The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-01-05

hanJ on Barry. iscg asd says 4,
hes desd Al that time. Puferl
hsoks w a, ms and snd ONeu, Is be
dead Yes, he's dead. Mike. re-
I.li,d 70 mm3 sna pgfecl siauds up.
aud don knos whether br Dul has
hanas % ne ~ uvt. ard says, Alansh
hve rrr what wifi nay wife and
chllaFrn 90 B.nctr alanah nce rec
meaus enid o. ny heart. | have
sometime. heard Il used. AMI he
said. ~ hm wiil become vi rae .uid
he wehi ~ IA enilug % thai way.
did moi take maeh nolies Il ban after
tllat. ! wem around ,uid talked siili
AR. ShrrwiR What We snoa.d do win
iae dead man. Gould MOI tell whriliei
il vas Ak.. 5asErAia .os- lss,-s.ls- ss-st
spoke of aiovng hm afst Told r..
Siietwiu II We moved him al adi, IL
~as better to move him where he be-
longed TO his boarding house. Mr.
Slleiwln went and procured a sleigh.
He came up wish the sleigh, and tour
Of Us took up the dead body and put
il in. Mr. SherWin aud IN, self anl
AIR. Mang, think, helped, and per.
hap. Purerl perhaps Dennis Morgan
helped. Tank it vas Mr.. Morgan's ;
sleigh aud horse; aud We put some
sltaw, that Mr. Sherwin got, over the
dead man, aud started along. | car
RED the lantern, and Mr.. Sherwin
started ahead OF me diving the team.
Before We started something was
said about knife while the man was
lying Oh the ground. Purcell, in bis
iamenlatIon spoke Of The poor fellows
D. ing, aud nobody there but God Al
mighty ard himself. He said. / hadn't
seen my knife SINCE ! gave it 10 the
poor fellow TO cut tobacco up TO An
drew French's. When we started we
walked three abreast, Costello TO my
right hand and Purcell on my Ieh.
Mr.. Sherwin wanted me to sit on the
sleigh, and told him preferred
walking. We went on some way
walking so, one each side OF me, and
- hen We gol 10 where the road turn
ed up Do,sel hill, said TO Purcell 10
turn back and eieat.' lie replied TO
me, no, viii not This was all that
passed for some way, until we came
down past Mr.. Roberts. Some was
walking this side Of Mr.. Roberts, still
walking close together, one each side
oi NE. Purcell spoke and said, Mike,
the knife IS gone, anyway. told
him at The same time, SMUT up, |
don want to bear any more from ye.
As ! s oke Tie word | started from
between The two aud ran ahead Of
Mr.. Sherwip 5 rieigl, | skept some
way ahead OF Mr.. Shrrwin till We
came almost TO the Point 10 the TIM
shop. As started from between the
Two { Purcell and CosIello) lhey threw
themselves on tie sleigh aud hung on
some distance on towards the shop.
some north Of it lhry both overlook
me again, Purcel and Costello. hen
We 90! up close 10 the lin shop ask.
ed Mr.. Costello 70 20 down TO Brady's
10 tell them What was coming. Cos
tello made answer and said, Il don't
want 10 20 along with that fellow to-
night Ii any one wants me they will
find me al Mr.. Hagserty's" He went
into Ilaggeriy's, and that wa, the last
| see Of Costello that night. went
on 10 Bradys. Purcei walked pretty
well that night; lie went on with u,
down 10 Brady's. lie walked side By
side with me some oi The way pretty
close; seemed TO be III trouble. Was
III Bradys when the body was exam
med that night and tue day after.
Was knife iound on Mr.. Barry,
believe.
Estates Attorney comedies that the
knife found was Barry's.)
Have not seen Michael Purcell
here al court, and Bennington. Per
haps have seen Alr. Parcel two OF
three times since Ills trial al Manches-
ter.
Re- Direct Examination Purcell
lived in Dorset and worked at Faclo-
ry Point Was acquainted with the 1
roads The way they came was a
quarter OF mile further, perhaps
The reason, Costello said, that Purcell .
gave for going that road was, thai it
was the right road and he would 90
tie did not perseyere on then very
hard, but followed after them. | sup
po-e Barry WAS a perfect stranger
10 that way. AT the house asked .
Costello whether they we're drinking
Or not lie said the last they drank 4
was some cider al Andrew Ffeneh's. 4
| a,ked him ii Barry was cross Ia his I
liquor. He said, nos 'bat by bell, .
Putcel is III devil Costello did uot 4
FAY that Purcell wa. drunk. | did not
ask him. Costello apprared to be
sober man Al tlir dead body pafceI
SAID tbai We had 10 fuss, bbi he took
a larn on liis stomach, laid down and
died tight here with me. When he
made thtse remarks, lhiDk Mr.
AiiIer AID Mrs. lloyi were there
Wien he ma,le t3e remark about tie
eate, ! think Air. Sherwm and Mrs.
Iiyyt and her son we're there; aho
else | cannot say ihe dead taau took
my a,ien'iUn more titan anybody else.
Beside his arm, Parcel bad his bud
~ under tie dead mans head
Seemed 10 he pat under there for
i}afryS head 10 H. unou. Have t,-S.