Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-03-12
The Walden Shooting Affair.

witness TOT the prosecution was w.
ton He said
reside in North Danville, am acquaiut.
ed with the respondent, Albert Carr, Of Wal
den. Am also acquainted with Henry
0Gaunon, of Walden. Have known both
Of them since before the war. live about
three miles from Carrs. [ went TO Cars
house on the Sd day Of March, in company
with Luoian Stanton and others. Arrived
there between 10 and II n. m. went into
the house with Luclan Stanton. Albert
Carr, wife and mother were 10 the house.
We went at the request Of 0'Gannon to as.
sist him in settling some trouble with Carr.
Carr was 10 the woods chopping made
known my business to Mrs. Carr aud her
mother. l should think Carr came to the
housS in about half an hour. l talked with
Carr about settling the trouble with O'Gan-
non. Carr did not feel inclined TO settle.
He said he had entered a complaint to the
states attorney, and thought the law had bet
ter settle the matter. Said he had no con-
| 6dence in O'Gannon. think | was in the
house an hour. found it was Of no use
trying to settle with Carr. | then left the
house. O'Gannon aud his boy then came
|
O'Gannon told his boy to 60 home and get
his wallet as he had forgotten it. told
| OGannon il was Of no use for US to try to
settle it. OGannon says, IL will go TO-"
l told him not to go into the house. was
afraid there would be trouble. | then got
my horse and was about to 60 home O'Gan-
non said he should 60 in he had his knife,
pipe, and tobacco 10 his hand, he went into
the house. As soon as he went in heard
Albert's and his mothers voices. Soon Fred
Stanton came out Of the house, aud said
OGannon was killed. | did not 20 into the
house then. then drove down to Mr.
Drews. Called at one or two other places
before | went to the village. | went back
To. Cars that night; found OGannon on the
bed. Carr said he wished they had all left
when | did, said he was sorry that he shot
OGannon, he soon went away with the
sheriff.
Cross examined | have been acquaint.
ed with O'Gannon since before the war. He
worked for me one year ago. had little
trouble with him. think O'Gannon first
told me Of his trouble with Carr, and asked
me to help him. Said he had not been prose-
cuted. l told him not to 90 into the house.
He went in and shut the door. l did not
hear the report of the pistol. He is called
by some quarresome, by others not so, he
was not much the worse for liquor, If any.
Fred G. Stanton Live at North Dan
vile; have known Henry 0'Gannon about
dozen years; have known Albert Carr lou
ger; was at Cars on the 3D. of March !;
went at OGannons request; started about
10 o'clock; O'Gannon wanted me to go up
and see if we could not settle the trouble be-
tween him and Carr saw Albert Carr in
the woods, chOppiug James Mccain and
Lucian Stanton were going to the woods
told OGannon he had better 90 home, and il
we wanted him we would send for him
james Mccain aud Lucian Stanton came out
Of the house and went to the woods /; james
came back aud went to the woods with
him called Albert into the road after
O'Gannon had gone away, and talked with
him; be said he had no faith in O'Gannor
in regard to settling the difficulty we all
then went to the house, Albert, Jack Lang.
mayd, the Baudy boy, Jimmy Mccain,
Lucian and myself it might have been fif
teen minutes after O'Gannon was gone be-
fore we started for the house; did not heal
OGannon and Carr speak to each other il
the woods did not see them look at each
other they stood within six or eight feet oil
each other O'Ganuon had to pass by where
Carr was in the woods, in going home from
Carr's house when we were in the house
asked if the affair could not be settled the
Cars said they had entered the complaint
and should push it through had been In the
house about half an hour when O'Gannon
came
Here the states attorney asked what Carr,
appearance was during the half hour. Oh,
jected to. Court decided that the question
was proper one.
Witness Carr seemed somewhat excited
when talking about the matter; Carr wal
sitting by the stove; Carr and his mother
the Langmayd boy, Jimmy McCanu, Luciau
the Bandy boy, aud myself, were sitting
| down when OGannon came 10.
Witness here made plan Of the room
showing the positions occupied by those il
the room.
When O'Gannon came in he said, "HoW
, do you do, folks" Mrs. Carr and Alber
spoke about at the same time aud told him
to leave the house then Mrs. Carr went in.
to another room; Albert jumped up and
said, Damn you, leave the house or III
shoot you" at the same time drawing pis
toll, and telling him again to leave the house
, MeCann said, Don't. shoot, Albert, dom
, shoot !" l said, at about the same time, "Fol
Gods sake, Albert. don't shoot you sham
be hurt !" as we spoke he dropped his hand
and looked around OGannon said, H,
/ ~ II
damn you, leave or will shoot you," anC
fred Albert then turned and went into the
bedroom did not hear O'Gannon say any
thing else was some six or eight feet from
him OGannon fell instantly and lay on thu
floor some time don't think l had any con
versation with Carr when we were going Ia
the house sometime Carr told me O'Gan
non had driven him out of the woods; hi
saw O'Gannon coming and cleared out
Never heard Carr make any threats agains
0'Gsnnon until that day before O'Gannol
came in, while in the house, heard Carr say
if OGannoU didn't keep away from his
premises he would give him cold lead.
Gross examined Have known 0'Gan
non ten or dozen years did not know him
before he moved to whore he lives now
know him well he has worked for me; We
have had $500 dicker one way and anoth'
err he has not worked for me any for year
or two; went up that day at his request
he asked me to come up the last week in
February, think; came to st. Johnsbury
, to see the states attorney about settling the
, trouble between the parties, but understood
he was not at home aud did not call under.
st,,od the difficulty to be with regard to col.
, Letting a tax, and other things had heard
+ OGannon aud Mrs. Carr had some quarrel ;
he said she threw a stick OF wood at him and
+ he took 1t away from her; he wanted me to
see il couldn't settle she case and stop the
proaecution: that was our sole business al