Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1875-05-29

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C'oSs eramtn0ttom 0y C0t. 0eorge-
o"wser sA!u no tnousnt he nad q
s"npsc VI I.nersoh gong up on
north nor.n s'ae OF tne mouse: The right
o"r'c' Vi tue gun was discharged.
Benjamin Dearborn called and
sworn tl
reside ut PiermOnt, about q mile
north of where Emerson lived: I
was at Emerson's on the day of the
murder, my attention was called to
the north side of the house / found
one track going from the north door
70 the road saw Sawyer that day:
could not be suiciaSS SsSih,s. that It
woulu be one of the easiest thin cs ii IL
the world for her to do it the com.
mon report at first was that Mrs.
Emerson had shot herself.
Jo"" hena'.ch u calleu anu sworn
ies1ue "C Ne"o"TN' vern.out
was at TiherSoh $ III r'erllont aoo"t
O'Clock on the ai'erhooh ol the Gay
Oh t'ie 'hufoer whiie there l naa y
conversation Win sawyer ! askeu
nm where nc ana MI emerson
were a1 t'e .lli'e tic guu was lfe }
'to,"n;no III N"," "v o"J " ,nd nv % Tmors ov" i,as s
.tpna ~. ,l,p ,ar,' o ha said Emnrs"n nav - me-
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',t"'. ,t'" ,'no i"" ,;,'a 3 .,.. @ a,,,' 'S ssnd
h" ~ ,,;m % Ms.arSos @ % snolso ~ him
~ ~, '.'t ;,,a r. Inso am.j
;.,,n'..1;..,,,, oa % " oan'" .o % "nt ] aooi',;r;ns
no".oH ~, ,;,
,1o. II asked SAWYER If Emcrson
onl lis wifi. oot olomv n,aasontIv.
n. %n s.,;d ha hoor', soma ,nmJ toll Ho
twnam w thn,n fiat mnrn;n~ and Ia
tlnn";,t tl,ov wora not nn;to On so.
'.;a, st hrnak fast that morn;no as
ns"a, Sawver said il was snicide
and that tHe last thimg Emerson
did that morning before going out
was to kiss his wife asked him if
the report of the gun was uncom.
mouly loud he said it was;I ask.
ed him if he went into the house af.
ter hearing the gun; he said he
did not that he did not think any
thing of it until Emerson came out
of the house.
Reed 3 Viro;u called and sworn :
iva in p;srmont. visited the
scena of the murder on the dav it
occurred had a conversation
with SAWYER : he said he was at the
wood nile at the time of hearing
the gun, and Emerson was at tho
barn.
C,oss examined bv Col. Georoe-It
was hetwden Q and 10 O'Clock. a. M.
on the day of the murder when /
was informed of it [ went immedi.
atnlv after it to the scene of the
mnrlar the blood was snattered
an the mastering of the kitchen
overhead.
Nice E,umn Merriu called and
sworn
am a sister of the late Alma
Emerson she was taller than ];
her neck was longer than mine;
know the prisoner tho first time I
saw him was at DIR. Jenness' in
Lowell about 2 years since l was
at nv sisters when Sawyer first
came up | slept on the lounge in
the kitchen my sister had began
housekeeping only the day before
SAWYER came up.
C,oss ernm;ued In CoL Gsorne-
nr .Isnnass ia an nncle of John Il.
Hmnrscn 7 have seen the letter
nr;ttan hy nr Iennass inst before
Sawvar came un:I have seen Dr.
JsnnesS hand wr;tins. (paper
shown the witness, witness thought
it did not look like Dr. JennesS'
hand writing.) ....
NV sister heated stones and put
into Sawyer's bed nights to make
him comfortable. ...
Canrzes n NereU called aud
sworn:
reside at Haverhill am Jail.
or and Dcnt Sheriff: 7 arrested The
y, ,'r;""".r " .f'i + ha"a haj soma couver.
lat;om win the nrisoner sinca his
,,nnSt ha ,,,s orroStaa tho dov ~
tha n,,r'lor M his no"varSat;on was
tIo novt doy oftor l,;s arrast in tha
Tail, ha said Emarson vas at the
H" ,,"",, o. ~ tha Tina ho ha"rd Tho ~.
,,"rt " of % ~. @ .,',n ho M saw him st.ni.
po.' Va , ."o sr" ',a,, ,,,e " w.. - ~ r,ss.,
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