Litchfield enquirer., 1862-04-17

V / 4lr ,< ELD, CONN, TIIJJRsDA'
 about 11 past 5 i; Seeley told me that Woodfort
 had killed my father; started with Northrop ant
 Seeley to go up; Northrop stopped at John Tut ties u tell him and I kept along. l saw no on,
 after I got there. Father was lying on the lief
 side of his face, his head near the north track
 his feet in centre of the track 1; he was dead;
 felt his pulse and found no life, then turned hin
 round upon the grass to the south j; The hors
 was hitched to the shed; Iwent and unhitches
 the horse; five or six rods from father; wa!
 hitched at the corner of the shed by driving line; nearly the whole length drawn through tht martingales. When got to the buggy saw tha the whip was broken the tip was on the axle tree on right hand side; my father always carried a tie line and generally halter never knew hin hitch with the reins, especially this horse whict was high spirited Father generally drove with 8 line in each hand. AS l unhitehed the horse l saw Julius going from the north side of the house with pail to the north end of the build ing where the horse was hitched; 1 drove into the street, when J. Futile, Northrop and Seeley came up; Eaton was few rods back of them Whip socket was on the seat at the right hand fastened to the seat ;-saw where a wagon had turned so short that it aeraped tls6dirt with the wheel; the turn commenced little past the usual place of turning the dirt was probably thrown ut;-Horse very easy in the bit; we keep him yet. The body was left till the Jury, Drs. Welch, Wetmore and Calkins made the ex- animation. Next morning saw blood nearly as large as quarter of dollar on the hind axle fraa and <,f khn oF s,hf fNr ward wheel. One of the glass in the window was broken out in the summer and the others during the latter part of the summer. Think there is nothing to prevent shot from window in door to the place where the wagon turned in- to the yard.
 Cross Eramined-Julius is boy who has lived sometime with Mir. Woodford; he came within rod of the house with pail; was go- ing in the direction of the hog pen. Put my face within three or four inches of the spot where thought was the blood; saw it early as seven or eight o'clock next morning. Have al- ways lived at home except when at school; am l9 years of age: My father married " Woodford's sister, and Woodford married my fathers sister.
 Airs. .Jobm Iuttle-I was present when the body was brought into the house; the hair on the head was examined by Messrs. Bushnell and others. There was deep cut on the left side of the forehead, and scratch on the back part of the crown of his head the hair had the appear ance of blood with dirt; there was no blood on the body when it was brought home. The win dows of the door in Woodfords house were bro ken out before this transaction, more than week before.ss
 Cross Eromination.-Ik know that it was more than week before noticed that all the panes in the house door.at Woodford's were broken.
 Mrs. Hilamon Fyler.-Saw Mir. Futile go past, and saw Woodford go into the yard think it was about eight minutes from the time futile passed to the time Woodford passed through the yard, judge as to the time from the time occupied in milking one COW and another partly; heard no report of gun.
 .John [, 1uAle.-Live 30 rods north of James. James Futile was cousin Northrup came to my house and I went directly up at about 5 0 clock, to Woodford's; saw Seeley up the hill and as we got up the hill, Hubbard said, come up if you are coming, he is dead" Saw the body near the gate; it had then been brought out into the road drove. to Winsted to see Grand Juror.
 1.-The witness here testifedsas to spots of blood on the axletree, and -sis5ke of the wheel, also to seeing spots on the hall in the house near the door resembling powder and having, when rubbed by the hand, the smell of powder.
 Denny RockueH-Have lived in the family of deceased have lived in Gen. Tuttes family 2s years on the day of the funeral attempted to part his hair it was full of dirt the head dragged on the ground one 6ruise was on the face, and one on the forehead, and several scratches on the edge of the hair. Went up to Mir. Woodford's. and noticed a track as if a head had been drawn over it the mark was within the wagon tracks; was very distinct commenc- ed when the wheel commenced cramping; wag- on track showed that the wagon turned short and scraped the dirt; Mir. Cook examined the track with me; the body was on the grass; the mark extended nearly to the body.
 Cross Examination. My opinion is that some men were standing around when I came up to W.'s house, but could not say who or how many; could not comb out the hair.
 Direct MT. Futile held his reins in both hands,
 Mrs Julia Austin Saw the body lying on the grass went to MT. Tuttle's, and stad till the body was brought home. and assisted in arrang ing his hair; combed out what dirt 1 could.- Mrs. John Futile, Mrs. Bssell and were there over half an hour in arranging his hair; discov- cred the marks of blood and scratches as describ- ed by the other witnesses.
 Cross Eramined; The dirt covered nearly the WHoIe OI tne uCau, AS SOOH dS tHe news came of Mr. Tuttles death went from Winsted down to Mir. Tuttle's house. The wound had bled ; the nose was disfgured and also the forehead ; was there the next day when Dr. Welch was there.
 Here the examination was suspended for the day, and the Court adjourned at PM1
 THIRD DAY-THURsDAY
 The Court opened at few minutes past 9 O. clock, when the prisoner was brought in. He was again joined by his wife, who remained seat ed by him during the entire day. The crowd of spectators in the Courtroom is not diminished from yesterday, but rather increased by fresh ar rivals of witnesses, &c., principally from Win sted.
 Dr. Jas. Welch of WTinsted was first called to the stand and testified as follows:
 Made post-mortem examination of the body in presence of number of witnesses examined the clothes somewhat, and gave the son of Mir. Futile the contents of the pockets before remov- ing the body from the door.yard. After the body was removed to the house discovered rents and holes in the clothes, apparently from shot after examining the clothes found six shots in the arm, one below the elbow point and five piercing through the body of the chest; there were six in the arm one or two struck the arm and not body; found large quantity of blood in in the heart cover and cavity of the chest near ly or quite filled with blood :; dipped out the hlood mostly in a Hnid sfafe uarflv cna oulaf al