St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-05

You hear a good deal from me that you
wont want tor; 81 tried not to get
mad, begged and plead and cried and
cOaxed and begged and plead again )"
81 shall show you what l am made of
before you get through with me-" and
other extracts not fit for publication.
j. Clautier testified let teams to
Ward Dec. % and Jan. DC; first time
returned at 9 next morning; last time
selected Syracuse sleigh without bells
returning at next morning; did not
say where he had been horse tired.
Eugene Allard, hostler, testified the
same as regards the last team.
G.. III. Clements testimony was read,
to the effect that when clerking in
Ide's grocery Jan. %, 1886, sold Ward
peck of oats and sent him to Scott's
for candle. F. E. Clark, Scott's clerk
testified sold Ward candle about
that time.
George S. Smith and Francis Lynch
saw horse and sleigh in Wards barn,
evening of the Doth. Mrs. F. Lynch
saw team in the evening about 9 and
heard it go out about 10.
w. E. Siberian was returning from a
visit beyond Noyesville the night of
the fire met team on the Foster road
at IL As p. M; thought it was the SYRIA
cuse sleigh that was afterward brought
to Walden by Sulloway.--F E. Race,
Noyesville, heard team driving rap
idly away from Fosters about two a..
M, morning of the fire.-AmOs w.
Eddy went to fire about 3 a. m. dis
covered tracks from road round back
of barn and thence to highway; meas
ured tracks apparently similar tracks
on Goodenough road also saw sleigh
tracks and afterwards help fit SYRIA
cuse sleigh into them found near by
scrap Manchester Mirror, of Sept. 10,
! lSS5.-Eddie, son of Harvey Foster
went to fire about 3 a. M; saw foot
tracks; none of neighbors came from
that direction saw sleigh tracks,.
H. Dow lived on Noyesville road /;
Herbert Brown was with him from
O'clock, night of fire, to 3 next morn
ing Brown slept with him.--Henry
and Elan GoodenOugh saw the foot
sleigh into sleigh tracks the Manches-
ter Mirror was not in the road day be-
fore.-Frank and Charles harrington
were at the Foster fire; Foster was
badly burned.-Elmer jackson was at
fire saw foot tracks but did not make
them.-Frank Houston was at fire and
helped give alarm /; saw tracks, etc.
Hector LacOurse sold the mare Ward
hired to Joe Clautier it was her habit
to call at places where she had before
been driven.
The Syracuse sleigh in question was
brought into court and identified as the
one let to Ward.-Carrie E. Wheeler
lived i'm Wards block in 1885 and gave
Ward pail similar to the one in the
case.-F. l.. Taylor, Samuel Guild,
Henry kellogg and others testified sub
stantially as others who were at the
fire.-James Ahearn and others identi-
fed Wards hand writing. = Olivia
Amsden identified letter received
from Ward since the justice hearing in
1886, in which he told her that he I'M
derstood she had other male friends
now and suggested again that she re-
turn the watch.-M. Montgomery was
the last witness on the stand yester-
day was called to Walden after fire
and made examination of premises,
tracks, etc., going in same team driven
by Ward horse was driven on loose
rein and turned up the Goodenough
road of his own accord.
This is the sixth day of the trial and
probably the prosecution will have its
case all in today. The counsel for the
respondent give no sign of what their
line of defence will be, and the case is
likely to last some days yet.