Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-12-28
CITY AND COUNTY.

the commonwealth Appleton bduuiuu' As4''
for the defendant The hearing occupied
nearly the entire day, and resulted IN his
commiltal 10 answer TO The charge before the
next Term of the superior court, which meets
in This city on the third Monday in January
next. The important facts in the case which
were developed appear in the following ao'
stract of the testimony -
Francis Campbell, at whose shanty the
murder was committed, testified; lie was at
The "Rcd House IA place of common resort),
last Sunday morning; saw Holiday and Jas.
Hill there stayed till about IL o'clock, and
went home, where he remained all day and all
night; while at tire "Red house" they had
difficulty Hill struck the witness, and the
witness struck back again Holiday came out
and had a fight with Hill, and soon after, the
witness came away. On Monday morning,
was at the "Red House" and saw Holiday
there, having about So i'll money; Peter liza
mel was also there took Holiday home with
me, where lie wanted to stay over night; lift
him at my house abOnt noon, and came 10
Worcester; stayed in Worcester till or
o'clock in the evening when | came home,
found the doors open, and tlipped over Holll-
days body put my hand on him and found
he was dead The witness went for MIR. Dunn,
the constable, who returned with him to his
house; fire out, and room dark: one OF wit
ness vests in the house was bloody anu TORN
when he lett home it was whole and not bloody;
never had difficulty with Holiday the hatchet
borrowed from Jim Murphy, was lett on the
table no blood was ON ii when he left home;
had fastened the door on the inside with
string, which was broken when he got back
Al Il al taf
in the fight Sunday, Holiday took his part
against Hill. Hill Knocked Holiday, aud said
he would "be reyenged on him" While at
the "Red House" saw Mrs. Murphy give
Holiday 81 in exchange and a bottle OF iq-
uor.
NJ NJ. Dunn, constable, testified that lie was
called on about eleven o'clock Monday night,
by Campbell, (the previous Witness, and i'll
formed OF the case; went with him and found
Holidays body near the door, looking as if
his throat had been cut from ear to ear, a can
die was burning in the house, but there was
no fire in the stove; put his hand on the body
and found it slightly warm; his necktie was
spread out under his head and bloody there
was blood on the floor from the stove 10 the
door. and a large quantity where the threshold
should have been had run outside and frozen.
There was no snow in the house except upon
the threshold it had been raining and
had changed 10 snow and sleet i'll the
evening, wind blowing from the northwest;
there was nothing TO protect the body from
the storm; did not move it till morning, when
some snow had accumulated upon it the face
was cold and the hair filed with snow, the
wind blowing directly across The body the
blood on the floor was apparently fresh and
not frozen LII the wood box found Il bottle,
and near by a Ratchet, marked and spattered
with blood there was blood on the wood box
and on an overall suspender under his body;
on the body there was wound IN the Jaw
three inches in length, and others on other
parts of his head. Examined Peter HamePs
premises soon alter break OF day, Tues
day morning he was at home, got
up and let me in; he was drawing on his pan
falcons, both legs of which were wet another
pair of pants (which uauel now had On) were
on the bed, marked with OlUod there were
bags there with blood OH them, a dead rooster,
and a Jack knife covered with blood told Ila.
mel there had been fuss here, add wanted
tUIIatII iivsIIv, re sIIOuIu perhaps
call him as a witness. The witness made
more thorough search OF the premises Tues
day afternoon, when he arrested ilamel, who
was then partially intoxicated. Hamel said
he had been on good drunk ;, that he stayed
at James Hills Sunday night that on coming
down to Campbell's Monday, Hill lodged HIM,
and he came home.
Auson Birmingham testified that he passed
Frank Campbell's house, on the opposite side
OF the road, about four o'clock, Monday after
noon; heard the voices apparently of two per-
sons in conversation, but could not distinguish
what was SAID; overlook James Hill some
thirty rods distant, who spoke to the witness;
witness answered and passed on but on look
ing back sometime after saw INN sill stand
ing in the road did not stop at Campbel's
house.
Thomas Clayton testified lives in Cherry
Valley, and had known Peter Hamel Tor six
wears went TO his house last week Thursday
night and stayed there till the next Wednes.
day; Peter went TO Worcester Friday, and
came back between twelve and one o'clock on
Saturday; brought some liquor in a Jug,
and said he had bought some bacon, tea,
tobacco, and pair of pants. and left them at
the "Patch" He stayed at home Saturday,
and on Sunday about ten o'clock went off;
said he was going sparkling, and would bring
back Jim Hill and somebody else; he did not
come back Till Monday night. There was no.
body at Peters but his three children and Dan
Adams, who came in a few minutes After
dark Monday night witness put the children
to bed, smoked a while, then laid down, and
partly fell asleep, when he heard somebody at
the door the boy opeued il and Peter came
in he had my cap on, which he wore away.
but not my coat he first said it was gone.
and atterward that it was in bag which he
brought, where found it; he asked if Jim
Hill had been there, and said Hill left him in
the road on his way home; Peters boy pulled
off his boots, and the witness his outside
pants, which were wet at the bottom; Hamel
was intoxicated.
james Hill testified that he lived alone in a
small house opposite the "Red House" in Au-