Litchfield enquirer., 1862-04-17
saresfsr Court, AprfD Term, 1868 BssonS JUposs SxxroaD AND borrow. TRIAL OF LUCIUS ,. WOODFoRD FOB THE MURDER or JAMES B. TUTTLR.
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TRIAL OF LUCIUS 2. WOODFORD FOl
 THE MURDER OF JAMEs H. TUTTLE.
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 Fslrxra AFTERNOON.
 s.rn. c. K;Hssy .-Saw T0ttle at the stsvenl heuss, on tho day of his death, about o'clock came in with his coat on his arm, was asked an ssspped up to the bar and drank can't tel whether 1t was bser or somsthine stronger; Mr Lewis and Idr. Igo drank with him did no drink but once that know of
 cbess Ex'd Futile Immediately started acros ths road Mr. Futile called for the liquor on of tho eoupsny drank | glass Of bssr.
 Aybro Eyier, recalled: Had borrowed gu ofWeedofd some ten days before the siaccident'' couldn't stats how long I had kept the gun; ha hdffowsd Ufor the purpose of killing Weasle no caps or powder about my house.
 V. came to my house to borrow some lime.
 By Juror. Couldn't tell which day itlwa tbat witness worked with Woodford and Heelev
 By ths cosrf. Worked day and part of
 By Juror Think it was piece of nswspa per that picked up in Woodford' | yard; didn' aistinsuish any words upon it.
 As. EseliHs Sccn. Saw Mir. Woodford in th msfning, in front ofmy house; house down il the hollow. near the E. R.--talked with him fv ninutss sr loss he was down there after som, sand. I went sfter some butternuts that day tstnrnsd bstvssA 4 and s; had occasion to 50 ur te Mr. Woodford's and went; across the barn. yard to the gate saw Mr. Tuttle in Mir. Wood lords yard, near the meat-house door, his horse Has hy the door; MT. Futile stood by his wagon Nith enc foot on the ground; little, skeleton wagon don't know what he wss doing; seemed ts4bs doing something at his wagon-seat just .. A hs ! d-shed he sayU" God damn you, I'm ready for yoar'--in rather loud tone as if in anger heard other voices; thought heard Mir Wood. lords but couldn't say positively; other yoie, seemed to come from woodhouse or the well room. I then went immediately home hadheard thst Mr Futile had been there before, and did. n's know but they were going to. have some words, and didn't wish to hesr it 1; heard the re. psrt sf gun not long sfter Ttrttle's oath had rot down beyond the lane as the hill began de sending; can't say how far it was; went up thsrs teoarry some Aat-irons that I had borrow si tlss Friday before; was up there about tea tine; had lived with MT. W. nearly two years, went away from there on the 22d of June; Tut tie vas ct WeodfQrd's the night before left; they fred gnne, ruhg bells, played horns, some :; Woodford asked them if they wouldn't 20 away, and they said all they wanted was for him to soms out there and they would show him; eould- Tt say whether it was 3 or guns I heard fired thers that night; Weodford seemed to be terri fed Wdodford didn't rest any; no one did un- less it was Julius. In the spring Futile came to the horse-barn and asked who looked the barn door; said Woodford locked it, and he said " he was going to have that door unlocked. and if he locked it again he would get a pill of esld lead: they sung "bawdy songs" on that night.
 CFess Er'd Have lived in winsted four years last October now live in Mir. Woodford,s house; moved from Mfr. Woodford's on the 22d ef June; present residence is about 70 rods from hr. Woodford's; can see Woodford's house from where live; Mir. Bills house is nearer: Mrs. Rumble lives mileoff left my own house about II; went up with her; went up the hill with her; Mrs kumbles' little boy. her little girl and my nttie boy were with me; when saw Futile he vas doing something to his wagon seat; was in plain sight of him; remained looking at him not nors than minute; couldn't 20 . great way be- fsrs the hill began to descend; had got out of sight of the barn before heard the gun might hase been five minutes before heard the gun ff:t told this to Geo. Cofng, my brother-in- law; had lived with Mir. Weodford's . two years never teld any body about the gun; went to Mrs. Bills about 6-didn't tell Mrs. Bills anything about it; told Mrs. Hilamon Fyler that didn't know that Futile was shot till next morning : might have told others the same.
 By As Court. The horse stood ct the door of the neat-house, it might have been 1o or 20 yszls from the backgate.
 Jssius SehsseI. On the 13rd of Sept, Mon- Gay afternoon, went after the COWS, got over in ths lot. and heard Futile say "God d-u your soul I'll hx you"-went a little further and then heard gun 90 of; tried to drive the cows in and saw Futile lying there went around to the north side of the house and heard Mrs W. out n tne yard, crying; pretty soon saw Woodfsrd and klias coming down the road went in the house and found Mrs. Woodford there; pretty seen Wecdford came in and began putting on his boots; can't tell how long it was before saw coming up. Hubbard Futile, Epahro and Joel Nerthrop came soon after.
 Turned the COWS into the moving c little north of the house; saw Elias Seeley going back.- woodford's gun was kept in my room most of she time; used to go hunting with it once in vhile; used to run bullets once in while fll-. d the round holes Is bullet mould presented l 1; never saw Mr. Woodford run any moulds; used le run bullets when wanted to 20 hunting; had pair of old brass moulds before that; also to use them before this kept the gun generally loaded; loaded the gun for woodohucks and crows [objected to, and withdrawn1; don't know how long it was gone; perhaps about week {; there were . few of these bullets run up--about IS er 20; Looked out the door and saw Mir. Tut tle hitehing the horse, his was on the Wednes- day before) Northrep and Michael were with hin. They each of them had potatoe-hook; |; futtls went into the house with Northrop Wood 1srd ssslam'd" the inner door; after Woodford shut the door Futile came out and walked up and down the yard few times and then went into his mother's part of the house; I heard the glass rattle; hs took out some windows; they soon vsnt home ;-I pointed out the places where I stsod when heard Futile damn Woodford to Ms. Norton the surveyor; Mir. Giddings and Ar. A Fyler were with Mir. N. at tho time.- when. | started for the COWS Wsodford was oa tep of the house; Mir. c. Bills brought Mr. Wood1ords paper that day; he read it . little 1; yut it sn roof and put . board upon it; The uind cane and blew it over the north wing on C the ground This was about past o'clock ; ths wind blew strong upon the roof.
 Cfoss kxd. The wing is lower than the main house; the paper was on the west side of the chimney; the paper went north side; I did not count the bricks near the chimney ;sthink look cd at the clock when went for the cows; did not soc where Futile was; heard him say God daza your soul, willsAx you'' or something like that, think the gun was fired in yard by the sound; don't know otherwise where Wood ford was; didn't see the gun after Fyler's man brought 1t back; when last knew it loaded it had bullets do not remember Woodford firing the gun that summer; never heard Woodford ssy to Tuttle "D-n you, you shan't como in." ' .s4w some broken glass over on the outsitie dsor don't remember testifying before the Cor