Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-09-07


you can jingle out, or I will put it in q
lawyers hand tomorrow. Give me an
answer By the Bearer, send the money or
suffer the consequences.
GEORGE A. PATCH.
TESTIMONY OF GEO. A. PATCH.
Geo. A. Patch being duly sworn, testi-
fed as follows: The letter now shown
me is in my handwriting; gave the let
ter to Arthur Valiquette to hand t. Mr.
Hale; did not go down Maple street on
Saturday, Sept. I'd; have not seen Nj
Hale since I saw him in Daniel Fisher,
saloon on Wednesday afternoon have
seen him since, but not to speak with
him; did not go to the chax ,ctory on Sat
urday morning until about fifteen min
utes before 8 o'clock "a common, twl
bladed knife was here shown witness, the
larger blade Of which was ground dowr
to q point, never saw this knife before
had a conversation with Mr.. Hale or
"Wednesday afternoon went into Fish
ers saloon saw a parasol and veil on the
table; asked for my wife; was told she
was rot in-had gone up Grove street
said I would sit down and wait until shf
came in waited half an hour heard
loud talking-hcr voice-and asked Char.
lie to tell her to come out; be went tC
call her aud came back laughing.
then went and called "K4te, come out
here" Mr.. Hale came out and asked me
what I meant by calling for Kate; told
him she was my wife; he asked me to
take a drink but I declined never sent
any one to talk with Hale; should not
have written the letter had not the boys
in the chair factory told me to; wore tbs
same clothes on Saturday that have on
this morning.
TESTIMONY OF J. II. RE4IINGToN.
Saw a man in front of my house talking
with Mr.. Hale on S .turday morning
should think Patch was the man, but
cant say positively; they were talking
low; heard Hale say "You offered to set
tie for $50, now you want $780, Hale
left the man and went into the house ;
the man went up Pine street, through
Spring street and from there to Summer
street; Hale soon came out and went
down Pine street on to Mineral street
the conversation was at first low and con-
fidential, then threatening ; the last Jaw
of Hale he wa. near the ice house, alone
TESTIMONY OF RALPH SMITH
Went out to search for Mr.. Hale on
Sunday morning; tracked him to the
fence saw only one track that looked
fresh was following bis track through
the potato field; SAW 20 track after getting
over the fence; ellison and Robinson saw
him first was just behind them, perhaps
three rods distant; the body looked q:
though he had fallen instantly after be
ing cut, and there was no indication oil
its having been disturbed since had pur.
ged from nose and mouth; his hat was
partially on his head, the head resting
partly on one hand, and the other arm ex
tended little forward and under him
body lying face downwards, with head Il
the north was lying in an alder swamp
and could not have been seen by a person
passing near there did not notice any
blood except about the head where il
rested on the ground knife lay FIVE fee
from body, little to the left Mr., Cair
arrived on the ground and was the first
to take hold of the body.
TESTIMONY OF JOHN CAIN.
Mr. Cain then took the stand and testi
fed rs follows About 8 O'Clock Sunday
morning Ralph Smith rode to my place
and told me that man had been found
dead on my land down in the swamp
When got to the place where the de
ceased lay, I ascertained from those who
found him there, that he had snot beer
disturbed or moved he lay with his head
to the north and upon his face, among
thick bushes in the swamp I turned the
body over on to his back and found thai
his throat was cut, and large quantity
of blood underneath him in the presence
of those assembled, some thirty or forty a
that time, ] searched his pockets, and
found in them letter dated Sept. LIST, 6
knife, a cigar, rule, bunch of keys and
two white pocket handkerchiefs l then
in my capacity as selectman, sent messen
gers for Mr.. Marshall and Mr.. Everts, anG
also for physicians; during the absence o.
the messengers, some one picked up thiI
knife, (the knife, two-bladed one, the
larger blade ground down to a point, was
here shown about eight feet southwest
from the feet of the deceased nearly al
present saw the knife picked up, which
was open, with blood upon it ; it was The
unanimous opinion of those present tina
it was case of undoubted suicide thos,
who knew him said he was left-handed
the wound was on the left side of thu
neck; it is supposed that after striking
the fatal blow he turned the knife around
| in the wound and then threw it away
with the left hand. After consultation
with Messrs. Everts and Marshall, VI
concluded best not to have an examina
ton, as in our opinion it was clear cas-
of suicide. From subsequent statement
made by Mr.. Remington that he had seer
Hale on Saturday moraing conversin!
with man whom he stated positivel,
was Patch, the present examination ha
been thought proper to be held; it seem
to me conclusively that he came to hi
death by his own hand, and with thi
knife.
TESTIMONY OF A. S. WOODS
was acquainted with VIM. A. Hale