The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-03-17
Washington County Court,

She and her hus band. 8. P. George, went to
the Marsh house the evening Of the death
OF Marsh, arrived there between eight and
nine o'clock. Witness gave intances tend
to show that the mind OF Marsh was not
clear. In one OF these he spoke OF chop
ping wood. He said he had an awful pain
In his stomach and tried to vomit. She tes-
tilted to bowel injection being given him
by Buzzell. Marsh had said, 30, Nell, fols
low the DOCTORS direction" Mrs. Marsh
REPLIED. :" Who Is doing this, you, 1 or the
Doctor using an oath. While in the spasm
which occurred in about twenty minutes
after the injection Mrs. Marsh turned liouor
into the mouth of Marsh. The feather had
was removed by George and Buzzell. Mrs.
Marsh said she always remembered when
man was dying to take the feathers from
under him. Witness went for the doctors
and got back about II; 30 or 12:45 O'clock,
Marsh was dead. After the death witness
saw Mrs. Marsh take from the cupboard a
sauce plate with some whiteish powdars in
| it, and some tablets and three or four pack
| ages OF little papers. The tablets and pack
| ages were scraped into dish which was Of
glass. Witness thought that there was a
tablespoonful OF this white powder in the
| glass sauce dish. Mrs. Marsh put the con-
| tents OF the glass dish in the stove. Mrs,
| Marsh said 1t was Georges medicine. The
witness testified as TO Buzzeil having placed
| his arms under lower limbs of Mrs. Marsh
| and placed her feet on the oven door also
Of his arm being around her while in a
| chair. His arm was between her back and
the back OF the chair. She also testified to
| Buzzell going up stairs with his arm around
her. and OF seeing Mrs. Marsh at a dance
with her hands around Buzzell's neck The
| dance was in March, 1895.
Mrs. Jennie Bailey of Mortified testified
in relation to what she had seen and done
the day after the death at the Marsh place.
| The court took a recess Saturday noon
until Monday morning
Joseph Trotchky of Burlington, Russian
Jew peddler, was produced by the State on
the rec lnvening of the court Monday fore
noon He staid at the Marsh place Thurs
day, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.
Thursday evening he did not observe any
thing in Marsh as i'll health. He slept in
the parlor bed no I'm that night. He de-
scribed part of the bed as being mussed
up. Friday night he slept up stairs SAT-
urday it was stormy and he stayed there.
Saturday when he was present Marsh was
sick in the bowels and stomach Friday
night after lie had gone to sleep he was
walked up by his noise.
james Fine of Boston, Russian jew tes-
titled that he staid at the Marsh house with
Throtchky, whom he corroborated as to the
condition in which the bed was found in
the parlor he'd room. He testified as to an
occasion after the doctor had gone away
when Mrs. Marsh had said that she wished
Marsh would die.
George, Bailey. of Mortified, was called
to 60 to the Marsh place the night Marsh
died, and helped Buzzell prepare the body
for burial. Witness held the lamp and Buzz
zell did the work. After the body was pre-
pared witness testified as to Buzzell lock-
ing arms 18th Mrs. Marsh.
Gerald Boardman, a boy, testified "a TO
having carried letter to the post-office at
the request of Mrs. Marsh for which she
paid him fifteen cents. About two weeks
afterwards carried letter for her and gave
it to Buzzell for which she paid him quar-
ter. This letter was given to Buzzell in
George Fishers shop. In both cases he
was told not to tell anything about it.
Joseph Carney, Of Northfeld, was at
Marsbs the night he died Got there some-
where about nine o'clock. He thought
Marsh quite strong for man as sick as he
was Witness was away during the even
ing. When he got back the feather bed had
been removed. To his question as to the
Mrs Marsh said so he would not die in such
agony. Witness went into the room just as
Marsh was dying. Buzzell was trying to
close his eyes. Witness testified to an alter
cation between Mr.. and Mrs. Marsh about
Buzzell in the fall Of the year before Marsh
died.
F. F. White Of Eden was sworn Tuesday
morning. Lived at Mortified in the winter
of 1896 and worked for Fletcher the under
taker. He saw Mrs. Marsh and Buzzell
January 49, First saw Mrs. Marsh in fur
niture room. He also saw Buzzell. Mrs.
Marsh came ahead.
Eugene Marsh, sixteen year old son of
George Marsh, testified that he was at home
was thirsty while he was sick. Witness
carried him vi alter. Saw ice furnished him
He testified in relation to Mrs. Marsh and
Buzzell sleeping in the south chamber and
had carried letters from Mrs Marsh to Buzz
zell. His mother on one occasion paid him
ten cents, and for one occasion Buzzell paid
him when he came up. He told of Mrs
Marsh and Buzzell sitting in each others lap.
and of their kissing each other. In the
cross-examination he testified as to his
father using digltallis for his heart He
had quite lot of medicines. Playing cards
was the usual way of his father passing the
evening.
Harry Marsh, a fourteen year old son of
George Marsh, corroborated his brothers
statement as to his mother and Buzzell
having slept in the same room, but lacked
dehniteness on some material points. He
carried letter from his mother to Buzzell
anything about it. She told him to give It
to Buzzell and he gave it to him at the viii
lage His father was not at home. After
he gave the letter to Buzzell he started for
where he saw Buzzell pass. He afterwards
saw Buzzell and beside him his mother,
Buzzell staid until along in the evening.
f. r. White recalled. AS regards the
visit OF Mrs Marsh to the undertakers and
Buzzell, he, Mr. Fletcher, Mrs. Marsh and
Buzzell went to the undertaking rooms
where he showed them collins aud caskets,
He observed that Mrs Marsh and Buzzell
were very intimate. They were talking
and laughing between themselves.
L. G. Fletcher of Mortified said At the
time Mrs. Marsh and Buzzell were at his
place Of business with reference to getting
coffin, to his inquiry Mrs. Marsh told him
that her husband had been ailing and
dumping around long time and died in
| great agony.
The grave was opened and the box was
placed in the upper rooms OF his store and
witness had it under his personal supervision
until he delivered it to Mr.. Lindsay. He
| identified the body when it was placed on
the dissecting table as that Of George
Marsh.
In the cross-examination his information
was that Mrs. Marsh had got two gills of
emb lining fluid of his clerk. Witness gave
her the information as to where she could
get it. He supposed it was Of an arsenic
nature.
e. H. Bloss of Mortified testified that
last winter he met Mrs Marsh as she was
going after the doctor and asked her how
George was. She said he was awful sick
and did not think he could live.
William Mccarthy of Mortified testified
as to different occasions he had seen Buzzell
at the Marsh house. He told of being there