Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 14, 1913, Page 8

NORWICH BULLETIN, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER CAIN GIVES STARTLING (ESTIMONY (Continued from Page One.) dess did not know where he was that night. Witness was in Warren's res- taurant when the fire started; saw Howarth there when he firsf went in. Fire broke out about five minutes lat- er: not much damage done. Howarth spoke to him the night of the Killian fire; asked witness where he had been. Cain replied in the pool- room. Howarth said: “You have a fine reputation and go to church; if you tell people I have been with you there will be no sus- picion on me. If you say that it wil let me out.” Asked to Fix an Alibi. Howarth the morning after the fire asiied witness to fix his alibi about as on the previous occasion, using the word alibi. These fires were al! be ton fre. The first part of November, How- arth told him Wheaton had never used him right in taking away his business. He would get square with him. Whea- ton’s place would burn soon. It did within two weeks. The Wheaton Fire. Wiilness was in bed the night of the Wheaton fire; got up and walked with his brother to ihe fire: saw Howarth in his Velie car and got in with him; drove around to the other side of the fire near the railroal freight house. Heat was too intense, so went back to ard of grammar school and left ma- chine. Met a man who was carrying ragalla from the S. of V. rooms; took it in the car and drove up to Howarth's carage. Witness sent his brother home: it was still before 11 Witness knéws Miss Burgess. who estified last week, and where she lived. Witness went home because sparks were flving over his own home. An hour later went back to the fire and saw Howarth there with Bradford and ssler. Witness went home about 15 minutes later. The pext morning Howarth said: What do vou think of that fire? I wish u'd dosome of the planning; youre 2] rizht for g second hand That '1. my work and 'm proud of it.” This vas in bis office. What Howarth Said. The day following the Priest Island ire. 'n Howarth's office Howarth said: Now you are in it es deep as I am, and have got to keep vour mouth hut.” Witness went up there to discuss the Priest Island fire. While speaking of Mullin fires, Howarth sald: “Those fires 1 set. Please use your head and 1o some of the planning.” Would Soon Get Even. Howarth at one time in November, $12, named Meyor MacDonald and M. R. Joy, and said he would get even with them. In the latter part of March Howarth (old him Joy would be sorry. Howarth owed Joy about $130 at that ‘ime: witness had seen the bill; it was of lonz standing. Receas until 1.45 was then taken. At the afternoon session Cain testi- fied substantially as follows: The talk about Joy was last spring, two months hefore fair ground fire. Howarth sald he didn’t like Mr, Ta- tem: had had trouble with him. How- arh bed been Mr. Tatem’'s chauffeur 2t one time. Tatem owned a business block and wished Howarth to go in here and also take care of Tatem's business This was said before the Ta- tem fire. The Tatem fire was in May. Never heard Howarth speak of Dav- »fore the Whea- Never Attended Church. It had been Howarth's constant brag for years that he never attended “hureh. The Peiest Isiand fire was the 17th of November. On that night saw How- arth mbout 8 p. m. at Bugbee’s corner m Potnam and went to Howarth's house, where he got a sweater and then went to the Hitle river bridge, crossed it amd went on down the Little rover road. (Witness detailed his move ments by means of the map of the v cimity I evidence.) Witness went to railrosd bridge and then on the road- war that teads to Priests Island; this was befors § o'clock. There was a fire borning =zt the railroad wrtck; went over to the stretch of woods; then came back and went to the house on Priests Island snd set fire to it: Un- der the shed were shingles and pieces of wood; they made a pile of them Howarth Iit the fire and they ran away. Went through the woods and to the rafiread track, as many were passing near the wreck and didn't want to be seen. Then they went to the scene of the wreck fire and stood on a pile of . There was a pine grove between he house and the scene of the wreck, near the house. The wreck was almost half a mile from Priests Istand. Said Hurley Was in Town. Howarth said Hurley was in town. they were going to the house sald: To h—1 with Hurley. Here is a good place to get even with him.” Howarth suggested burning a strip of woods near home, but saw some people there, s0o went over to Priests Island and burned the house there. 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RHEUMA is equally good for Gout, Lumbago ,Chronic Neuralgla and Kid- ney diseases -it will not waste any time; it starts to act today, and to- morrow you will know the Rheu- matic poison is quitting you forever. They experimented the first part of April with candles in in Howarth’'s office. Howarth had been anxious to destroy his cars at the fair grounds in Mareh, but his mother's- illness and death. delayed him. Took Funeral Candies. The experiments were made with can- dles used at the last rites at Howarth's mother’s funeral, the Saturday before the fair groi es. They found the candles would burn about one inch an hour, Howarth said: “We will burn the place at the fair grounds by the ‘candle and box arrangemene,” and ex- plained the method. Howarth had been reading articles in Collier's and in the Boston Sunday American by Jack Rose, one in varticular in the latter showing the candle method. Witne: read some of the articles. This read- ing went on all winter, and Howarth wanted Cain to read up because he wanted him to do some planning. Howarth wanted to set some fires, blow up a building with dynamite, commit a robbery and kill two persons in Put- nam. The experiments took parts of three davs, and were conducted on the diator in Howarth's office, Set About Midnight. was twisted around the candle about iwo inches down from the top. The | rag was aked. (Witness produc- ed a box, ang candle and showed the jury the arrangements were made.) il s ag how Box Carried by Howarth. v left the office about went down Main street n. eet;from there to the N, road tracks: down the railroad to a pathway: then to Park avenue at the southeastern corner of the fence, sccal- ed the fence and crossed the track to the paint shop. On the way they pas: ed no one they knew The box was carried by Howarth unde his arm, wapped in paper. Reached the shop about 10.30. eft their overcoats out- side the building, tried windows on the 10 o'clock, to Arch & W. rail- north side, but couldn’t get in. Then went to south side and pried open a window by means of screwdriver carried by Howarth. They had been down about there that afternoon to the ground over. They entered the paint shop; the stove was in the other room and there was a fire in it. They went to the Velie car, which was at the rear of the buildi and pu it forward. as to be sure it burned: 1k arranged the gear brake so that it could not be moved by one who was not familiar with cars. The Chalmars car was about ten feet from where they put the can. The cars were filled with gasoline before being taken to the paint shop. Cain Produced Gasoline. Cain the cushion off the r at and took out two cans of gaso- line, which had formerly been filled with some lubricating oil. One can was vellow, the other red, and sim- flar to, if not the one, on exhibit Witness got the cans Howarth garage and filled them with kerosen while Howarth got the candles. This ola’s house) he wasn’t drunk, but ad to down as his head swam. Mrs. Bennett had a mine out west and wanted him to go and attend to it. This was in July. Howarth said it was a ten thousand job and a good sit fee. At the jail Howarth wondered if ola was connected with the case, as brother told him there was a lady detective on ase. Howarth told Bennett wanted him to burn a house on the boundary of her prop- erty. (This was on the 10th of Sep- tember, the day after the a ) Read About Fires. * Howarth read from the paper of the s, witness com mented on each, but could not remem ber just what he said. On the day of their arrest they ed of various matters connected the The day following the: rom the windo 1d_hammer marks the When an account talk- with a new to hen Jd be an m to pull wo and 1 ma ain | off a robbery Howar ed h i for the Wheatc ving he had been reading for r before the fire and the neighbors saw him. | Promised $15. Howarth told him he (Howarth) took the $85 m N Warner’s office If vou keep your give you $15.” He had planned to get $300 from the office and offered .Cain 40 per cent. to help him. Witness did not want to go into it because he had regard for Mr. Warner. The next day Howarth showed him and d: |a roll of bill ‘Here's the RUB BACKACHE RIGHT OUT Get a Small Trial Bottle of Old-time, “St. Jac When your back is sore and lame or lumbago, sciatica or rheumatism bas you stiffened up don’t suffer! 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Howarth said “A two | terwards. getaway will be enough.” A On_the day following the Wheaton was about three or four o'clock. Howarth opened the pet-cocks ur- der the tanks of the cars, to let the gasoline run out. Cain made a trail of kerosene from the box to the oline under the cars. Cain was afraid the fumes would ignite, but Howarth sald not be a coward. everything would be all right. Cain left the building and then saw Howarth light the candle. They got their overcoats. The candle was six inches long and the rag was put two. inches down it. Howarth brought both_cans out with bhim and put them undér the porch of the south building that went out through the main entrance of the fair. grounds. The town clock struck just before they left the building. “Well, if fire doesn’t go by 4 | o'clock, to me to go and get the box,” Howarth said, for there were stickers on the box from a place where Howarth had formerly worked, The went' directly home and witness went to bed. Told of Woman Client, H8warth told him of a lady client in Danielson, whom he led Zola. Said has lots of money, and I rather like her. Howarth said on one occasion( at thought there might be a dictagraph there. They talked all the morning. Used oath nd perhaps indecent words. This was on the 9th. Urged to Keep Up Courage. They talke about t size of the | { bonds, £10,000, and 1} mber of counts, 14, Howarth told him to keep up his courage their word was as good as Hurle Howarth d he was surprised arrest, as he had such a good tion; on the 10th | Howarth said oy 1 Sam are the boys for us” and said his girl | { knew, nothing of his past actions | Howarth Zola was wealthy "‘w t have to marry her If You Suffer Any | Stomach Distress You Should Take Mi-0-na Now—At' Once—Its Action is Im- mediate—Safe— Effective. 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Dominated by Howarth, sked why he did those things, Cai use Howarth gsked me. | Howarth threatened him several times saying he would kill Cain if he told. The box used by Cair to show the “candle method” of seiting a fire was put in as exhibit 39. On cross examination by Attorney Harvey Cain answered about as fol- lows He was under indictment at { present time, had been in jail, and had | attended every day of the trial. Be- | | came acquainted with Howarth about | | ten vears and both had lived in Put- | |nam ever since, with the exceation | | of months when witness was in hester. Howarth Owes Him Nothing. The testimony ran over witness’ pre- | liminary statements and then witness | said he did not consider Howarth in- | debted to him at present. Had known ! Mr, Hurley for twp years; did not know Mrs. Bennett by sight until the trial. Has ridden over with Hurley, | the’ Mrs. Bennett and his attorney, Mr. Back, every day in an auto. Howarth | at one time Mrs. Bennett was thinking of him how he w ng a car and asked uld like to drive for her. Said “Of course you will be un- der my orders.” The conversation in which Howarth spoke of robbing Mrs. Benneit was some day in the summer in Howarth's office. Howarth never told him of any marriage preparations, but said would be hard on the Woodstock but T want the money and thin will have to marry Mrs. Benne Made a Written Confession. Cain sald he had made a ! confession, which he gave to i a few weeks ago. He saw Toney the | Sunday following his arrest. Did not | ee Aitorney Back until a week afler | written | Hurley that, His confession was made to | Hurley on September 14th in the of- | fice of the jail. Saw the confesslon | | three weeks ago at the Jail, when Hur- | ley read it to him, Never saw a type- | written copy of it. Did not talk with | the state’s attorney until after the | | confession to Mr. Hurley. Did not remember what time of day the con- fession was made. It took about an hour, and Hurley wrote it down. Wit- S received absolutely no prom- , in return for his confession. Hur- ley simply asked him if he had any- i thing to confs Toney came to see | him and said if he made a confession | |he would see that Searls got it just | as it Meant to Start Fire. o) The Priest Island fire was. on the | 17th of November. The conversation ! in regard to slipping one over on Hur- | ley occu when they started out | that n Witness had no matches with him. They did not meet with the express purpose of starting a fire. Witness had just come from choir | service. They met at the corner and Howarth s: “Come on, we'll do a| |job tonight” They then went to his house, from Front street to the street | which led to Howarth's house. The: met a_boy and girl whom they knew, hut witness could not recall who they were. They met “Jaln” Weeks on | Pomfret street near the little river | bridge. Met no one else they knew until after the fire. The distance they traveled from the time they met un- | . got _to the island was about es. Witness had not heard of the candle at that time. They had nothing but matches with them. How- arth had those. Both gathered the leaves and put them in one corner of the shed. The shed was six feet from the house. Was Howarth’s Idea. Tt was Howarth's idea to fire the shed. Witness had not been there for | iwo years and had known the local | ity for ten vears. There had been a barn acr the fields two hundred vards. Was a large frame, two story and a half house. Don’t know wheth- | er the barn was standing or whether | it could be seen from the house. Wit- | {ness had mo “grouch” against any- | {one who was conmected with the prop- erty. Both had overcoats. and How- arth a sweater. They saw the fire at | he railroad wreck and people there. The poor farm was bevond the wreek |and within a hundred yards of the | railroad. 2 | What They Had Planned. | They had planned previously to say | they had been to the poor farm. The |way to get ‘there was the same | as they took, until they left the road. They Jooked back every few steps | and when they got to where they urned back there was a glow in the sky. That was the reason they turn- | baclk, because people might connect | | them with the fire. | | Ran Down the Track. | | Didn't take them over five minutes | | before they turned back. There was a glow around the house, but not in | the sky. They saw flames when they | were on the pile of ties and witness% | said: “There is a fire over there. T wonder what it is” There wefe 200 or 300 people there at the fire. He got up on the ties to see better, as| | thought Mr. Baldwin, the agent, might { have seen them running across the |meadow. Howarth did not climb up on the ties, Saw no one start for | the fire. The two ran down the track. They met Joy, Arnold and Champlin at the transforming station. Th ran down the track side by side. About half way between the wreck and the bridge they heard the alarm. Howartn remarked “There Is somebody who has seen the fire and thera goes the alarm.” | It had taken them less than 15 min- ules to get the materials together for the fire. They left the houss about {un hour afier they had started. Took {them 20 to 30 minutes to get to the bridge from there. . They went to the fire and after it had burned ~went | home. Had Told His Story to Several, { He had told Toney, Searls, Hurley, | ieids, Back and his father and moth. er his story Court adjourned at this point until | Friday at 10.30, B R S, Through the agency of two good friends in |. 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