Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-03-24


to get some one to fish or hunt with him-sports
Of which lie was passionately fond. lie thought
the Jury would be satisfied, when they have
heard the testimony, that the prisoner at the
bar never, with sound mind and full con-
sciousness of the awful crime be was committing,
perpetrGted the murder with which / Q was
charged.
Testimony for he Defence.
Mas. ABIGAIL MARTIN. Ariel AIa.rtiz Is
son OF mine. call him twenty years old this
spring. lie had the whoopng cough whoa he
was nine years old. he lMI the bronchitis and
catlrrh at the same time was sick solno nine
months. DR.. Demlng and DIR. G1urge were his
physicians. He WIS very sick liz had spells
Of being ont Of his mind. lie would think he
was dying those that went 10 ASSIST him He
was afraid they were going to Kill him. lfAay
OF the family were absent, he thought som4bjdy
had Killed them. During that sickness he had
spells of being but Of his hcad--soraatilnca they
would last all night ,metlmes half day
Since that sickness he has had those insane
spells constantly right along; since lis father
died he has been worse. The summer after bis
father dick he did MT d. anything sometimes
he would say there was an army coming, aud
would try to mako us hear them. One time Ire
tried to make us think his brother-in -law was
in the we'll drowning. lie had pole that we
used to fastcn the buckets Oh to, and worked,
should think, q half day, trying to get him out
At night he wouldn't g to he'd in lis own
room, but would Elsten the doors and lie down
in the kitchen with his gun beside him. lie.
was afraid an enemy was coming to kill him. -
At another time he thought his Older brother
had killed his younger brother and brother in
law, and he didn't want he should stay therei
put wanted Silas Voodry to come and stay with
him. de was afraid he would kill him. All
these stories that have related have happened
since his father died, about the army coming
was Doth before and since. we often tried 70
persuade him oat9t thess nottons' lie told
nle 'hcko ser. .our ropoers anu pere was uoos
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weeks 3 oil,r' TINS AFFAIR happened he Kept travel
~ 81 "uy in0ai'' "ouic
;r ea'l'h i't'ie nilih anu 'Hth W o,
A!e e"y ooiorc Vnis ne "e"t up ih'o tne "oouS
anu nreu u guie-SnoGla thihk IL was nlteen or
twenty roas from inc mouse MIS- uo9oaie
went TO look iof hlm-didh ma MN. dld
not CO. iof dIo not know put might ma
him dead In the morning OF the day these
men were shot he went out in order to milk; he
came in-trayeled the house. tried to per-
suade- him to lie down and rest till got him
some breakfast. lie made no answer, but took
down his gun and walked oil as quick as he
could. noticed at this time he looked white
round the eyes, and purple in the face; his
eyes flew in his head.
Cross Erdm'ned-Arel was nine years old
when lie had the whooping cough He never
was right before, he was altogether different
from any OF the rest lie went to school before
and alter having this cough when he was able.
lie worked some. lie helped some on the farm
alter his father died. was in the habit Of
calling Tor doctors to come and see HIM; Or.
de came TO see MN once and THINK doctor
Jennings once. Ho had these SICK spells when
ne overdld, Sometimes as often as once in three
or four weeks. lie would look purple, and his
hands would look purple lie never had any
gun OF his own, that WAS good Tor anything
lie lie, shot these men with his brothers gun
W men ne came nome with the gun, told him
l shouldn think simeon would let him have
1t. lever heard hlm MAKE any threats against
these men, Inc n'ght before TINS ahalr hap
pened Went IN ana sep. WIN nun. lie was
conPiAihh,P Y nis Iesa anh e's'n a'aa W. sI ssry
.eeeies' ~ oatno nonle 1ooa. no',' wy 10y
Do,oiu' WIN ''o III iu'ens ha y, 'aH1n
some'nine 70 eae' pu' nc uiun sis ~ .ho taDle
WIN tnv ies' Vi US aiil SURF "a 'nis' I 70,
ooii7o' 'no 'i,iio MI oenhilSo spe"As oi' u'u
hoS suppose nc was gong OIL
OuAkLES HlARriN-i am nrothef Oh Ariel
oiar'lh' nave iiveu ~ nome I'LL "itn'h aoou'
OF months. lie nad the whooping cough
OF years ago ana mas haa spells OF appear
my very inherent ever sihce' MS neaiCh mas o0en
poor ny spclis' lle was very SICK aV 6'at tlhle'
ne mas hao speiiS OF not appearing right since:
ohe Time no was airitlu laIher was going 10 XIII
mother. Inc hrst time recollect he was out
WIEN Inc hunting, lett nun oack htte;
While tired to get shot at some crows, all
at once he came running through the mud, say
lng fearful looking animal had tried to catch
him. lie described such an animal as l had
never seen tried to persuade him out OF It,
and did partly after while. (Witness de-
scribed similar performance which afterwards
happened in sugar place, he was sent to the
house and came running back saying father had
killed all the folks at home and he guessed he
had killed all the neighbors, as he heard them
" hollering." saw by his tracks that he had
run all the way.) The next year afterwards,
there was a squirrel hunt the first day OF May;
we were sugaring; when he said there was an
army off in the woods and he was afraid we
should get killed. He finally went down into
the hollow and stayed there. At another time
he imaged there was a band OF robbers, said he
had u communication with them but was not
permitted to see them. The next morning he
want nil over the farm digging after money