Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-01-10


have the shawl, and Started for it |
stcpped in his way, and he thrust me
one side and took the shawl when he
went away, he sald, "God damn you,
Mary and Herbert White You. can
come on and use all the law in Yer
mont-you cant have the shawl : we
were both somewhat angry don't
know whose shawl it was my hns-
band said he found it never spoke
{ with Gravlin after he sent Frank Jack
son to ask my husband to come over
and do job of stone-Tall; my name
before marriage was Mary a. Rum
t rill my first husbands name was
! Smith my husband went or was 60
inc to Gravlin's some time the week
before knew that my husband con
templated moving into the stone house
the week he went away, It we moved
n at all: we had a controversy about |
t going over; | objected; didn't like
;, Grayln; it was the week be
h fore he expected Gravin'a team for
=, him; told him | should never move
4 there we had no words the night be-
Il fore or the morning he left, lte-dlrect
, No questions were asked me on
examination at Ptrkinsvillc about i'll
feeling between Gravlm and White
: Lorenzo Stearns: Live about a mile
,. and a half from Graviin's across lots
White worked for me last summer
- Mrs White applied to me Oct. s to go
to Graylin's to see if White was there,
and | went Gravlin said White was
D. not there said he had been there
!. some day last week said he believed
II he was there Friday said he did not
# know where White was then ; he then
said he wanted me to leave his pEeml-
. ses he did not want me there at all
I asked it he was in 4 hurry, and he
$ said he was I started, and he sad
y had testified against him in the Court
d at Woo lstock, and he should rcmem.
Der me sold the horse to White
saw the horse in the pasture at CaTen-
> dish occupied by Graylin ; this was
n week from the next Monday after |
" went to Gravln's; L took the horse
" from pasture, and have seen the g'g
i and harness at FIaggs.
" Cross-examnation--The houskeeper
"a came to the door when | went to
Graylin's, and she was present during
mar, of the conversation L. S. War,
=. ner of Ludlow was with mo and heard
II, all; Geo. II. Leland was at GravlmS
y on the 1lih of October and remained
aC there seventeen days ;was in possess
ne ion of some property at instance OF
10 Edminister and Batchelder, his attor-
y news ;was present when the body was
found went there with Mr.. Meadcl
90 to drive some cattle, and as we passed
the we'll he said ''there is a well, and
in | said "let us look in" merely from
nd curiosity we moved the stone and
co looked in so tar AS could see the
stone did not look as though it hac
10 been recently moved ; the well die
n not lool; as though it was in use
NV Meader worked for Gravlln movsc
N. one stone and saw a pair OF rubber
ho boots protruding from the water
Nv asked Meader if he did not think i
was White, and he said he thoush
ITS not l took pole and pressed ON th'
III boots and colld not move them, an'
80 as | pressed on them Whites hat float
,,r ed to the topyAleader recognized 1t as
'' Whites we replaced the stone ant
rs sent to Windsor for authorities ate
zen they came the body was removed
he made the discovery about 9 in thu
rt forenoon and the authorities arrived
wv between II and l the same day tn
my body was taken to Carpenters house
urt distant about 40 rods ; !, IS the neal
me est house the head had two larg
he gashes on the back.
y, Oscav II. Streeter and Nelson )
i Meader testified to facts alread.
vas known in regard to the case, :.
the Rolln Amsden. the detective Wh
vas worked up the case, testified that h
,r's arrested Gravhn for burning Weston
Id buildings, and while on the way t
.e" Windsor talked with him about Whit
ned who he thought might be concerne
cen in the crime Gravlin SAID that Whit
,g's had been at his place, but did No
was W. name any particular day again, whe
ms taking him to Woodstock Jail Crawl
,od said that he had not been to tie Cav
on endish pasture said to him that ple
for ty of men had seen him come fro
left there, and he SAID he had been t
for Greenbush and around by Amsden
told with regard to his killing White, !
EN-. said that if he had wanted to Kill hi
zen he might have done 1t when th'
was went together for the cattle +; asslst'
who in taking the body from the we
NV which looked like an old stone heaE
ina. there were three flat stones as a cove
then ing about a foot down in the We
mart there was clot of blood on a stone
ont found blood on several of the ston
,ink about the well the boots were pr
bout jecting partly from the water; t
and; body was frigid, the head slight
,and thrown back, the shoulders and arI
not in place and the arms crossed on
not chest on the back side of the hes
0 for up and down, was cut, ana ai,O''
that across the back of the head bloc
md brains and water were oo@lnS ouV
ad we drew the body from the well T.
not ognized it as the body Of Herbert
eing White; the head was carried away