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straw bed in first room in house he had some
wounds on his head; they were confused wounds
or those made by blunt instrument one was
bruse on the left side of forehead there were
eight wounds in all !; ali the WOUNDS save the
bruise were through the scalp; one was so deep
as to lay bare the skull the wounds were likely
to be made with an instrument devoid of a cutting
edge 4; they could be made with such an instru-
ment as the hinge: | observed no blood Of much
amount about the body +; they said he had been
washed before got there | saw the hinge and
saw on it hair and apparently blood. staid
with Mr.. Russell till about a IN, when | went
home | returned about IL and he was dead
he was unconscious while | was with him his
death was caused by conclusion Of the brain
from the effects Of the blows.
| Cross-eramiRed-Th blows could have been
dealt by person facing him, or if PROSTATE, by
a person standing over him.
i Direct resumed.-The blows might have been
given in either position.
Il. B. ashley called and testified have a
parcel containing clothing which | got from Mr..
Stewart, Deputy Sheriff of Waterbury he said
he obtained them from Henry Welcome after
they came into my possession | took them to DR.
Thayer.
! Crcss-eranriHed-I marked a coat and shirt
| received them back from DR.. Thayer.
Ira Russell testified [ reside in Burlington
deceased was my uncle; was at Hinesburgh the
next morning after the murder; | made the mar
and plan shown in court it was made partly
from actual survey and partly from knowledge Of
the country; the distances are partly from act
ual survey. On my visit on Sunday was called
in; my uncle expired some five minutes after
got there; there were $50 or 200 men there; Mr.
Flanagan directed them to search in all directions
for traces Of the murderer; | went west from
the house, and came out in potato field q
rods west Of the house; here discovered tracks
made by some one evidently on the run; they
were some feet apart, on every other row Of the
an 1tatoes; measured the tracks and followed and
cam, 10 fence, on the other side of which found
tracks similar to those in the potato field; was not
present when the trunk was found; was at cx-
animation Of Welcome; compared tracks which
| had measured with Welcomes boots and found
them to correspond with the heels, but not with
the toe; his boots were 3-S or > inch longer
than the measure l had; the heel Of Welcome 5
boot coald make such n track, and think
the whole boot could | came away about
T. O'Clock; have had conversation with Henry
Welcome respecting the matter in the Ill; this
was October 9th; Mr. n B. Flanagan was with
me; Flanagan asked me if l wanted to see Wei
come l answered yes, when Flanagan called
him out; | said my object was to satisfy myself
whether he was guilty, that if not we might look
for the murderer, and asked him to give an ac-
count Of himself from Thursday prior TO the
murder till be was seen at Essex Flanagan ask
ed him a similar question and Welcome answered
him sharply; they had many sharp words, he
said he was willing to tell me where he was.
Cr0ss-eramiHci-Flanag was ia the hall
of the jail with me when they had the CONVERSE
ton; there was hard words On the part Of +.
* W f. did not carry the idea that they had
evidence sufficient to convict him there was
nothing said to induce him 10 give a history Of
his whereabouts that night by myself or Mr.
Flanagan in my hearing he appeared willing
] to converse with me in the matter what Vel
come told me was voluntary on his part, and he
'conyersed freely and caniidy with me; ne was
told nothing as 20 whether his language would he
used against him On trial. .lauagln tod him
We had come to get him 10 make a statement as
to his whereabouts from Thursday till seen sc
Essex; Welcome said he had heard Of il, plans
TO pump prisoners and then swear TO it in court,
but it could not be played on him; do not think
Flanagan told him II would be better for him o.
tell what he knew Of the matter.
+ Dueci resumed / asked him To- give me q
stNlA fL MS NllHa anu la 7-aA llf NfNAi'
Ito Lyman Partch's and stil Thursday of -b-
Friday De 60; @ ticket at Icgrlsbursh and vent
10 New Haven, came back O. Ne-euues and
israiI over night: Saturday morning be came o.
Shelburn. and stAii about Che village during tl,
firfu.ou. ulavIur ball. when lie started over {.
Sbalburp Fali. ana Tie Fletcher place. there De-,
saw a Young man IN the orchard named Cong
don: be sJaid there till about o'clock, when b,
foUoreB the road TO Buttolph's corners and
Harry Russell's. said he reached Harry Russell.
about 5 p. IN he said he dil not leave the road
and met two men In the the road near Russell.
corners. did mot sneak to them: did not stor
anywhere on the road. he said there wa, D..
'rgbts 10 be seen az Harry Russell's when De gu,
there: he accounted for blood on his clothes by
slyin, he had the nose bleed in Vereguues in 3
grocery below -be Adams House. On a corner.
asked him how there came blood On Bis collar
be slil there was none. and if there was Il
wasn't Perry RusseIl'- hva ID SIGHT: slid Do.
got refreshments AZ Vtr-enne- EhlcI was at
Harry RusselI's the Sheriff drove I'D with Wei
come: the officer was Nh. Stewart Of Waterbury
he was arcomptuiel bv a man ramfl Arms
who said that Welcome hal stated that De- hl.
.taii I'm Harry Ru..se--s barn. and ta.t he had
got a coat from q bench and sler. in tie hay
fbe bir,,l man. Arms and Welcome went 20 IL,
harm and BROUGHT the coat back. Atthe CONVEX
: satiop In the ial he told me hc len the barr
about ~ o-c,8ck SUNDAY. went to the or,Lar
lust back Of the barn. where De staij abou, tE.
hours: the orchard is - rods from tie r.aI; be
said he went from there to the Falls Mr.. Ashley
showed me the garments with the blood on them
the garments shown in court / should say ar'
the same l saw then; l counted lG or l. spots o
blood Ola the coat and number on the Shirt ol
Of which was quite large and fresh.
4 Ge-cross craajaef-W Welcome ,odm che s,aye
Thurslly at Lyman Partch',, did lot say wh,
be went there; did not ,e.l me why be went e
View Haven, don't remember that he SAM j.
.r ffval fIter.- Ias4fT De. -.lra7 Friday r.ia'