The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-12-29


tascs De- would have lantern o. he
aauld break Tie desf down ] then
o,ened she door ard BE csms near 20
ne and turned around and went away
aeain. ! soou heard = noise Ike some
un- 81 distress. then started 70 go
a. their rrhef Or see Il ] could render
any assi.lance. wen, lev lods bot
found i vas quite dark aad turned
around end weus 70 SIR. Sherwin 3 iar
= lantern. / procured a lantern snd
sent - the place where The distress
was- some 90 rods perhaps. Noone
vent with me told Mr.. Shereln
there vas disirrss-he gave me Lam
tern AID said be would come. W then
| got lhete found man down lying
in the blood on bis left side, on The
west side of the road. with ltis head
towards tie road. Was large space
Of snow covered wish blood in which
DE- was lying the SNOW was trodden
down. Michael Purcell was back Of
the man down on one knee With his
lelt arm under his head. Mr.. Purcel
seemed very much excited. lie VI
tered a variety Of melancholy sounds
aud expressions, and had a kind Of vi
traiory motion back and forth. He
said are there no neiglbors here are
there none to help. / don't know
that get the exact words. Tie most
frequent expression that he uttered
was q! wish.a wish.a-is.tAere no neigh
Dor. aud then he would say my dear
friend why don't he get up: Think
il connection with that remark he call
ed him his FREUD who had come 10
visit him that day. Ills great agon,
seemed 10 be that lie wouldn't get up.
He seemed to try al intervals to life
him up; he would put his olher hand
over him and try TO haul him up and
then LEI him down again. During
this time Mr. oherwin came, and about
this time cutter came with Mrs.
Ho,t and her son, and not far from
this time NJ. McNebo came with Mr.,
Costello; McNebo had II lantern
McNcbo and Costello came from tow
arls Factory Point. AS MeNeho
and Costello came up ! enquired It
they knew who those were referring TO
the man down and the one who. had
his arm under his heap, and Costello
ans severed that he knew them; he told
me their names and said he boarded
them or boarded with them, ! did not
understand which. / then inquired
of Mr.. McNebo as TO the condition Of
the man who was down and putting
his lantern towards hi, face he aid he
vas dead. Mr.. Costello Immediately
remarked that it was what he expect
ed or nothing more than he expected
II think the former. Win Mr..
Purcell heard il pronounced that the
man was dead he looked up with an
expression OF most profound astoui,l-
ment and said sis he dead" and with
drew his arm AID stood up. After
getting up Mr.. Purcell went toward
Costello attempting TO put lis arms
around him as ] thought, giving. vent
10 his grief; Costello rather repealed
HIM, requested hun not to do 1t, and
brushed his sleeve vi ere Purcefs
hands had touched hun. DJn't know
as | heard the woids-rather saw the
act. About this time Parcel made
several expressions OF gri,f--one wa
he refer red to his family, saying: bat
will become Of my vile and children
and expressed a prayer: 20 Lord
forgive US our sins" About this time
| think returned to my Louse--rc.
turned before the body was removed.
My impression was that he referred TO
his own wife and children bar it may
have been the dead mans. Saw Mr..
Costello at the examinations. (Rec-
ognizing him. That is him. DON'T
recollect anything farther that was
said there before ! left may have
been. Don't know as | noticed any
blood on either Purcell or Costello llial
evening. The light was held clos to
Mr. Purcel's face by me that night in
trying to recognize the dead man !;
did not see any blood on his face
Think | LIFT before Mrs. lloyt and
her son--but | won't be sure. When
Costello repealed Purcell when he at
tempted to put his arms around him,
| think he spoke-don'l know what
he sail; think Purcell diln'l make
any reply. Purcels face was rather
towards me, Purcell was continually
going back and forth and think wiring
ing his hands don't recollect Of Pur.
cells going to The light Mr.. Augns-
tus Clark and Mr.. Mason Colburn
and think Mr.. HOLSTER called me
up between one and two O'Clock; |
think there was some moon when !
was called up-about rising the FIRST
time il was dark. Went with them
TO the ground. We found trails OF
blood. Beginning where the man lay
there was a trail of blood gong south
Of where the man lay some 6 rods, in
the road, commencing on the right
side Of the sleigh-track and before it
goI the rods il turned into the left
side so hat where il turned TO come
back it was on the left side. 1t came
back about half the distance-about
three rods, on the east side of the
sleigh track. Before il terminated |
think il had got out Of the sleigh track