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not remember saying IL was the coolest
blooded act he had ever seen. He ad-
mitted, however, under examination by
Attorney General Brown that he was
very much excited aftev the drowning
and might not have remembered what
he did say.
DEFENSE BEGINS ITS SIDE.
The first witness ror the defense was
George Blanchard. who Is serving SEN
tence in the county jail for larceny. He
testified that he had talked with McCabe
at the jail and that MoCabe had told
him the negro had jumped into the water
of his own accord and that Goodrich was
not In any way 10 blame Blanchard
said that McCabe had not told him all
the details Of the drowning. McCabe
did not tell him that Goodrich had helped
lead the negro down to the water The
witness. under examination by Mr..
Brown. said he could not remember how
many times he had been arrested for
larceny.
l.. NJ. Ravlin of South Burlington testi
fed that he had known Goodrich since
the latter was a boy and did not know
that he had ever had the reputation of
was objected to by Mr. Brown.
you arrested Goodrich once when he
was a little troublesome, didnt your"
asked Mr.. Brown.
YES"
HE jumped out the window and ran
away, didn't he?'
yes"
Thomas Ryan of South Burlington ap-
peared as character witness for the
defense He said Goodrich had about the
average reputation as boys went
Charles White Of South Burlington also
testified as to Goodrich's reputation.
RESPONDENT TELLS STORY
The respondent. Goodrich, took the
stand in his own defense. He testified
that he . had been married about two
months and indicated his wife, who sat
| in the courtroom. He said he was on
his way to get the mail for his wife
when he met McCabe on NE day of the
drowning He related to the jury the
subsequent events that lead up to the
| drowning of the negro. He said they
took the negro to the shanty on McCabe' 8
orders.
Had you struck the negro?"
II threw a stick at him but did not
hit him
Goodrich testified that McCabe told the
negro If he did not tell where the pals
were they would throw him into the
river
Did you see McCabe throw a stone in
to the water"
Il did"
What happened when McCabe threw
the stone into the river7"
He pulled his arm away and gave me
a push on the shoulder. fell against
McCabe with my back to the negro"
did you see the negro go into the wa
ter?"
Il did not"
What did you say?'
Il said For Gods sake boys, let's get
him out
Now Henry I want you to tell this
jury whether or not you had any hand
in pushing that man into the water"
mo, sir, did not"
Attorney General Brown took up the
cross-examination of Goodrich during
the middle Of the afternoon. The re-
spondent answered the cross-f,re of ques-
| lions as RuDly as ne ndO tOiu Sui y
What did you chase the negro across
the field for?'
Because McCabe told us to-
Ike never raised hand against you
did he?"
NO. sir
you knew that there was no PROOF
that the negro had taken the pals. didn
your"
Yes | didn't stop to think at the time
whether it was right or wrong"
| How did the water look to you whef
2 you got to the bank with the negro
1T looked pretty wild
THE negro was helpless when he wa
thrown into the water. was he not?'
0 Yes, the current was swift. He cam
0 up once, but the current carried hin
e away"
Then you do not know how the negr'
came to get into the river"
II do not
On redirect examination Mr.. Powell
asked Goodrich II he saw McCabe o
Sweeney push the negro into the waite
= or whether he saw him jump or fall
The witness said he did not see wha
: happened because the negro had pushe
him on the shoulder.