Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-23
The Cornwall Excitement.

l The Wounded BOys-A Fatal Result 1 Feared in One Case-The Statement O One of the Injured Parties.
 l But little hope is entertained of the recov cry of the elder of the two Trieschemenr boys, of Cornwall who were shot on Satur day evening, while the other it is expected l will recover. The abdomen wound of John was of such nature that dressing it was l thought too dangerous an experiment to at- tempt, the slugs and shot with which the gun was loaded having penetrated some ways
 into the intestines, where they could not be
 reached without probe. If inflammation
 sets in the case is hopeless. The boys were first found by Amos Catlin, young man in whose team they had returned from hearing
 the Cornwall band play that evening, and
 who had left them to turn off on a branch
 road to his house 0 few minutes be-
 reached his house, and when driving into the
 yard heard two shots fired, one after the oth-
 CT, and almost immediately heard a voice
 which hereeognized as that of John Triesche-
 menn crying out for help and that he had been
 shot. Catlin went at once to the spot and
 found John Trieschemenn, who is twenty years
 of age, lying prostrate in the road, and near
 him his brother Henry, a lad of fifteen. The
 former complained that he had been shot in
 the bowels, and the latter was bleeding pro-
 fusely from a wound in the neck. Both were
 unable to move as result of the wounds and
 the fright. Catlin went at once to the
 Trieschemenn house and informed the family
 that the two boys had been shot, and then
 went and informed the neighbors of which
 there were three families, William Chapman,
 Lewis Johnson and Mrs. E. Johnson, iv-
 ing near by. Quite crowd gathered in
 very short time, one of the party going at
 once for the village physician, Dr. Edward
 Sanford. The rest of the party went to the assistance of the wounded boys They were carefully removed to the house and such re- lief as could be given was rendered while awaiting the arrival of the physician. The boys, as soon as they were able to speak, told their story, which is very simple. As they were walking along the road and had just turned towards home, they noticed move ment in a clump of alders situated in the triangular space formed by the forking of the roads leading to Johnson's Hol- low from the main highway. Before the boys had time to examine this clump of bushes less than twenty feet from them they saw the flash of gun, heard report, and John received a heavy charge of shot in the groin, which pen etrated well into his intestines. In an in- stant, and before John had cried out, there was a second flash and report, and Henry received this charge in the neck, the wound being an ugly one, but one which will not oA,I D1AI, s--:,. tives of the town, bright, intelligent young fellows, who show but slight traces of their German descent either in their features or They are well built, of light complexion, with blue eyes and sandy hair. Neither have been known in the town as pos sessed of any vicious traits of character they were not naturally quarrelsome, and did not enter into the family feud which has ex- isted with any of the zest which character izes the enmity shown by the heads of the families There is one other son, a lad of 12. The Trieschemenns' home is @ neat two story and a half house, with pleasant grounds and the place generally indicating thrift is fifty years of age, has wife and five children, and is a well-to-do small farmer, the owner also of cider mill and small saw mill, his property being worth about $3, GOO. He is spoken of as hard working, industrious man and good neigh DOT, bnOugn TaSclDie ana having an temper The difficulty be- tween the two injured boys and the Chagniot boy who died, took place at Chagnoit's cider mill. Young Chagniot was quick tempered and the Trieschemenns were teasing, and the younger Trieschemenn boy and young Chagniot had it out in 8 fight. Chagniot had the best of it and the older Trieschemenn then joined in the fray, and it was claimed kicked Chagniot violently in the abdomen. At any rate young Chagniot soon fell ill, and af- ter brief illness died. The Chagniots laid the boys death at the door of the TriescEe- mems, and this is the ground of suspicion against the father, who is under arrest charged with the attempt to kill. The trial of the Trieschemenn boy result ed in an acquittal. It was a long and bitter trial before justice-Mr. T. S. Gold, | secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. The acquittal was considerably criticised, and l ncensed the father of the dead boy, and he l appealed to the French consul in New York, claiming justice had not been done The consul Investigated, but could afford no help, IS Chagniot had become an American citizen. | Jhagniot breoded over the loss of his | ooy and vowed vengeance. In the prelimi- | nary hearing the State will be represented by | 5. B. Johnson, formerly editor of the Litch- ! ield Enquirer, assisted by Leonard Kicker | on, a young lawyer of Cornwall The ac- used will be defended by his lawyer, A. D. l Warner. The prisoner is in the care of the | herif, there being no public lookup.
 The elder Trieschemenn relates with appa- ent distress the cause of the first break with f Jhagniot. It appears that the two farmers were won't to Change work'' and help each ,thsr on their farms The first trouble grew | ut of a broken blow, which belonged to | Jhagniot, and which one of the Trieschemenn ,oys was unfortunate enough to have broken. | claims to have tried his best to ,et new piece for the broken plow, but did tot succeed. Chagniot became impatient, | nd the German, seemingly anxious to satisfy lis neighbor, went and got casting, and inally had new piece made, and supposed his would end it. But he says the unreason- 'ble Frenchman insisted on having the origi | lal piece returned unbroken. As Trieseh-
 menn could not work miracles he was unable