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

1 Ave o'clock, T then started for George
Plumley's; little while before ] started
for George Plumley's / see my father
going down the road horse back; l
started about five minutes afterward
when left my house / went down the
road a short distance; then went down
through my cornfeld to look at some
souashes my cornfield was the east side
of the road it was the lower side OF the
road; got started to come toward the
road, saw a man and woman going up
in a wagon; l took it to be Allen Sander
son: then came out into the road and
went down toward the school house !;
I did not get over the wall and hide
that day; | next saw father near the
Holden house toward the school house,
Abraham Squiers and Fred Plumley was
with him; / must have went about 10
rods after I got into the road before l saw
them; |. followed along behind them !;
they went west from the school house,
followed them up; when l got to school
house / saw father, Fred and Squiers going
up the road. and old Mr.. Gilman and
Winn coming down; each passed to the
right Frederick and Squires got over
into meadow and went toward the corn
field: got over into the meadow and saw
John Gilman jr., coming toward the bars !;
Frederick told John Gilman, Jr., he
wanted him to leave his field the reply
was, he would go when he got ready !;
| went along and met him a little west OF
the bars he came up and threw his right
arm around me, and his left hand hold of
my gun he then says old fellow you
have got to take it now he tried to
20 ,,rn,,nI an1 nistpI m
up off the ground we had pretty hard
tussle Fred then said if you don't let
Horace alone | will come back and fork
YOU he then let 90 my body with his
right hand and caught hold of my gun
with his right hand; he swung me around
toward the road and tried to pull the gun
away from me; at that Abraham Winn
fired and put ball into my leg; Napo
leon QUARTER then fired from the road
and wounded me in slight wound in
backside of my head:i hat shown witnessI
this is hat / had on at this John Gilman
Jr., let go of my gun and slipped back two
steps and threw up his right hand he
took hold of his coat and drew his pistol
up in sight, | saw the breech of it; he
turned "A very little to the right and
fired on him the firing from the road
continued from the road after ] fred;
father threw up his hands and said for
God sake don't fire no more father did
not order me to fire; he said nothing to
me during the affray, the reason / shot
at John Gilman Jr., was | thought he was
going 10 kill me; ! was highly
excited after being shot twice the firing
from the road continuing, | fired four
shots at Abraham VIM; ! fired at no
other person except John Gilman, Jr., and
Abraham Vim; know Abraham Squiers;
| never attempted to hire him to swear
for me at any time, nor no other person :
| know Napoleon QUARTER; he shot at
me two shots on the 2lst day OF June, and
he said he would Kill me the first chance
he had | carried my gun and pistol that
day because | was afraid OF my life:
Quarter, Vim and Balch had threatened
to kill me | have always known John
Gilman, Jr., since he was a small boy: we
never had any trouble till that day; /
never had any hard feelings toward him.
Cross ErpBtiHatfoH-I don't know a.
John Gilman, Jr., had any hard feelings
toward me | knew he was related to Mr..
Balch: Mr.. Balch and myself were not on
very friendly terms | have carried arms
about five years; i'll the first place | car
ried a gun, then | bought revolver and
carried that, then sometimes | carried
both; | never fired my gun through the
window of Israel III. Balch'> saw mill
never fired AT Israel Bilch and another boy
when they were going by my house
with pig | never followed them away
and fired at them and III de them drop
the pig; B.atteriiy hallooed to me three
times that WIlmarth wanted t. see me {;
got Mr.. Wllmarth to 10 into my wood
shed and see If they could see a man drive
hog into my barn doors they then went
to my hog pen and 10 the barn and went
away when they were gone | went back
and went to moving my house Is some
forty rods from fathers: | didn't see
George Butterfly at fathers house and
didn't hear him call to me, and | didn't
20 and get my gun and pistol aud go
down when | started for George Plum
ley's | went into the house and got my
gun aud revolver / found my gun hang
ing up where kept it; my wife did not
hide my gun that ! know Of Bradford Il
Aldrich carried me from the middle of
the town to Rutland | might have told
Aldrich that | wanted him To 20 and pick
up my scythe where left ii, when | went
for my gun Allen Sanderson had me in
his custody at my house ! don't rccollect
as my wife said she hid my gun and re-
volver, and if | had taken her advice
it would not have happened; always ear
ried my gun and pistol whenever | went
by Israel III. Balch's, and at some other
times; when | turned into the corniirld.
| went 70 see some SGua>hr- III til" far
ther side of my cornheld; when | saw ia
Their going down the road. | Thought |
would 20 down with him. but lac got
ahead OF me. aud th"n went -, see tiir
>qut,hrs | was in the curuiirid when
Saudersou came in sight; | did not get
over the wall and hide NV self. ~ had
nothing 10 hide for; / WAS "a short dis
tance behind Frederick and Abraham
S4uiers, when they got over the fence (;
/ got over the board fence below the bars.
because | saw Napoleon Quarter stand
ing IN the road up by the bars. and | got
over below, to shun him and VIM: j saw
no one coming down with John Gilman.
lr, from toward the corntield | did not
see the Arthur boy in the field at all !
saw him III the road; | did not see him
coming down with john Gilman. Jr:
did not draw up my gum and point it al
VIM at all: my object in getting into
the field, was % shun QUARTER and VIM:
John Gilman, j., let 20 of my gun. and
struck for his pistol and drew the butt OF
it up in sight; then fired in sclf-defence;
| was very highly excited then | saw
John Gilman Jr., take hold Of the pistol
III his hand, and draw it mp so !
saw it; | did not see the pistol
before he drew it up; while he had his
hand on the pistol | shot at him; | don't
think his coat WAS buttoned: coat shown
witness, / should think this is the coat
he worn that day | think the ball enter
ed his body under his arm; that | shou Id
say was the vest he had on it was light
colored vest; VIM stood ut left OF us
down the road west of the bars; when he
fired at me, Quarter was to the right
should | think he was three rods from
VIM; | might have seen Amherst Al