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

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a shocking fratacide was committed in
Burlington on Sunday last. George Bu-
chanan formerly of Eden. fatally stabbed
his brother William in a fit Of rage IN.
d1ced BY a quarrel.
Upon learning Of the murder, Mayor
Blodgett ordered an inquest to be held
over the body of Buchanan. 1t took place
in the rooms occupied by the deceased.
before Justice Ii, O.. Wheeler, States
Attorney Barnar conducting the cxamina-
ton of the witnesses. The following was
the testimony on the inquest:
William Grogan-Liyes on corner of Cham
plain and Pine streets; was at VIM. Duchanan's
after gift concert at City Hall Saturday night;
George and William Buchanan, their wives,
Daniel Wal and his boy were there; George
wanted to sell Wall u concert check; William
told George not to be selling such tickets, as
they were good for nothing, when George snap
ped him up with n short answer, telling him to
mind his own business; both were perfectly So
Der; went to VIM. Buchanan's again Sunday
forenoon; William was sober; George was not
there; Dan Wall and his boy were present; Ecard
Wallis boy say that Georges wife said that Will
liam was a s--n Of b---h; William said he
hated to have anything to do with George he
was so treachcrous; nothing was said about any
trouble between George and William; George
was not in the room during the forenoon; l had
been out of doors, and as | was coming in heard
Georges wife say that William was a white
hended bastard; am slightly acquainted with
her; II girl named Maggie Ganey was present
at the time; after a while Georges wife went
up stairs; when | came into the room Bill says:
"What is the matter % Somebody, l said, has
been calling you pretty rough names out there.
"Who's that ?" he inquired, | said, 81 suppose
it is Ellen: he again asked me what she said
and | told him, when he said "They want to
get n chance to put me into JAIL (referring to
George and his wife) I said, " Let him be, if
if you don t touch them they won't put you in
%jail'; Bill then said, CT don't care what they
do, | won't stand all these names I have heard
Of" so he opened the door and went outside (;
he went to the foot of the stairs and halloocd for
Ellen; then he ran up stairs; his wife then said
TO me. $50 up there and tell him to come down;
| went up and saw William and George stand
ing oh The inside Of Georges bedroom; think
GeoIge told him to 60 out of his house or he
would knife him; George appeared to be holding
up n jack-knifc; they were about four feet apart,
but Georges hand which held the knife wa.
pretty clcsc to William; William stood next the
door; Mrs. Vim. Buchanan again called to have
her husband come down, and I took hold of his
sleeve and said, "Bill, come out and keep still';
he said ''lct me be-" George then says to me,
'ycn leave my house too; | said eyes, sir. I'll
leave right away and stepped outside
the door; met Dan Sullivan coming up the stairs
and told him hetad better stop those fellows, or
they would get u fighting; 'I've been ordered
out Of the house,; when in the room l heard
William say to George, ''you are calling INC
out of my name (bastard) there was no wear
ing on either side; heard no threatening Ian
guagc used by William; don't suppose I was in
the room the first time more than u minute;
Dan says, ''let us 90 up ard we'll see aboutit";
l then turned and went up, and found William
on the floor and George on top of him; saw
Georges wife holding George; she scenlsd to be
taking a jjack-knife out of his hand; think it was
his right hand; think Williams head lay away
from the door; Dan said, ''keep still, George;
| then went back ard stood so | would look into
the door. Then went down stairs, and when in
the alley heard Bills wife say that Bill was
stabbed and for me to run for the sheriff; Wall
ran for him; heard nothing said by either
William or George when George was on top of
William; there was no struggle; Georges wife
said to him "let co.
Daniel Suiliran-Lives in basement ofbuild-
ing, where the Buchanans .ive; own the build
ing; between 10 and IL o'clock today, had n
talk with George Buchanan, outside the south
part Of the building, about q dispute he and
William had Saturday night; I asked him what
it was; he said: "Wjllic ordered me out of his
house and told me to 60 home" I said: ct
didn't amount to much, did I'll 'sNo," George
said, ''but III fix him." boy named Brown
was sitting with us at the time; about h~alf-past
ten Saturday evening | heard loud talking be-
tween the two brothers and Dan Wall; the talk
was in Williams rooms; there was evidently o
dispute, which lasted half an hour; heard Mrs.
VIM. Buchanan ask them to leave the house;
after | had talked with George, Sunday forenoon,
the next thing | heard was Williams wife say
ing that he had gone up stairs toGeorge's room,
and that George had q big knife ip his hand;
went out on Battery street and said to John
Ganey ''let us go up md see, perhaps George
will stab Willie with a k%nife;'' | went up stairs
and met George; vent into the room and saw
Willie low and George on top Of him; took
George off Willie; before lifted George off Will
lie. Georges wife had hold of Willie's hair; I
said to her, ''what do you want to get hold of
hiG hair for, and he down." when / took George
off be had hold of Willie's collar; Willie got up
and says, Dan, he's after s~tabbing me;'' |
asked, ''wlerc are you stabbed, Willie:' and
he showed me; saw blood on his shirt; said to