The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-02-13

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I Of the pond ard then went 40 and down
snd down and nP TIE creVk nshipr sud
ssstns and rxtinx sna apcklnE and atvs
ting Tor t~o days and after All no dead
body found In The meantims a sort " =
scuf,ins ground had been found ta the
brush In the angle or point where the
+ road lsstins inte the woods past the
brewery ard the one leading IN pRst the
4 hriek grove meet From the scnnis
ground ~ss the sisn o. something about
the siss Of = man having been dragged
10 the edge of the ihioksl. where Joined
the track ~ come small wheeled carriage
drawn by one horse. 40 shown hy the
read tracks The carriage track led on
toward Spring creek Near this drag trai,
DR. Asrryman found two hairs. which.
After . long scicntlne examination. he
pronounced TO be triangular human hair.
which term. he says. Includes within Il
the whisksrs the hair growing under the
Arms and on other parts of the body and
he judged that these two were Of the
whlsksrs because the ends were cut
showing that they had hourished IA tho
nsishborhood OF IN. raHors operations
On Thursday last Jim Nancy brought IN
william Trailer from Warren, On the
sams day Arch was arrested and put IN
jail Yesterday tFridayl William was pat
upon his examining trial before May and
Lsvsly, Archibald and Henry were both
present LAmborn prosecuted and Logan.
Baker and your humble servant defended
A great many witnesses we're introduced
and examined, but l shall only mention
those whose testimony seemed most TN.
portant The nrst OF these was Captain
Ransdsll He swore that when william
and Hsnry left Springfield for home on
Tuesday before mentioned they did not
take the direct ronte--whieh You know
leads by the butcher shop-but that they
followed the street north until they got
cpposits or nearly opposite Mays new
house, after which he could not SEQ them
from where he stood and II was after.
ward proved that In about an hour after
they started they came into the street by |
the butchers shop from toward the brick. |
yard. DR. Merryman and others swore 10
what IL stated about the scuffie ground, /
drag trail. whiskers and carriage tracks |
Henry was then introduced by the prose. 1
eution. He swore that when they started |
for home they went out north. as Rams. |
dell stated. and turned down west by the |
briekyard into the woods and there met |
Archibald: that they proceeded q small |
distance farther. when he was placed as
q sentinel TO watch for and announce tho
approach OF any one that might happen
that way. that William and Arch took the
dearborn out OF the road small distance
10 the edge OF the thicket. where they
stopped. and he saw them ift the body
OF q man into IL; that they then moved
on with the carriage In the direction OF
Hickoxs mill and he loitered about for
something like an hour when william
returned with the carriage but without
Arch. and said they had put him In
Gaf IA TINT fhap anmsbatv le |
did not know exactly how, into the road
close to the brewery and proceeded on 10
Clary's Grove He also stated that some
time during the day William told him
that he and Arch had killed Fisher the
evening before: that the way they did II
was by him CNilllam) knocking him down
with club and Arch then choking him TO
death. An old man from Warren, called
DIR. Gilmore. was then introduced ON the
part OF the defense. He swore that he
had known Fisher for several years; that
Fisher had resided at his house a long
time at each OF two different spels-once
while he built barn for him and once
while he was doctored for some chronic
that two or three years ago
Fisher had a serious hurt In his head by
the bursting OF a gun. since which he had
been subject to continued bad health and
occasional alteration Of mind. lie also
stated that on last Tuesday, being the
same day that Maxcy arrested William
Trailor. he the doctor was from home In
the early part OF the day and on his re
turn. about II o'clock, found Fisher at his
house in bed and apparently very unwell.
that he asked him how he had come from
Springfield: that Fisher said he had come
by Peoria and also told OF several other
places he had been at, more In the direc-
lion Of Peoria, which showed that he al ,
The time of speaking did not know where
he had been wandering about In n state
)f arrangement. He further stated that
In about two hours he received a note Z
rom one of Traitors friends advising him
II his arrest and requesting him TO go on
% Springfield as witness to testify as !
o the state OF Fishers health In former 4
lines. that he Immediately set on. calling !
~ two OF his neighbors as company. and, .
'iding all evening and all night. overlook !
Maxcy and William at Lewiston, In Full O
on county: that Maxcy refusing TO dis /
,harge Trailor upon his statement his
wo neghbors returned, and he came on
o Springfield. Some question being made !
ID 10 whether the Doctors story was not [
fabrication, several acquaintances OF his ,
among whom was the same postmaster
Who wrote TO Keys, as before mentioned)
we're introduced as sort Of compurgators, I
Who swore that they knew the doctor 10 r
q
acity and generally OF good character In
very way. Here the testimony ended. u
md the Traitors were discharged Arch I
nd william expressing. both In word and n
manner, their entire confidence that Fish.
= would be found alive at the doctors u
" Galloway. Mallory and Myers. who n l.
ay before had been dispatched for that L
urpose. while Henry still protested that .
% power on earth could ever show Fisher y
live. Thus stands this curious AFFAIR q
When the doctors story was first made "
ublic. II was amusing TO scan and con- ;,
emplate the countenances and hear the "
emarks Of those who had been actively
ngaged In tho search for the dead body.
ONE looked quizxical. some melancholy
nd some furiously angry. Porter, who
ad been very active swore he always q
new the man was not dead and that he =
sd not stirred an inch 10 hunt for him, u
.angford, who had taken the lead In cut u
ng down Hickoxs mill dam and wanted |,
} hang Hickox for obJecting. looked most a
wfuily woebegone. lie seemed the 'wic. !.
m OF hunrequited affection" as repre- y
entsd In the comic almanacs we used 10 u
iugh over And Hart. the little drayman u
lat hauled Molly home once, said II was a,
% damned bad TO have 10 much trouble u
nd no hanging after all. e
commenced this letter on yesterday. a
nee which l received yours OF the 18th. .,
stick TO my promise to come TO Louis .
Iiie. Nothing new here, except what ! II
ave written. ] have not seen since
Iy last trip. and ! am going out there as M
lon an I mail this letter. Yours forever -