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

i on to me now II you want 70 Bale
+ made the mark that was half Plum
$ ley; this oaversation continued ten {
4 fifteen minntes, perhaps more; Bale
talked witA Pierce he stold him he u
) an honest naa can't spsmemA9 al !
said it wss not . great while be1Dre Isenl
g Balch and Napoleon Qasrtise came u
and Isaac said he expected to geo ro'
there the boys sAt down on the grass
Israel soon went down to where some me-
, were at the road / think he went twice
J we sat talking; some one remarked tina
the III minutes were pretty long; don
|. know whether it was Mr.. Balch; can
say whether it was Mr.. Balch or Johnny
, after we set there spell Johnny looket
up towards the sugar bush and saw a man
J Johnny said 1T was Butterfly he mo
/, toned them to come two boys came up
} one of them said there was going TO be
row; then Johnny got up and started
down, and old Mr.. Balch spatted hi
hands Mr.. Balch and / started hom
about west, and the rest started off soutl
east; we got along short distance heart
firing; we looked down, and ] remarked
rapid" George and / started to run down
: W oSOiGC L VIC hallOOCu iOl
George; the firing was very rapid it wa,
all within ) or O minutes L think; cam
tell the difference between the sound of tn,
firing, whether it was with guns or pistols
Mr.. Balch walked down that way as fast
as he could walk; he had been drinking
and was too drunk to go fast he was be.
hind the rest, L believe; after we had been
down to George Plumley's and were com.
ing back l saw George Butterfly he
hallooed and asked me il Ike Holden was
at home Holden was at work for George
Plumley 1 told him Holden was at home
1t was forty or fifty rods from the
place of firing where / saw Butterfly
1T was 40 to 100 rods from where the fir
ing was to George Plumley's; young
John Gilman started from the cornfield, l
should say on the run don't know wheth-
er Mr.. Balch had his revolver with him
in the cornfeld did not see any.
Cross erdmined-Mr. Pierce and
started from Plumley's house, and went
through the oatfeld; then we went to
the cornfield have testified before in this
case before the justice; L testified then
| think that Israel Balch said there was
agoing to be fuss L meant to, and think
did 1t was said by him soon after But
terfly left don't know as it was addressed
to any one in particular; he said he ex-
pected to see row Israel was
not there when the conversation
took place, between his father and Butter
fly: Israel remained but few moments
before he got up and went south, toward
the road: was gone ten or fifteen min
utes don't know where he went; then
he came back two boys come up and
spoke to Johnny Gilman; i understood
the boys to say, There is going 10
be row" | did not understand
the boys to say to John Gilman,
lr., that his father had sent up to have
him come home | did not hear either OF
them deliver snch message | was with
in three or four feet of the boys at the
time | saw Plumley and his men coming
up the road about this time ; Johnny Gil .
man started to 90 home Immediately
upon the delivery of this message; Mr..
Bdlch asked Peirce to 90 down with him
PIERCE told him no; | did not observe
any attempt on the part of Balch
TO get Pierce and | to 60 another way;
Mr.. Bdlch was behind johnny 81 ilman:
hey were ahead OF him when / saw him
asst. be started in the direction of the
!ir way, nearly the same direction the
,ther men went; we were III the mea-
low when the firing commenced we had
tartei 10 20 home, and ON hearing the
iring We turned around there were 1
n persons there in the lot; we did not
top u look at them: | saw Butterfly in
he road, after | saw him in the lot, lac
lad pistol III his hand lie passed Us
ONE II or 20 rods off he was swinging
us hands around his head hallooing To
}aich, balboa there, come on, or some
hing like that | might have stated ia
ny former examination that Butterfly
Al.ei out 20 Bllch, "cumc on. | am ready
or you he might have repeated the
emark more than once | saw man ,
landing at the sugar bush about two
hundred rods Oft when ! WAS In the corn I
eld, but don't know who ii was: don't {
now what Gilman meant by tho remark !
hat Butterfly seemed tickled that he had
Ot awavi: | think Mr.. Balch asked But !
-rtly II he would 90 to his house and take I
drink; Bilch SAID had got 10 drink q
rst when Butterfly should come with the a
quor. "a II might be poisoned they re- ,
Gated over the friendly acts they had a
one for each other 1 have no recollec- d
on OF Sc, Ing Butterfly and Balch shake f
ands and say that all old difficulties had b
cen settled / don't know as l observed i
nything III the manner of Butterfly that I
ID me to suppose that he was insincere: 4
can state whether Butterfly fired his {
istol when ! saw him coming up after /
se atiray.
The court then adjourned 10 Saturday n
orning 1T . o'clock. =