Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-01-04

We give the fellowinetestimony of
John A. Ring, the Bristt Murde on
his trial, as we gave or brief ao-
stact of it in our original tort
TESTIMONY OF THE TsoNER.
John A. Ring-I am 40ars old; bave
a wife and boy knew ThG1son fourteen
or fifteen years ago; h trouble with
Thompson 10 years ago went IN the
army after this fuss; FIVE ars ago +aaw
him next; never had Glars worth OF
deal with him; when 1mpson came
home be pretended to be kadly to me
told him I did not want anything TO do
With him, At Hhtingtm, eho'tirg
match, some one tdd me Tompson was
coming. Invent tp stairs avoid him
Thompson came Il the door he hnrst IN
the door; | sat eight feet f,m the door;
he said he WAS ming to taul Ring
sIiDDea cut into another pom before
light in the moring I go out of the
house and got stay; he IA met me at
the Bristol hous o'te2; be HIS often
call me son Of bitch, coward, and
dared me cut toi1ht; he has done this
often: the lardrd once drive him out of
the house I.nter resisted, but always
avoided him; ace began suit against
him bat withdrw IT; kept my horse in
the hotel barn j did not dare to take out
nv horsa whs ThomPsn WAS about !;
found him ouc)ying on n robe Of mine
ana IN the mining found the robe all
| cnt to pieoea ;iave been warned against
Thcmrson may times; Mr., Gr4ndey has
warned me:Ia Francis at R pton,
warned me n; to drive over through
Lincoln. as Tompaon had gone on ahead
to waylay mt Billing also told me 10
kear, ont of 10 way of Thompson others
have uarnrdnp; a woman told me that
he a,id he wald kill me two years ago
Thomrson aj4ulted me half mile from
Bristol. he lmp,d up behind the wagon
and struc|y ,e: | struck the horse and
ierI,a1 him CAV from the wagon had 6
sluno shot d Darlington. before l started
for RurIintan Thompson said to me
"ven I'd ID eon of bitch, am go
inu to BurliQton and I will smash you
| head there I drove drummer over tt
the depot 1e took out slnrg shot ant
gave it to le; I said I don't want it ;
at last le it be on my writ;
constable sw it on my wrist and arrested
me; Mr.. 'ripp came into the j all tn
next morrng after the afriy, and L un
derstood I'm to ask where the first Gu
was: I aid in the neck Thompson
abused NJ in the Allen House at anothe
time: Clrk, from Essex or Winooski
was withme; I staid up stairs all day t
avoid Tbmpson; I have been afraid @
Thompsd afraid he would kill me
Thompsn often went into my barn an
whippedmy horses; often bad to leav
the barrto get away from him; he ono
picked ID a wrench, and said he woul
split nv id head open ran out
the ban he then thrashed my horses
one hore has been lame ever since;
have kept the trouble as still as [ could
I was draid to go to my barn; at tt
time OF the afray, was bantering Lew
for wagon. Witness here explaine
with adiagrsm, the relative positions
the pgsies.) My scuffiing with Lew
was in sport; Thompson interfered, an
told Lewis to lick me; / retreated and
followed me; he kept about four fe
from me; when I got TO my wagon, L d
not dare to get into the wagon for fe
Thompson would strike me tried to
around on the other side and get ava,
it was quite dark; retreated by the fo
ward wheel; put nay left hand over {
thill; I put my hand into my coat
frighten him my knife was in my Goa
tDok it out and said, ''don't follow me
I will make hole in You" tried to ma
him think I had pistol; Thomps
kicked at me as I crossed the ditch;
nearly brought me down when he kicke
pushed him; then he eliaohed my co