Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-05-06

he says; | then said, "you ought to be tarred
and feathcred;'' George then sat down and
clapped his hand to the side Of his head; Willie
put his hand to his breast and walked around
the room two or three times; | sent then for a
doctor; in about twenty minutes saw him lying
between the stove and the wall, but yet breath
ing; did not hear William say anything elseex-
cept that he was stabbed; both were sober.
Daniel WaII-was at Wm. Buchanan's
Saturday night with my hey, about a quarter
of seven went from there to the concert with
Grogan and my boy; William Buchanan also
went afterwards; saw George before the concert
in the hall; heard no words between William
and George early in the evening; both then
seemed peaccable and quiei; came back to Will
liam's ROOMS; George and his wife and Grogan
were there; George tried to sell me a concert
ticket for Is cents; William says, "your a fool
if you spend your money in that way; don't
think George made any reply; | said guessed
| would buy the ticket; there did not seem to
be any angry talk or any quarrel between the
brothers; do not remember Williams wife tell
ing us to go home; came to Williams room
Sunday forenoon about half-past nine; had a
talk with him and his wife and Grogan; my
boy, who lives with William, came in said he
had heard George Buchanon's wife say that
William was n white-headed s-n of a b-h
and a bastard; William spoke out, seemingly
quite mad, and snapped his fingers and said.
There's blood here somewhere to-day; he
said, ''he'd find OUT; can't remember what
olse he said; remained at Vim. Buchanan's I'M
ill nearly one o'clock, but was not there ut the
time of fight; heard no talk between William
and George or their wives while | was there
went to R~obargc's grocery, and when I came
back met somebody who said Bill was stabbed
and wanted ne TO 60 for adoctor.
Nancy Buchanan is wife of William Bu-
chanan. We all came home from the concert
Saturday. and George and his wife came into
our room; al were pleasant, and sat down on
the lounge; George asked Dan how much he
would give for q reserved ticket for the concert,
and Dan says fifteen cents; Bill says "Dan,
don't buy those old tickets when they are worth
nothing; George then said something which
l did not fully hear; think it was lit is none Of
your business; Bill says, 81 don't want sc
much talk in the house, he had got mad
about George trying to sell the ticket; then
told them all to 90 homc and they did so; tht
talk was not very loud, though both were pref
ty mad; Sunday morning my husband and !
were alone when Dan and Grosan came in to.
gethcr; after a while Grogan went out and saw
Georges wife (Ellen), who was on the stoop'
Mickey Wall dan Wallis boy) soon came in and
said that Ellen said that Bill must be a bastard
because George says he is, or else he wouldn'
want to be fighting all the while; said laugh
ingly, "then they both must be-" Grogan soor
came in and said that Ellen had said to hin
that "Bill is a bastard; didn't you know hi
mother was a w." to which Grogan sait
no; | laughed and Bill got mad and sad; "il
never stand my mother being called that nam
and III go up and see about it,; Bill went NJ
and Grogan and I tried to keep him back
when he had been up there a few minutes,
heard squabbling and hallooed; George sent il
word after the 8 o'clock mass TO William, Il
look out for himself to-day; think this wore
was brought in by Mickey Wall; heard after
Bill went up stairs he and George talking; Bill
was saying is my mother a We, your wife
says so;'' when William was told what Ellen
said he snapped his fingers and said "thert
will be a fight to-day"
.Michael Wall-Am eleven years old and
son of Daniel Wall; boarded with VIM. Buchan.
an; told my father and William to look out fol
themselves. for l heard from Grogan that
George had the spite in him for them, and
would pay them on account of the ticket ,rou-
bic.
DR.. Hiram II. Atwater and Dr.. vii.
liam Il. Lund, testified as to the mature Of
the wounds.
The Coroner then found upon the testi.
mony that the deceased, William Buchan.
an, cane to his heath by stabs inflicted by
a knife in the hands Of George Buchanan.
The inquest was then concluded, and
the crowd which had hung about the house
began to dispense. 1t is estimated that
over 1900 ycrsons viewed the body of
the murdered man.
A representative Of the Free Press
called upon the prisoner, George Buchan-
an, at the jail, soon after his arrest. Hs
was very pale and much overcome with
emotion, and when informed that his
brother was dead nearly tainted away. In
reply to inquiries he said
"As the gallows is probably my doom. | sup
pose | must tell the truth. / shall be q years
old on the I'd of July next; was born in Que
bee of Sco,h parents; came to Vermont when a
lad and have lived in Barre and Eden; [ en-
listed from Eden in 1862, in Co. N. Captain
Woodward's) of the First Vermont Cavalry
and served through the war; have lived here
since 1865, and been employed in the lumber
yards and as a mill hand; worked last for
Shepard, Davis & Co.: live in upper story of
house on lower corner of Cherry and Battery
streets; between twelve and one to-day had an
engagement with my wife and Maggie Ganey
to visit my mothers grayein Lake View Gene
try; something after twelve o'clock, not feeling
well, | laid down to take IL nap; about one |
was awakened by hearing sumo one call my
wife, who was in the room, q G-dw-e;
jumped out of bed and saw that Grogan and