The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-04


of malice, for She was evidently not fully
aware Of the actual state of the case. The
immediate cause of death was evidently APP
oplcXy, and no inquest was deemed roccs-
sary.
Tl'os Stiilwo,l became executor of
the estate. In July, 1871, Allen Makepcace
died, leaving his administrator, j Il Corwn,
to divide between his son and daughter an
estate OF between SOD Goa and 5000, 000.
That division has never yet been made, the
hearing OF the bon ease, involving about
100000. being delayed by tho paralysis of
eX-Judgc Davis, and the estate onscquent-
~ not being settled Passing over little
more than two years, during which Corwin
end still ell did not speak, We may now
come to
ilE FAILURE ANh rnE lNpicrMtNr.
Ga Saturday, November Is. 1873, the
First National bank closed its doors, after
receiving deposits during the day. The
feeling in the community wa. strong, and
was not all8ycd when, with Sl30,00D bank
liabilities, Colonel Stllwclls personal La
biliticS being large sum in addition), $50
GEO of the assets were found to be in Ven
czucla bonds, the form of between St0.O10
and ~jD,00p remaining not being shown.
1t was just previous to the collapse tha,
Stillwcll came TO Corwin and begged him
to join his urelcs Neal and Thomas McCul-
| Tough in the purchase Of the bank, and the
latter agreeing to consider The matter, there
vas temporary reconciliation.
The McCulloughs met the cashier and
examined the statement OF the bank, Cor
win agreeing TO abide hy their decision.
That decision was adverse to the purchase.
Then came rumors Of ain indictment, and
Of the fight of the cashier, Kline, and. az
ter threatening death in the hearing of sew
eral people, to Corwin, whom he chose to
consider the chief cause of all his troubles,
Colonel Stillwcll yielded to the solicitude
of his friends, and sought calmncss on the
farm OF an acquaintance twenty miles away.
But here he could not rest, AMI announcing
after three days, that he had concluded it
was best to kill Corwin and then himself he
returned 20 town only to find that the news of
his Indictment for cmbezzlcmcnt had reach
ed the press, and to rush madly upon
\ Tragic DEATH.
In all that we have said concerning the
threats of deceased, and all that we are
about to say concerning his death, we keep
strictly within the evidence produced at
the exhaustive trial just closed. The story
is simply this, Invested of all the theories
of the ingenious counsel OF the State all
the har,her facts summed up by the clo-
qucnt defense, and of all the repet.tions of
witnesses, Stillwcll had often threatened TO
| kill that---, meaning Corwin. For n
| long time the latter had avoided him, cross
ing the street and back again to avoid pass
| ing his house on his way to and from his
own house, Stilwcll'S friends (savc one or
two who were shown to have OWNED that
| che was looking for Corwin" when they
saw him on the evening of his death), be-
lieyng that his threats were the raying Of
a man half-crazed by liquor and his troubles
paid little heed to his talk Friends of
Corwin warned him, however, that the man
was now desperate and might be danger
Gus. Corwin, who was not shown to have
had anything to do with the indictment, or
with spreading Of the news thereof, had, it
was sworn, once said. lied better let me
alone or L hurt him" cor shoot him, wit
ness was not positive, but was on the day OF
the shooting little expecting the attack
which was to be made upon him. On reach
ing home on Wednesday, the 18th Of Jan
uary, 1874, Stilwcll was informed Of the
publication of his Indictment. Almost i'm.
mediately lac went out and hulricdly chang
lug his double-harrolcd derringer pistol
from its usual pocket on his hip to his over
coat pocket as he went He had said,
some days before, "lf they la waited, !
would have left town, but now this thing
VIII get INTO PRINT, and am ruined man,
and the news that the dreaded publication
had taken place seemed to have at last sent
his courage up to the point where he had
said he would try to get it, He passed the
door of Corwin's Office; perhaps passed the
window. He turned back quickly, opened
the door with hi, lett hand, and entered it
with the pistol drawn in his right, He
pointed it ut Corwin, whose iir,t warming
was SdllWc!l, thrcat; God damn you,
AN done with you,' or something taken tor
that in the excitement. moment So
brief that eyewitness can not even csti.
mate ii, al was over. Corwin, with an APP
peal go The Infatuated man WHO mcnaccd
him, and with q GOODNESS and yigor to which
lac owes his lilo and lives to-day, had
sprung oil the counter; he had grapplcd
with his assaiant; had received, as he
h,I Ir,yn and lisrhor,,oj Ill .,,I.o,
l"'c' IN quick succession INTO tue mead o.
me man VINO tue witness HAVING tied' and
me principal aciGr mat remained alive hay
ing gone 10 denver himself up hve MN
utes ai'eG Jay dead upon the floor OF that
C"I|ohs bahk anna fast gathering and
horror,Slrlckeh crowd. Such, we say, Is
| the naked story. 1t Is not necessary in de-