Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-02-04

or words to that eHecI saying 30, mace
a motion as if to draw my revolver from
the pocket where usually carried it; at
this William Butterfly grabs around me,
saying don't shoot him I put myself
where, supposed he would grab me, and
done it for that purpose; I had no revolver
with me, and lucky for them had not /;
Neary now began to whisper around
among the women, and went upstairs; 1
said to William Butterfly, that did not
want Neary to leave the house unless
went with him, as he was the only man
in the town who had my secret William
gave me his word that Neary should not
go, and said he was upstairs; l requested
to 20 up where he was, and he went up
with me; we found Neary there; as
SOON as we got up stairs, l caught
Neary by the throat, and asked him
to take back what he had said +; and asked
him if he would go on with the plans; he
said he would be Cd id if he would,
but should 90 back on me- at this Will
liam Butterfly grabbed around me, and
Put one of his hands in my vest pocket;
had previous to this shown quite roll OF
money, and put it in that pocket; while
was getting his hand ont, an attempt was
made to rob me of my watch; it was
pulled from my pocket, and from the
chain, breaking off the clasp, the chain
and clasp was here exhibited to the court;
| won't swear whether Neary or Duffy
took the watch from my pocket, but as i
turned around Duly. had the watch and
gave it to me Neary was standing near
me Duffy came up from behind, and as
[ turned around | saw the watch in his
I J,,,..lnl Tho ,yatrh an1 he
gave it to me Duffy came up stairs while
William had his.hand in ny pocket; the
watch was a gold hunter case. lever watch /;
| now made up my mind that had been
there long enough; but before | started
William made another attempt to get his
hand in my pocket; [ then started to go
down stairs; William seized me by the
collar, aud they all rushed after me, Will
Iiams hand on my collar, [ trying to get
his hand detached; | got nearly to
the bottom Of the stairs, when Will
liam halloOed, "douSc the light y Mrs
Dushan stood by the stove with
"A light in her hand at this time, looking
directly at US, and Williams wife stood
in the door, which leads from another
room, with light; the lights were i'm
mediutely put out; by this time | was
down or from the STAIRS on 10 the moor
ii boy, called Pete. stood there, with some
kind of weapon, which, | should think,
might be stick of wood, with which he
struck me in the face at that | drew my
billy. which had not shown before, and
struck him with it he hallooed out, Il
am struck with slung-shot y at that the
women hallooed out, xiii him :" | heard
Mrs. Dnshan voice; they al came down,
cehterln@ III on me ana surrounding
me; mad my bllly In my hand, and
struck OH right and lett as fast as could
they were then all around me mean all
| saw IN the house; can't say as james
struck at me, but saw HIM IN the crowd,
aud an started toward me, the hardest
blows received, before waa disarned,
were from Neary; the Old woman started
tor me with the rest, and SAID XIII him,
twice. that | heard IN short time Will
liam Butterfly threw his arms around me,
and grabbed my nose III his mouth, and
bit very severely; Thomas Butterfly then
wrenched nay billy from my hand, and
they all came upon me and crushed me to
the floor; one OF them caught me by the
throat and whlskers, and threw me back
ward, ;t.a William fell top OF IRE should
think a, dozen of them were on
me- th"y pulled my whlskers
nearly all "Ht, and choked me severely;
at tHlN tlWe | was sensible OF receiving
blows and Kicks from all Sides William
took my money from my pocket, and let
Z" Ut my nose; at the s''1"e tame others
were lingering me all over Tor plunder
lh"lnis butterfly caught my hand III ms
mouth, took my watch from my pocket,
and went through my other pockets he
had three of my ti,gers i'll his mouth, and
bit them 50 severely. that one Of them now
Il4, now feeling in it; there were other
h inn- in my pocket, and felt them tax .
Ing off my sleeve buttors Thomas and
Tire others took all had; had gold
tonth-pick-a very nice one-they took
that; they took my badge from my inside
coat pocket; after discovering my badge
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HIT do NOT know fo~ wb,t mr.,
nos,. 4, not INV. bo rod RS hands
in my In,rhr,-, a.v i.aa n,v watch up
stairs. and do not know as he was irving
10 get me out Of the scrape after the cry
Of kill the >nIl-of-a-h-h." they all rushed
at me. and seemed determined to accom-
plish it: Mrs. Du,han was present, en-
courapiug the rest in their words they
seemed TO couple revenge and death. and
from them and their actions | have no
doubt they meant to murder me; | had
nobody there with me.