The Republican journal., 1873-11-20

/T'
! Fer the Murder a. En.p.a a. Gordon
/ IA IaUraliats. june 18Th. It5 5s.s.
| IErrp!:i NONIiNG-t.D FROM Ll,t Mll.k.4
| Ian H~pAN, N0Y. 49,
| JohM T.. H',~c}, sworn. Live in 'l'horndikc.
| northwest Of Gordon house; was n house day
! "f fire: came by The station. iii company with
| nay brother ami Others; >;IW ]ohu i'll door yard
! on ground, iWo fteE from door; | Went round 10
| thr shed next saw him come hlo dining room
| adjoining room Of murder: he citnc from t!i-
rcyun Of The bed room: he. came Toward. me
and caught the side OF the door. a> though 90
n4 to fall and led him To chair in the yard :;
he al doNn ana fell out on his face; Nh " oodS
helped me raise hiln; Ar said ''l:,l Inc dow II.
my nose Is blrtdlng ho called iur Wafer. and
" GODS brought II; | saw no blood On hi. face
was with him in The orchard; wa, III his room.
"lth others heard tail1 t.;Wecu John and some
one a''put " ard; John Wa, asked Where he lr~t
saw Ward; he said when he rnlled him to come
back from iil2 road, a9 I've Was going 10 ilar-
mons; heard talk between John and Bumps /:
Bumps loli John ne was charged with murder.
and asked what lr Ms doing while " Ward was
gone: John said n Viii tell You when ! am
obliged -, and you " i'll hear IT,; heard John
say nothing ahouI helping 10 ta>r out bodies !;
AFTER went up stair, il WAS - minutes or half an
hour before Bumps had The talk with John ::
heard talk between John and Elisha Gordon
senior. Johns uncle; he said John. thcS lav
thi> to You. and !ou had better own it,: ohn
said WAS ever ANYTHING done that wasn't laid
tt me-: when came into door Nalrl John WAS
ON the ground and making a noi~t. 4roHnine-
and taking ON; / gaw no tear.
Gross eN. Heard the talk with stranger about
Noon Philbrjck my self, kobt. Rich. and others
Were there: john WAS before th, ior0npr and
told his story; think others remember ihp lalk
with The stranger: john told Bnm}s about his
story in the morning; saw John sharpen the
knife; he looked rather >urIN.
Herbert W. Woods. sworn. Live. IN Thorn
dixie about a mile from Goldon'-. routh-ra>t; in
gong there pass Lyman tltr>: 90! 10 lire in The
morning: met the children and passed Mrs. L.
Cafes; met the children al edge Of woods, next
10 llalmon's; saw John At the pump first he
WIS pumping slowly: | Went ~ stairs: Went
to look for fire: ,AW John by the She'd: Edward
be>Scy was leading him 10 a chtiI' he >at down.
and pitched forward on his face: We. raised him
he said '-la> me back, my nose brrt},": / SAW
no hlood on his luce: he called 1nr water. and
brought a pail lull he took some, ud washed
his nose by dipping hi~ hands in: the water was
Il very little red a. ii :lndoNn: he }ut his right
hand in again and thea the both AM, washed hi,
hands and wrists SAW II spot of blood or
something like blood Oh his wrists dried ON: il
WAS rs large q silver dollar: it locked like L
Spn1 Of blood that had fallen there: the spot
was gone after Washing, and his sleeve slipped
over the place: left about > in the morning:
back. and started for Freedom; afterwards
Went 10 Belfast ior coroner; wore .]ohn> vest
I" bellaNi; he l"ok IL on ana handed II |" me;
ASKED l"I Il Ne'' III pfeSrhre OF Iohli, ald he
TOOK Il On 1T suggestion OF l'hilhflrk ana gave
1t 10 HE: II was Quarter To SIX: west iiailued
WiIhe>s ana ldcnlliet' II Is "i brown clolh cot
l"hIpark; Wien saw J"hn 1T the pump Ward
VA iheFt, and When Jobn washed ms iace
nad hrt tme 1" Walk abonl the premises ;
',"lih llHd on thr vest ana :" dafi> W"oien sflill
partly coN cred ne bIood spot
stephen Kahl' sworn. 1--we IN lholnlkc
ao"hI Il lhlt Nom f'"fdoh !: am iallieF OF
Emma GORDON; Wehf to the mouse on The hay
q murder ON loot; gof hcre after my son ana
fhilbflrk; hfSl saw Jolili III lfoht OF mouse, On
south side; the bodies had been removed; he
was my on me ground; Went 10 lhe she,t, ana
stopped Il mnptt or TWO; me pape was III Inc
>he"; ! "ch' p"fk u ! came Wheh heA' ,aW
'ohh ne came 1ehinu ne ma p'lt lilS haha on
ny slioui''t 'iit Nau vi hailtt; van YOU saN
.aw Hood on his wis While he l.,y nn fhn
aroppd viii, hi, t;icr ON his ann
Rohnrt y pinh swarm ;yc in ,hnrnlii,..
mn son of r.. : Ejcb: jiyra mile from t,or,lon,s
west: WAS there morning Of murder. went hv
way of lhe station: wa, aroused by Mr. sand
rr,. n nrinhbor: first saw John Wing on Ills
face in tLp font vard , .to,nnd hiIt . f.yv
minutes and went after doctor. went to Free
dom. and cot back between six and seven
went to Unity after Ed. Rand. and cot hack nj
eleven. was kccper with John thn resi- of 1lle
dav. heard conversation in which Ward was
| mentioned stranger asked John where Ward
vas. hn .lid - don't Lnoyv. i;rst saw hin,
going M road and | called 10 him was AWAY
in thc Snrjnn. had no ta)k with John about
Almon and The place: did talk about some
letters. | was al (:or,iCn's in the barn: he said
some letters had been written to Miss Julia
Edwards. and he thought Emma wrote them,
and he wou]d nay her for il NOTHING said ahout
Alm0n. had some talk about n s.w. in thc
! spring. az the station: he said Almon used him
u,ean in taking the >aW AWAY: il was AImon's
| and he and Rand took il away: he said If
h ld rou,. for if | should have GOT it, and fixed
them if they reSisted:'' he said .Almou was
wen enough if ii wasn't or his wife.
Cross-EXanincd Didn't see blood on John
and didn't 90 near him Al first: afterwards sov
il on the vest; heard that day there was blood
on his hands. WAS there when John was before
The coroner and heard pa11 of If: | ,,ecoonize
1his nc Iohn.S vest
p.,,, pia,, - r,,o,,
i.'S liioii,i - i'iSn' a'f"i -. ~, ~ ioi ~
her. on the IGth. Vent nv station nnt there
af1nr INV SON Rohert. first ea,v John on the
uro1md IN FROM az the housc. tho fire was ont
md lie hoaies IN the ohed. | looked Of them
ali. thn hahn was alive ma onnnod lis nvao
uhan nmrovered If. I sapr Ire was alive and
callrd some women. the habe died soon affer. .
nayt COW John rominu ont of front door. had
conversation with Jo}n before he went to his
rnom ,sled him what he was DOING on fhe
yronnd /. h,. said my nose i bleeding" :" told
1Tar,vell 10 raise his head and see if lis nose
vas hlee,iino. saw no nlood on his hands: /
inf him under arrest before sunrise. and con-
mod linn Ia Ills room, Iold h;m he 1v4c s,anrct
| ed uf murder. and | mnc1 examine him for
weanons. fonnd = small knife in his nocEet.
| md tooE Il he s1d uothinp TO me told him
| to lii l,v rh, window as there was :, crowd be-
low TO See him: fonnd Two wounds on Al
mons head and wounds on Emma. and nut
lecucr over bodies, 10 keen things for coroner.
iust as they we're. saw bloody a2c when first
not tharn ,nJ cv,mined II. + carricI if home
viii me III niaht and il ha been in nv posses-
sion Since IDENTIFY this as the axe. if WIS
wet win blood ,heu. and same now except thc
tlooS has ,iried .,ww White .notso On if th, same
,i,,;,i't ma, .,t rrt !, ilo toilo,r ,ln ht nf
fnotha, thon an :, and tho lnno hairs Inc
.on,,, ~, ,nnr,ia, snail and had hiood sna-
ooi'i ~ VI 'i,, 80 ~ hnI ~ tha Lod