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


7ueSaay, Maych 23d-The court con-
vened at o'clock, a IN, and the cross
examination of lima P2umleg was re-
sumed: When Butterfly came home
was on the bed up chamber; he called to
me to get up got up; he then informed
me of old Mr.. Balch and Johnny Gilman
being up in the cornfield he told me old
B.,lch had threatened to lick him there !;
he said he had had all the law he ever
wanted, and was going to fight it out he
did not tell me he and Balch had made IA
treaty of pc2cc, shaken hands and agreed
to be friends; he did not tell me he had
agreed To come over to my house and get
81 pint of liquor Ia ratify their treaty of
peace he told me that Balch had driven
him out of the field; he asked me to go
down with him; | told him / would not
20: he did not say what he wanted me to
go for ! gave as reason why l would
not go. that they had licked me once, and
that had got to 90 tn town and carry
this appraisal Of men; | was on my way
to town when | went where the fight
took place Butterfly told me the apprais-
ers had not completed their BUSINESS when
he came down; i said to Butterfly. they
ought 10 be shown Ill the damage, ~ it
would not pay To get them there
again supposed Butterfly was to
return to complete the appraisal !;
| did not advise HIM 10 do 50; during the
half hour | sat In the door, Frederick was
in the pasture cutting brakes; Butterfly
did not call to Frederick from my door
yard Ellen called to Fred after | started /;
Butterfly left me as much rs half an hour
before / got my horse Butterfly went
down the road, when he lett me and
turned through pair Of bars ON the right
into The sugar lut | never heard him call
t" Horace; lie might have called to
Horace, but think | should have heard
him il he bad; | think he could not have
called Ia Horace, loud enough Tor
him tnhear him, and | not hear him
Butterfly did not ~ Down and talk
with Horace II the time he come
home | did not scc Horace go into his
house and get his gun; ! WAS going down
the read on my horse when Butterfly
wife called to Freddie Freddie a
uti,rtrr OF mile or more from the house
when Ellen called - HIM | was perhaps
one third part of the way from my house
to the forks Of the road, when Ellen
called Fred the distance is some 80 or
- rods / went night on 10 the forks OF
the road and ~ ! got there Ellen
and Freddie caught up with
me; | dom't know where Fred was when
lac was called, unless he was with the
team Butterfly ; wife called III ii loud
voice IA though she was excited, she was
afraid her husband was killed, because he
was in bad company: Fred had pitch
fork III his hand. he was going down tc
the barn that afternoon TO level Oft the
hay-mow in the barn by the school house
lie did not stop ut the barn; he was going
up into the corn-hela To find his hired
man; | know this because | saw him;
did not think anything about Fred's being
az much excited az Butterfy's wife;
think Freddie started for the corn-tielc
when he left home; j did not see Horace
at the forks of the road: | did not see ;
man and wife III wagon near the fork
OF the road; when / got along from ther'
| saw Allen Sanderson coming towart
me in wagon with his wife l do no
know as horace got over the wall as San
derson came along he did not get owe
the wall and go along with me and Fred
Sanderson might have asked III,
what the trouble was, | dom
remember it l didn't tell Sanderso1
that Balch was up III my field, and tina
he had bounced upon my hired man;
did not tell him l was going up too Sc
fair play l did tell him l liked to Sc
fair play my reason for that was that
don't think it j, fair play when l send m,
hired man into the field, to see him driver
ont with pistols and threats; Sanderso
asked Fred what. was the fuss; he said hi
hired man had been pitched on l did no
say anything to Sanderson about fuss
old Mr.. Gilman's horse was hitched t
Baleh's fence; when we went up the roa
from the school house, Fred and Squiel
went ahead; Freddie did not stop at tn
barn; saw MIR. Gilman coming towar
me before met him; he manifested n
disposition to stop when met him, bu
kept going right along; Mr.. Winn wa
right by the side of him; he kept alon
with him; had two pints FIN view whe
/ requested Winn TO take Gilman dow
the road; one was, the old man needle
leading; the eother pint was l didn
want him providing around my field
any longer, where my men were
did not see VIM hold of Gilman at an
time Gilman was intoxicated, that's wha
think Of it ; thought so by his trave
ing; / did not ask him what his hors
was hitched down by the fence for l di
not ask him what he had been in my feel
for !; I did not suppose he had been in m
field I had not heard anything about it
had no objection to his travelling alon