The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-01
hftern -n1 Session.

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In the afternoon Daniel Chittenden,
pipeman on Killington, No. 81 Henry
AusM,, pipeman on No. / James G.
Dunn, f. f. Saddler, and Samuel II. KEEL
ley, all testified as TO the location of the
fire. They all agree as to the facts that
the only place the fire was seen up stairs
was under Hayes door ; that down stairs
the fire was seen in the back of the build
ing before it was in the front that when
the basement back door was opened there
was hot fire there and that in few
minutes after the flames burst out of the
back windows of Hayes store. Beyond
this there is nothing clearly established as
to the origin of the fire whether it burned
through from the basement TO the store or
from the store to the basement, or whether
there were two fires burning at the samee
time being uncertain.
T. S. ellison testified that he came down
to lock up his store, about ten o'clock, and
saw man walking in front of tine opera
hall and on the street half dozen times.
The man finally went up Grove street. He
was small but witness could see no other
resemblance to Hayes.
Henry A. Potter, porter of the Bates
house, testified that Hayes came home
about half past ten, with book and q
| valise; and that he more often than other
wise had the parcels.
Il Can Rtplav Ial ~ al
that there was a wooden door between
| Hayes workshop and Kingsley's and also
between the easements of Hayes and
| Cady's stores.
CHARLES II. sTONK
was The most amusing witness of the day.
He was introduced to Hayes soon after he
came here, and hung around him till two
| days before the fire to scare up "trade. "
AT last he succeeded, and sold watch
worth $l4j to Hayes for two gold watches
worth $1S, (witness explained that the
cases were thin, ten dollars in money, and
the rest in goods from Hayes store, witness
to select. He selected three light single
harnesses. IL sold one OF the harnesses as
soon as | got it !; sold the others last week !;
called the two old watches $1S; one har-
ness sold for about $40 off saw was
coming out slim and sold the rest at a
little advance was introduced to Hayes
when he first came here, and talked with
him pretty much every day till l made the
trade, the Thursday before the fire
took my harnesses; l always do business
that way if can't collect in the summer
| can't in winter; l think he had fifteen
harnesses in his store, Thursday l looked
over trimmings and buckles. and he had a
good stock they were on the right hand
side, near the middle of the store /;
| looked over HE leather and collars; he
had good stock of them and a large pile
of names he had both heavy and light
collars near the west end of the building
he also had Turkey morocco and calf skin
travelling bags, and zinc aud sole leather
trunks one trunk was priced $40 the
trimming of the bags was metal; there
were seven shelves full of travelling bags
on the left hand side; there were two
packages of whips, and another that the
expressman brought Wednesday; they
were all hgh-priced whips; saw two
large rolls of patent leather, rubber cloths,
etc.; also drawer full of chamois skins ;
there were good many buckles, bits,
trimmings, etc.; l couldn't tell how many
trunks; there was a counter in the center
with lot of stock on each side were
baby carriages and trunks; in the show
windows were harnesses, a sole leather
trunk, whips and other things.
Cross-eramiaed-I had been In the store
frequently; I begun going in when he first
opened; thought he kept about an even