Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-02
Witness-I don't know.

Witness-I don't know
 MT, Watrous-When did you gather these
 vines from the wood lot?
 Witness-Two weeks ago last Sabbath.
 Yes: They are pretty tough and grow pretty
 thick.
 Monroe Burr was next called. Said he
 went to the Hayden wood lot after the Madi-
 son trial with Silas Y. Ives. Found pile of
 wood there. Took it up stick by stick and
 moved it from the place it was, into another
 pile. measured it and found there was thir-
 ty cubic feet of it. It took me about five
 minutes to move it.
 Cross-examination by Mir. Jones. Have
 carted considerable wood. Sometimes have piled 1t up for convenience. Generally cut up my wood in the winter and spring and let it lay until fall. Don't generally pile it up. did not look all over the lot to see if there was more piles of wood. piled up the
 wood in Hayden's lot to satisfy myself as to
 the quantity. The question of time that it took me to do it did not enter my mind, A recess was ordered at this point. < After recess MT. Jones asked permission to ask single question of Luzerne Stevens Stevens took the stand and in reply to Mir. Jones said the posts in the barn near the found three nail holes on the inside of the north post and one on the inside of the south post. Did not see any nail holes on the out
 side of the posts.
 MT. Jones-Did you find three old boards
 about the barn and fastened together by cleat after Haydenls arrest? Witness-I saw some old boards in the barn,
 but cannot tell whether they were fastened together or were loose or what the length of | them was. I don't know where the boards went to-
 John N. Ohittenden was called. Said he lived in South Madison. Am Town Agent and First Selectman. Went to the Hayden wood | Inf RnnkIana m fha 0Sfh nf SartaVnhar 1878. Sereno Scranton was with me. Saw three piles of wood mostly maple and birch. The wood was from an inch to seven or eight l inches in diameter. The wood had the ap-
 pearance of having been recently removed. There were marks in the ground showing | where the sticks had been taken from. The l wood had the appearance of having lain there at least one season. ssSaw vines growing over the wood. The lot was substantially dry. Don't think there was any difficulty in driv- 1 ing about the lot MT. Harrison-Did you or MT. Scranton
 move those three piles of wood2 Witness-We both moved them into one pile and then measured it and found there was 1 thirty cubic feet. MT. Harrison-Did you count the number of sticks?
 Witness-Yes there were eighty four of them.
 Mr. Harrison-Did you see MT. Scranton move the wood?
 Witness-Yes, sir. He moved it twelve or | fourteen feet, and it took him three and half l minutes to move it from one place to another. MT. Harrison-Was there any difficulty in 1 teams driving around the lot :? Witness-No, sir. I saw hack and a one | horse carriage drive around there and they | had no difficulty.
 I MT. Harrison-Did you visit Hayden's house | and see some wood there Witness-I did. Found eighty-four sticks. I The wood was larger than that in the lot end measured little more. MT. Harrison-Do you think it was necessa- ! " to pile up that wood in the lot for conven-
 fence of moving?
 l Witness-No, sir. I don't think it was. Cross examination by MT. Watrous. l MT. Watrous-Have you any interest in this | cause
 Witness-No, sir. l MT. Watrous-Did you receive five dollars | for going up there and looking at the wood :? Witness-I did.
 MT. Watrous-Five dollars each time? 1 Witness-Yes, sir. MT. Watrous-Do you know how much
 wood was taken from that lot between the 3d
 and 25th of September 1 Witness-No, sir. MT. Watrous-Dc you know that Talcott Davis took load of wood from this lot be- | tween these dates l Witness-I don't know. Witness continued-I found a few sticks in the wood lot scattered about. saw num- l Der of small piles There might have been 1 several cords. I cannot say how many piles of wood there was in that clearing the day that was there. The piles that saw, that 1 had been freshly moved, might have been three or four rods apart. l MT. Watrous-Mr. Scranton was pitching l the wood against time, was he not? 1 Witness-I think he v ss trying to see how quick he could do it. I held the watch. MT. Harrison, counsel for tLe.State, was present. l MT Watrous-Now, Mr. Chittenden, because l MT. Scranton, under this incentive, moved l that pile of wood in three and half minutes, 1 would you consider it any criterion for the time it took MT. Hayden to move it stick by
 stick from ifferent parts of the lot? Witness-1t would make some difference In
 the time. | Witness continued-I was not in either of
 the carriages that drove through the wood lot. Think the carriages kept moving 1 Serene Scranton WAS next called Said he lived in Madison. Went to the wood lot with 1 MT. Chittenden on the 25th of September, ! 1878. Took notice of where the wood lay. 1 Found three piles that had been moved
 since it was cut The testimony of this wit ] ness was very similar to the one that immedi- 1 ately preceded him. 1 On the cross examination by MT. Watrous l witness said. It would certainly be more 1 convenient to assemble the wood in the way
 it was found I threw up the wood just as quick as could. May have taken off my coat and hat I don't recollect of saying on l the Madison trial that if MT. Hayden went 1 over the route he said he did, it might have l taken him hour and three-quarters l l said if man loitered in his work he could 1 take as much time as he pleased. l CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE