Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-08-20
THE RUTLAND HERALD
THURSDAY, AUGUST II, 1865,
Reported expressly ior thc IlEBupL
TIIE >uRTWsBIRN MURDER.
before Justice warren ~. smith.
mmp nay or RIM rNvr.rn>uoN,

The court opened ut . o'clock and in
hehalf Of the State
Allen Saudcrsou was recalled, who tes-
titled; Winn told me that he w } would
not have shot had he not been near John
Glmlu, Sr; Horace shot from the
field twice before he shot ut all; he
thought he hit Horace in the leg;
when he shot he was standing a few feet
hollow John Gilman, Sr., IN the roadway
ho also shot at Ioracc's hoad; shot at
him three times, though he thinks lac hit
him but twice Vim also told the wit
nc,- that he Was not excited at the time
hc shot at Plumley, but took cool and de-
hhrrttc ann, and meant TO kin him; he
did not say that Horace continued 10 fire
alcr than he did.
AhrAham Vim was called. and being
duly sworn. testified; | was born in
Green county, y. Y, am % years old, and
q farmer hy occupation; reside IN ShrewS-
bury | was on the ground OF the muir
der on the lSt OF August; | stood 10 or u
feet west Of John Gilman, ST, when his
SON WAS shot; Quarter was J or I rods
west ut where Gilman, Jr, was shot, in
tho road Qulrtier, to my knowledge had
nothing in his hands; don't know that he
topN part in the firing did not see him
have il pistol; there was firing west OF
where stood, think in the road
have learned from Quarter that he had a
pistol on the occasion; he said nothing
about what use he made of it; he did not
,Av whose pistol il was he held; don't know
who had pistols in the road west OF me
saw no one in the highway west of me
hut Gilman, Sr,, and Quartier the firing
must have been from one of these par
ties. think II was from Quarter. he was
facing 40 the time toward Horace Plum
Icy; Frederick and Ziba were near Hor-
ace in the field, as was also Abraham
S4uire>: saw young Arthur 20 into the
field whore they were appraising dam
J-.,. but djl not see him in the field near
tA. ttr'y il QUARTER fired at all he
would tire toward the Plumlevs ahout "a
uiuuf elapsed after the firing of the gun
,.'.'pre th. use of rcyolyers WIS rum-
weHe.l; the pistol firing continued from
o. . minutes J think the firing in the
rrsl first ceased: dl NOT know in what
}r.e'ou shots wc,; Of me were
.irc4; know OF no effects OF them
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