The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-04-10
Mrs. Lyons Testified in the
Bronson Murder Case.
STATE NEARLY FINISHED
Expected that Defence viii Be
Short and that Trial Will
End This Week.


Reuben Bronson OF Bloomfield on th'
charge Of the murder oiCharlcs LYON,
March ~. 1905. vas continued 10 Esse'
county court today. 10 Is thought th,
case will not be- completed boior
Thursday Of next week
The first witness to be- called ihl,
morning was II. W Lund Of Canaan
who was states attorney at the time OF
the shooting OF Lyons who was on N,
stand yesterday afternoon. lie told o.
finding a shot gun at Reuben Bron.
sons house but found no other weap.
on although a thorough search vas
made.
ON cross examination be- said Bron-
.on was 10 custody when be arrived Ia
Bloomfield after the murder. The shot
gun which he found hanging on the
wall Of the Bronson house was clean
inside. The cartridges found we're not
made for the gun, but could be- used In
Il when the gun was pointed down. The
gun and cartridges we're given 10 the
Jury for examination.
Martin White was called. lie went
within one hundred yards Of the Bron-
son house the night Of the murder and
heard the brawl between Bronson and
Lyons, about a dog fight. Bronson
appeared very angry and Lyons was
also very angry.
William Dale was the next witness.
He lives in South Columbia. y. H., is
a laborer and had worked IN the same
lumber camp with Lyons and Bronson.
lie heard Bronson say he would kill
Lyons dog and would kill Lyons as
quick as the dog.
Mrs Lyons. widow OF Charles Lyons.
was the next witness. She was mar
ried three years ago, comingto Bloom
field in the fall of 1908. Lyons worked
in the woods two and one half months.
Frank Lyons occasionally came. She
was unacquainted with the Bronsons
She was present when Lyons and Bron-
son had words about dog. some six
weeks before the shooting, Bronson de-
claring that he would have Lyons
heart before the year was over. Her
husband came from the woodstwo days
before the shooting. Lizzie Genard
came as visitor the night OF his re-
turn. There we're no firearms in the
house as her husband never had any.
The night of the shooting, the men,
Frank Lyons, Moses King, Patsy
Splain and her husband went out after
supper aud soon there was shooting
She saw Bronson fire and bit her hus
band. One shot was fired before her
husband was hit and one after. She
heard Bronson say ~ am glad 1 shot
hat - -" Frank Lyons and Mo-
,es King brought the body of Charles |
home and then went after a doctor.
On cross examination she testified
hat all left the house together and she |
vent too because she was afraid Bron-
on would shoot her husband. Frank
lyons was standing near her husband
ghen the latter was shot and Frank
Iotified her of her husbands death.
The heard shots fired ten minutes af-
erwards. After her husband was shot
Bronson rushed into the house, his
rother with him. She had talked with
odody as to her testimony, or told
nybody of what she witnessed the
light of the shooting. Mr. Lund ar
anged at Lewiston for her testimony.
The saw no other shooting save that
hitch came from Bronson. She never
alked with Bronson. Her husband
as not quArrelsome. THE witness
i'd not understand English thor )ughly :
nd there was difficulty in taking the
II. w. Lund of Canaan was called
nd testified that he was states attor-
ey at the time of the affair. He was .
lstructed by the attorney general to t
nd witnesses aud failed to find one
atsy Splain. He went the morning