carried
me TO the right. under the second window, and
screamed for help. Mrs. Chauncey Bosworth
came to the window and looked ont. He carried
me about ten yards, when feigned to faint, and
he laid me down, land went to the door. He then
came back and took me up again, and carried
me about forty yards further, when he laid me down
and returned to the house then got up, and
went to Mr.. Sherwin's house. That is about 81
yards from Bosworth's
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