The Story of a Dark Plot; Or, Tyranny on the FrontierA.L.O.C.
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The Story of a Dark Plot; Or, Tyranny on the Frontier
A.L.O.C.
Smith, William W.; Temperance
"I know Mr. W. W. Smith. I was called to him professionally on
July 8th. I found him in a dazed condition, with a bruise on the
top of his head, four or five inches in length, swollen and
contused. There was also evidence of another blow, not so long,
more in the centre of the top of his head, and another blow still
shorter and more to the right of the head, another on the side of
the neck and shoulders, and one on the hip. All these bruises I
considered serious. The appearance later was that of the
discoloration consequent upon such bruises. The bruises were such
as might have been inflicted by the weapon now in court. They
could not have been inflicted by the fist. I saw Mr. Smith that
morning, and on the night of the same day, on the following
Monday morning, and again on Tuesday night. I then considered him
sufficiently recovered to not require medical assistance further.
I saw him afterward, but not professionally. Death has often
resulted from less blows than these."
Daniel Smith, of Sutton, then gave evidence that he had seen Kelly at
Sutton on various occasions, the last time being on the evening
previous to the assault.
Charles C. Dyer, of the same place, also testified as to Kelly's
identity. He said that he had seen him on the race track, at Sutton,
in July, had heard him called a horse-buyer from Boston, and had
received the impression that he had come there to look at a trotting
horse which belonged to Mr. Lebeau, the owner of the track. He had not
considered it anything strange that Howarth should be carrying him
around the country to look at horses.
The next witness was Silas H. Carpenter, of Montreal, chief of the
Canadian Secret Service. He said that he had been employed to
investigate the assault case. He had been informed of a stranger who,
after staying in the vicinity of Sutton for some time, had disappeared
immediately after the assault, and decided that he was probably the
guilty party. Had learned that a man answering to the description of
this stranger was in Marlboro, Mass., and to this place was sent a
neighbor of Mr. Smith's, who identified Kelly as a man whom he had
seen in the neighborhood of Sutton Junction previous to the assault.
The witness and Mr. Smith, after going before a justice of the peace,
and obtaining papers for the arrest of their man, proceeded to
Marlboro. At Fitchburg, Mass., a warrant was made out from the papers
which they carried, and Kelly was arrested. He consented to go to
Montreal without extradition, and there, in Mr. Carpenter's office,
related voluntarily the story which he told at the preliminary
investigation, and on this evidence the other prisoners were arrested.
Mr. Carpenter's testimony was the last on Tuesday.
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