St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-02-02

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team. They had no Intoxicating
liquor that day. About five o'clock
they went to Carr's stable again tc
see If they could get a team and made
arrangements for Charles E. Kirk to
take them by auto up in Danville
where he wanted to see Ed Thomp-
son about the hay on his farm at
Greenbanks Mills. They left the
garage about six o'clock and made
their first stop at George Cobb's where
they asked for water for the auto and
he asked Mr.. Cobb for some cider.
| Cobb said it was not very good and
Hatch drew some in a pitcher which
Kirk tasted and said was no good.
The next stop was at Henry Dan
forth's where he talked with the two
sons but no one got out of the auto.
The next stop was at Leo Meunier's
| where no one got out The next stop
was at Ed Thompsons where he had
worked on several occasions. Mr.
| Thompson was not at home and Hatch
went into the apple room. got a jug
| and went into the barn and drew it
half full of cider. Thompson arrived
home in few minutes and he talked
with him about the hay. He then de-
scribed the trip home which conceded
with the story told by Kirk
He then told of remembering
Brown cleaning the revolver at the
time of the visit of Mr.. O'Connor four
days before. The revolver was his.
He kept the revolver in a drawer to
which Brown had the keys and did
not keep it loaded. He had fired it
only five times since he owned it, one
Saturday afternoon in May.
He, Brown and Kirk got back to
the pool room about 8:15 He and
Brown went in and were followed by
Kirk to get his pay. He took no part
in the settlement with Kirk The
money was taken from the drawer by
his direction. He handed the cigars
to Kirk. A light was turned on in the
pool room and after Kirk left he and
Brown sat down in the back side of
the room and visited. They drank
two glasses of cider each and Brown
told of construction gang that was
coming near the town to work and
how he hoped to get them up to the
pool room and bring him some bust
ness. After sitting there Is or 2Ol
minutes Brown got down from his
chair and walked over to the corner
window to raise the curtain. He asked |
Brown if he was going home and said |
he would go too. He went over to the |
drawer in which he kept his revolver
10 fill his fountain pen. Brown walk
ed back towards the counter and
Hatch took the revolver out of the
drawer and said he would take it
home. He walked toward the end Of |
the counter and Brown told him he
had cleaned the revolver and it work
ed like lily. to try it. He snapped |
the revolver and it went off. Brown
groaned a few seconds and then ran
out. He was near the end of the
counter and Brown was near the mid
die of it. He held the revolver in both Il
hands and burned a finger on his left
hand but had removed all the powder
except one grain which was still in his
finger.
He did not know the revolver was
loaded and he had no trouble with
Brown. He followed Brown out and
helped carry his body in. He called
for help. He got 70 the body first and
Goodearl next. Goodearl picked up
the head and then dropped it. Then
him to the door of the telephone Of
to telephone for a doctor and showed |
him to the door fthe telephone Of
flee. He started for Paino's to tele-
phone DR.. Fitch. Then he thought if
Brown was dead people would say he
shot him on purpose and he broke
into a run up Main street thinking he
would go to see his father. Then he
thought he might get his father in
trouble and he turned down Maple
street. He had a dim recollection of
meeting two girls on Main street and
saying something about his keys. He
then told of going to the Pope Lunch
Cart and finding Harold Stafford
there. His account of what took
place there agreed with Stafford's
story except he claimed he said I'm
afraid I've killed a man." He then
went to Ernest McDuffee's room and
gor a coat and hat out of the closet
there and went on down to East Bar
net. He reached East Barnet about
one o'clock in the morning and went
to Roy Brothers barn and got under
the hay. He stayed there two days
aud had nothing to eat but drank
some water from q trough beside the
barn and spent the time crying.
The first man he talked with was
4 younger brother who was working
Tor George Richardson and he met
nim about seven O'Clock in the pas
lure while after the cows. He told
him to see his uncle James and he
vent down there and told his uncle
o. notify Richardson. Richardson was
,alled down there at his direction. He
vas at his uncle's house over an hour
before Richardson came He and
Brown had never had any trouble
md he had told the jury as nearly as