Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-12
On Trial for Murder.

The Waterbury Homfcide-Testfmony Of
 the Physicians-The Ante-NIortem
 Statement-The Accused Young Men.
 Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock in the Su- .perior Court, criminaf side, before Judge
 Culver, was begun the trial of George French and James Wheatley for murder. They are
 indicted for murder in the second degree.
 The victim was Amos B. Andrews, nineteen
 years of age, who died Sunday, June 18th,
 1881, from knife wound in the abdomen in-
 flicted by George French while deceased was
 scufling with Wheatley. The following jury
 was impannelled in the case:
 Almon Andrews, Horace H. Pratt, George Dews, Abram c. Pratt, John W. Buckingham, Nathan T. Smith, Eldridge Smith, Edward R. Robinson, Cyrus
 Cheney Charles M. Futile, Elford c. Russell Sidney F. Oviatt
 Drs. North and Barber, of Waterbury, testified as to the wound inflicted on de- ceased, it's nature and character, they having been called in the case Chief of Police Laird, of Waterbury, testified as to the ar
 rests of the accused. Greene Kendrick,
 Mayor of Waterbury, the magistrate before whom the deceased made his ante-mortem statement, gave the dying mans deposition It was in substance as follows:
 sI nineteen years of age June 17th, 1881, about o'clock was ahingling the barn of Edward Pritchard in Waterbury. James Whestley and
 George French passed the barn and George remarked he wanted see Ed. Pritchard. At this time was on the roof of the barn. Wheatley said it was not Pritchard working but Amos Andrews Wheatley asked me to come down and go with him, but told him could not. French then became vexed and be- gan throwing stones at not hit by them, but down. All laughing then. French
 u1,o dJ fun and threw him. He wanted to try it again and again threw him. He got up laughing and then Wheatley jumped stone wall and came to- wards me; he bad piece of board in his hand and struck with it across the left arm. He mad. He then threw me down. I recovered
 and rolled him over plank and then struck him two or three times with my fist. He was under and on top and he then called to French to help him French came to where was holding Wheatley down
 over the board, which was raised foot two from
 the ground leaning saw horse, so that as held him down able to stand nearly straight up.
 not striking Wheat1ey then, but waiting to see what French would do. French came to me in a sidelong manner very quickly and very still, and when within foot or two of reached around and under me and stabbed me near the right groin with knife held in his right hand. He did not utter word at the time nor had he spoken from the time
 Wheatey called to him. He then staggered back and came toward if to strike again, but seeing
 the knife in his hand seized board struck him
 with it. He kept advancing and Kept repulsing him by blows until he finally fell. Then Mrs. Pritchard came out and ordered Wheatley of the premises ' French soon after got up and went of. French wal
 drunk and staggering during the entire occurren | AS French was going away, Wheatley said. French you have stabbed hiu that's too bad.''
 The prisoners are both young men, not hardened looking or old offenders. French l appears to feel keenly his position. He was ! a soldier all through the rebellion, and hon | orably discharged. He was with Gen. Gus
 ter in that last charge, when the brave Gus 1 ter fell. Remarking about his situation, he said he had been all over the world and beer exposed to death in many fights, and, after all, to be in this ignominious and sad scrape was hard to think of. French has brother
 @ milkman, in Waterbury. Wheatley takes
 the case coolly with some show of indiffer
 ence, and has not very good reputation
 They were taken back to jail at the close o1 court by Deputy Tucker. Lawyers Terry
 and Colby are for the defense. State Attor. ney Doolittle was occupied with the case
 most of yesterday, and resumes the case al \ 10 o'clock this morning. A number oi Waterbury ladies were present, subpoenaed I xuitnaccor