Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-04-13

the house; the distance from Williston
depot to Mrs. Griswold's was miles; the
road by the Williston Poor Farm runs
directly to Winooski Falls; the distance
from the north and south road from Essex
Junction to Mr. Griswold's, to Winooski,
by the Poor Farm road, is 7 miles; from
witness house to Winooski by the river
or Poor Farm road is further by II mile
and half than by the Eldridge road.
Nary Sullirm. in Williston in
n house next to Mrs. Griswold's lived ut
Mrs GIiswold's for some weeks before
the murder was there Wednesday or
Thursday before was there when man
came to buy horses previous to her death;
saw him about IL o'clock Wednesday IN
the back kitchen had been previous
" in the forenoon up stairs sewing and
came down to get dinner he took dinner
there that day / was at the table during
the dinner he had rather a light com
plexion, black whiskers and hair think
his whiskers were chin whiskers he had
a moustache heard them say that he
was there buying a horse that Mr.. Potter
had bought lately did not see the man
looking at any horses that afternoon he
went away about 2 o'clock heard MIR.
Potter say lie was going to carry him to
the Junction Mr.. Potter returned home
before night thinks he brought a stove
with him thinks she has seen that man
since saw him before tine Grand Jury
last fall he was brought into the room
where | was did not know he was COM
ing into the room nothing was said to
me about seeing him before except they
told me / should have to 60 to the jail to
see him never had him pointed out TO
me.
The witness here pointed out the
prisoner Ward as the person she had
seen at Mrs. Griswoli's and in the Grand
Jury Room.
Mr.. Potter said this man came from
Rutland Mr. Potter took the bay horse
TO carry this man away had heard the
Potters talk of going to Canada, Just az
ter L went there was at Mrs. Girls
wold's for three weeks the last time; the
family did not live pleasantly together all
the time did not see, what | could call.
a very serious difficulty between any Of
them they had some words once III
while heard them have some words once
about a lock Mr. Potter was putting a
lock on his bedroom door Mrs. Girls
void thought he did not 10 II well, and
wanted him TO get somebody 10 d. it who
understood it Mrs. Griswold seemed to
make the most words about 1t Mr. Pot
ter was not present at any of the alterca-
tons between the old lady and Mrs. Pot
ter
@ by Mr.. Englesby.-What had the
old lady said about having the Potters in
the house &?
Mr.. Roberts objected on the ground
that it was not evidence.
The Court ruled that the evidence
should be limited to what was said in the
hearing of Potter
Never heard any alteration between
the old lady and Mr.. Potter, except the
one about the lock.
CroSS-Ecamaed- Heard the man who
came to the house talking with Mr.. Pot
ter and Mrs Griswold about buying a
horse; they dined that day in the dining
room adjoining the little kitchen; all the
family dined there except the boy; the
man was well dressed; had ON a short,
dark coat and light colOred hat; the rim
Of the hat was faced with black: when /
saw him before the Grand jury he was
not dressed the same way is when At Mrs.
Griswold's house; the man at the Grand
Jury room did NOT have whiskers. nor the
same coat or the same hat; he had a very
little moustache; when Edward Call was
testifyIng tins morning heard YOU ask the
prisoner Ward TO stand up; never had seen
the man before who took dinner at Mrs
Griswolds until that time; had seen other
people, strangers 10 me, NJ Mr.. GriswOld's
before; never heard Of two rough strang-
ors who had alarmed her mother by stand
ing IN the road the night before the muir
der; Mrs Grisvold had had trouble with
the boy Call; never knew her have any
trouble with any Of the workmen except |
the boy; when Mrs Gr1swold got vexed !
she did not seem 20 have any control over |
her temper, and would SAY anything that /
came into her mind; did not know Mrs. |
Griswold's age, when / was there Mrs. /
Potter had the management of household /
affairs
DR.. c. 4. L. Spraglis Went to Mrs.
the morning after the murder;
found the body Of Mrs. Griswold in a calf
pen, wrapped in a blanket; uncovered her
face and found cuts on her throat and
face; found three Commissions on the left
side of her head; the scalp was broken in
three places, and there were also bruises
on the lett temple and cheek; there were
also some bruises about the chest: there
were several small cuts in the throat. one
a little left Of the mesial line. which was
a lnRsrf s,r-l, s,,.i,na l., l..
severed the external lugular vein on the
night side; there was a narrow cut an
inch aud half deep on the chin, which
seemed to have been made by an instru-
nent pushed in; on the back of the left
hand were two cuts from an inch to an
nch and a half long, and one on her
light hand; her chest, knees and legs
we're also discolored with bruises which
seemed to be old; some Of the marks on
Ter chest seemed to have been recently
lone; Others looked older; there was
nothing about the character of the older
marks to lead me to Judge how they were
made; the Commissions on the head seemed /
o have been made by some blunt instru-
nent which broke the scalp and fractured ,
he skull; the fracture was about two
nches and half in length.
MIR. Englesby handed the witness a {
roken bistoury which was picked up on
he kitchen floor, in the blood near the !
tove. Witness said tine blade fitted one 4
the cuts on the chin; he also testified
seeing the bistoury picked up by Judge '
rench.
Mr.. Englesby here handed the witness =
billy" and asked if such an instru- o
tent would inflict the wounds found up f
n the head of the deceased ? Witness \
fought it would. \
The severing of the jugular vein would d
1use death by hemorrhage; the blows ON u
e head will probably result in death. Fl
Cross E.rdniHed The blows ON the p
sad might have been made by cudgel
some blunt instrument: the body of +,
rs. Griswold was quite bloody above d
e waist, and but very little below n
the blanket was clotted with al
God; could not Judge from the blood ON a
T person whether she was standing up: d
Ink the blows on the head were enough " "
knock a person down and cause insen- ri