Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-07-26
SHOTS AND CRIES HEARD BY
NEIGHBoRs.

Statements Which Conflict with Each
other and Also with cressy's
Story.
Miss ]. II. Maclay, whose home Is
in the family of Judge Wheeler, was
the next witness. The house is next
to the Starr house on the same side
of the street. She testified that her
room was in the southeast corner of
the house, next to the Starr house.
She heard a shot and got out of bed.
She was positive she heard some one
say ooh my God" three times. She
thought the cry must have been made
by wounded man. Then she heard
three more shots and another voice,
but could distinguish no more words.
She did not hear the words 81 am
gone" or anything that other witnesses
said they heard, although she was
nearer the house than they. She said
it was a minute or two after the shoot
ing that she looked out, and then there
was light up stairs and down stairs.
She indicated by rapping with her fan
the time between the shots. The
interval between the first and
second shots compared to the
time when she said she heard the
words ooh my God" spoken three
times, was about four seconds.
Miss Eliza Grady, who is employed
in the family of Judge Wheeler, got
out of bed on hearing the first shot and
stepped into the bath room, where she
heard three more shots and screaming
as though some one was frightened.
After the fourth shot she looked. out
and saw light up stairs in the Starr
house, but saw no light down stairs.
She did not testify that she heard any
words that she could understand.
The next witness, George Harris,
said he lived on the opposite side of
the street in the Field house rs feet
farther west He said he was awak-
ened by the first shot and that Is or
20 seconds elapsed followed by three
shots in rapid succession. He said
that after the first shot he heard some
one say: you've shot me-" or you've
killed me-" After the fourth shot he
heard talking for a few seconds. He
said that after the first shot and be-
fore the second he saw a light in the
second window from the road, up
stairs, and light in the room in the
southeast corner down stairs. Mr..
Fits asked Mr.. Harris how he could
tell at that time of night that the light
was in the second window. and Mr..
Harris said it was light enough so that
he could see the other windows.
Mrs. Ada Harris, wife of George Har-
ris, said she was awakened by the first
shot got up and went to the window,
raised the screen and opened the blind
and saw a light up stairs and down
stairs in the Starr house the first
thing. Then she heard some one say:
You've shot me-" or you've killed
me-" and then three more shots, fol-
lowed by more talking. She said she
sat at the window and watched to see
somebody go one way or another.
She heard the clock strike three, and
sat there some minutes after that, but
she saw nothing and heard nothing,
and there was no change in the lights.
She said she could have seen If any
body went into the house. She said
there were several trees between her
house and the Starr house, but the
light was so bright she could not see
them, and would have said there were
no trees there.
Robert NJ. Field, whose room was on
the third story of the Field house, said
he heard the word Help" after the
first shot. and after 40 seconds had
elapsed he heard three more shots.
He said he was so scared that he did
not get up but raised up in bed and
looked out. but could not see the Starr
house. He could not distinguish what
was said after the fourth shot.
In order to test the Field boys judg-
ment as to, time Lawyer Fits raped
with his pencil and asked the boy to
tell him when he thought 40 seconds
had elapsed, when he would rap again.
When the boy signalled for the second
rap just four seconds had elapsed, by
the watch.
John Earle Mann, who lives at 3S
Western avenue, which he said was
200 feet or more west of the Starr
house and on the opposite side of the
street, said his bed room was on the