Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-01
The HcaIdville Riot.

Examination of Francis Jessmore ct al
for assault upon W. B. Hoskison with in
tent to kill, before A. G. Randall, Esq,
Justice of the Peace. s. Fullam and w.
H. Walker for the State, D. E. Nicholson,
J. g. Baker and ]. w. Ainsworth for re-.
spondents. :.
Upon the reassembling of the Court
Saturday morning, the ICourt instead of
rendering its decision in the case Of State
as. Jessmore and Bucklin, proceeded with
the first above entitled cause.
The first two witnesses examined were
FL. II. Palmer, M. D., and J. Putnam, M.
D., of Ludlow, who testified to the con-
dition in which they found the wounded
man, w. B. Hoskison, Esq, their testi-
mony was corroborative, and to the effect
of finding him with severe injuries about
the head, face, stomach and back with
other severe external and evidence of in
ternal injuries, besides great nervous ex-
haustiop; both were clear and decided in
their opinion that his condition was at
that time, at least, serious, deeming his
escape from death, in consequences of the
wounds, quite remarkable. The brain
seemed greatly affected which greatly in
creased his sufferings and danger. Mr..
Hoskisoa was brought in wagon and
thence to the Court Honse in an enfeebled
and extremely nervous and exhausted
condition, and testified at length first as
to his contract with his men, their at
tempt to run away in debt to him, on ac-
count of which he obtained the order for
their arrest. He was clear and explicit
in his testimony concerning the boasting
of the assaulters that they were backed by
Bucklin and others. The language used
as testified to by Mr.. Hoskison and other
witnesses was as follows 'sThese men
can't be arrested to-day" IF you touch
one, Jour life shall pay the penalty,if you
but touch my Clothes" 81 will Tor would)
as soon as not kill YOU" all this and much
more, even much which would be i'm
proper to appear in type, was said, and
such an array of testimony practically IN
contradicted was indeed enough to fill
one with terror. He statos that he was
insensible, for probably few seconds,
several times by being so often struck up
on or about the head.
Mccoy, the officer, eorroborated Mr.. Ell.
and testified in addition, quite at length,
to his own injuries, the most severe of
which was the ugly looking cut upon the
wrist, and also of the gashes received upon
bis head, and of having been dragged by
the hair of the head. He also testified to
begging for his life, saying he was bleed
the loss of blood, but no mercy seemed to
be extended to either Mccoy or Mr.. Hoski-
son, as they claimed to want the lives of
their victims, but finally they succeeded
in effecting their escape by consenting to-
whatever was demanded.
At one time knowledge came to the
Frenchmen that another officer u. J. Rix-
by,) was in that vicinity, but the rioters
said they did not care a id as they
would kill him too Mr.. Hoskison testi-
fed very particularly and fully, and upon
his cross examination, though quite severe,
nothing new was ELECTED.
Frequent alusion was made by different
witnesses to their (the Frenchmen's)
"backers," they were not alone nor acting
unadvisedly. Mr.. Hoskison explained
fully his contract with his men that he,
in company with his foreman, who has
been in his employ about twenty years,
went to hire men to chop wood of having
assumed various items of indebtedness
and also to having furnished them with
various articles necessary for their COM
fort, all of which was in effect if not in
words, denied by the respondents. As be-
fore intimated, the testimony of the State
was chiefly corroborative and was not
materially weakened by all the "red tape"
and chicanery of counsel for respondents.
The case was continue from that even
ing until Wednesday the 23d. On
Wednesday the Court rendered it's de-
ceision in the first case. that of the State
oS. Jessmore, and Blu cklin for impeding an
officer, etc, demanding bonds of Jessmore
and Bucklin, each in $500 for their sp.
pearanoe for trial before the next term of
the Rutland County Court, and in the
case of Jessmore and ten others charged
with assault with intent to kill" they
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| 800 each for trial before the next term
of the County Court. Jessmore is
also held ON another charge in the
further sum of $500 The ten who were
held in 800 bail being unable to procure
bail, their former friend ~ now DESERVING
them, they were committed to Jail.
What renders this case the more wicked
aud disgusting are the further facts that
have leaked out in various ways The
nocturnal manufacturing of officers to in
stitute and carry along proceedings
against the parties, and the pretension by
some of the respondents witnesses that
certain, lin fact wicked acts,) were but
for motives of peace-making. The claim
of certain representatives of the legal pro-
fession that Ene of two dollars was a
sufficient punishment for so heinous an
offence as to impede an officer and then to
attempt to take the lives of two men are
but too ridiculous to be considered at all.
We have endeavored to get at the ma
terial facts in this case and believe we
have thus discharged our duty in the
premises, though in order to give the case
in detail would involve much time, ex-
pense and delay, and would not matsri.
ally change the aspect of affairs as we
understand them. CURTIS
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