The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-01-10

(2) II is a peculiar fact, and one which ma
been generally overlooked, that all these pro,
ceedings were under New York authority; ana
all the expenses were paid by New York. Judge
Wheeler has copies of the accounts when ne mas
procured from Albany, The arrested men We're
taken to Northampton in two parties, one on
ire east side of the Connecticut and the other
on the west side. The latter crossed the west
River at the upper end of Bradley meadow
where Josiah Arms was pad Tor their ierrlage.
Cochran, although an outlaw by New lork IN
actment, and 80 men. were in the escortlhg
party. Sheriff Patterson, one Of the men ac-
cused by the inquest. presented ana coliecteu IN
account f77, l2s, and lip ior expenses ripr u"e
porting the cause of justice IN
Cumberland county. His charges including the
cost of four expresses to New lork; py 20
cribed i'm these notes, by Arad acknowledgements
so distinguished in Vermont, by Maiaehl
Church and by John Grimm VINO nNeh on
6Meeting house hil'' in Brattleboro. Also
among his charges are
"To Victling Left Osgood's men II meals,
yituals, il sh., 6 mugs Zip, > sh.4 I.
"Hezekiah Boyden of Newiane ana his n.en'
9 meals Of ~vituals, 6 sh., 3 gall. of rum sh; . p
"Vitiinr % men from Brattiehoro | ID. ii sh.
112p. Liquor and horse keeplng 10 81. !,
"Westmoreland men, 40 meals, 10. gais' rum
ITO Entertaining the committee with %victuals
and liquors t3, 2sh. I p.
() OF the court party VINO had besh lmnpi ias
oned, Thomas Chandler. the chief Judge, bIiuaa
EaatOn, deputy SftTlH, tdPt
Thomas Sergeant, oliver Wells,Joseph WIZARD
and John Morse, were released on the l'tn.naf-
ing given bonds with security TO Johh iianenNne,
to appear and take their trial at suGh 'i,m :,
sbould he appointed. Thomas Ellis. against
whom no charge was found, was set AT llpertf.
uncondi:loned; Noah sabin, one OF tnu i ino
Judges, Benjamin Bu,terfeld, an asslstant juo
rice, William willard, a justice OF me peat,
William Patterson, the high sherln, oamn ut
Gale. the clerk, Benjamin Gorton, Il neput1
sheriff. Richard Hill, William Wlihahls, III
lr t~Afn nf inc Hi
one Cunningham, were, ny .ote o. dnement in
tee of the people, reserved for eon.ho"'e"' ."
The ioal al Northampton, Massachusetts. ,... -.
To dignity the events of the l"tn =,
March. the MUSES. were not asiaihe" " ""'
their assistance; or ,bere
was a dismal clamor,.
A mob containing five hundred men, theF '""'
in riotou5 manner, - so, moi
s wearing the courts they shouiu u" 7'
even TO adjournment, HON. mon
Rut for fear of the Sheriff and MS Saiah' "e"
they for their firearms sent. ar
The Protestant that stood by the '""' my
all came here well armed; rovr
They demanded the house which was lheii o"h'
of which they were debarred- ,.
The sheriff then drew of his men to ''"'"
upon the matter, and not TO
flow he might best enter the house anu h' "
make a slaughter. ordar for a
The Sheriff then drew up ms
battle, ~ house mr. they
should feel his bullets rat'le. nr,,I the
But they reslstt'l WIN "
Sheriff fired, ,r,os they all
with haste retired. 4, tho
o,r Gallant men entered the house, not Ill Jig
least confounded, oxcen, of
nd Cleared the rooms of every one, except Vi
those whe were wounded
These lines are : supposed TO nave IN
,ha nrodnction of John Arms, a Young hlah ~n
ras;ded in marlborough, and who wasa "a
nrer Of the Court party. They were oom, Vnr.
oa,ed orally 10 b ii Hall, author OF "Eastgin
,nont - Inv Calvin Webb. Regarding theu The
nNnressinp the sentiments of an opposei n,har
,.rinh ); The eleventh verse furnishes ann
III that stout cudgels were the only, we"po
Inch The mob carried. Arms Is salu der
mental qualities of no mean rnung
Physicallv. he was not strong, ana dieu y 80
p~a vote of the Council OF Nerhhoht M III
~ ~ % 1Sth I7s2, it appears that Johh ~ in the
y p un who was at the age oil 70; n,bar
Do ie-5 ioined the "enemies OF TINS anu nad
aarican states" and afterwards ret.ed
an aiIed narion, was forgiven "anh oa,h
" ,ha nririIeges of the state" ON tahihs u Iu MS
~ ~ a N The person referred 10 Vas.
u and the poet oi the "Westm1nster "
W.. .ue, !; are supposed to be identical.
ur 7, Was not until Two years later lna, ~
~ dac,aTation of independence was auoP.e..
-. : ssfely be said that there was EaIufy
.tonab, nf spy such thing at the ume :" -"
Westminster ANAL.