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s 1t, and told him to hold the horse !
e long as he got pay for it: l did not tai
d with any man at gainesville. except q
above stated; did not walk along by til
d team talking with any one;" Potter ais
: testified, There was person came t
look at the horse about two weeks since
the gentleman said he was from Ne,
York; he looked at Mr.. Griswplls hors
more than at mine; he came there a
noon; he took dinner there; he did no
give his name, and | did not ask If
should think him from 30 to IS years q
age; ! had been away and found hin
there when 1 got home; l carried him Z
Essex Junction in the afternoon, to tax
the train; have no recollection OF tn
day when the man came TO buy horse
think 1t was Tuesday or Wednesday,
Mr.. Potter further testified, The day
the king bolt was repaired was the las
day l went to the Falls; it must have beer
the first day went to see, and did see
Wilkins; l went to Burli4 gton before ]
went to the Falls; no one rode with me
from Burlington 10 WinOoski; there was
no team that drove with me from Bur.
hngton to Winooski that day. q
We did not intend to start for Canada
until late on Saturday night; a message
was received from some member of Rev.
Mr. SCOTS family that he was dead. and
requesting Clark Potter to be there
Gross ecdmHed-Potter also testified
that he had intended for some time be-
fore Saturday night going to Canada;
/ Potter had no counsel at the inquest:
Potter got home from Canada Wednesday
1 afternoon; he gave his testimony We'd
nesday evening; Messrs Whitney and ST.
monds, two Of the Selectmen Of Williston.
/ States Attorney Taft and Jeremiah French
We're present; Mr.. Whitney conduct
/ ed the examination; Mr.. Simonds asked
some questions, as did Mr. Taft, the
/ States Attorney; Loncke, Atkins, VII
klns, Redmond, L. Ii. Bowman and II.
Il. Fish We're not witnesses before me.
GEORGE W. KELLY.-Resides in Albany
but lives here most Of the time; am IA
messenger of the National Express Com
pany. and run from here TO New York;
have been on this route over year; this
route runs over the Rutland 4 Burling-
ton, Western Vermont, Troy and Boston,
and Hudson River Railroads: My bust
ness brings me here but have my wash
ing done IN Albany; l went down to New
York on a Monday, about the last of Au-
gust; l first heard of the Williston muir
der when l returned to Burlington the
next Wednesday night. | heard that 1t
had happened the Sunday night before;
Monday morning one OF the drivers told
me at the Rutland depot that there was "a !
man there who had been inquriug for /
the messenger; the driver soon sud that /.
the man was outside the ear waiting 10 1
see me: l stepped out OF the express car /
INTO the express wagon and this man stood 1
by the side of It; he wanted 10 know /
whether he could nde down with me.
and said he was going 10 New York: .
told iIlm no, for il was against the rules
% let anybody ride with me: he said he
Taa acquainted with some of the bows in
New York, and 1t would be pleasant for
INN to ride down with me be said le
dit not want 20 spuuge lis rIde AS helm
tended 70 get ticket; ! then told him
hat - he wa friend OF some Of the
boys IN New York, / would let MIN ride
but would rather ne would wait until We
got down the road piece when We cot
to Nergennes he came and got into NV
car after leaving New Haven / got INTO
conversation with him lac told me lac
had had fight the night before some
where back of Burlington said lac had
been up here three or four dave: said lie
had had little business up hl-e: when
be had got ready to start from Jack Mer-
rilis, with a horse and carriage. which
hc had hired at a livery Stable in BuIling-
ton. lac saw four men watching him. and
be started of then, thinking he would
get out Of sight of them. and drove along
down until he thought he had cot away
from them, and turned up the side # IA
'oad and stopp i, as soon rs le stopped .
&c sad he slw the men coming again .
hey came up 90 HIM and asked lim what
business he had there; said be didn't
Know 1t was any of their business; they
ephed, "they would make it their bust
less, and pitched on 10 him: Be-, fought
hem oil until he got away from them;
AID lac struck some of them and fired his
evOlyer at them AMI didn't know wheth-
r lac had hurt any one or not he show
d me his revolver; the revolver was =,
ommon six shooter; don't think I Nv
nough Of 1t to identity it know the
ind Of revolver called the Smith &
Fesson - revolver; this one looked like y
ne of this make.
Here Mr.. E. showed the witness a /
ninth & Wesson revolver, which, he I
aid, looked like the pistol the man /
bowed him. !
He said he fired of all the shots there 7
ere IN 1t; did not know whether the /
ist0l was loaded when he showed it to e.
L.; he also spoke about hasinga spring q
lily; said he left the horse and car d
age where he had the fight said he cut +
ne mans head pretty bad didn't know ID
neither he killed HIM or not; thought d
rom his appearance he had walked from b
here he stated he had the fight: his D.
hoes and pants were quite dusty; his ],
noes were made Of prunella; showed me b
arks Of lood on his clothing; said he h
OF quite bloody in the fight; said his 81
lat was so bloody and torn that he could p
OF wear 1t but put It into his carpet bag; I,
e had a leather bag with him, which a
ung up in the car, and one which WAS II
lecked they looked rather slim. as if j
ley did not have much in them; showed G..
e where they had been blood on his Fl
ants from his knees to his feet: he evi- %
emily had tried to wash it of; the pants II
,oked as if they had been all covered with p
lOod; could see marks of blood where he O
ointed them ont to me pulled s.,
p one leg of his pants about > or Il
lches; the top of his stocking looked o
lther bloody and dirty; did not notice L
is clothing above his knees; he had a n
rye, loose coat on. which was not but V
med; showed me the shirt sleeve Of his a
ght arm; the wristband up to the gath f,
IS in the shirt looked as if it had been o
iturated with blood; he had on two white
)tton shirts; the undershirt was the one
rat was bloody; the man was rather slim, .
Her than' myself; had very dark hair I
nd whiskers, not over three or four weeks
ID; his whiskers We're dark; his nous 7,
lche was about the same length as his Ii
hiskers; the whiskers were OF what Is Il
llled military cut" he had on a cloth Ii
at with stiff crown and brim; its color L
rs dark mixed; his pants were very dark p
18th a greenish shade to them; the man s.
1T me at Centre Rutland; | next saw him e
Troy; he went to Troy over the Sara e
,ga road, and / over the Troy * Boston;
hen the Saratoga train came into the