Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-03-18

months before the fire the last time;
had been out of town two or three
months with Mr.. Randall on his
railroad survey; Mr.. Randall en-
ployed me to carry the forward end of the
chain heard the alarm at the Union
house on the might the town hall was
burned at this time l was playing
cards at Ed. LAWYERS house; Ed. Law
Ter, Bill Oney and Mrs. Oney were there
with me; 1 went down town to find the
fire;I went into Cannon's saloon and
found Duffy he and 1 went from there
to the depot; George Crawford ordered
me out of the depot; then went home
and found Mary McDonough, Louisa
Briggs and Vinie there; had nothing
to do with these fires, and did not set
any of them, and know nothing about
there being set / did not go to Butter
fy's house that night, ard did not see
Duffy after / left the depot.
Upon 'cross-examination, Neary testi-
fed, that at the alarm of fire at the
Union house, | was at LAWYERS; | went
down Center street to John Cannon's
and found Martin Duffy at Cannon's
saloon; | went to the depot with Duffy !;
we saw a woman at the depot, Miss
Lincoln; Miss Lincoln's father came on
the train from the cast, and he and his
daughters went away | should think
left the depot about ten minutes after the
eastern train came in; William Hunt
was at the depot; don't know whether
Hunt left before did or not Hunt went
into the ladies room and while there was
ordered out by George Crawford when
Miss Lincoln and her father got in a
sleigh and went away, and | Immediate
ly went home; | came up town home
alone met Mr.. Oney near DR.. Pages );
| don't know where he went; Mr.. Nc
Mann did not come in at Cannons after
/ arrived there; VIM. Stone called me in
and gave me a drink; did
not drinl anything more that
night Duffy and went to
depot to see the train come IN | had not
been to Butterfly's for quite while before
got acquainted with Whipplo; Whipple
had girl with him the first time | saw
him, and he wanted to take her to But
terfy 5, he said to keep her there he want
ed me to help get Q. b. Clark out OF Jail ;
| fell in with the plan; Whipplo said he
wanted to get two good men the first
time | saw him, he came along in single
sleigh; | was standing in Briggs door at
the time; he came along and called to
me, and | went out and got in with him /;
we went to Center Rutland, and there
we got track of girl, and followed her
up; we came back to John Cannon's sa-
loon, and got some liquor and oysters ;
Jesse Clark found the girl for us, and we
took her in. and went to Pittsford when
we came back from there, we went to
Butterfy's, but could not get in; We then
went to LAWYERS, and in trying to
get into the house, run against
the bars, and then came out and
went down to Shattuck's and the girl
not wanting to get out, we drove around
by the Bardwell House and back on Wales
street to near Longs shop; then the girl
got out and went off: Whipple never had
a talk with me about fires, but his whole
talk was about getting o. B. Clark out of
Jail; that Clark had lots of money and
would pay well for such service; when
got back to Briggs that night, Louisa
Briggs and her sister Clara, Mary Nc
Donough and little girl were there there
was conversation between me and the
little girl, and between Louisa and me !;
as l was coming up | saw several people
on the street ahead of me-; Louisa was
one of them; / could hear her voice; I
asked Duffy to go to depot with me and
while at the depot | talked with lin
about Crawford's going in to put Hunt
out | was ordered out of the depot by
Crawford that night; Martin did not 90
home with me that night; / did not set d
fire to Randalfs barn that night; my
window overlooked the fire | got up and
went out: was the first one who went
out of the Jail, or | suppose | was, as the
door was locked; | had no particular in
terest in waiting for the eastern train
separated with Martin at the entrance Of
the depot, opposite the Bardwell House,
because it was time to 90 home and 20 To
bed :; / looked at the clock in the depot a lit
tie while after. the train came in; the trim
was not in but little while before | went
home after the train come in | walked
around the depot a few moments and
went home Mr. Lincoln was the only
person / knew who came in on that train
/ did not know the conductor or engineer
of that train.
Ch0rles BuHfrFy being called and
sworn, testified | remember the occasion
of the burning of the town hall and Of
the Olmstead barn | had been here but
a few days; | was up on a visit to mother;
| lived in New Hampshire Martin Duffy
and Peter Neary could not have been at
mothers that night unless they were there
before seven o'clock, as | was there all
the time after. that until the fire broke
out.
Upon cross-examination he testified
am stopping at the Jail at present; | am
in for burglary; | was put in the next
morning after this fire, for being drunk,
and a few days afterward | was put in for
burglary; John Campbell was at mothers
with me the night of the fire we were in
mothers part and | did not go into Viii
liam's part of the house until the alarm Of
fire went To the fire after the alarm; ]
did not see Martin Duffy there that !
know Of ! was in the jail yard and did
see Neary, Tom and Jim there was in
the Jail yard talking to my brother
George who is in Jail on the Shrewsbury
murder: Briggs drove me away from the
window where | was talking with my
brother.
Louiw BuHekfy being called and sworn,
testified | am the wife OF Charles But
terfly | remember the night of the fire
at Randalfs barn and Olmstead's barn; |
had been here from New Hampshire but
a very few days; | was at mothers that
night / did not see Neary OF Duffy there
that night; Mr.. Campbell and stranger
and Tommy and Charlie were playing
cards | went to bed about eight o'clock
and went to sleep.
Within BuHerfy being called and
sworn, testified | did not see Duffy and
Neary at my house the night of the burn
ing of the town hall Duffy had not been
to my house for Is months before that
time that 1 know of | had been at work
all day hard and was tired and went TO
bed about eight o'clock, and did not hear
the Union House alarm; ! did not 90 TO
the fire at town hall Charlie asked me if
l was going to the fire | said, no; | told
him | was tired and had got to work the
next day and should MY 90 out that
night: Ebert Sherman told Inc that
Duffy was going to turn States eyidenc,
and accuse us of setting the fires: and AT
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