Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-23
Evidence OF SLEEP WALKING
COLLEaE FRIEND TEsrIFIEs


Tells Of One Instance In His Acquaintance
with bristoi-Latter's Father Never
Knew Anything Ofthe kind-Merchan'
wcllman Tells of tie Fatal Night.
Tia inquest was resumed yesterday
forenoon and Fred Cross OF South
Royalston, Mass, was the first wit.
ness. He had koown Bristol very veil
for the two years be was at Williams
college and had known of one in
stance of his sleep walking, Sept 10,
1913, lust after Bristol had returned
from Averill Park, N Y, where his
regiment bad been in camp. He
spent the night with Cross who made
10 a bed for him 10 the room opening
from his study. Bristol retired about
! 10 o clock while Cross sat up study
log. Evidently Bristol went to sleep
promptly for he did rot reply when
| his friend spoke to HIM two or three
times. But about IL O'Clock Bristol
jumped up and rushed out int, the
study room, to all appearances asleep,
stopped. stared wildly ana muttered
something about the South When
the witness spoke to him he aroused
aud spoke coherently. Afterwards IN
uentioniug the matter, the witness
said he thought he said something
about walking in his sleep. Bristoi
spent the next month in witness room
but nothing more of this kind was
seen, or ever since except that one
night 10 January this year, he talked
in his sleep, but there was 90 move
ment EXCEPT that of restless sleep.
or heard of him till this affair.
VIM + Bristol of battle Greek,
Mich, father of the dead man, said
he last saw his son 10 September last
and had seen him but twice in five
years. Had never known OF his
walking in his sleep or talking in
sleep; should not think he was rest
less or nervous sleeper. Had never
known or heard of Cressey.
Merchant II 2 Wellman Vas the
next witness and bis statement vas as
given in the Reformer Friday, except
with little more detail. His home
Is on Western avenue, the opposite
side of the street and probably five
rods distant to the epst He was aroused
a littls before 3 by the noise of his
DOG, and then heard some one rappipg
on his door, and IN response to in
quiry a voice said, cit is Mort Cres-
sey | have shot my friend and want
to get doctor" After telephoning
for Drs Holton. Conland and Miller and
getting the latter, be went Immediately
to the Starr house. He told of send
irg Cressy DOWN stairs for brandy
and trying twice to put some in toe
unconscious mau = mouth arc thought
he swallowed twice but it might have
been spasm die. After that ne asked
Cressey where the man was shot aud
the latter replied, I'm the shoulder
aud ahComen. - Cressey, was greatly
excited aud grieyed, walking the
floor and grosnIn occasionally, 0.
dear" Witness had no talk with
him until Doctor Miller came. After
the first examination Cressey asked
What do you say, DOCTOR. ~ The lat
ter replied, cant tell yet but af
ter hypoderuiic injection and steth
oscope examination, the doctor pro
rounced him dead, and Cressey il
possible showed still more feeling,
Then the doctor assed how it hap
pened aud Mr Wellman gave Crefs ey $
statement Is We printed it Tuesday.
The discrepancy between that and the
later one and that of Cressey on the
staud MS to whether bristol had hold
of both wrists or only ooe, was CALI
to TIE witness attention, and as he
Understood and remembered it, Ores
sey said wrists. - Didn't think he
stated Or knew whether Bristol was
on the bed or standing on the floor.
After the fourth shot there was some
exclamation and Bristol staggered
back to tue bad /: the conversation fol
lowed as stated Fridsy. Cresaey called
his grandmother and sent to Well
mans The latter couldn't remember
.nethr anything was said about calls
for help.
He was examired carefully about
the condition of the room, whether
there aere any signs of a struggle or
blood SPOTS on the carpet. lie saS
nuLc, hut there were blood spots GU
the he'd about where Hristal lay. He
was examined particularly bbout the
stand, on which he SAID we're a gold
watch anI chair. vase pr Jumhler, q
book or megaziGe and some matches, |
TIE idea being, apparently, TO tiud il
there WIS puy sligo of a sudden or ex-
cited grabbing for pistol in TIE dark !; |
but he didn' notice anything unnst |
ural Nor did tie led STOW patticu- |
lar signs nf struggle TIE udUer !
sheet On the upper sIde was perhaps |
wrinkl d and drawn little but moth
ing he noticed particularly. He didn't |
see the receiver when he first came
in. Hut when Cressey told the story |
at ssthe doctors request be went to |
the bureau aud picked it from the |
floor there, es witness thought The |
story vas much broken from Ciessey's |
agitation and repeated many times 10 |
part. There was no oio- and no sign |
of any kind of liquor or card playing. |