The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-06-01

down College st. to Pine st. Ran, but
not fast. Kelly left me opposite Peaks
Block, and | saw him no more. Balm
and l were together. Went up Pine st. to
North Bend up to the Railroad Bridge /;
went down to the track crossed the river
Of the railroad bridge; went down the
road on the other side to Mallet's bay (;
walked on the beach then went up to the
road again and came back re-crossed the
river and went up the track to North
Bend again. Balm went home and told
my brother | wanted to see him. They
came back together, and | went home
with them. My brother advised us to 90
and give ourselves up, We came down
town to do so, and met Mr.. Huntington
by Whitney's blacksmith-shop. My broth
er told us there was a party out after us,
and that the man was dead; which was
the first I heard of it. l did not think l
had killed him or injured him. Ran away
because Balm wanted me to. He said he
thought the knife had eone into McKeen
but was not exactly sure. He said moth
ing to me till we got to hagar's corner.
l ran because l was scared, did not run
because | thought I had killed him. Did
not take any clothes from home, had not
anything but what l wore; intended to
90 to Canada. Balm intended to 90 to
Canada, to Montreal we came back from
Wallets Bay because Balm wanted to see
his folks and | wanted to see mine.
Witness testiies again as to the ARRAY,
as before, telling more distinctly the posi-
of the parties.
He was more than half the width of
the sidewalk from the steps when he struck
me. [ took out my knife after he struck
me and before he put his arm around my
neck. He staggered me round, kind o.
tripped me up, and l fell partly on the
bricks and partly on the steps. He had
his arm round my neck and we fell to-
gether. l fell south of him, with my head
towards the door. l made no effort to use
my knife; thought if he saw it he would
let me alone made no effort 10 show it to
him, he took me too quick. | made no
effort to use the knife. When l fell l pat
out my elbow to save myself. He fell on
my left side near the shoulder. I held
the knife in my hand with the point up
struck heavily on my elbow and on my
hip, with his weight and my own. 1 did
not know that he was falling on the knife,
felt bis weight on my right hand but did
not know that the knife vent into him.
Had no support for my hand but my ell
bow. (The knife found at the spot was
shown to the witness, who recognized it as
the one he had.) Court adjoune for
dinner.
Court adjourned till 2 O'CLOCK, when
Mcdonnell was again put on the stand.
Have owned the knife about a month
got it new and have never sharpened it
that l remember. Used it frequently
while working at the press, to cut with.
l broke the knife l carried before shall
not answer how l broke it. Gree in a
while l would carry a pistol cannot tell
how often knew McKeen since the last
State Fair, never had any difficulty with
him, don't know that Balm or Kelly had
any difficulty with him. Never saw Balm
or Kelly have weapons.
VERDICT:
That John T. McKeen came to his
death by u blow inflicted with a knife in
the hands of Peter Z. Mcdonnell, and that
John Balm, Jr., and John Kely were ac-
cessories to the act.
The Court having refused to admit the
prisoner, to bail. they were reminded to
the custody of the Sheriff until the next
session Of the Chittenden County Court.