The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1882-04-27
Murder in Sandgate,
TWO MEN SHOT

htaA8H t@htN w tfNAb RANh1NAt y - "aA
psfr intending to cross the mountain I,
Manchester hy the notch road WheI
iseles tho Barber mill they Wero inei by
tChauDeeY Williams. snd Samuel Il Whit
ieu and Aelsnu Whitten when iis bl oo
lruried ID uliel. clubs. stones aud reyol
yci Il ra0iyvn nrre freely used aud X
H N Hiil.u Nbn Wss ths father ui Nelson
i Whittier MAS shot ~ the bead. the bal
passing through the skull and coming ont
a tie ntouih causing bis dealt, on the
following rhnrslay One of the gipsie'
vas struck by bullet ia the right breast
the ball following the bone round and
lodg ias al some point where the surgeon
aAs nul able % fud H. The Ripsies i'm
mcdstely retnrDed 10 Nov York State,
They have pot appeared as witnesses, but
ssy tile trouble commenced about fighting
dogs aud that they were assam Tied and
defended themselves. Ii is the same band
that has been through the place repeated
Iiy aud thcy have always, so far a, We
know, been penerably disposed aud have
committed no lepredations upon property
OF assaults upon individuals.
Il appearing that Nelson Written did a
portion OF all OF the shooting in the aiiray
warrant was issued for his arrest, aud he
Sas brought before Hon. W Il, Randall Of
Sandgaie. on Friday charged with assault
with the intent to kill. j. f.
Fem, States Attorney. appeared for the
prosecution and Hon Ranney Howard OF
Manchester for the respondent. None of
the witnesses examined by the prosecution
saw the commencement OF the affray
though several of them saw the last part
OF it, II seems that the trouble commenc-
ed between the gipsies aud Williams
aud that he went back up the road and
procured Nelson Written. When they
returned down the road they were seen by
Eugene Mears, Fred Stickles, Herbert
Bentley and Owen Mattlson. Williams
had club on his shoulder and Nelson
Written was hourishing areyolyer They
were also heard by these witnesses to use
threatening language. Soon after two
shots were heard fired aud the men men.
toned above accompanied by j. L. Brush
and J. Wymnn went 10 stop the fight. On
arriving at the spot they found the fight
going on between the two gypsy wagons
which were two or three rods apart. s.
II. Written was lying in the road already
shot. Nelson Written was trying to shoot
the largest gipsey with his revolver and
Williams and the gipsies were fighting
with stones in their hands. Nelson was
seen TO shoot two or three times
and was heard afterwards by several peo'
pie to say that he shot the big gypsy and
by Jerome Wheeler to say that he shot his
father. Some OF tn witnesses thought
they heard rs many as eight or ten shots
fired, others put the number at five or six.
After the fight was over Nelson was
seen at his house trying TO reload his re-
volyer, still making threats. Several testi-
fed that the Whittens and Williams were
under the Influence of liquor, and it seems
that they had recently procured supply
OF hard cider in Manchester or Dorset.
None q the witnesses saw any shooting
or any firearms in the hands Of any person
except Nelson Whit en-, DIR. Maynard of
Salem no made a post morfem examination
of the body OF 5 Il. Written testified tina,
there was u bullet wound on the right side
OF the head, the ball penetrated the skull
and calne cat al tho mouth, that the wound
was sufficient TO cause aud did cause his |
death There were also commissions on the |
head made 10y stones ur other blunt weap-
on bat THESE were not enough to have
caused death
The prosecution claims that the Whlt.ens
aud Williams we're under the influence OF |
simply acted ia self defense, aud that
Nelson Wblteu shot uot only the ipsey |
bui also his father, the latter accidentally |
while trying 70 shoot the gipsies, and that |
even though il was accidental in the case
Of the latter, vet being done while attcinp, |
ing TO shoot another man the SAME penal /
" attaches as would have been the case
had the man been shot, against \
whom the intention was dlrecte l. |
The complaint was oaly for assault with
intent TO xiii but this Vas drawn before |
Whit,en died No evidence was put in
by the defence
The examination before Judge Randall
resulted ia holding Nelson Written for his
appearance before the grand-iury at the
next term OF county court ia the sum OF
td tee Thousand dollars. Failing to get /
iail lac @as taken To the Jail at Bennlng |
ton.
This makes The third homicide III this |
tannty within less than year o Brien /
u..s killed by heeic al Bennington last sun.
tner, aud keefe acquitted, on the ground 1
that possibly The death Of the 'ic,im was
ia part occasioped by bal treatment Of the
physician or physicians who were called 10
,lress his wounds withsm vas killed by
Fuller al Readsboro Last fall fof which 4
.tiIne Fuller was convicted of murder ia 4
the iirsi degree and while waiting for the
.-a,e 10 be heard on exceptions the prison.
- committed suicide by hanging at the
states prison al Windsor. In two Of the .
eases At leAsi the prime cause Of the crime 1
sas intoGica,ing liquor. ADD j, would seem
tia, they ought To serve a. pretty good
temperance sermons, TO warn not only 4
,hose Who drink but also those who sell.
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Jadee Barre;, u Woodstock has frm0Y.
eA 10 RuiiAud ~here he has formed bnsi