The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-19
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county court to-day in the case of State
VS.. Greenslit, charged with manslaughter
in the death of Oscar Heath at Warren,
who was shot on Oct. "a and who died on
Oct 29 The respondent admitted shoot
ing on the night mentioned but denied
that he shot to kill. He also related in
cidents Of the encounter with the man
after the latter had started to run away
from Greenslit's place.
Greenslit's story agreed in the main
with that told by Deputy Sheriff Lawson
and John Mobus, who was the last wit
ness for the state. He told Of the shoot
ing much as Deputy lawson had related
it and then explained what took place at
the hole in the wall He testified that
the intruder struck him first, and that
he was defending himself when he hit
Heath. He also said that Heath did not
appear to be hurt at that time. He
showed the jury where, on the blueprint,
the fight took place, and where the man
was during the shooting. He said that
Heath begged him not 10 complain to the
authorities against Heath's stealing
wood, and he explained the argument
that took place relative to the vegetables
being stolen from the farm.
There ensued a strife between the
state and u Ward Carver, attorney for
the respondent, over the introduction Of
testimony showing that a fight took
place after the shooting, the state claim.
ing that the fight had no bearing on the
case, that the respondent was charged
with manslaughter and that the shooting
took place before Greenslit knew who the
man was.
Mr.. Carver was able to get before the
jury, under exceptions, many Of the de-
tails of the fight and then proceeded, un-
der exceptions, to get the reputation Of
Heath before the jury upon statement
from Mr.. GreensIit that Heath haddrawn
gun on John Mobus, one Long, and
other men in Warren. A lengthy argu-
ment ensued relative 10 whether the
fact that stuff had been stolen from the
cellar should be admitted, as well as
many other details relative to the repu
tation Of Heath.
The state rested its case this morning
Deputy Sheriff H. G. Lawson, who, with
States Attorney Davis, investigated the
case, told the jury that he went to War
rem Oct. %, the day following the shoot
ing of Heath, and that he saw Heath for
about half an hour, during which time
Heath told him many things connected
with the case Then the deputy sheriff
went 20 the Tierney mill, where he talked
with Greenslit, who made no attempt to
cover up anything connected with the
affair.
Deputy Lawson testified that Greenslit
told him that someone had been to his
house getting wood and that when per.
son came second time he fGreenslit,
went outdoors and met the man at the
corner of the house He ordered the man
TO stop but the man ran and Greenslit
shot at him and later shot again. Then
Greenslit ran across the field and elinched
with the man in hole in the wall. 1t
was not till then, Greensiit said, that he
knew at whom he had shot The witness
said that Greenslit did not know that he
had hit the man until the next morning
when a neighbor came to the house and
told him that Heath had been shot.
On a blueprint made by Mr. Morse,
Deputy lawson showed to the jury the
relative positions of Heath and Greenslit
slit the day following the shooting These
positions included beet patch, the road
and the hole in the wall where the fist
fight occurred after the shooting. He
then described the condition of the reyol-
yer as it was told to him by Greenslit's
son in the presence of Greenslit To this
Greenslit's attorney objected, but the
court overruled the respondents objec-
tion and admitted the testimony. The
reason for fifth cartridge being in the
weapon was explained by the boy, who
said that he had cleaned the weapon the
day before the shooting without his fa-
theirs knowledge and had placed the fifth
cartridge in the cylinder without his ia
theirs knowing it.
Deputy Lawson also told of the fight
which took place after the shooting,
which was quite lively encounter, ac-
cording to the story told the deputy by
Greenslit.
Earlier yesterday afternoon DIR. j. r.
Campbell completed his testimony for
the state He told of infection develop
ing from the wound in the abdomen and
admitted that moving about might have
produced more infection than if the man
had kept quiet He said that Heath's
house was not sweet-smelling place.
DR.. w. r. Harkness, who attended
Heath while the latter was in Montpelier,
testified to meeting the parties who were
bringing Heath to Montpelier on Oct. 27,
the Sunday following the shooting. He
met them near hiddlesex and he found
Heath very low. He gave the man some
thing to stimulate heart action Heath
was then hurried to Heaton hospital and
there his wounds were dressed again.
They had been we'll cared for; but Heath
did not respond to the stimulant and died
at 3 80 o'clock Sunday afternoon of gem
eral peritonitis When asked for the
cause of this DIR. Harkness ascribed it to
the wound.
DR.. Harkness also testified that he was
present at the autopsy and he testified
that the bullet entered the body over the
right hip and passed into the abdominal
cavity through the muscles and into the
peritoneum but did not injure the intes-
tines He said that general peritonitis
developed from the Inflammation of the
peritoneum and that caused death.
On cross examination DIR. Hardness
agreed that the moving of the man might
have increased the infection, but he
thought that under the conditions the
right thing was to remove the patient to
the hospital.
DR. Whitney testified to much that DIR.
Hardness had described about the autop.
sy.