The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-06-26


vas ~ - epgat She metllae aeuse
We lhF ,hen sent aiti BIN as be ~ rs
up HamH1a Hollow 0ptbt fosd lie 81
he lad $50 ntea,ia ia taking sbe fock'
ti box tt be jId bo, mean q steal any.
,h.be ia {, hh1 haa uo, opened = e see
tfllaft va snyihne u 4 said . hsHi
ibai ls s'i ne 70 have touched the
.pakei teak, oatht Is l,ate lsfi Il tiehs on
If ers.u3 whrre David VAS he sail DC
'tak ase he didn't knoN but tlfe old
Ramau msh, come back and get ~. then
tl1 bim Il te took J, AZ all &c e0sl, 10 have
taken i rgit down 10 Mr. Hamlions or
somewhere g By ktpt lie said ho thooshl
\ Do cwll Keep il as safe Is any enc ahd
!. be eoatl pa, il there uatl David got well
thfn gei i and sive / 70 him When sc
'h3d soi 20o 80 rode above the house, 40
thought, he was dtcciyng us, BOT ho ssid
Ia would show us BE was 40, dvteising us.
{ lle theu said lg could show us hls tracks
and Mr. Curtis examined iound them. We
thyu went up the brook 60 or 10 rofs above
the hol-r and turned 70 the right onto The
side lili into thieke, Of underbrush when
Pcudollh began to search saying he had
got pretty close 70 H. lie poked around
.omr snlhps whicbhad nearly roitea away,
looked III two or three places. HE leoted
Up q 4 maple tree and safd 'iss pretty near
here anyway" He then wen, 30 another
plaeo where II looked as though there bad
been very large tree OF which the stump
had all rotted away except hollow root
which stuck up three or four inches above
tbc ground Ne pointed 20 the root and
said ''thce 10 where il that Is whore
put il anyway, II there hasn't anyone got
Iit" John Curtis then put his hand into
.he root and took oul the knife and pocket
book. William then sid, anow what do
you think about my lying 70 you" He
said that he wrapped up the knife. When
we found them both Ihe pocket book and
knife were wrapped mp IN another cloth.
After we had got back on level grohud WI,
aud others who had then rot up sas down
IN d eirelc and examined The contents ot
the pocket buok Il contained six dollars
and six cents ard some old papers. BE.
fore We started 10 20 up Pendolph said be
was certain he could find them unlces the
d woman had been up and gol them, slio
might have seen him going up there. BE-
fore the trial pendolph said Daviluamo IN
there aud he gave him chair and ho sat
down and pretty coon asked for some 70,
bacco then he gave him some tobacco,and
soon DAVID begun to dbuble up his fists and
grale his teeth then he told him 10 20 out
dpors, lie didn't like to hear him grating
his teeth so; then David got up and .weht
into the kitchen and he followed hlhi up
to see whether be went out docrsi David
then turned upon him ia the kitchen aud
drew long white handled dirk knife and
stabbed at him, he then struck him with
the aNc hitting him in the back batid
then wen. out and fell in front 0, the door.
Here inquired of him if he STRUCK him
but ones, and he said he didn't.s Aiy i'm
pres,on would be that when We found lIe
knife pendolph said il was the same oue
be stabbed at him with. Pendolph said be
wrapped the pocket book aud kniie upid
a good thick cloth SO they wouldn't hurt.
Grass Brdniiaation.--W When Poidolp
asked rle how II would hnlb him % ted
what he knew, ] said that If il should tart
out tla the old woman had il il would be
50 much the better for him. lis wanted
to 20 dnd see her and SEES il she would lat
him Disclose. lie told me in his first re-
lation THAI the boy brought the axe and Pot
il At the fJot Of the bed. Heard about the
Etobapco from the OIL woman and asked
Pendolpb about il but he denied ii Saw
H. Al, All IA. 1 al
house on the way for the pocket bodk.---
Tho tobacco lay within aioot of the pari-
ton very near the door, in WtIliafu's room.
PendoIph said be coull not have lit David
a very hard blow because the axe Wds not
very heavy and be did noi mean 3, siflke
very hard. h e. a
WILLIAE j. HAhllToA.--Btse with
my father, James Hamilton. DAVID h,as,
man came to our house on the mEFning o'
this afiraY, while was milking. He had
spade, u large satchel a small bundle
tied up in handkerchief, pair of tong
and fire shovel lie set the spade md
satchel in the double wagon, nud eaIno 10
me/and said be was going to Judson Bent.
ley's 20 help him in haying. lIe then
went past Opr house toward Mlorebouse
llamillons. vas eating breakfast whct
be came back, be came Ia the honse md
lii his pipe aud then went pii Think II
was not far from seven when be left our
} house The last pme, About ten O'Clock
that morning Pendolph came 10 our house.
and said, "Nill, ! want you TO 60 up 10
my house, David is up there and has got
a it," remarked, "he's got out Of Il anil
gone before this time hasn't be-" he said
mo he's there" asked hin Where and h.
said before The house. asked him ii In
was laying down or standing up and be
said hg was partly dosn. Morrhanar
Hamilton came there. Alorebobse ra'l
be shouldn't 20 up unless | did. ADD then
Bin says o me, DO go We three thet
started, Peadvlph WAS bareiogted. W.
wcat side by side litle Ways then Bih
urging NJ 70 20 faster until | llad.tO pafli
ally ran q keep up. Should think Is pfis
a mile and quarter from our h9uss ~
Pendolpii's. Then Aaron VI. and Clark
Hamilton came Up on horseback and they
three went on together aud pendoipb wHb