Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-03-18

Gilman was shot, near the school house /;
I was then married man kept house In
Isaac N. Balch's house, above Ziba Plum
ley's; my house may be $50 rods from the
road that turns to go to Burditts.
Cross eranainatson.- lived in that
vicinity eighteen months; had worked
for Isaac Fl. Balch and his son, Daniel,
through haying; | had pistol IN my
pocket-a five shooter-loaded, at the
time l went into the lot; did not see
Quarter have pistol or gun; did not see
or hear of his firing; l was close to old
Mr.. Gilman; QUARTER got over into the
road before l did; ] did not see him have
pistol that day; when met Horace and
Frederick might have been one or two
rods from the bar-way; Frederick spoke
to me; 1 was just behind old Mr.. Gil
man Ziba said take him along down
and he might have added that he didn't
want any trouble don't remember any
thing else that was said; Iba was within
few feet of me when he said 'take Mr.
Gilman away" he spoke in friendly
way; ! did take Mr.. Gilman by the
sleeve, for the purpose of taking him
away; | took hold of him because Liba
had spoken, and requested me to take
him away ; if he hadn't requested me, !
shouldn't, probably, have taken hold OF
him; after the firing, | got over into
Daniel Balch's field, and went along,
westerly, some thirty or forty rods before
met Isaac II Balch, and tried to have
him go through the field instead of his
going through the road; he said he
should go down the road don't remem-
Der of seeing the Lewis boy | think
Balch was under the influence of liquor
some, but he could control himself; did
not smell any liquor in the breath of Gil
man / did not sec George Butterfly till
after the shooting, and then / saw him
pass along the road | saw him east OF
where the fight was some ten minutes or
more after the shooting; don't know that
Daniel Balch went up TO the corn field
on Ziba Pumlcy's lot have used about
the language that Iiha Plumlcy used so
far as | heard ! heard him say
plainly what ] have stated, and heard no
more: the expression was, God d-n
him, shoot him il might have been
shoot him. God d-n him :" | think !
have used the same laaGGage as did be-
fore the magistrate | swore before the
magistrate that | heard firing west of me,
and that the firing came from one Of those
persons-John Gilman, Senior, and Quar-
tier; | did hear firing, and ! think it
must have come from them; can't tell
how many shots | heard west Of me
from Balchs corn-feld, went down To
Daniel Balch's house; had some words
with Julia Ralch; did no, tell hor chat !
fired the first shot, nor did ! tell Mary
Plunley 20; | WIS arrested the same
night. brought to Rutland, put In
Jail with the rest; saw Aaron
Clark in the jail; b" camo in few day S
attyrward /. did not state 10 Aaron Clark
nor Major, or anyone else, that Xiba
Plumlcy said FOR Gods sake don't
shoot" don't think had any conversa-
ton OF any account, with any one in Jail +;
did not have any talk with the States
Attorney, Fisher, i'll the day Of trial
before the Justice; did not testify To- the
purpose for which ! went up there before
the magistrate, because | was not per
mitted to do So.
Il, ef,atDotJo" i heard the firing at
the vast Of me- after Horace had fired
Two shots from his pistol, and one rom
his gun ] had carried a revolver in my
pocket all summer Horace had threat
enea to FIX me = he 20 threatened on two
occasions, and that was the reason why |
carried pistol; this was. the first time
| ever used it,
R-er6~S cramjmHt0a | learned that
evening. after Horace was arrested. that
he lad Leen wounded; | had uo more pur-
pose in carrying pistol that day than any
other day + carried il 50 that in ease the
Plumlcys should pitch into me. could
have it: supp ,>ea Ilumley's people,
some ot them, were there when ! went up
there; | did not know that the appraisers
had been down 70 the Dat field wh hen met
them,
AEHauNnl scr u!L, swoEnI am SOW
anteen years If dge; am NOW living nj
the Waterbury Reform School in
August, 1868, | resided AZ Plumley'- had
worked Tor him III haying from the 9TH ot
July previous on Saturday, 9TH day Of
August, ! was moving brakes north Of
tlumley i don't think il was one hun
ted rods from the house Fred and
" moving brake. SAW George But
Il y up To the house: lac haliuocd to
ic, = Plumiay, and told him 70 get his
gun, nd come down t. the field that
hey were gpjug to have fight. Butter
iy stood at rho corner Of the house near
st Horace Rlumley's; Horace was in his
ield south Of his house: then saw
irorge Butterfly - down 10 where
Horace was moving, to plir of bars on
he west side Of the road; Horac me
,im there, they talk,l five minntcs
ieorge Butterfly : Mif, called to Froder-
l. u Il "A - i a
was going to he a fuss: he WAS moving
brakes; he took his fork urrI -,,t.oa
lown with the oxen. Xiba told him to
cave his oxen aud ~ down; he did leave
he oxen ana went down the road had
,itchfork ia III hand had a boy by the
lamc Of Charles Lewis, Iiba requested
lim to 20 down as a witness; Xlba Plum
~ went down the road on horseback
followed down, and saw Mr.. Sandcrson
ii "A wagon, and he had stopped Iiba
lumlcy and Frederick. and was talking
With them; Horace was lying down on
he east side of the stone wall. with his
.un, and as supn as Sauderson passed.
forage came ont with the gum Butter
81 was not there then, he went south
asst from the bars, toward the south end
+ the sugar lot, and in direction OF
FORAGE Plumley's; Iibu Plumloy went "a
title ways toward the school house, and
hen stopped then Fred and | went Oh
nd got up; then Horace came with gun.
nd Ilba GA horse; we met Mr. Gilman
nd Mr.. VIM near the bars don't re-
lember what was siid, they had some
ak, but can't tells what then Frederick
rent over into the corntield and ordered
he men out soon as Fred. got over, Horace
lso got over and also; Fred ordered
Ir Balch, a boy by the name of Arthur
nd John Gilu an out; Gilman came near
here Fred was, and Fred told HIM that
he didn't get out Of the field, III run
on through : Gilman said he was going;
Ioracc said, "God d--n you, If you
ont get out of the field III fix you"
lorace had the gun in his hands, with
niger on the trigger, pointing west;
ohnny took hold of the gun, and tried to
ct it out of the way; Frederick was fol-
'wing him up with the pitchfork; Fred
rick told him if he didn't let go of the
un he would run the pitchfork through