The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-10
THE wEATHERsFIELp TRAGEDY.
Trial of Henry Gravlin-Fifth Day.

p VI NAY lasl Nnlle was there sewers
times while | lived in the family in the Inf
, ter part of the summer, and the last finn
on Friday before Weston's buildipps wer
burnt was also there Thursday TO Sc
0 niring a house, and left between
- anu ~ IN the evening | had high word
with him, for one thing because he ha,
sworn against Gravlin, and thought h
l . not to come there, and because / hi,
not want him in the stone house frat sav
/, him Friday about the middle of the infer
i, noon at the wagon barn he then cam,
INTO me kitchen heard him talking will
> GIaVlins daughter and niece, ami shortly
came out and he said TO me, "Marv civ,
me a regular Scotch blessing for what
sad to you last night ~ be soon went on
again to the wagon earn, and think then HI
went with Gravlin and two gentlemen tc
the pasture saw them start for the mas
ture; then came back about six aud the two
men stopped but n few minutes; Gravlir
ana Wlite came into the house; Gravlit
asNCu Whlte To have some supper, anC
White said, mo, thank YOU, | am goinc
home y they went, after Gravlin had finish,
ed his supper, by the back door straight tc
tue hog house. supposed Gravlin was 20.
ing to iced the hogs the girls had zone
to Gardeners, and The boys were roinr tC
james Wcston's: suppose | next saw
Whlte down to the mill going home; last
saw hlm Il. the wagon house: Graylin
came IN and | asked him if White had gone
nome, and he said yes had Just lighted n
lght; saw a man on the gig and suppose
II was White going saw him IA far as
Inc wood pile,and that is tie way he usually
went, the girls came home in a few min.
utes; Gravlin went to bed about eiyht
o'clock, should think; he usually was first
to bed and got up early; | went to bed
about ten, my usual customs; generally was
the one to lock the house and last to he'd.
my brother came for me this night about
twelve to 90 to Claremont, as nv sister
was a great deal worse, and ] got ready ms
soon as l could and went; returned about
eleven the next day; after | went TO he'd
FRIDAY night heard the dog bark and got
up n went down stairs; expected at any
tmc to hear from my sister: went to Gray-
Inns room and told him l heard the dog
nSfk ana Wantci TO see what was the
trouble; ne SAID there was nothing about
mat would hurt US and told me to 20 to
bed again, and | did so.
@Gravlin did not 90 away from home Sat-
urday and went to bed about his usual time
jackson and Meader went to Claremont
that day; ] went to bed at the usual time.
sunday morning saw Gravlin about eight.
"hen ne came INTO the house; did not know
where ne hao been; heard 1t spoken of Sat
urday that the cattle were out: frat learned
tnH' lie was not at home shortly after |
got up did not know that he was rome fin
| got NJ: he often got up end went owav
before daylight: he was at home all doy
Sunday till evening, when he wc0t TO rft
the cows towards Carpenters and went
with him;s stopped at Carpenters abont
hall an hour; came straight home. and IN
perhaps twenty minutes Gravlin iwent to
oed; saw him next tine Monday
morning at breakfast at the usual time.
about seven; could not tell exactly what
nc was doing Monday, but he was about
me farm all day he wore q blue wooden
irock. nc clothing worn YVES exhibited
and Identified, and is the same identified by
other witnesses. The blue cotton froci
was used to wrap up sick poultry by the
stove the blue overalls had not been worn
since | lived there | washed them and mt
them in the drawer; never heard any niiar-
rel between White and Graylin: he had
taken meals at Gravlin's perhaps four or
crime; lave no knowledge That Gravlln
knew anything about it had no suspicious
that Gravlin had any hand in it; fret time
l heard that White was missing was soon
after Gravlin was arrested first heard il
from Sp0tiard saw Stearns there, and
heard him talking with Gravlin inquired
il White was there, and think Gravlin said
he was last there on Friday; think he also
asked for Frank johnson Gravlin told him
he did not want him ON his premises; that
he did not want any talk with him said he
came to Woodstock and swore against
him Stearns said, You are not worth
minding-l will not talk with YOU"
Cross-examincd-The testimony of wit
ness before the Justices examination was
quoted regarding the interview with White
on Thursday, and it did not agree with her
evidence now, but she said her present
testimony was correct.
FRANK JOHNSON.
During the last summer White came 10
Gravlln's five or six times and had a bay
mare and gig Thursday he came in a
four-wheeled carriage; he came Friday to
see about 4 stone wall ! was sent for by
him in the arrangement for building the
wall | was to draw the stone with Graylin's |
team, and White was to build it he told
me he was talking of moving INTO the
stone house Friday afternoon he was at
Gravlin's and first saw Tim by the cider
mil he was with bis gig went - West
on's that evening about seven, and as we
lett White was standing in the cider mill
door his team was hitched outside the
barn got AomG that evening about eleven, |
and saw NJ Baker and Brae and Graylln
IN the house Brae was after a horse to 90
to Claremoul. n"' hey got ready and went
oil we all pr 81 bed In about half an
hour think G. aNii1 went in before us; he
slept down stairs i we up stairs saw
Gravlin first Saturday about s o'clock he
was about home during the day.
| went to ClaremOnt about 4 o'clock in
the afternoon and got home about two next
morning did not sec Gravlin when | got
home saw lin Sunday morning about
eight l went to Windsor on Sunday we
Coy through digging potatoes the Tuesday
before Westons buildings were burned, and
the last were put into the hog house that
day. the old ak used about the hog house
was there, and It was in the same place
when the o%iflcer9 found It; know nothing
OF the murder of Herbert White never
was engaged in atfy burglaries, and never
stole any gloves of Mr.. Amsden.
Cross-eXamined-Did not see White start
OIL for home Friday evening before | went
away,
CHARLES GARDNER
recalled Henry Carpenter told me on
Sunday afternoon, October 8, about half
past three, that he had told Graylin the
night before that his Cavendish cattle were
and scattered along the road all the
to Greenbush and Charles Barrett's;
| was going TO Gravlin's pasture TO see
calves | was talking of buying.
The defense here rested, an the state
offered rcbutting testimony, including that
DR.. 5. Dana Hayes and DR.. Treadwell
Boston, who testified as to the blood
stains they had examined on Gravlin's
clothes, pronouncing it human blood.
ARGUMENT FOR III PROSECUTION.
This closed the evidence in the case, and
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