Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-08-21

served to talk to himself, and on one or
two occasions asking If one did anything,
If he could be convicted If anyone did
not see him, and being told that he could,
declared that he thought that they could
not.
That while at Sattley's he had a revolt
yer "unbeknown to the members of the
Sattley household, that some weeks be-
fore the homicide he began to negotiate
with Sattley for the purchase from him
of a double barrel shotgun, for which
Sattley asked him twelve dollars. and for
which the respondent first offered two
and one half dollars and afterwards
three that he once tried the gun killing
a small bird with it that on the Tuesday
before the Sunday of the homicide he
purchased the gun of Sattley allowing
twelve dollars therefor out of his wages,
having previously on the same day
priced some guns at Vergennes and pur-
chased a ramrod, some powder and two
kinds of shot, buckshot and small shot;
that on the Sunday of the homicide
the respondent was at his meals, assisted
about the chores, and went to church as
usual, and in the afternoon while walk
ing on the highway was seen to stop
and stand and look in the direction
of Ainse's house; that after lunch n
just at dusk hat evening he passed out
of Sattley's house and disappeared; that
he passed through the fields across a
small river, the railroad and highway a
distance of about two miles to Ainses
house and was about the premises APP
parently looking in at the window for
some minutes, and that sometime shortly
after eight o'clock in the evening, he
discharged a gun through the glass
forming part of a window in a door,
sending a charge of shot through the
head of the deceased, killing him Instant
ly, the charge passing over the STOPPING
form of the grandfather, Mrs. Collette
standing so neal her husband as to be
able to reach him with her hand, and
her brother, his wife and infant child
being in the same room, which had a
light burning in it; that he then returned
to Sattley's without having been seen so
as to be recognized by anyone; that on
the trip he got his shoes and pantalooons
very wet: that on his return he entered
the house, built a bright fire in the Kit
chen stove, no one in the house being up
at the time, and afterwards went up
stairs without a light to his room, which
was also occupied by his bedfellow
Douglass and one Bell who slept in an
other bed, both being employees of said
Sattley: that he was about the room
some minutes and went to bed with
Douglass, nothing having been said that
about II o'clock Beach, his former en-
ployer came into the room with a light,
went II looked at him in bed, said
"Halloa, Fred, using familiar nickname
OF the respondent, to which he responded
"Hal.oa, Oak"using a nickname of Beach:
that Beach then called Bell wi of the
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pantaloons, went out of the room. and
did pot again return until after the ar
rest of the respondent: that at about
one o'clock two officers accompanied by
two citizens came into the room, and
ordered him to get up. and gave him to
understand that he was under arrest:
that he replied "What for: "What have
| done:" at is pretty hard to have to
get up at tbs time of the night" And
seemed unwilling to get up, but finally
did so. commenced putting on every
day clothes. That on his enquiry as to
why he was arrested he was told in effect
that he would know later. That upon
finding by enquiry that he was to be taken
to Nergennes and might not get back by
milking time next morning. he took
from his trunk his best suit, which he
put on, and furtively placed in the hip
pocket of the pantaloons the revolver
which was thirty two caliber and had
five chambers, all of which were loaded
with cartridges. That being enquired
of for boots or shoes he produced a dry
pair of boots, and being told that they
wanted what he had on his feet that
night. he produced a pair of shoes soak
ing wet that in his trunk on the follow
ing day were found a pair of pantaloons
that were wet to or above the knees.
That after the arrest and before leaving
the Sattley premises he was asked if he
had a gun. and where it was: that he
said he had and that it was in the loft
over the hogpen: that after being mana
cled and placed in the buggy he was
asked if he had Il revolver, and he said
he had; that the revolver was taken
from him: that the gun was produced
by a bvstander and was examined by
one of the officers. who put his finger
into one of the barrels and exhibited it
|blackened and molstened: Thai he was
taken to Nergennes by one of the officers
and on The way enouired IF tho of,icar