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Witnesses Tell the Details ol
the Shooting ARRAY at
Bolton Falls.
D0HER1Y TALKED OF CRIME
Told "A workman That He Was to SettI.
With Murphy That Night -Dohorty
ACKNOWLEDGED to His Foreman
That He Had Shot Murphy and
Planned to Commit suicide.

Montpelier, Nov. 22-The examination Of
witnesses in The Bolton Falls murder c,se
OF state Us. Doherty was begun in county
court By the state this morning
James MCCaie of burlington was thl
first witness called. lie worked on ha
dam at Bolton Falls with Murphy and Do-
hcrty and also boarded with them at j. T..
Pixley's. On the evening Of thu tragedy.
after the men had reached the PXiey
boarding house, he heard Doherty say ID
ana Murphy were going to settle th.ss
that night Doherty and Murphy Went %
the barn. Witness McCale heard q ptstol
shot soon after and saw Mr.. Iixley sup-
porting the form of kiurphy. Dohi-cy
then asked Mrs Pixiey for the slCO which
she had been keeping for him Before 90
herty eft the house he inquired of tho
witness about Murphys condition 4ad
said that he was sorry that he had sho.
him and that he should not have dOno 20
had he not been imposed upon by t.m
After the shot was fre1 wttnesS heard
Murphy exciaim. "Oh. my God, l AN
shot Julia Rock stayed in the room
with Murphy and cared for him the night
OF the shooting.
jeremiah Mccarthy Of Boston, worked
on the dam with Doherty and Murphy
and boarded at Pixleys. About a week
previous 10 the shooting, DDhsrty tod
the witness that Murphy was d dead beat
and tattier and il ever he csugnt him
In his room he would throw him down,
s,airs Doherty said Murphy had no sand'
and he could lick him ana Wick Woudard
too.
William Sullivan was q foreman al tha
Bolton Falls plant when DJhelty aud MIr-
ply were employed there. He saw Dch,r-'
ty at the dam on the evening Of the sAoot-'
ing. DoLeIty told him he had shot Iiur.
ply and was going to XII. himself W6nt-
ed witness to take charge OF his n2ps.ey
and effects and send them to his brother.
john Doherty at Salmon Falls, y. ii Do
herty said he shot Murphy bscause he tVl-
lowed him up and Threatened him. Doner-
tY visited the witness at the dam second
time and was vclY excited was trembling
and perspiring freely. When he lcit he
went iu the direction Of the railr9 d tack.
Doherty told witness a few nights ne fore
the shootiUg that Murphy was Ia roonl
at Pixcy's occupied by Julia Rock anil
that he was going TO tie the door hno.
with rope ana then call Mr. PiX!cy's at-
tention to the state Of affairs.
Jos, pin Mcintyre, engineer At tho dam,
testified that OF tho day Of the tragedy
Dohcrty tod him that Murphy vas COINS
to get him licked thai night ana t'aL 30
Was -ady for him. Saw the buzz os g..
revolver protrudiug from Dohcrtys peck
~ ANA later he showed the weapon. DIR.
Ing the day Doherty and Murphy had hard
words with each other.
con. Daley Of Everett, Mass, a fellow
workman at the dam and boardet at F.H-
loy's with Doherty and Murphy. The
night Of the snoouag witne-s heard No.
herty tell Murphy that they uigh, r. well
settle their trouble then and tho~-. TO
herty wert TO the barn. Murphy soor to.-
lowed and when Murphy overto,S puhar-
" witness saw the latter draw IL reviewer
from his hip pocket and shoot Murphy. "
claiming, "1here, now, I've fixed yul."
and Murphy foil, saying Oh my God