The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-01-04

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Iarasa nflie lss5y tragedy 81 a.,
4niagtau aa CHRISTMAS aay Rs wbirb
sheHst fsfnsii aas Frssk las
rsses sbot sa.l ue1aElY wouuded Tin.
ethg hsigrt ST. h~rsf vftness ~
gss ss,sg ss3 $50 tee rsrwalf
10 eas 4seae lsig shot Aa8 killed
y bis latliet rs SO laa.r willie reload,
ieg ~. f-felyes ter tAe 6shl IA ps
grscefy besl3es ibr shooting 81 John
Hanna D. re tovsi.. Prank Buck b.
- aidomea saI Fiwari Rafferty, IL
ihe TX which oteaurI IN the gra.ory
kept ~ farssIi l.swfcHce lbe
'hns lsst Wiil probably ag recover
Il rs &c mt, btgady tragedy that
sgsf aesa re1 a oa5 state sad whirb
dvN-nds agt syag.,hy - yell as pro-
sokas gaE ,udignatlon Farwcll aud
Lawrence aegp both arrested aad their
stamiHail1u sas commenced ga In.
Jay teiotp q " sad1rd Justice "a
Do Peaee the prosecution being con.
arcsed by States Attorney Rstci elder
assisted by hairless II. Joyce, Of Ru,.
lad ani the deieacc by Nessrs. Miner
slhley sai Fowler
Il order that ut readers NAV yet a.
Slras : knowledge Of the facts a. pu -.
sabis We give lull report Of the te.ti-
noay Up q tho time of going to press
.be bret part d which is copied from
the report 81 the Rutland Hsrad:
benjamin hacoa. o. sunderland, ties.
tifss that be went into awrence 4
Farwell's grocery with Ezra W. Titus
about l2or ! o'clock, Christmas day
william Campbell Richard bay Law.
renee and Fsrwell wele IN there when
We went 10 John Balha came in neIt
after ne We were called into the gro.
Gerry ~ | awrence who told us tina, be-
expected raic that the boys were no.
ng 10 clean them out. hen hanpa
Game IN he asked Titus aud me for
some tobacco We told him we did no,
1se u. Lawrence told Farwell that
Hanna was coming, aud asked him |,
be should lie, liu IN. Ne did open the
door and let him in A man near the
door gave Hanna tobacco with which
be filled his pipe aud commenced 10
h-ht Il he was sitting on heLsh a,
The time hhiIe-. Hanna was lighting
bis Pipe Ia wfence ca and sz,d a.
him Jack fauna. what Il, belt are YOU
In here for" and ordered him 20 60
out Hams said he would go when he
got through smoking to which Law
renee replied that be would ma him
smoke some other way FarwcII np Ia
TINS time had stood at tie end Of the
Counter and | Awrencc went ehind the
counter and returned with two n /.
helyes handed one TO Farwell e.nd
with the or err struck Hanna on The
head and knocked him down. Tarwell
followed J aNrence up and ~ Hanna
vas trying 10 get up struck al him
With u az hclye, but can tell whether
he biz bin or not Lawres &c then stat
ed to 20 behind the counter At the
same time dropping the Al helye which
was taken up by Rama. Who struck
Farwell with It As soon as Law renee
got behind ne counter he tlok up a
pistol aud pointed il toward Hanna or
toward where he was. At that time
Hanna was near the end Of the
counter following up Farwell At this
lime ] started for the eating room
back Of the main room when got in.
10 this roem, I almost closed the do r
and looked ont, and | Jaw the flash Of
pistol. and at about the same time
heard the report Of the pistol The
ErHt | saw was Naloney whirling
around in The outside door At this
tiue ! think had heard but one report.
bot an not e. tain That was the first
tifne I bad seen Nsloney that day
When ] saw him BE- appeared a. Il he
bad been biz and at about the same time
BE- Eel ont Of the door Il was bat
moment after I saw Lawrence have the
pis,fl that Maloney fell ont Of the door
AZ THE tine swFpnee wss behind the
counter but don't know where Farwcll
and Hanna were Al this time | war
pulled away from tie eating room door
aud i was closed. While the door was
closed ! acard several reports from
pistol in the other room, When :
opened the door Hanna was going out
u ihe grocery holding bis hand over
bis toNrls Lawrence al this time.
was siill behind the counter did not
see farweli uutd sawhim going
ato Bis house icw rods from the
grocery and was jus, going out Of
The grocery When saw Hanna 90
ing cot " the vrucriy ! saw AieIbctt
Carr Edward aaeuy and rank Buck
vamlnE ga . ron, ard we're ias, coming
sn the dar rafferty, went over the
counter and took hold q the pistol III
/ asrtuces hand Lawrence wac
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