Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-03-25

4 Oottu OF ~ from Zl0a PlQmiey ~ IN kOlu
thGre, WENT past Horace Plumleye;
gcing theEe from Northam you pass isaa
b. Balch's house; arrived at the schot
about Ave o'clock on my way to Burdctts
did not zee anybody at the school house
but saw Mr.. Gilmaus horse hitched mort
of the school House two or three rods;
saw two or three men up in the lot wher
the corn field is; they seemed to be sittin
down; as went up the road towards MI
Burdett's met Fred Plumley, and as h
appeared to be excited and had pitchforh
I stopped and askel him what the troubl
was; he said he had sent his hired man
George Butterfly, down into the field an
they had pitched upon him; old John Gil
man, John Gilman, Jr., and Balch ha
pitched upon him and whipped him. h
said he would see if he could not send hi
| hired help down there without their beip.
bounced upon he said they would leav
his lot before he slept, or he would viii,
| them; this piece of land, Fred had Away
called his farm; he was moving along a
he said this; don't think he stopped whel
Ziba came up, has was on horseback and
spoke to him, and asked him what the row
was, he said they had pitched on Georg,
butterfly and they were going down to Sc,
that they had fair play; he asked me if
was coming back that way; 1 told him
was; he said he would like to send out thu
appraisal of damage to the middle of the
town; | told him | would carry it, if hi
would have 1t ready when | came6back
while We were talking, the Squiers' boy
passed us; | went up the road and they
went down towards the school house; | dc
not know where Horace was when | met
them, the men in the corn field could not be
seen the corn field could not be seen from
Ziba Plumley's house; the sugar woods
hntx he ha, aud
Horace Piumley's house | went,up to Mr..
Burdett's the land at Burdett's is higher
than it is at the bar-wav; it is Il fourth or a
third of mile from Ziba or Horace Plum
ley's houses to Burdett's; they are each
about the same distance; there are rasp-
berry bushes on both sides of the turn of
the road TO go up to Mr.. Burdett's; drove
up to Mr. Burdett's and left my wife sitting
IN The wagon, and went into the house,
pretty soon my wife called to me and said
she heard firing and hallooing down in the
lot; | got into my wagon and went down
the road as fast as | could; when | got
down by the school house, | saw some men
IN the road by Daniel Balch's; Quarter
ana others were there; the one nearest to
me was the little Gilman boy; he was wiring
ing his hands, and called him to me and
asked him what the matter was, he said
Horace Plumley had shot his brother; |
asked hlm where, and he said up the road
as arrived at the school house, | saw Mr.
Baich getting over into the field on the east
side of the highway; where he was going
was the nearest course TO Mr.. Bach's
house; ! hallowed to him; instead of stop
ping, he looked around and moved the
aster; | hallooed again, and he then
urned around and came toward me; / went
Town rod or two 10 meet him; | did not
Zee Frederick ut that time; | saw him when
went up the road, after | saw Mr.. Balch
iffer left Mr.. Balch, | went up the road on
DOT and told my wife to drive up; when
rot up few rods, | saw Frederick and
butterfly moving towards me; Horace and
-iDa were further up it might have
'een twenty rods | was going west
ND they were coming east came up
WITH them, they turned and followed me ND
D where | saw Horace standing: Elon
lark was standing there with gun: |
stepped up to Horace and took him by the
olar and told him he must 90 with me-. I
hen asked him to get into my wagon for
ne purpose of taking him TO Rutland iail;
e had no coat on and said he was shot.
nd was covered with sweat and dust: he
'anted to 90 and change his clothes; went
own the road with him, Ziba followed us
own; we went to Horace's house; Fred.
TICK and butterfly went up 10 Ziba's house;
~ wife drove the team to Horace's house.
; ne went into the other room he pushed
ne door to, crowded the door open lust
5 he dropped his pistol into a drawer. and
took It out and put it into my pocket Ga
NTH Il Wesson revolver, No. 1878, shown
ltness) this is the pistol; he then put on
'the clothes and insisted on having some
upper; told him TO 90 with me and
ouid get INN some supper at the middle of
e town; Llba was out doors AMI he spoke
me, and as went to the window to hear
nat he sad, my wife said, Horace was
inning Tor the woods; there was n door
9nt Dack OF where he was eating his sup
n, which led him out northeast of the :
'use; run around the corner ofthe house !
Id saw him some 10 rods away, running; :
'un down after him and halooed TO him
stop, he kept on until he got to some
)nes ut the bottom OF the hill; [ then told a
m 10 come bac, :, and he came back; he a
IS going as fast as he could run when first Il
W MN, and was going towards BaIch's II
ous, he was not proceeding in the drec- T.
n OF any highway; these woods were !,
me % rods away from the house: took :
n back and put him uto my wagon and =
ID nm, and my wife drove the team and o
'k MN up TO where the man was shot; II
)und Elon Clark aud Clark White there o.
y toid me where the body was; asked fl
ate to stand by my wagon, and | went
u
as though he fell on to his knees and :,
ped over with his arms and hands under "
n; straitened him over back; | noticed !"
ere the shot entered his body: il entered III
his left side; | did not notice whether il Il
Sed through his body; Mr. Clark rave
a gun and pistol; he said hc took the il
10 from Simon Gllmon; (thc witness X
9 produced the gun this is the same ia
/ Clark handed me as the one he moi,
IinFlTn In tiay L.,
en- Clark handed me the gun: Horace "a
IN the wagon within two or three feet ne
nc when Clark gave ne the Gun and 81
IL was the one nc took from Horace ed
LnleS; he handed me two pistols. Smith &c
essen revolver No 3U72 was the one he ~
he took from Butterfly, no other pistol =
handed 10 me that day that night
aham Nnn gave me his pistol when
stcd MN; got young Gilman ana old ~
pliinail pistol monday morning; this tci
d was SAID 10 be taken from John Gil we
/, $, body, | examined the pistol ut tin
tiinc, and found the cylender aud cart reA
IS vanished over with, should think vii
i OH, dried on, as though il had not n.
urea Tor some time; | took the cart j..
es out at the time OF the Justice exami- ~.
On at the Town Hall; this was the next AZ
( after the arrest; | calcuIafed - .,.ra,, Mr.
erick Ptumloy and George Butterfly he
~ ~, pHt utd not ma them, MIR. Al he
?, the Constable was with me; this was da1
| had taken Horace OYER towards the th..
lie OF the town; | went 10 Ziba Plum w..
for them; | got there about O'Clock .
lie evening; | did not find them that Ia"
I; searched for Fred the next day: we
lot lind Fred the next day; | found dor
re butterfly at Ziba Plumlev's next wit
found Fred monday morning a, chi. hal
'vilie depot; he went there with Mr. Pie
ich the Constable; | arrested no other No.
ons that day; | arrested Winn and 80;
ftier Saturday night, with Mr.. Ziba ~.
fley; don't think | and Aldrlch went WI.
alche,s; Balch was not arrested. nae
WEI
'oss- Eeo"iaation. = Frederick and hin
Plumley lived together in the same me-
e; | understand they worked to- 60 g.
er on the two places; lii passing be
from the school honsc, | was not in no,
OF Iiba and the others more than 20 tol,
before | met them: | saw Frederick to
libi first; did not see Horace Plum a h
{ any time, until | saw him up where last