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


and Wc started down ta Jamcs lIamiIi0h 4,
Told William ll4mllion, 4 son 81 james,
that i &c was 4 mud o s. up I apald go
with him. Myself aad som, Clark apd
William Hamilton, aad teudulph, az wsat
up About baG way up SO mel Austin
Wileex and Eheu Wymau Pcadalph
went ahead AL he tame, hargiug us or,
He was barefoot. Wilcox sail guess
DAVID Is dead by ,his timf, Peadolpli said
20 dear, I'm born lor roBble We tbtn
went on. Found David y yIug on lla ground
lai Oh his back, about la tscl Ia front II
the house. he made No movement. We
took him up nud carried dm into ,be Loalse.
Soae one, ibink Pcnlol!,h cot ,ras
bed aEd pat II ia ,he font room. aud be
laid David on the bed. IL was rather cold,
aud / lhnk Pendoph buii l,se IN THE
stove. David uaie no movement Wilde
we mere carving him 10, Peudolph took
a small vial and poured h,lle camphor
into a spoon and pul il up 10 his mouth Lut
l did not discover is Be swallowed any q
i. We raised him up a little, 10 pat a
blanket under his bead, and a bloody sub
stance ran out OF his mouth, Think II was
then that he had spasm and chuked. As
the blp9d came oul OF his mouth, peudolph
took he hand and wiped Il oil. PendolpA
was very III q, offered aim tea OF some
kqd Wm. Hamilton and myself rolled
David on to his rglt size, and on lie back
below his shoulder blade appeared to be i
soft spot, we removed his clothes 10 see
Should think the spot was as BIZ as the
tat Of your hand. Saw no other wounds
or bruises at that time, except bloody
marx on his forehead When we came up
the salchel was not under David, but was
lying near his head We opened the
salcheh it was pretty full and It's contents
lid not seem to have been disarranged,-- -
We opened the sutchel because some one
said that Dayil had pocket book aud
knife Found 10 pocket book or kniie il
the satchek Some one examined Dayids
pockets and did not fnd them. Have seen
DAVID have pocket book, this one looks
very much like it. This is not the knife /
have seen David have, that was loug
handled and long bladal knife. While We
were at hc house we found d ditehing
shovel While Knlnan was ying on the
ground he said "Oh," aud Pendolph vent
into the house aud brought out some va
ter; just as be came out | picked up tie
shovel II hay on the ground perhaps four
or five i,et from tlle house, between the
house and where David lay IN th. gr.
den we found tracks OF some one barefoot
and also boot tracks Tue tracks COM
mencrd a rod aud a halt or lNo rods lron
the house, and came around iu circle to
where David lay Tdc track was perhaps
two rods long ~'rhe boot track adi bare
foot track appracd to be together, as ho'
one vas after the other. We iOHnd the
bundle lying Ia the potatoes about two rods
from tie house near where the racks be-
gan. Ne found The tongs abon, two rods
from be- house and about Two rods from
the tracks. Think Pendolph gave 10 ~
lation al any time o! how this happened,
About q year previous to this affair had
a conversation with Pcudolph about Kus.
mans affairs. Told him al my house that
David had some 500 in good notes which
le had earned ii cents and shilings by hard
labor Don't remember as Pendopb made
any reply kinanan was hard tough,
iEonsidtd fellow.
Cross Esamiaattoa.-ShouId think ii
was Two feet or more from track to track
Should think the tracks were made by pen
sons stepping right Of. Could not tell from
from the appearance Of the tracks which
one was ahead The budget was found
two or three feet from the path where they
went for wafer. In examining the satchgl
we took out the articles one by one, but
saw no knife. A fortnight or three weeks
before this Happened Pendolph was at my
house eating dinner aud SAID David had
been up 10 Joel Wyman's and took out bis
dirk knife and scared JoeI's wife, and she
went down to Eben Wyman's. Pendolph
said, ''if David comes to my house he won't
be very well used soaring peoples wives.
MARSHALL lIuhD.-Afier Pendolph
was arrested and examined before the JUS
tice, the day after tile ARRAY, | said to him
that there had been considerable said about
Dayid'5 having pocket book aud knife.
lie first denied having any knowledge OF
them. tden said to him that il was pret.
ty well understood that he bad a pocket
book, and it was generally lhoa.hl by folks
that either he or the old lady knew some
thing about i, aud advised him if he knew
anything abeut il by all means to tel IL
lie then asked me what benefit il would
be, providing he knew about tie pocket
book and knife, to teil me. Previous to
the tthl he told me thar David had stab.
bed a, him with dirk -krlfe III lhe kitchen
told him most Of tie folks Thought the
old lady had got them and ii be knew any.
thing about II il would be better for hin
10 tell lie asked II he might see the Oh
lady and talk with her about II. told him
there was no use III seeing her, iC b. knew
anything about 1t lie nigh, just as welltcll
without seeing her. He tlen sajd II wouk
% with him alone AMI let him 90 u tie
house. and no. lsi bin kill BIN, he would
70 and gei them. then told lnufto Iet me
know sli the particulars SO that | coald b.
satisfied be was telling The truth, and !
would - wlh him alone. Then he said
that after Dwid bad tainted and Iay IL the
yard he went and sot biaDket % pot over