Litchfield enquirer., 1862-04-17

ford and wife sitting on the plazza asked wh
 he had moved his grass? Asked why Mrs Futile did not rent part of the house7 Said h couldn't do any thing while James lived; Jame
 was ill the way; said if he could get rid c
 James, he could get along with the rest of tn
 Tuttles; said, You know what sort of creature the Tuttles are. told him T thought Jame
 was very good man. He says to me, vii
 put him out of the way. I said, You wouldn' kill him to get him out of the way? Yes, say he, I would kill him as quick as would blacl
 snake to get him out of the way. Mrs. w. wa
 present most of the time, but not all of the time
 Whether she was there when he said thos,
 words, don't recollect. 1 thought if he usee
 such words, had better leave, and left.
 Cross -Erdmiaed 6y HaH-Was sitting close
 by w. at the time of this conversation he talk
 ed very loud; neighbors could not heard; pre-
 sume it could have been heard in the street. The piazza is l8 or 20 feet from the fence. Recol lects that she got up and went into the door
 was there half an hour conversing with Mr | Woodford; conversed on other matters-abou, hiring house of him, &c. Most of the convsr sation was about the Tuttles. Have known w that time was about what was going to do Was not present at the time of the inquest; was not at the Coroners was not at the Grand Ju. ry. The first one told was the negro Harrison next to Cook. First told sometime in Decem- Der. Cook had heard that I knew something about it, and told him. Was put into possess. ion of Woodford's house between the 18th and 18th of November. Mrs. Futile, Aunt Clara, told me I might go in and live, but she couldn't rent it. She was then living in Mrs. James l Tuttle's house nothing was said about how long was to live there. Mrs. Futile says we can stay there as long as have mind to--about a fortnight ago.
 | Mrs June Ann Cook. Discovered mark as | if something being drew on the ground. Mrs | Rockwell first called my attention to it; mark first commenced near the gate traced it withou, difficulty near to where Futile laid. Examined ! the head of Jas.; discovered mark on nose was grazed and on left cheek, and over his right eye; l skin grazed off on top of his head marks cross wise great deal of dirt in hair; ddn discover any blood, matted in his hair; most of the dirt on top of his head.
 not more than two or three inches wide inden- tation made in the soil mark was between the wheels nearer the right.
 Cross Era,nined by Hubbard Half dozen on ground when I first discovered the mark mark went through the gateway; begun several feet outside ot the gateway; cannot say exactly how far from north post the dirt was rather soft as near as l can recollect traced the mark to with in or 3 feet of where the body lay; body lay on south side path on the grass feet lay in path; nearer the north than the south track 1; Dr. Wech came before left, had no converse ton with Dr. w.; knew that Dr. w. was mak- ing examination of the marks remained until body was carried into Mrs. Tuttle's part of the house.
 Epaphroditus Hturison. Road is rather loose and sandy like as you start from the road; was at work for Orrin Hopkins when Futile was kill ed; was in within half an hour saw where wagon had turned in, and mark as if something had been drawn along saw the mark about or feet outside of gate; Fredk Bailey examined with me. Was at Albro Fyler's eating break fast and Woodford came in and said as Futile drove by-"1 never ached to kill man as he did that man." Track looked as tho it had turped pretty short; had thrown dirt some. "
 By C Juror. No grass growing on the side 1; rounding little to the outside; where the body lay it was hard packed.
 Cross Eramined by Hall. Lived with Jas. Futile at that time and now live there; worked for him and helped him hay. MT. Fyler, wife and children, and (think) Miss Stark-were pre- sent when. this expression of Woodford was made. MT. Fyler and wife were at the table. Saw man drive by as was sitting at table; saw the end ofsleigh; going north didn't make any remark at the time; spoke in his ordiny voice have nothing to me have never had any difficulty with him; I went up to his house with Northrop, Brown, Michael Quinnman, and Wm. Hopkins; after Woodford got married we all went up to give him calithump; had some liquor; didn't go into MT. Woodford's part; gun was fired on that occa- sion Jas. Futile fired it; Mir. Futile and son did not hire any body to go up there End evening after Mr. Woodford brought his bride home; no threats made to w.; did not hear W. ask any body to go away; hollered but didn't threaten {; didn't hear threats. Haven't talked this up.- There was only one gun fired that know of.
 Direct. Woodford came out and offered drink, and said "Come boys, let's have good time-let's have something to drink"; Jas. Tat tie went about o'clock; lis son went down with me about H. o'clock after cider and didn't re- turn. He said
 Cross Examined by Hall. He didn't ask to leave him; didn't hear him: didn't appear angry or pleased offered me something to drink and sup. pose he must be pleased Northrop carried a gun, belonged to Futile or his son. Nortbrop said he would go up again, but said I wouldn't go up again.
 fredk Bailey. Went up as soon as heard Futile was killed saw body, wagon, track, and went in and told Nortbrop and Harrison to come and see it; where it turned it turned short almost in front of the large gate; south of the common passage. When the wheels turned around it scraped up the dirt, and looking along we saw mark as if something was drawn along ikea mans head or foot. It commenced about feet from where the wagon turned and went up to within feet of where the body was.
 Gross Ezansined by Hubbard. Live now in Winsted at that time lived on John Tuttle's l far fI,a-x rI ,vbar I syn1 Harrison, Nelson Harrison, Hubbard Futile, not to drive on to those marks
 Direct. Character of ground was little sand. like !; it became harder near the gateway. Utauncey Eaton.-Resides little over half 6 mile from Jas. Tattle's; was at work on my farm on Monday. the 23d of Sept, 1861. A it. tie before night was driving home, as got within g few rods of Jas. 1uttle's, was met Saw Woodford's boy. Body, head lay towards southwest partly on his right side with left leg over the right one, his left arm thrown up saw there was blood on the top of his head bruiss on the eye; shirt bloody on the right side. Saw the mark went into the highway about or fact; wagon turned very short, threw up the dirt to the north; saw no blood on the ground mark was big enough to draw along a man mark was on the inside of the track, sometimsi l coming very near the track.
 I Cross Eraniaed by HaN. Body hadn't been moved when l got there. Did not smell any Ii quor. Could see the mark. little plaiaer as i, passed through the gate, and also was plain as i passed over the bricks; stayed till about sun down; in hitching my horse hitched Aim at th, north gateway. Samuel Austin: After the body was carried down to Tuttle's house, not far from II o'clock