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ORRIN DE WOLF.

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—iid not particularly note
Stiles’ appearance. De Wolf
and myself carried him down,
put him in a sleigh, and carried
him home, De Wolf shaved him.
Afterwehad taken off the clothes,
observed for the first time the
merk around the neck. When
De Wolf came to my house, he
said there was a man at thesta-
ble, dead—that he found him in
the road by a sleigh, and Dr,
Heywood said he was chilled
through—he was intoxicated, and
in the habit of getting intoxicat-
ed, While we were going to the
stable, he asid “yon won't catch
me taking up another man in this
way.” I asked him why—he said
“by his dying on hands, peo-

Je may think all is not right.”
t told him it was the duty of
every man if he found another
in trouble to take care of him—
but the thought he shouldn’t take
up another in that situation
when he was alone,

Oliver B. Webber. Worked
for Stiles in August last digging
a well. De Wolf came a number
of times and asked if I thought
i should get writers wanted T

01 vere for "twould be
a benefit to Mr. Stiles, and he
didn’t know but it would be to
him. He said he had got part of
Btiles’ property and thought he
should have the rest ina year or
so—he asked me if I thought
Stiles would live a year. I told
him T didn’t know but he was as
likely to live, as either he or I—
he thonght he wasn’t, as he was
rather a feeble man.

James Pierce. Saw De Wolf
frequently_in the course of last
summer, In July or August, De
Wolf said, I shall have more
money within a year than I have
now. I asked where he was go-

ing to get it—he asked if I knew
Humpy Stiles, I asked if he was
the man that put him in jail—he
said he was, and he should have
his property within a year; asked
bow much he would have—he
said six, seven, or eight hundred
dollars, I saked if he was a con-
neetion—he said no—if he had a
wife—he said yes, but there was
an understanding between her
and him; asked if he was going
to kill him, he said no, but he
would die himself within a year.

Charles Gates. Lived at Flagg
& Dodd’s in January last; saw
De Wolf between ten and eleven
on the evening of Stiles’ death—
he said Mr. Stiles came to the

‘atable about six o’clock that eve=

ning, and hired him to carry him
out to (Bartlett's) tavern, after
they got to the tavern Stiles
drank twice, they then went to
old Cobleigh’s and staid thera
about half an hour—Stiles drank
twies while there—they then
came home; did not hear of
Stiles’ death tilt the next morn-
ing. De Wolf told me little
Houmpy Stiles was dead.

Asa Matthews. Am a coroner
—was called ta visit the body of
Stiles on the night of the 14th
of January about 12 o’clock—
went with my turnkey; found the
body lying on a cot bed with a
buffalo under it. A large red
silk handkerchief was loosel
tied about the neck, an old bi
silk handkerchief was rolled up
under the right side of the neck,
whieh De Wolf said he took off;
asked De Wolf when he found
him and how he eame there. He
said be found him in the fore
part of the evening, down by the
corner of the barn, beside an old
sleigh; said he heard a noise and
went out and found him, he ap-

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