Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-23


Why He Had His Pistol F'uiIy LOnded
That Nisht-'reiis the story of the
Tragedy and Gives His words and
Br,stoi,s-The Latters Barely Touched
uls Once Through the Struggie-Sayi
He Thought Bristol Was Sound asis~I
1.-The Time-Mrs Starr and Mrs Browni
Testimony Gives Little Light.
Cressey said that he first met Brls
tol three years ago this fall when be
entered Yale from Williams; only met
him casually that year and never hao
any talk with him: during the win
ter OF 80 1900 we were together IN
course on debating; on the second de
bate he was one of the six men tc
debate and vas appointed thu leader
and not having had much experience
he depended on me and during the
three weeks following in January,
1900, Iuas 10 bis room and be in
mine much of the time. Never saw
him in his room but once or twice
after that: met him several times,
but never went with him anywhere
and we had no close acquaintance. AT
Harvard it vas the sane, Ito room ed
in a dormitory and | remember OF
dropping into his room once. There
was never any unpleasantness or
jealousy. The last time | saw him bs-
for. last Thursday was at the exam
nation at Cambridge about June II
or IL. when we were among 800 In
the dining hall, be at one end and |
at the other.
After salutations We discussed the
examinations for few moments
and then passed along.
Last Th ursday about | 80 starting
down street after dinner at the top of
the hill, opposite the water tower,
some one said, Hello MORT looking
up saw Sid standing at the door of
the double white house opposite the
water tower. We talked a few min
utes, | gave him card and about
half past 8 he came to Mr. Fits Office.
| had invited him TO stay with me
rather than look up lodging place.
He said he did rot have any clothes
and told him We did rot stand on
manners and to come rs he was. From
his roommates in Harvard and Yale
and from what learned from time to
time of his working, | knew he prac-
tlcally paid his own way.
After about Is minutes in Fits
Office asked him to go up to the golf
grounds, be said he would like to see
the grounds but could not play: told
him | could no. play much and he
said be would 90, Then we took a
walk around Terrace street and ent
home, where | introduced him to
granJma aud We went to thu golf
grouuus reaching there about D
O'Clock ard playing five holes We
went home to supper and had very
pleasant meal, talking about a ma
tioual hank IN Wisconsin in which an
uncle of mine was cashier and with
which he ha1 relatives associated. aod
also about religious movement in a
place where he had lived
Mr. Cressey then told about their
arrangements for the evening, his
making social call Bristol finish
ing his collecting and the two met
ing at the Brooks House. About
10: 05 or l0:l0, weLt to the
depot to get his night clothes, and
went home, when Cressey did some
watering with the hose and Bristol
stood beside him talking. They went
to bed about hslfpast IL, and they
lSli huu b5iNttl az hbN' Ai"'''
They slept in the same bed. Bristol
m the back side and CTessey in front.
"Afser We had talked quite while
| proposed perhaps We had better go
to sleep. - He said, Eyes, 1t must be
about , O'Clock. " Il got up and
opered the door which had pre-
viously closad so as rot to disturb
grandma, 1t was not O'Clock but it
was after | little. 1t must have
been three quarters of an hour before
| went to sleep. The bed stood ont
about foot from the sail; there was
room enough so that he could get out
tibet way instesd CT over the other
side. Previous to that time wa had
never slept together nor in the same
room or building. He had Fever said
anything about his WY of sleeping,
about nightmares or anything OF that
kind, and had heard nothing about
it from any one else. a fter | proposed
goiag to sleep he turned his face tow
ards the wall and once or tTice !
heard him throw his feet off the bed
as if Oh the floor. lie moved around
a good deal Neither cf US had any
cloths on that is, he'd clothes.
heard him throw his feet off twice as
if on the floor and one of these times
was just before | drnpUed of to sleec.
[ have never suffered from night
MARI. 1t has always beer M boast
that | never dreamed. Sometimes |
feel nervols ard when | do | will not
go tn Ted. have sat up late some
rights in this way. ] do mt drink
intoxicants at all. Dc not smoke ay-
cessiyely-a pipe once in wrile and
sometimes a cigar-Derer INDUCED in
cigarettes. Had revolver 90 a table
that had two coyers-a large one and
then green cover on top of that,
which is made of cloth. | am rot
positive that the under cover was on
but the revolver lay under the green
cloth aud was perfectly concealed.
AIRY ore coming iHto the room could
not see it. 1t was 81 calihre, losoed
with five bullets; had it several years.
While here four or five wears ago in
coming home one night, | ives stopped
Just below the corner and grandmother
thought it sdvissbls that | carry a
revolver. | then took grandpa 5, but
my uncle wished to have that ore. so
granc ma borght me this one; I car
ried it that year aud the next year
when | hepHened to be down street
late ct night, but during the last
60 iple years | have not carried i
about NE, and always kept il where il
uas that night. or In a desk 70 PAR