The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-30
STATEMENT OF nudn REID.


Thc East SeusaisUo
Considerable excitement was caused
upon the street Monday Ivy The report that
an officer had been assaulted by II man
whom he was arresting for being drank and
that in the scuiile which cnsued the officer
had been considerably injured. An aitache
of the GLOBE was soon at the place where
the attack was said to have been made, and
from parties who were Interested, and
those present during the affair. the follow
ing particulars were gained
IonN NJ. WILLIAMS STATEMENT
John VI. Williams IS the proprietor of a
barber shop on Centre street under the
clothing store Of A. O. Cunningham.
About two weeks ago he employed William
Weeks, a married man, t. work for him,
Williams boarding the parties. Weeks is
generally at the shop first, and on Williams
arriving he noticed that Weeks had been
drinking. lie told him that he had better
60 home and go TO bed, rs he wanted no
man who was under the influence Of liquor
at work in the shop. Weeks then left the
shop and went to the house of Williams,
on Willow street, and sat down on the
steps, but soon got up and proceeded
toward West street Mrs. Williams called
to Weeks wife and telling her what was
the matter, she started after him, and
caught up with him near the street. Officer
II. O. Perkins then appears upon the scene
and was going to arrest Weeks. and called
upon Ben Merritt, who was near by. to
assist him, but Ben thought that the two
would not be able to do 1t. Mrs.
Weeks begged of them not to arrest her
husband saying that she would take him
home and take care Of him
She got him home and upon the bed
when officer Perkins and policeman E. r.
,'addlcr appeared at the house, and enter
iug the room where he was, without a war
rant, proceeded To arrest him. his first sal
utation being to take Weeks by the throat
and commencing to choke him Mrs.
Weeks at this time seized hold Of MI Sad
dlers arm, and said, For Gods sake don't
kin my husband" when Saldlcr turned
around and struck her three times, knock
ing her against a bureau that was IN the
room, thereby nilicting some bruises upon
her Weeks then struck Mr.. Saddler three
times, cutting him somewhat, but did not
strike him with anything but his fist
There were two tumblers In the room but
neither of them were used, for if they had
been there would have been broken glass
in the room, and none was found there
after the fracas.
Sadder then struck Weeks two OF thee
times and went ont, and sent Perkins after
more help while lie waited outside the
door. Perkins returned in Il few moments
with w f. Gibson, Mr.. Saddlcl's son and
Mr. Earl, and the door being locked they
burst it open, but Weeks was not there.
They searched for him and finally found
him in TIE attic, when they hauled or
threw him down stairs, handcuGfed him
and threw him into wagon, then arrested
his wife, and took them to Jail Weeks
was not NOISY, and don't know what they
arrested him for. My character has always
been good and never had any trouble any
where; and regret very much that any,
thing has happened, and | ought not Ia be
blamed
Z. +. sADDLERs STATEMENT.
On Monday morning Henry Edison came
down and told me that Mr.. Perkins wanted
| should come up and help in anesting "A
man who was drunk. and his wife salG
that her husband was not going to Jail,
and they could not take him. | went up
and went into the house to his room, where
he was sitting upon the bed. went and
sat down beside him, and he said "you can t
take me. said to him, come we will be
pleasant and have no words, for know
you and you know me, and we don't want
any trouble He reached ont his arm and
got Il tea cup that was on n stand near
the head of the bed, but Mr. Perkins saws
that he knocked that out of his hand He
then reached out and got tumbler, and
seeing that he meant fight, grabbed hold of
his throat and commenced to choke him.
| could have shut his wind off in fifteen
seconds. Perkins had the woman in a
room adjoining, when she threw him one
side and sprang into the room, and grabbed
hold of my left arm with both hands.
did not mean to hurt or mark him. Per-
kins grabbed hold of her, she clnging to
my arm, which caused me to lOsen my hold
when he struck me with the bottom
of "A tumbler square on the eye,
which also scratched my face lie
struck me the second time, the
tumbler cutting through my hat and inllict-
ing wound upon the head about an inch
long, just above the temple; ! then struck
him with my fist twice, cutting his lip aud
making his nose bleed quite freely. | was
bleeding pretty well at the same time from
the cut in my head. His wife had hold Of
my arm all the time and Perkins had hold
of her; ! was somewhat angry and struck
her, but don't know as | struck her but
once but think that perhaps kicked al
her, but don't know Tor certain. ther
went out and sent Perkins down for Frank
my son. Gibson came up soon and told
him to wait ontside, 80 they could not gel
} out of the window. While standing out