The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1911-06-29
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Tie MNA W sF# case @H"A ~
tars TIE cDufi Tor abani tNe N~tks
~ss falthsd gu saturday lass ana
tls Jars wept GOT ~ NJ 2a ms
ava ihs foreman reported ai three
O'Clock thas ihe tors could n@
agree. The vote being 20 8 TOE
cAs. waA dropped Tor this term q
soau aud uill probably noi b. iak
.m % uhtli npai Jane term u coaf'
Al this time {, VAS announced thai
shr nsnt cane aoald b. the sandga'o
murder cass. the murder which Or
CURED on the night u lhc i7'h Il
March
On lhs Night ~ BE- iiih ~
March there was held 10 the dance
hAlI Of Thaman Meafs home 10 Bear
t1wu AZ old fashioned Kitchen dance
tbs dance wss as ais nighi aitah
aad at about three o'clock ia ibt
morning the fighi occurred 10 which
Cyrus Moffit. the aEed Hollnia re-
ceived injuries from which he later
dipa. The fight started Sheii
Thomas Mears accused Jim DupliAa
"a breaking The stove and Jim told
him be would clean out the ball IN
q mix up that followed Jim Dupliss
was attacked BY the Motifs and
while this was going on some on"
Told Fred Dupliss that bis brother
vas getting the worst % IL lie
eame up from down stairs aud found
that the elder Motif had Jim BY the
throat aud theson had him by the
ear Fred asked the elder Moffit
10 let the boys have Il out by them
selves before he hi, him II Is said
that the elder Moffit threw stick
IL ao0d At Fred Dupliss aud AZ that
Fred started to fight The old man
and 81 the fight he he him on the
chin and knocked him insensible
The dance broke 90 and Cyrus Moi
flt went TO bis home aud Fred Dup
iiha LETT aud was found later IN Can
ada.
When the court convened on Mon
day afternoon this case was immed
lately taken up aud the charge was
read aud the respondent pleaded not
guilty After this the empanclling
of the jury pbegan aud the task
lasted until SIX o'clock. when TWEEN
ty-four men had been heard. The
state made six challenges and the
respondent waived their last chal-
l-nge. At this time the court ad
journed until nine O'Clock on Tines
day morning The jury as It was
chosen 1. as follows
y. ~ Batchelder. Peru. II, A..
Leseur. Readsboro: Robert u. Young
Glastonbury: j platuer, SALISBURY;
Gilbert \. Burt. Benningtoni J. u
Carrier. Readshoro, John NJ, Cor
don. SALISBURY; =, r Boullias,
Readsboro; Fred Briggs, Searsburg;
Harley o. Holden. Sunderland. Sam
uel squires. Sunderland; John Frost
Sunderland
Witnesses were heard starting
with Tuesday morning and some Of
the important ones SO far have been
cyrus Motifs widow. Mrs Mary Mo
III. Thomas MearH. at whose house
the dance was held. Amos Moffit
son OF the deceased. Belle White, thtI
belle Of the dance aud yiolinist, and
~ + Whltee Of Bennington. who
has been employed by the state IN
taking pictures Of the dance hall
nad other places Ia that vicinity,
The evidence given 80 far shows
that the fighters we're not intoXicat
sd Descriptions Of the fight have
also been given By different mem
bers on the witness stand This
ease Will IA all probability take up
the balance OF the week
sattoR Attorney Meagher and At
torney General J G. Sargent are for
the State while Hon r. c. Archl- |
hald Of Manchester aud Thos. W
Maloney of Rutland are ably con
due,lnR the case for the defendant