Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-10-20


assertion one Of the party went Ia the house and
asked the women, who had had M chance tn talk
with Asa, about the sheep They denied ,ehem-
emily his killing one aud said they had had no
mutton In the house for long time. Telling this
To Asa. he asked permission 10 accompany them
10 the house. It WIS granted aud from side room
be SON produced the four quarters of newly
KILLED sheep, and Ia the hay NOV was found a
fresh sleeps pclt, with the wool partially taken
of. In The kitchen tho old buffalo robe was hang
ing, and on this were blood stains aud an old pair
Of Sleeps gray trowscrs had -omo blood on
the inside of the left ley towards the bottom a. II
made by scuning" Magoon laid these to the
sheep too. In explanation NJ the women's denial
OF the shccp-killing, It should ho said that moth
ing had been said 10 thom about Streeter's muir
der, and they probably supposed that Magoon
was wanted Tor shecpstcaling, such accusations
against him being not uncommon. Their denial
really tends to prove that Magoon did kill q
sheep in the manner he claims, but put. the right
fnl ownership Of the mutton in doubt
Magoon was taken to Barre, aud ~ the way
shown the corpse lie preserved his usual stoi-
csn, even under this terrible test simply mdtter-
ing, It is wicked, wickcdr lie Is nov in jailat
this village. The Hon Charles II Heath is HE
counsel
Az N.ini ron MAoooN
Later ia the day u ncighbor Of Magoon's IN
orange. named Merrill Wild. who g. said tohayc
a good reputation Tor yemclty, madcan important
Statement under oath to the authorities, which
tends to rorrobomte Magoonr story IN some par
ticulars 1t is rs follows
81 live onehali mile from Magoon, was at
Ilarrn TItur.dav TfaH utt M ana
past six IN the afternoos, and was alone with my
horse and wagon. When got along To Hannah
Perrins, SAW Streetor in q wagon in the road
just opposite the house strceter had hold % the
driving lines. Magoon stood upon the grpuud
near the wagon saw him come from tho house
Just before got up u 1t I heard Magoon say ~
Streeter - - you, would just ~ lief take
your lie NJ not Steeter made some reply
which did not hear when / got close up tp
them ! said 10 Magoon What Is the trouble ?
and he replied That man has forced me into the
house, and have lost gallon Of hghwincs; the
two lmeauing Streeter aud the womanl stole 1t
lie wanted nae to stop there refused s,reeter
says; am going along with him then
started On. Magoon halloaed that ought to stop.
didn't hear any more conversation. ! next saw
Magoon abont a mile above Hannah rerrins.
Romane bradbury was then with me Bradbury
said to Magoon; What have you done with
Strceter-haye you killed him ?? No. he says,
he has stopped down there with the woman I
have got my rum "
IN conversation he adds W the above, that when
he got to Mrs PERKINS, house, MIR and Mrs Ro-
maine Bradbury were hauled up in the road a lit
tie beyond, aud Bmdbury who is man that
with interest and "a Wild drove past him, said,
II my wife wasn't with me, would stop aud
see it out" When Magoon caught up with
them they had 90, little past the Springs House,
he was driving very fast and after the conyersa-
ton reconn;ed in tho aforesaid followed them to
Carnes Mills, where the rads TO Orange and
Washington separate bradbury and Wild took
the Washington road and Magoon the Orange.
When WILD reached Mn, PERKINS, house, II was
about half-past six o'clock
MRS. rfuuNs STATEMENT.
The widow Perrin's maiden name was Ghfllu,
and she is strong stalwart Irish woman, OF
about forty-fyc Her husband, a prosperous
farmer in liane, was separated from her before
his death, some seven or eight years ago; but she
gotabout one thousand dollars irom the estate. with
now lives. Her reputation has always been bad
and her house is considered the hardest % place
in the vicinity Of Barre She made the following
statement to Mr.. Dillingham; soon after her arrest
MIR Rufus Strceter and Asa Maguon drove up
10 my house last night, october II, between five
and six o'clock was out after my COW when
they came. They remained perhaps au hour. I
asked strccter to have -ip Of tea and y piece Of
pie They had no words IN my hearing | was
in and out can't toll what they talked about
both said that they had been to Montpelier
Sireeter said to Magoon: Come, father, let's 20
home It WAS daylight when they won't About
dusk MIXED my COW.
After they went away saw them leave my yard
and 20 into the road but did not see them after
ward Magoon said that Strceter owned half Of
the house and he half They had no dispute about
it, gave Streetor apples lie took y heg from
/ the wagon, and ous OF the has Jug. lie put the
apples in with the grain, and the jug Also could
smell liquor Magonn said he had u blttle II
liquor in his basket Both had been drinking
Magoon was the moot mellow. II they had not
been mellow they would hot have come BECAUSE
I had forbid them To- 1 went to tho barn aud
MIXED just as soon as they were gone. 1t wa
l ll-tA fiIN-N ~ tUf hNAN ~ ef' Nh'A hhhNhs
She protests her innocence yehenenty, in Il
rich Irish brogne which it is impossible to de-
scribe She says that she slept soundly that night
and was awakened early in the morning by the
peddler Clark, who told her Of the murder. She
stepped to the door IN her hightgnwn, luaksd out,
and saw it was streeter ier lamentations are
| loud and many. She Is nov simply under surveil-
lance, there being no positive evidence against
her, and she remains in her house.
SEARCHING the LOCALITY.
on Friday afternoon thorough search was
made Of the vicinity but no weapon was found.
| Two different sets of boot heel marks were dis
covered one large sud Hat, like the boots worn by
both Masoon aud streetor, and tho other smaller
and narrower, MS II belonging to number seven
or eight gaiter To whom it belongs i,, ~ yet,
an entire mystery, as is the disappearance Of the
murdered mans hat At Magoon's, knife was
found, with a blado five inches long, sharpened
at both edges an inch or two from the paint ASA
said this belonged to one Of hi sons, and was
used in trapping, and there Is uoihin. TO contra
dict his statement About fifty rods east Of the
murder new wagon tracks were discovered lead
ing from the road into a sandy hollow and there
a spot was found where team had been hitched.
Asa Magoon, Jr., having been seen by some one in
that vicinity, on Thursday evening. in u two
| wheeled gig-the tracks are claimed to be his aud
he WAS arrested by DR.. o. s. Watson, deputy
sheriff of West rupsham, ON Friday evening, at
his home lie admits that he drove 10 the place
where the tracks were discovered, while looking
for mini, tracks. but claims that he was at Orang,
Centre at seven o'clock, and stopped at the house
Of Charles Wood and that he was at home By
eight O'Clock The authorities placed some credit
ON his assertions, and he has been permitted to &c
home in charge Of Dr. Watson Mr. Il NJ llar
yey, OF West Iopsham, ID his counsel,
rosr MoRrEN ENANiNATInH
Drs A. T. Bigelow and J, H. jackson, OF Barre
made an examination OF the corpse on Friday ~
ternOon. At the request Of Mr. Dillingham;, ",
refrain from publishing their report In full The,
found that the cheek bones aud both jaw bonei
were broken, and that the right ear was terribly
bruised apparently by a fierce blow from II fis
by some sitting beside him. Many OF hi
teeth were gone, aud under his eyes were g.shes
There had, apparently, been four cut made t.
produce the ghaslly wound IN thu abdomen, an,
after the bowels had protruded, the kuifc had
been plunged into them several limes. All tho vita
organs were in natural condition. and the doc
torssay that they have rarely seen a healthier sub
iect. There was no abnormal state Of the phys
zeal system which could have produced death, oI
cept the wounds.
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