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

DIOR God sake, boys, uon ohooo'
think have had any conversation Win
tie Souiers boy except that time.
Gross erdn,jadtt0n-Am thirty-sK
wear, old the 10th day of next May; was
at home in the forenoon, went to Northam
in the afternoon, got home about O'Clock
did not see Butterfly or Fred that niSht,
or next day; l was not at home tne me-
day; saw Fred first at the jan ailer 'ne
affray; the conversation WIN
took Mace the week after the ARRAY can
tell the day; did not suppose l was "
be called upon that was the hfS' aooouii'
had of the transaction from any one
who saw it; it was not far from the MD
ale of the week George Sawyer is an
uncle of mine | did not 90 to Mendon
to see him on Sunday; don't know how
Clark came to be there, when Squlers
made the statement; Clark Is not rela-
tive of our family the conversation &C.
CURED pretty quick after dinner, think;
don't know whether Clark took dinner
with US; Squiers boy took dinner with
us the Squiers boy had not been at work
there after this took place, up to time
of couversatic n; he eat dinner with us /;
he sat at the north side of the table; he
had moved away from the table before he
made the statement, and, i think, sat down !;
Mr. Sawyer wanted to know how it was; l
told him l was not there, but that there
was boy that was there, and he could tell !;
the Squiers boy had been in the house
about AN hour, before he made the state
ment; think this was the first time
had heard him tell his story; | think
Holden told me that Squiers witnessed
the affray; | went to Rutland with my
fathers team; sent Holden after the
team, he was at work for me | did not
see Ziba and Fred. and Butterfly when
came to Rutland on Sunday, ID day of
August; up to the time that Squiers told
his story, | had not learned that any one
in our house hId heard his story; ! did
not know that Squiers had seen the atfray
till Monday night; don't know that
Squicrs had been i'll the house an hour be-
fore he told the story Ike Holden told
me Monday night what Squiers had told
him 1 think asked Squiers to tell over
the fight; to tell Mr.. Sawyer what hap
pened that day he said they went down
in the field, that Frederick was ahead
that Fred. ordered Johnny out of the
field ; that Johnny came up and cliuched
right hold Of him, and SAID "D-n YOU,
old Hod you have got to take it y from
that ne said that VIM fired from the
road and shot Horace in the thigh; / did
not ask him how Winn could shoot him
in the thigh, he standing in the road and
Horace's back toward him he said thar
Horace then drew up his gun to shoot
VIM, and Johnny grabbed it he said
that Johnny made for his pistol, and then
Horace raised his gun and shot him /;
when he said Johnny made for his pistol,
he put his hand up to his breast pocket to
explain the nation of Johnny; he made
the statement without particular qucs-
tionS being asked by any one present. he
went on aud told his story, and when he
got through neither | nor Clark, nor amy
one else made any comments, that | can
recOlect; | was present part OF the time
at the court of examination, but did not
testify; fhe examination was IL week after
the talk at my mothers house: | don't
know ~ | ever informed anybody of this
statement till within week; think
then informed Col. Joyce at his office; did
not inform my father or Horace of this
statement; have not talked with the wit
nes,e, my father and brothers had coun-
sci, and I did not think it necessary to
inform them of what | knew | don't
AMpT..hat hqupr was given to Squiers at
ZibCIlumlcy~ to get him drunk
Ebl5a ! CHtyk t,stitird-I resided in
Shr .w-bury LAST Auanst. about = mile and
= quarter from I,La PMml.y's to ,o.by
he road am acquainted With Gilinln.
sr.. a. litfie less than , wear nor, ,y.,s mr.,
/" John Gilman was talking about the
tfo"nlr win butterfly and the flumleys;
d" 'Aid la1i "h%h my son was at nome,
'ay wie ana had all We could DO 10
keep hum trnin pitching int" IN" Plnml"ys
ana huttefhy lbr old Lady Nald they
made John promise lie would not pitch
into them; am arqualr ted y II Abra-
ham Sqnlerr long tuesday, after the fight,
"A III" afternoon, went OVER 10 the Plum
~! 49,, "a" ,,e"I+' / 'u,l''y' Ge"fGe cav"
YER me hutleiIy' MARY fiuhley ana
l'S, |''t liulHl,N lh".e' a.7' -hEs
IJu~htn, i 'hluk George IIumltN .aSE,u