Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-04-23


on the afternoon of Oct. Sd was at Mr.. Fetch
er's farm east Of Shelburn picking apples in the
orchard; Enos Douglass was with me; | saw
Henry Welcome there; he came up under the
tree where was picking apples; this was near
> O'Clock; he staid there near one-half an hour;
think he went east from there; do not know
whether he went by the road or across lots.
talked with him; | had not seen him for some
time previous; his parents live southeast one
half or three-fourths of a mile from Hnesburgh
village; | asked him where he was going; he said
to a Mr. Dougass's. who lived east from there,
and about one one-half mile south Of Russell s
corners; he said he was living then at Mr.. David
Fish's on the road between Hinesburgh and Bur
lington.
Cross-erGmiRed-Wa a witness at Welcome
examination; do not know which way Welcome
came from, when | saw him under the tree; do
not know whether Mr.. Douglass was there when
he came or not; had known Welcome previous
ly, but had not seen him for some months;
think he went east by the road.
EHOs Douglass, testified | reside in Shell
burn; saw Henry Welcome on the afternoon Of
Sd October last at the Fletcher farm; he was do
ing nothing; when | got to the tree he was talk
ing to Congdon; Fletcher's house is 10 rods east
of the orchard; | had little conversation with
Welcome; think be went east from the orchard
he left there between one and two o'clock; il was
nearer one than two.
Milo c. Sfelrari testified | reside at Wa
terbury; am a deputy sheriff; arrested Henry
Welcome at Waterbury, Oct. 9th, between and
Q a. m | found him on the train in smoking
car going south; had seen men in pursuit Of him,
and went to the train and arrested him; took
him to my house, thence TO Hinesburgh; nothing
was said between US at his arrest, more than that
| told him | wanted him; hitched up my team
and took him to Hinesburgh, with George c.
Arms and another man; before we got to Hines
burgh | asked him how far Mr.. Morse the muir
lered man, lived from Hinesburgh; he slid his
name was not Morse but Russell, and he did not
know the distance; he said there was considera-
bic excitement in liinesburgh yesterday and
asked me if | thought they would hang him had
he been there | said | did not know; he asked
what the men were going over with me for;
said for his protection, that if there was an
excitement there he could not be taken away
from me; that afternoon he asked me if they
could prove him guilty if they didn't see him
kill him; | said that would depend upon cir
cumstauces; he said he knew id well they
couldn't; he gave me a history of his where
dNfNuA1 rum lit lllAt u his ul.ClHfHt Ntil
Montpelier Jail to the present time This was
in substance as by other witnesses, except that
De said he staid in Burlington Saturday night
and Sunday went TO Wino0ski and stlid till
Monday, when he went to Essex and took train
and went soulful lie tod other stories, differ
ing from this, and again told me he could tell
where he was saturday night; he then said he
stad il a barn half way to Burlington; diln' I
know the mans name; that he took an old coat
from 20 bench, went on TO a now Of hay and
staii there till P. IN. Sunday; said he went in
20 the barn at s p IA. Saturday; | asked him
why L7 didn't @ into the house; he said there
was no light. After examination / brought him
60 Burlington, and on the way stopped at Harry
Rusel's and found the coat and premises rs he
had described them; | did not 20 on 10 the hay
NOW; Welcome saw the coat and said that was
the enc he took. At the examination nj Hines
burgh he said he wanted TO have me 90 up and
get his father to come down; that he wanted his
father 60 swear that he stopped Of home saturday
night. and that DE would DO IT,. After arrestinr
him on the cars took him 20 my house; searched
him aul took his coat from him; I left hi. coat
"a, the jail with Mr. Ashley; the coat shown in
court Is the one / took from him: the coat ex-
lmiuei and found spots On it which / thought
90 be blood; they were on the shoulder ami col
lar; 7 saw a number If spots of what tlok to
be blood; | did nos examine his shirt closely at
my house; lut at Niucs5ur-h examined aud
found many stains; the shirt was handel o. Mr..
Arms TO count the spots, and be showed me o
large spot which he discovered under p'ait;
took the shirt and collar from him nj Hines
bureh, delivered them TO Mr.. Ashley. and think
the ones shown in CONT were Oh ones taken from
him. When arrested be had on dark coat,