Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-10-23

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4. many contradictory rcnorts II this affair
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u. nr;nc;ual facts
"a, ~ mora inc az the 1st a. Sentember
ahout 8 O'Clock. Can. EMORY. with az mount.
a man. proceeded to the house--halted and
Nezued ! line II font or it-the men leyel;ro
their pieces Ct the front door. Four men were
then wheeled ronnd 70 face George Kerner,s
house, which i On the opposite side Of the
street., and little farther east. The street
rms nearly east and west.
Not ono q the house had any intimation OF
Sheis coming, o. knsw what their design was.
Ever since the tarring and featherinr Of Phil.
nps. however, the pro.slasery men had made
violent threats against BIN, and be was flIly
sesolyed that he would never again fall alive
Into their hands.
Two men then LEFT the ranks and entered the
h0nt door. They showed no warrant and re-
fused 70 state their object in coming. William
PHILIPPE, who was IN the hall, mounted to the
head Of the staircase aud ordered them to
)eass bis house. Their only reply to this was,
"0od dan Jon, come Rdown here" He then
picked up an old mnsket, which stood here, and
again ordered them TO leave, telling them that
4 they dared to remain il would be at their
peril. The men then retFeated, at which Cap
tain Emory swore loudly. He called them
d--n towards, and swore be would burn down
Philips house but that he would take him.
end plant thsk flag in his blood.
After Philips was killed they gave great
number Of reasons or cxcuses for the yisit--one
og which was that they wished to search the
house for concealed arms, and others of Ike
character, bnt to every demand of Philips the
fufiaus refused at the time to give way.
A. Emosy's order number Of men burst in
20 the hall. WIN Philips still stood ut the
head Of the stairs and warned them to advance
g their peril.
Jared Philips (Wiliiam's brother), who had
also been in the room when the men entered,
escaped to the room On the right, which was his
bedroom and where bis wife then was The
window was open and as the curtain happened to
blow aside, Emery's men fred through The win.
dow, wouuding him in the left arm and side.
i has since been found necessary to anputate
eoS UIui. nv tue bdtue uOJttiit tne tlcu III tue
hall making rush ut the stairway, William
Phillips fred down it, killing one man and
woaading smother
Mr. Phillips best position was at the head
Of the stairs, bat for some reason or other he
lsfs Il ard went to the front hall window, up
stairs The window was raised little more
than foot. He must have been kneeling
for theIpurpose Of shooting cut Of it when the
balls struck him. Several Of them pissed
through The lower strip Of the sash frame, and
the partition wail inside is riddled with bullets
Que ball struck him In the right eye, and q
nambea In che breast. He Was no doubt kill
Cd instantly He fell back ut full length on
the aoor, which 10 deeply stained with blood
The lady who showed me the hall, said !:
I'VE have triad to wash those stains out, but
.eau,iot." The visitor In Holyrood, in Edin.
sburxh, b ahowu che little room III the tower in
which Rszio Was murdered The Scotch lassie
who oficiated a. guide to me, after recounting
the circumstances Of the murder, ia strong
Scotch accent concluded with: "Thcrs be fell
lra!rced by forty-saxwoons, an there, (pointng
Status o, the bluid.n was then inclined to
.xxle both ct her accent aud her credulity. but
] have since COME to believe that human blood
will not wash out.
Domestic life should be-sacred. even to the
reporter. or the interesting but afflicted f.
males Of this family, il does not become me to
speak. But there Is one circumstance In this
story, 20 touching that cannot withhold it,
The young, beautiful, accomplished wife Of VIM.