The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-04-03
MRS. MORSE SAW1
HER SON SLAIN
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Morse threaten Hale,
Sheriff Tracy told story of tn,
tragedy. He received report about
o'clock on the day of Morse's deatl
and, in company with DR.. w. r. Hank
ness, he drove to Hale's house. Not
finding Hale there, they went to The
Monroe house, where Hale was found
The sheriff testified that Hale said h
had shot man, adding that the man
was dead. Hale pointed out rifle in
the sleigh and later turned it over to
b. j. Stewart. There were two loaded
shells in the gun at the time. Wit
ness did NOT see any empty shells. The
gun had been kept since. then in the
Jail Office until brought into the court
room yesterday afternoon and pro.
duced.
Sheriff Tracy recalled questions
asked of Hale by States Attorney Da.
Wis. Hale told the states attorney,
said the witness, that Morse had not
| threatened him and that Hale said he
did not recall hearing that Morse had
threatened him.
The party at the Monroe house, con-
| tinued the sheriff, went to the site,
where they found the body of Morse.
The body was about rs feet from where
the wire had been cut The body lay
on its face in path leading toward
where the wire was cut The pitch
| fork was partly under the body. There
was blood under the nose and mouth
Hale showed them where he stood when
| he shot.
Sheriff Tracy's testimony seemed to
annoy the respondent, who moved his
hand frequently and who watched the
witness closely.
Witness said Hale told about taking
the she'll from the gun about where he
HALE stood, but in spite of four Wis
its TO the place the sheriff failed TO
find the she'll The witness produced
the two loaded cartridges that were
taken from the gun The pitchfork was
then produced and marked for identi-
dcation.
Sheriff Tracy told about the bringing
of the body from the site Of the mans
death to the Morse barn, causing a
double trail in the snow where a sin
gle trail had existed before. The wit
ness testified to Hale's speaking about
the heavy cutting pliers which were
used in cutting the wire. On visiting
the Morse house the sheriff found
Morse's mother there When he reached
the body Of Morse there was two
blankets over the body, but he could
not recall how the coat collar was fixed. |
Sheriff Tracy visited the Morse house
on the Wednesday following the muir
der, and he described what he found |
there, corroborating the testimony of
Mr.. Walker relative to the view from |
the house TO the site of the death; a |
person could be seen from the house II |
he was standing where Hale or Morse |
were when the shooting occurred. A !
picture was taken of the site OF the l
death, with We camera set in the living
room of the house, showing two per.
sons placed where Hale and Morse
we're supposed to have been. when the
shooting took place. The witness said
that from the portico of the Morse
house person could see more of the
wood road than from the window.
The gun, pitchfork and pliers were
all admitted as exhibits.
Mr.. Carver cross-examined Sheriff
Tracy, bringing out that the sheriff
got his first informa ton Of the shoot
ing from Mrs Tracy and she, in turn,
got il from Hale. Witness said the
pitchfork lay ON the right side OF
Morse, with the tines pointing toward
Hale, but he did not think the tines
were about even with Morse's Shout
ders. He did not see any opening in
the wire fence but believed they walked
over the fence. The wire was cut on
the right hand side of the wood road.
Hale did not tell the witness where he
was when the wire was cut, and he
did not see any footprints leading from
The barn to the Hale sugar house.
In redirect examination, Sheriff
Tracy said the snow was scraped away
because a search was made for the
Empty she'll The witness took DR..
darkness because he received word to
BRING a physician.
DR.. Hardness.
Dr.. W. r. Hardness was the next
He told about the trip to the
Monroe house, where the first person
le saw was Hale. Witness heard Da- =
lis ask Hale If Morse had ever threat
ned him and heard Hale say: NO, !
ir" He heard Davis ask Hale if he
lad ever heard anybody say that Morse
lad ever threatened him and he heard
Hale saw: mo. sir
Continuing his testimony. DR.. Hsrk
Iass said they found a man covered 4