Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-11-28
SELF DEFENSE.
This is the Evident Plea Of
Doherty.
AFRAID OF MURPHY
The Testimony Given Yes>
terday Afternoon by
Doherty.

Montpelier, VT, November Is
The State having rested it's case
Saturday, at the coming in of the
court Monday at two O'Clock the de-
fense commenced putting in testi-
mony. The first to 60 on the stand
was the respondent. who told in a
straightforward manner OF his stay at
Bolton Falls and in nearly every par
ticular corroberated the States wit
nesses on all important facts. His
testimony in detail was as follows:-
That his full name was Charles Henry
Doherty, aged 33, home Berwick,
Me. That he became acquainted with
Fred Murphy the last of October,
1898, at Bolton Falls, they both being
engaged. About the middle of No
vember following he went L. board at
j. +. PiXley's.
After these statements his attorney.
T.. IL. Deavitt. lead him to recount
the events which took place near the
time of the shooting. He then stated
that on that Saturday afternoon while
he and Murphy were at the dam he
said to the latter: 81 understand you
are going to do me-" to which Muir
ply repled: lit is a lie. | never
said it. ." Immediately after this talk
he went about his work and had no
further talk with Murphy; was in
formed Saturday morning. that Muir
ply had threatened to do him Friday
of the same week; had bcs$ told that
Marphy anA the 2aleGffsGXSt'~9y1,>sal4 were
working up plo1 to fix him; that
on Wednesday he, being in his room
at Pixlcy's, heard Murphy telling 9th
ers down stairs that he would do
Doherty before the week was out.
He told of having a cough all
through the winter accompanied with
pains in the chest and rheumatism in
the ankle which made him lame.
That owing to his physical condition
and the threats he had heard against
him he bought the revolver to protect
himself. The afternoon of Feb. 18th
as they were about 60 onto the porti-
co Murphy said to him we will set
tie this tonight, and that after they
were both on the portcO he said to
Murphy ''we may as well settle it to-
night as any time. That Murphy,
who was standing in front of the door
to the house blocking it said alright
and commenced taking off his coat.
He was SO frightened he went to the
barn and when he saw Murphy follow
ing and near the barn he felt such
fear that he came out of the barn and
shot him. He further testified that a
few days before the shooting, he had
asked to be discharged that he might
go away, us he was afraid to stay, and
the feeling seemed to pe against him.
This statement was corroborated by
Francis l.. Burnham of Lowell, Mass,
the superintendent at the dam under
whom Doherty worked. Mrs. PiXley
and her husband were called by the
defence and testified that Doherty
had a cough when he came to theiG
place to board, and had trouble with
his lungs and complained of trouble in
his ankle, which made him lame.
This closed the evidence for the de-
fence for the day. 1t looks now as if
the arguments would commence this
afternoon.
At recess of the. court Thomas
Cassidy, who earlier during the term
plead guilty of an assault with intent
to kill O. w. Cole of Marshfield was
brought into court and retracted his
former plea of guilty and was ordered
by the court placed in the insane asy-
lum at Waterbury that his mental
condition may be observed by the doc
tors of that institution for the pur-
pose of determining whether or not he
is insane.
No material evidence was offered by
the defence this morning and the argu-
mcnts began before noon, States
Attorney Hoar beginning. 1t is like
ly that the case will go to the jury
early tomorrow morning or perhaps