Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-11

he opened jar and asked me if l would
have some oysters. / told him yes-he
said there want any. l then saw Bar
ney drive up and Hanna went out and
talked with him. When he came in /
asked w'nat Barney said, he replied s.go
away and don't trouble them" Rafferty,
came in and asked me tocome away. We.
all finally went away. l didn't hear Ham
ma say that Barney said ''go ahead
We went to e5mith's and drag 6 or z
glasses, of beer. Between II and 10
o'clock | saw Lawrence talking with.
Titus. | went toward him, he starteal
/ around the corner, and walked pretty
fast after him When got around the
corIsr saw him in the door drawing az
revolver at me. | stepped back and said
1.-THE son of a --- has drawn a reool-
yer at me. Boys come on" and before
| got to the door l said '.xi-n the mana
that will draw Q revolver at me. We
went into the woodshed OF back room.
Hanna opened the door and went into
the Kitchen, followed him. There was
in.
After l left house / went out of3reen,
heard Buck talk about fighting Bow
man; asked him if he had anything
against me, be 8sid 90; we went from
there to hotel and then to Smiths; Han
na left Smiths before I did; he said he
Was going to dinner, going home; he left
/ five or ten minutes before | did: | next
! saw him at grocery: went with Frank
/ Buck. Rafferty, and others; I went to
/ grocery door first; when got there |
. think heard report Of pistol: | opened
/ the door, then threw the door open and
said boys come in; Slay came up and
/ spoke tome then receiye3la blow and
/ thought ii was from Shay, and started to
/ 60 for him, and in turning aroundsaw
/ Lawrence behind the counter going to
ward the widow with a revolver point
/ ing at me, and started for hing but be-
fore / got there Rafferty, had hold~0f his
/ pistol | saw an a1p helve i'm doorway,
and picked it up, but some one got 1t
away from me; | then saw a board on<,
counter and took it up, intending to
strike Lawrence with it, but hit Raffer-
ty; l then 5ruck Lawrence with ii
/ twice; | then went out doors, leaving
Lawrence and Rafferty, together; when
they were together heard three reports
of pistol from Lawrence | was then in
house. near the door. on my way out;
when l was going out was hit on the
side of the head; got SICK Of stove
wood, went up to the door, and didn't
see any one of CUR gang but Rafferty,, \
and he had then got away from Law
renee, and | threw he stick of wood and
went out; didn't see Hanna do any
thing there saw Phillips in there; he
and Farwell were pelting Fraok Buck,
| did nG see Frank Buck knocked
down, but his mouth and face were az
blood; can't say how many reports of
pistol | heard there; l did not see Ma
loney that day in the grocery. thaNT
know of.
Cro>s-eyaD,inatjou- -oYhen went into
Farwell's house after Lawrence. l did
not do anything. Hanna 9pened door
to look oaftcr Lawrence. 7 Cont know
what he wanted Of him. did not say
''wcll kill the ID cuss" Farwen or
either of the Lawrenccs never struck o
offered TO strike me before that Satur-
day night. They never said any saucyn
words to me. They would not let me
have ~ beer that Christmas day
When l went to groe2Iy at time8f af-.
fray, the outside door was shut I opeII>(
ed it and threw it wide oFrn the shut
tiers TO the windows were up: there
were four windows in grocery. l had =
or rubbcrs that day and took them off -
because they were full Of water. I don't
remember OF saying at Smiths thS I
would have rubbcrs off, SO that I could
stamp man in the face: | can't remem-
ber, because had considet4I}le beer in :
I might have had three. four. six or ten
glasses Of beer before the affray. Hanna
probably drank as many glasses Of beer
rs die, perhaps not As many and pefQ
baps more. have not said there was
no firing until after got into the 50
Gerry. % 90
Goorg~ b. Ha>.ta,. r<,S1oa-After ri
the affray l saw Henry Phillips when
Rafferty, struck him it knocked him
down; l did not see any one else strike
him think he struck him with his f,s. -
| saw nothing i'm his hands
HeHyy Draper testtfed-I was in gro
Gerry Saturday evening before Christmas.
Hanna, Rafferty, and Carr were there
and went out before did. Lawrence
said if those boys came back again, they
would run the grocery themselves: that
if they came back that night. Barney
would not have 50 many men to work
for him Monday morning,
Joseph Faruua testified - Tuesday
night after Christmas | was with Far
we'll He told me that he had gone out
and emptied his revolver and had come
in and was in the act Of reloading his
revolver when it went off and killed his
little boy.
Cross-eramtuation- This was after his
arrest. and while his boy was lying dead
in the house Christmas morning
heard Charles Buck say he was not going
to interfere with Farwel that day, he
had nothing against him and had always d.
used him well. This was between nine
and ten, and thought he was pretty
drunk Hanna, Frank Buck, Rafferty,
and others were there.
Prosecution rests.
DEFENSE RESUMED.
Dagid CrQfo0t testifed- Know Del
Carr. He said the first shot in the gro
,ery was after Rafferty, grabbed hold of
he pistol.
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