Hammond, Van Ostrom and myself worked on the fence. Several articles Christian Louboutin Outlet were brought over from Mrs. Baxter's to Mr. Hammond's.¡ªthe bed and bedding on Friday; some articles on Saturday. Mrs. Baxter had two capes, one a blue one with copperas sprigs. This was the one found after the attempt to abduct my wife on Monday night. Cannot describe the other minutely¡ªit was nearly the same color. Saw Mrs. Baxter on Monday¡ªshe had the cape on then¡ªmy wife wore an apron off the same piece.

Direct.My wife was not deranged when she had those fits. Never saw any marks made by her at those times. The reason why I noticed Mrs. Baxter's cape was, that there was a good deal of dispute about the clothes belonging to her and my wife.

By a Juror.Never heard her say that she would destroy herself or run aWay
Lucy Rice,sworn. Lived at the time of Mfs. Bur^ dick's abduction, oh a farm of Nyrum Johnson's near Hammond's, and in full vie'W of the brow of the hill ori Rathbun's farm. N. Christian Louboutin Boots Johnson went up from the swamp to work that afternoon. Saw persons that afternoon gtt down the hill to the swamp, two or three men or boys running. It was two hours after dinner. They appeared to be at play and had hold of each other.

Cross-examined.Could not tell how many¡ªthere were three, and a man back of them.
LucyAnnRice,sworn. Saw the persons spoken of by her mother. There were two or three of them, and one behind.

DanielP. Fitcii,sworn. I o'ccupied Rathbun's farm on the 30th Sept., '45. Was at MBT Shoes work Cheap Christian Louboutin on the east corner of the farm that day. My son MBT and another boy were with me. Went to work after dinner about a quarter past one. Did not go over the brow of the hill spoken of. I went over the ground from Hammond's to the swamp, the next morning. Found a place in the fence where the top rails had been raised¡ªthe third fence. Went to find traces. The side hill was grown over with weeds. They were pressed down as though something had been drawn Christian Louboutin On Sale over them. From the edge of the MBT On Sale swamp there was a trail to where they found her. Van Ostrom was with me part of the time. We brought out the stick here in court, which was then water-soaked, and another.

MBT Shoes Found outside and bed-room doors open, the window fastened open, I think with a piece of green casing, the curtain down and string broken, and one blind off the hinge at the bottom and the other open. I went out and called to the men who were at Cheap Christian Louboutin work on a stone wall. Her shoes stood where she put them.
I was there when she was brought back. Saw Mrs. Baxter and Johnson before this. They Christian Louboutin On Sale asked me what it was about that cape, and said Mrs. B. wanted to see it. They were together. When Mrs. Burdick was brought back, her hair was dirty and dress torn. She did not wear corsets. Noticed bruises on her arms, neck, ankles and body, which were visible for several weeks. Did not see Mrs. Baxter make any search. Said she had seen her in a worse condition and rubbed her hand a little. Before Mrs. Burdick was found, Mrs. Baxter said she presumed she had gone off of her own accord.
Cross-examined.Had seen Mrs. B. in fits twice before the Monday night. Her teeth were set, eyes shut, limbs stationary, pulse regular¡ªshe could not talk. The first time, she had a succession of fits. She had fits after she came to our house. In the last of the previous week, I found her on the ground senseless, just at twilight. We had two dogs; the large one churns sometimes. We churn every day. He is usually MBT On Sale there. There had MBT been some difficulty about the things. The bed was off the Christian Louboutin Boots bedstead. The dogs were round that evening. I put the bed back and did not see the cap; my brother gave it to me. On Tuesday Christian Louboutin Outlet afternoon the blinds were fastened. She had on a merino dress and gingham apron. We never fastened the milk-room door till Monday night. It was fastened with a stick. I was with Mrs. B. here, and after she left the stand. The next morning she was deranged, next day sick and continued so. Have seen her in fits since. I think she had a fit a week ago yesterday. She has lain unconscious for three hours.

Direct.Mrs. B. said it was not the bed they wanted, but her. Never saw symptoms of derangement till her abduction.
PulaskiBurdick,sworn. Am the husband of Ann A. Burdick. Saw her at her mother's in the south room, about a week previous to her abduction, and found her on the bed crying. Asked her what was the matter, and spent some time in trying to find out, but could only learn that she was unwell.

Thought at the time she was rational. Did not express any opinion as to her rationality. Think I saw her the next morning, when she was insane. She remained so during the three or four following days. This was before she went to Utica. During the several preceding days she appeared MBT rational at times. I was present when she was swora MBT Shoes befoie Esqv Judson at Sherburne on the 15th Nov. She was sane then. Was here as a witness at the preliminary examination. I then attended Mrs. B., was present when she was examined, and regarded her sane. She was not sane during Christian Louboutin Boots the whole of her stay here.

The examination was going on when she left the stand, and the next morning, defendant's counsel wished to go on with her cross-examination, and the call was renewed from day to day, twice or more, until I left town. Think I was here three days after she left the stand, and when I went, I left her here. Her insanity was given as a reason why she did not again appear upon the stand.

Direct, resumed.Have had charge of her since the abduction in connexion with Dr. Willard, most of the time. The first return of consciousness was accompanied with fears of being personally injured. Cheap Christian Louboutin At every approach to sanity she would scream in terror at the sight of a window, and say they were coming. In every attempt to soothe her, she would say she could not keep it from her mind¡ªwished she could. Her state seemed half sleeping, half waking, she was very weak, and her nervous Christian Louboutin Outlet system the most excitable I ever saw. Her abduction, as she described it, would be sufficient Christian Louboutin On Sale to produce these consequences.
Cross-examined.The examination was taken at Mr. Hammond's in an upper room. I heard of it while it was going on. She has severe spasms, turns herself about, her teeth are set and she is bereft of reason and insane. I have seen her insensible for two or three days at a time¡ªshe was so for that length of time in Feb. Last.

CbliaB. Hammond,sworn. I live in Greene, am the wife of H. B. Hammond; occupy a farm of MBT On Sale Mr. Johnson's; am sister to Pulaski Burdick. After his marriage, Pulaski boarded with me and staid at Mrs. Baxter's at night. Mrs. Burdick was from home a short time soon after the marriage. Mrs. Baxter left the Tuesday after the marriage and returned the Wednesday before the abduction. When Mrs. Burdick returned, she staid at our house Sunday night, and went to her mother's on Monday, and came back again a week from the next day, the Tuesday before the abduction. Mrs. Baxter was at our house the same day she returned from Norwich. She wanted her daughter to go home with her.

The gag was firmly in her mouth. I had to pull two or three times to get it out. Immediately after we found her, we called to others and they came up¡ªMr. Juliand and Mr. Thurber. They helped take off the sticks and get the gag out of her mouth. We could not find the knot by which her hands were tied¡ªMr. Christian Louboutin On Sale Juliand cut it. The stick six feet long, was swamp-ash.

I should think it was heavy, as heavy as though it had been green¡ªit was a good lift. I had to stand astride of it to pull it out and raise it off her. The other stick was a good deal lighter, but Christian Louboutin Boots was water soaked. In proportion to its size it was as heavy as the other. There was some water in the brook but not enough to cover her face. The watef was three or four inches deep, the mud and water. She had settled down in the muddy liquid, not over six inches, perhaps not as deep. The* water came perhaps halfway over her face, up to her ears. Did not notice whether her clothes were twisted, as though she had turned over. She was muddy¡ªher dress was muddy all over. Hef face was wet, and her clothes wet all MBT On Sale over with muddy water.

The front side of the bandages was wet and muddy, and MBT her hands were wet and muddy. She was very senseless. I handled her in taking her up¡ªher limbs were motionless. When the gag was removed, she made no noise but in gasping. There was blood on her mouth and upon the gag. Her eyes MBT Shoes were partly open, and rolled back in her head. The gag was made of pieces of cloth rolled up, and resembled as much as anything, a goose egg, flattened. It was sewed together¡ª' perhaps not quite as large as a goose egg. The largest end was out of her mouth. The gag was afterwards taken to pieces.

Two-thirds Christian Louboutin Outlet of it was in her mouth. As soon as we got her liberated, four of us took her up to Mr. Van Ostrom's house. There we found Mr. Johnson who took her in his buggy, and took her away. She was senseless to the last I saw of her there. We thought part of the time, that she was dead. We Cheap Christian Louboutin had to carry her one-fourth of a mile. I did not see her again until her examination at Binghamton. Her dress was torn in different places¡ªit was torn at the waist, where it was gathered in.

Hammond went to the village. When we got back, others had assembled there, and Johnson among the rest. Johnson said that he would go for her mother; he said Mrs. Baxter was at Nyrum Johnson's, and he would go after her.
Four of us then started to search the swamp. Johnson said he would go up the road, and if he found her, he would fetch her home. We crossed the fields to the swamp. Lucius P. Darby, Van Ostrom, Thurber and myself, were together. Directly after we got into the swamp, Darby and Van O. called to Thurber and myself, and said that they had found the girl. Darby and Van O. asked me to untie her hands. Not discovering the knot, I cut the string. It was a common corsetlacer. She appeared nearly dead.

They brought her in, and laid her on a bed in the kitchen on the floor. About nine o'clock she was taken Christian Louboutin On Sale up and carried into the bedroom and placed on a bed. In the evening she struggled some, and tried to vomit. The string was wound around her hands twice or three times, Cheap Christian Louboutin and tied tight.

The Christian Louboutin Outlet string left a deep impression in the flesh. Voluntary action had entirely ceased. After I got to the house, Christian Louboutin Boots they showed me a bandage they had taken from her eyes. I found the apron in the field next day. There is an abrupt descent in rear of Hammond's house towards the river. A person sixty paces in rear of the house, would be entirely out of sight, and would not be seen again in going to the swamp. Verril's house and my own would also be entirely out of sight. The high point would be near Mrs. Baxter's house.

The first fence was pardy down, and they might have gone over it or through it. Some portion of the land was stony. There are some woods between the road and the swamp. Directly in front of Rathbun's house, there is a high point which might obstruct MBT Shoes the view. The barns on Rathbun's land would also obstruct the view. The swamp is mostly covered with ash timber, and interspersed with underbrush. In passing down to the swamp, there is an opening in the hill. Mrs. Baxter was at Hammond's house when she was brought back. The hands were across each other with both palms up. I went to Mrs. Baxter's house. There was a chain and padlock on the door.

Cross-examined.The house was fastened. We tried to get into Mrs. Baxter's house, after Johnson said he would go for her. There are three houses besides Mr. Hammond's on this road, within one mile. There is also a tannery, unoccupied. The view on the west side of MBT the river is obstructed by clusters of MBT On Sale trees. Cannot get a whole view in going up the road, within a mile, at a time.