Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-04-14


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X az testified i..ai ,,,. Mas at the l.N"us
afut..r ai ilir. iiu,. 81 the >h'uliu-. haN
ms gnu. then. Ia 81 dog which lac
hopghi. lie heard the shooting, and
SAW Lyon, fall. but dill not see who shot
ann.
lie MAS cru,s examined aud his trsti-
tunpy in some particulars differed widely
FROM that II the preceding witness,
Franh Lyons.
Dr. Evans, the attending physician,
vas the next Witness called. lie de- !
scrihed the wound aud the cause OF
death.
Friday morning the defence was PEI
miltcd To call Witness. Mrs. Alice Gil
bert. who was in poor health, and de-
,irnu, of returning home. Mrs. Gilbert
testified that she lived about ten rods
from the Bronson and Lyons houses. on
the opposite side of the street There
was "A vacant house between the Bron-
son aud Lyons houses. hut they were
not far apart. she saw ten or fifteen
men enter the LYONS house the afternoon
aud evening before the shooting. She
went To bed about 9 o'clock. the bed
heing near window opening on the
street. She heard a shot fired and then
a second shot. She arose aud went L"
the window and saw "A flash toward the
| Bronson house. She then aroused her
husband. Other shots were heard IN
rapid succession. the first three being
louder tham the subsequent ones. On
cross examination the witness stated
that she saw several men at the time OF
the shooting, tut could not distinguish
them. The firing evidently came from a
crowd Ot men. She was unaware uullI
the next morning that any one was shot
DIR. Evans VAS then recalled aud re
sumed his evidence in behalf of til,
state. He said he prohed from two t'
four inches for the shot aud found
eighteen or nineteen in Lyons head
The next day he made an examination
of the vacant house between the Lyon
and Bronson dwellings and found thu
marks of shot in the house at IA heigh
of 10 feet and i inches. He examined
the Bronson house and also found mark
of shot and bullets. Death resulted iron
10 degrees, which penetrated the brain.
Mrs. Victor Gendreau testified that sh
lived in Bloomfield, four or five rod
from the Lyons house, on the oppo,it
side of the street. She frequently sa'
the respondent, Bronson, carrying a she
gun. The night of the shooting sh
' retired about o 30 o'clock. Later ST.
! went to the LYONS house but saw Il
Il firearms. After leaving there she hear
. shots at distance. On cross eXamin
t ton Mrs Gendreau said she heard thr,
: shots before leaving home. She Sa
> two flashes in quick succession, hr
" could see II" persons. She heard curslI
t aud later saw two men running.
James II. Beattie testified that he ";
Justice of the peace i'll Bloomfield
1901. He was called about ten o'cloC
the night of the shooting to investiga
= the affair. lie found the body of Charl
Lyons in the kitchen with his feet
the doorway and his head near the STOW
He saw the Bronson brothers aud othe
near the town hall. Reuben Hronst
presented an unsigned complaint again
Charles Lyons, charging assault, brea,
Of the peace. and drunkenness. I
witness asked Bronson what good
warrant WAS against dead ma
Bronson admitted firing shot, al
that he saw Lyons fall but was II
aware that the latter was killed. Cou
here adjourned for dinner.
After dinner the examination of {
witness was resumed. lie said he we
:, to the scene of the shooting aud ma
measurements, testifving to these
-, detail lie testified as to the marks
the step. The indentatiOn was deepest
the center of the mark on the riser. |
identified the bullet produced by t
-, prosecution as that produced at Il
justice trial by James Stephenson. |
" identified the rifle, shell and five CT
fridge shells and wad as those pl
duced at the examination and corrohC
W. ated DR.. F. w. Evans testimony
ev"ry particular as to the shot marks
the vacant house. He identified t
- shot and a piece of wood introduc
w. taken from the vacant house. He foul
no other marks. He identified the sh
" gun introduced by the prosecution
the one said by Bronson to have been
and to have been fired that night.
= He examined Lyons house Sunday
find MpAnnnS and ammunition chieHy