Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-08-17

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formation had been given Of the finding |
of the body Of man in the woods, he was
among the first to 60 to the place indi-
Gated, in company with large number OF
citizens. He was present when the body
was uncovered, and described infinitely
and at length the position of the body,
the maj inner in which il was buried or
covered with leaves, the dress of the MUIR
dered man, and the position and character
of the wounds on the body, being sub
stantialIy the same as heretofore publish.
ed in the HERALD. He was one of the
parties that started in pursuit OF the sus-
peoted persons, and arrested FRANCHISE Gre
boni, short DISTANCE from Chester, on the
Andover road He tried to make him I'M
derstand for what he was arrested, but
was unable to. He brought him back to
ludlow. He. with assistance, searched
Creboni. On his person was found. one
hundred and eighty-four dollars'and some
cents, and since then fifty cents more had
been found. The money was found on
different parts of his clothes and person,
some being wrapped up in pieces OF cloth.
There was also found poeket-book with
out any money in it, and pocket dirk
knife, which was produced in court. The
bsnd organ in court was in his possession
when arrested, The witness had been in
the army during the rebellion, and had
seen number of persons killed IN battle
from wounds from bullets. They became
offensive in a very few honrs, and within
a day after death ne had observed that
their faces became so changed and black
that it was almost impossible to recognize
them. -. IS.
Josiah s. Wilder, who testified Thurs-
day, appeared and desired to correct his
testimony as then given. He said that on
reflection. it was Wednesday morning,
and not Thursday morning, that he OBJ
served the man who had the appearance
of having been washing himself in the
river, and was wiping his face and hands
on piece Of cloth. .'..".'-.".--
DIR. OImslead was recalled, md testified
that he had been in the practice of medl'
cine since 1851, was present at the exaral-
,, nation of the body of the murdered man
, as before stated. He thinks, from the ap'
E pearauce of the body, that it might have
been dead at least ten days Kenneth
McCrae testified that he lived in Head
vile. Thursday afternoon about two OF
,lthree o'clock, be saw two Italian organ
4 grinders,-after playing they passed on
One Of them he has seen1since. He was
present in the room; Crebonl was the
man. The other he had not seen. Ills
r description of the man corresponded gen
o orally with that given by Mr.. Flander
: and the other Witnesses. s.-
David Horton testified that he resided
=, in Mount Holly aud bad a store there
>. "wednesday afternoon an Italian organ
=, aritder came into his store, whom n
a., recognized as Creboui, and purchased
spool of thread for which he paid tw'
- cent?. and then went out. He soon atte
;. came 10 with another organ grinder, ap'
q holding up the spool and breaking th'
thread indicated it was not strong enough
- He took down another spool, the same O.
similar to the one cow produced, aud toll
~, him that it would cost three cents more
II. This he did not understand, but the Othe
"a spoke to him in language that l did no
"a know, whereupon he took the SPOOL pAt
me the three cents, and they both wen
t. ont. The second man have not see
ST since. He describes the man substantiall
q as the other witnessed.
r Mr. Bixby testified that be resided !
"a Ludlow, that on Wednesday he saw te
v orran. grinders pass in the direction
De Ludlow. One of them he recognized
Is Creboni, the other be had not seen sinc
m Ira W. Gale testified that he resided
r. ludlow. On Sunday last he was near II
I'd place where the body of the murdere
1g man was found. He at that time notice
Id an offensive smell from about that plsc
as but supposed it 10 proceed from some de-
AL animal, and therefore paid no further a
an tention to it. He was there again Mo
irt day morning after the body was t9un
on and hen noticed the same offensive sm'
dy proceeding from the body as he noticed
cet Sunday. He probably never would ha
dy thought again Of having noticed this
,es Sunday. but for the finding of the bot
nd Monday. .....
ed DR.. Putnam testified that be resided
be Ludlow aud was practising physicia
nd and had seen service with the army d.
re- ing the rebellion. He was present at I
'ed examination made upon the body OF I
.he murdered man In his opinion, the m
ps, had been dead three or four days
should think over four rather than Il
sad than three days, He examined what v
oni supposed to be a pistol-shot wound.
re- courgo was upward and outward, passI
oc- through the sternum, where it articuia
the with the third rib, thence severing an
.er, tery and lodging in the region OF
vas shoulder. There was internal hemorrh'
vas sufficient to have caused death. He 81
posed the wound to have been caused D
sti- pistol shot, but it might have been eau
last by a thrust of the dirk-knife if it had b
lly turned around in the wound after
and stab. ..t. .,-
by DR.. Hazoltou, Of Caveudish, testit
top that he was a practising physician.
the was present at the examination OF
her body OF the murdered man, He saw v
lay was supposed to be the wound caused
the a pistol shot, it, course was upward
man outward, passing through the stern
Gre at the point and in the course mentio
coat by the other witnesses. The wound mi
sing possibly have been made by thrust !
49, the dirk knife, if the knife had been c
ived pletely turned around in the wound
oily. he thought, at the time, and thought
day. that it was. from .. pistols In has opi'
to- the BODY, when discovered, had been {