Litchfield enquirer., 1862-04-17
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 Di,set. Cook said that night Jim smel strongly of Cider Brandy I said hs sot none 2
 Csoss Er'd Said nothing absut gin. Neye 1 told any one but Edward Holabird that solt m nm gin. and he agresd on Ais hcnsr not to men Ar. Kinney. Saw MT. futtls that afternoon l was sewing in my window; saw Mir Tuttl and my husband % towards barn Mir. T. wen of soon.
 GDefsnce here rested, with understanding tha MT. Holabird and Hilamon Fyisr whc had bee' snbpeaed and not here might bsexamined Whsl they arrive A4 @
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 Ha56a,d Tattze, recalled 5y Dsfsnes. Fathel tonly had sae other horse q the time of hi death; father left after dinner (as late as O. leiockl to go to trotting park The buggy was secondhand one. recently painted.
 Cross Er'd. Buggy ran very still. Father never owned pistol to my knowledge in hi' life; he had had one few months which -h' borrowed of Mir. Wetmore; pistol was at home in bureau drawer; grandmother asked me no to take it up there; I put it in my pocket and carried it up but exhibited it ts no one. By Ar. HalL.> MT. Wetmore is now in Cuba never knew father carry pistol but once. wa. fishing on Wednesday previous to the death went 10 or II o'clock and came home while ht was up at Woodford's. Don't know from per sonal knowledge that he was at Woodford's Joel Northrop and Michael Quinley returned with him. Norhrop is dead Quinley is here.- No knowledge of fathers having pistol tha day.
 1 Aichael Qsinlst Lived at Ar. Tuttle's 'ivee there for three years; on the Wednesday before his death Mir. Futile told us to harness the horse and put one hook and two hoes in the wagon when we got there, went into the yard and hitched the horse on east side ofthe yard. l Iuttie went out opposite the horse barn and said "You've dared me to drive in here ever, time I've drove past, now come out here l''- Woodford said he dared him to come in there as Mir. TuttleacaHs to tl1e wellroom door he took his pistol out of his pocket and held it by his side | futile then went into the well room, and Wood ford slammed the kitchen door in his face and called for his gun, pretty soon after we heard two caps snap and then a gun go off; was in the well room at that time with Joel Northrop and Mir. Futile. He then went around into the front part of the house and broke out the panes o1 glass in the front door,
 Cross Ed. MT. Futile got the brick with which he broke out the glass in the front door on the floor of the front room. Saw him pick up the brick; saw him pick it up there; only one 1 brick there; took out the front window of the middle kitchen and left it in the room; we all then went back; had dinner after we got home..; rode up in lumber box wagon with cream color ed horse belonging to Mr. Austin. Didn't see ". after he shut the door. Sound of the gun was on the east side of the house. Northrop follow. ed Futile first and then followed. I was about feet behind Mir. Tuttte know that Futile did not try the door that Woodford shut MT. Futile didn't try to open the welroom door neith; CT did or Northrop; stayed in the we'll room 3 or minutes; stayed in the middle kitchen and front room four or five minutes. Went home From the front room.
 Saw Woodford first that day standing in out side of the well,room door Mir. Futile held the pistol doun didn't hold it up saw it distinctly Futile took 1t out as he ascended the kitchen steps-Woodford retreated and slammed the door. Northrop took a potatoe hook into the room; the door was shut hard swear that there. were no profane words used by Futile or myself. Was at the calithump in the June before; stayed all night; heard one or two gunssfred that night :; didn't know who fired them; wasn't so drunk that night that l couldn't tell how many guns were fired one of the guns vas fired in the south yard and one in the road-2 or rods north of the big gate; don't know of any guns fired that night in the house; other noises were made, ring.
 
 Didn't see Mrs. Woodford in the well room or anywhere else on that Wednesday.
 Didn't try to force open the door and get into the kitchen, don't know that the door was fasten- ed on the inside, didn't hear it fastened ;-after Woodford retreated and shut the door saw him no more that day.
 Direct. Mir. Futile did not go to any window with 8 pistol. Futile stayed about an hour or an hour and a half the night of the calithump.
 Cross Ed. Swear that Futile didn't look in- to a window with pistol.
 Mrs. Ada 1htae. (mother of Jas. H. Tuttle.) On the day of the murder after the news that Futile had been killed, saw Hubbard Futile car ry the pistol out of James, room. Begged him not to take it; said "Woodford had killed his ta- ther and he should" (objected to and with drawn.) This was before sundown.
 Mrs. Emeline Rumble. Mrs. Swan came down to my house in the afternoon; can't tell what time exactly; after got my dinner work done she stayed while and then we started; Mrs. Swan lives all of a mile from my house; went up the Winchester road till we got most to Robert Hurlbuts !; then we went down the lot till we got to the log house at the south end of the pond. in sight of the pond, but short distance from the pond-log house over miles from my house we sat there sometime; then went back towards home; went direct road stopt few moments at Mrs. Hurlbuts, Mrs. Swan waited for me parted with Mrs. Swan at the R. R-about L of mile from my house-went directly home; it was sundown when got home. Mrs. Swan had twice as far again to go as had to get home; no one at home when I got there.
 Cross Er'd by Mr. HaN. Live in Mir. Allyn Roberts house. There is something of noun tain on the west side of my house-not much O: a hill on the eas. side.
 Have thought of the homicide great deal.- Didn't recollect that I have talked over the sub Ject-have spoken a few words with Mir. Lamp hire Futile on the subject about week ago. futile stopt at my house week ago to warm his feet; there was a number in the room and we got talking about the murder; my family were present; can't say who first began the conversa- ton. It was either MT. Futile or nay husband; ]; Mr. Futile didn't make any excuse for stopping there. Mr. Futile talked about it perhaps 3 min ptes. He didn't ask me how long it was before got home, &c.
 I had got through dinner and had my dishes washed when she came; don't recollect whether 1 cleared of the table immediately; We sat talk ing quite while; we sat there more than Is minutes; all ofhalf an hour; as we went up we turned into the lot at the right hand side of the door; was long while a-going; might have been an hour. I think 1t was, before we got to the log house; we stopt to gather some thorn apples :; The sun shone on the east hill about 3 or min utes after got home it couldn't have been more than that. Saw the sun go down nearly every night when it was clean Haven't talked it up with any one else since talked it up with L., Futile. 1 said few words without his asking me anything about it.
 Adjourned to o'clock next morning.