Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 31, 1919, Page 7

Y. RS FUNERAL DIRECTORS NURWICH BULLETIN, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1919 @he Bulietin, Norwich, Friday, Jan. 31, 1913 BLOODSTAINS PLAY PART IN TRIAL yolice foree was called to the stand at the opening of the afternoon ses- sion. On the night of the assault the captain said he saw Mr. Holmes at ihe police station abgut 11 o'clock and took charge of Holmes' overcoat, A.D EMBALMERS LADY ASSISTANT Calls Answered Promptly Day and Night 88 Main Street A 'SMALL LOT OF GOOD TRAVELING BAGS | 16 inches-18 inches-20 inches | Bought right, will be sold right THE L. 1. CHAPMAN C0. 14 Bath Street, Norwich, Conn. De! Hoff Hote! | EUROPEAN PLAN ! HAYES BROS. Proos | 22 26-28 Broadway | Teleshene DR. F. C. JACKSON DR. D. J. COYLE DENTIST e 4 H Telephone U OBLIGED YO clear DUNKS ¥ away ¢ 50 MAIN 81REET N AN REPnid In ( KINDS AUTCMORBILES, [ OR C WAGON JCKS and CARTS . Repaire, Fainting, T tering end w iing in al Wood its rrances Scott & Clark Corp. 507 to 515 North Main St. i John & Geo. H. Bliss | f Largest Assortment ; of DIAMOND JEWELRY ERGOCHES SCARF PIN: RINGS PENDANTS BRACELET WATCHES RADIOLITE STRAP WATCHES, ETC. John & Geo. H. Bliss WILLIAM C. YOUNG Bucceswor o STETSUN = \ OUNG | ENTER and BUILDER | rk and matenals st right| y skiied laboe. | 50 Waest Main St CARP] Best GET OUR PRICE ON STORAGE BATTERIES BEFORE PURCHASING i The Garlock & Haynes Co. Phone 781-3 NEW LONDON, CONN. Starters—Generators—ignition Devices AMERICAN HOiISE First-class Garage Service Comnected D. MORRISSEY, Prop. Phone | Shetucket Street | FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS Orders Delivered TREES AND SHRUBS Maplewood Nursery Co. Y. H. PEABODY Phone 986 Timken-Hyatt and New Departure Bearings SALES—SERVICE GARLOCK & BIAYNES 4 BANK STREET, Phone 781-3 NEW LONDON THERE !s no advertising medium In tasters Connecticut equal to The Bul- for business resuits e Cross Second Floor, | k THE WEATHER. There has been no change in the ex- ceptionally mild weather that has per- sisted for a considerable time over practically all parts of the United States. No precipitation of consequence oc- curred in any part of the country and the sky is generally cloudless except in the gulf states, parts of New Eng- iand and on the Pacific coast. The outlook is for a continuation of fair weather east of the Miesissippl river during Friday and Saturday. The temperature will be somewhat lower _over the northern states from the Great Lakes eastward. Winds for Friday and Saturday. North Atlantic—Fresh and probabl rong west and fair weather. Middle Atlantic—Fyesh west and and: Fair Friday and Sat- what lower temperatwee. Observations in Norwich. following records, reported from lietin's observations show the in temperaturc and the baro- changes Thursday: Bar. Ther. Comparisons. tions for Thu hursday’s h iwest wi £ 44, Towest NEVILLE Miss Katherinc bout twenty of GREE an entertained while red: by Norwi He was 2 then placed voun, raren Gordon of o will be ple <ed undc and is resti orta Aleck 3 orable dj heen to T'r regiment James Daley of ti returned arfter in the village, Thomas D. € has received his honorable dis from the arm I he Connecticrg Artitlery 30 to Fort I ance on Mar , 1918, and He was in of them were: ‘ Verdun, Sept. 26, 1918 nne offensive, from S 11, 191 in France in April 5 ttles, 8. e Sept Me some 1918 N TAFTVILLE niber of the ladies of the L volent Soclety of the Taf ional church who have tecial to do extra work for the re and for the refugees met at of Mrs. Agnes C. Holland of Slater avenue Wednesday af- The afternoon was spent on | various garments and a com- | large_amount of work was shed. The meeting adjourned =t a late hour znd u short social time enjoved by all A one: The Taftville Chapter of the Red met in the Red Cross room in he Ponemah hall Thursday afternoon. There was a verv good attendance and the amount of work accomplished was very encouraging. Thursday evening there was a social sathering of the Home Department of s Taftville Congregational church in CATARRHAL DEAFNESS MAY BE OVERCOME you have catarrhal r are even just earing or have your drugi deafness hard and get 1 o© le strength), and add pint of hot water and a granulated sugar. Take 1 spoonful four times a day. often bring quick relie e Qistressing head noise. nostrils sko open, athing become easy and the mucous stop dropping into the throat It is easy to prepare, costs ittle and Is pleasant to take. Any- one losing hearing or who catarrhal deafness or head nois shonld give thie prescription a trial Fimeral Director and Embalmer Promptserviceday or night {him up on the o | changed his si | went bac " Holmes, “What do you | who is ¢ Evidence that hal ot previousty|The witness said he was within two come to light in the case of the state va. Roval G. Holmes, accused of as- sault with intent to kill and murder Capt. James Lennen in this city on e r3ht of Dec. 5, was presented here in the superior court on Thursday, the second day of the trial, when the blood stained gloves of Mr. Holmes and a blood stained tablecloth from the Len- nen dining room were brought befor the court and jury. An espert from New Haven wh had made tests of the aileged blood spots upon the gloves and overcoat of Mr. Holmes and had declared them t be spots of human blood took the left glove upon his own hand and in the slght of the jury showed how th thumb and fingers of the glove match. ed into the staims on the {ablecloth in four different impressions which was _claimed were the prints of hand. This testimony all was brought ou in the latter part of the afternoon ses sion. Court adjourned ten minutes earlier than usual in the afternoon t 1 a accommodate some jurors who had to make train_or troliey connections t get home. Tt will come in at 9,45 thi: (Friday) mornirg. gfteen minutes ear er than usual, Attorrey A. M. Brown took up th cross examination of Dr. Louis Cassidy when court opened mornin the condition of Capt. Len when the doctor first saw hi doctor said the n with M behind him and Mr. siGe. The captain blood in th n wa: Th tting i Boland standin Wit wag 2o The doctor was asked about ths vari ‘ous waunds on the capiain’s head. The over the left eve, the docto: if they had been caus harp instrument. The; ounds wers d as if the; The docto the woun hree-quart of a The doctor had been workin; captain about ten minutes whes room he stej the captain on the D , don't t: At this point Attorney Brown sat i iess chair and had Dr. C: had been had to 1 on fhe should r Mr. Holmes had greete qd the doctor, he stepped out his handkerchief and The doctor noticed much agitated an doctor finall: the there were On nd Testimony of Mr. Boland. Boland who lives in the uppe occupied b Boswell avenu testified & ant family. 1t Mr Jersey an the b en home. 1 to his feet. h o0k h back out t of de sta “aptain were sounds E He made no attempt ran out fMling i to go i Police, poli Then he turne n° coming ou he Lennen place. his face toward Bolan ran a the street in position. Boland _followe de of Bosw ran erouched rer il the man was half way up tha: avenue street. and d he went to the Lennen deo 2nd with his wife wen dark and he struck wife pu: a hed the eleciric light button ch and hi in the dining room but the iigh wouldnt light. He lit the electric ligh in the kitchen by puiling rhe_ chai Capt. Lennen was in the Kitchén. had on his overcoat which with blood. Mr. Boland then went per for shoe out to the Pratt cigar lin strect to telephone ir. P te upstairs tore on Fran] for a doct, Tdn® bt e d Dr. Cassidy but his wife get him He police station, for his house. was going up Boswell avenue he sa an automobi it. Carroll and Murpi He them into the house. The police star ed to investigate and he went again to telephone for Mr. becau captain's close friend. Mrs. Holmes answered the telephon: He recognized her voice. The witne: to the Lennen place ar e when came i Officer ask know Harper and d she thought she cou also telephoned to th and then started bac coming and waited fc 1t proved to be the police, Officers was th He heard this man?” Th transacted his busi: followed Mr. Holme where Captain Lennen s wounds sewed up by Dr. C: captain Holi i aving h talk, and then backed out took out a ¥ He asked the doctor what vered with house. Len into Boswell avenue fo at of | The up Rey- | ched him till he oming back to the house, Mr, Bo- | to her fathe n The room was He covered | B and went | did the telephoning for him. The doctor was out On the way back as hi went with out Holmes he knew Mr. Holmes was the | Foland | o the Kitchen | The M. don't | into the | rette. feet of Mr. Holmes 26 the latter was talking to Captain Letinen and Mr. Holmes was no nearer to the captain. Mr. Helmes did not touch the captain. After the captain’s wounds had been dressed, the captain opened the safe, unlooked the tills and looked in. Then he closed the door and threw the com- Dbination. Then the captdin was taken away in an automobile to the hospital. Returaing to the man who came out of the house, Major Hull had Mr. Bo- {land look at the plan of the apart- |ments. The witness said he was 45 |feet distant from the man, who came out of the gate. The witness followed the man on the opposite side of the street. The man turned his face away. He had a dark coat and a |light eap. Hoimes had a dark coat and light cap on when he came to tht house after the assault. The witness 6aid he could not identify the man who was running across the street. The \man was a tall sim one. Major Hull had the witness zo over again some of the events at the house and asked him if he naticed an, 3 lon the dining room table. Mr. Bolahd isaid there were bloodspots, finger marks, on the table cloth on the side next to the mantel. The witness |identified, Officers Carroll, Sergeants Matthews and who were in the urt room as policemen who were at the Lennen house The witness also saw blood spots on the left hand side of the door cas as one goes from the dining room in- | 0 the kitchen, blood spots on the| flcor in the kitchen, in front of the stove and directly opposite the door S|into the cellar, blood spots on the | doors and on the hot water boler. Mr. Boland fixed the time of the as- nlt at about nine o'clock. The elock about 2 minute before he heard he shouts down stairs. The witness sald he did not think Mr. Holmes had gloves on when he came into the the first time, mination by Attorney Boland szid there had nev- e 1 any Gifference between his family and Capt. Lennen. The w |had been market Franklin e 0 o e e t s o o s o s | | n 1 ney £o on: v e ¥ e 0 Y | 5 n on| d come home The attorney asked wh: go into the Lennen apartments the door when he ran do: the airs after hearing the T didn* n! atlorney also nd Gidn’t run over and try to in tercept the man whom he saw running the street. “I didn't tak - the witness, d 2l ad been out to Holmes, he came . Officer . Cassidy, Mr. and Capt. Lennen were . Holmes was not there then. had met Mr. Whi venue as he 1se Lo telephone I for Mr. Whemr Mr. Holm: coat and gloves which Major showed him. The witness said that the overcoat and gloves were subse- quent! ness | part of the | ¢ sioves, bunch of keys and pogjet flash ight, and an envelope with a note in it. This was the $1,800 note already referred to in the trial. Capt. Twomey identifiel the over- Hun turned over to some officer. He was then excused from fue witness stand, but is to be called again. County Detective W . Jackson, next on the stand, testified that he took the coat and gloves to New Ha- en and delivered them to Dr. Scar- borough. Testimony on Bloodspots. Dr. Marvin M. Scarborough of New Haven was next called to the stand. He sald he wos medical examiner for New Haven and was instructor in Yale medical department. He testified to training and experience in making blood tests and sald he had examined the Holmes overcoat for blood stains. At the request of the state's attors ney, Deputy Sheriff George W, Rouse put on the Holmes overcoat and Dr. i Scarborough testified to blood spots he found on the ecat, pointing them ont to the jury. These were one spot on the left la- sel, six or more over the left breast pocket. One spot fcasured ones half by one-quarter inch. This spot appeared 2s if a small portion of blood had fallen there and then been sm od around. With the exception of two, these spots had the appearance of spatters, There were twel tloodspots near the hand pocket and lower down two groups of feur spots, and near the lower marzin of be coat on the left front also a spot. On the outside of the left s and on the inside sleeve two definite spots. *On tie ba of the coat no spots were found, On the right side there were smears and spatters near the lower margin of the coat, There was a spot just beiow the right side pocket and nin¢ definite rots on the right sleeve, fust below ht elbow. Some of the snote measured one-fourth inch across. 1= side the left side pocket of the coat| spots. The blood in dried but showed to be quite recent, the dostcr said The doctor pointed out on the gioves nat had been worn by Mr. Holmes va- stains over the back of th and a bloo mark in the palm of (he right giove at the b of the little finger. On the there were reddish over the les. They cx- 1 down 10 4 t join: in some | piaces. On the palm of the glove wer “wo definite bloodstains helow thumb. Soms of the' marks were still to be seen on the cdat. There were blood and eloves were put The doctor said ai the o dried but showed fresh. Th: overcoat a been delivered to him v examination on Pec. 9. orough testifiad that he e leit glove with the blood on the Lenpen tableclnth. H tiood comparativel to see_the cap he passed Mr. | Boland. Mr. Holmes was pale at the time, his head was down. Mr. Boland spoke to that t fish merket wl e d or that bis wife told Mr. T that Mr. Boland was in the cellar r 5 2 Holmes stabbed and while he 3 ed Capt. n was in the cellar. aid All that Tarrs s “Did your wife lat y | he attorney asked Mr. B 3l light in the cellar which the wit- he officers ted and s attorney tos nd again and night be ness in I about the Lennen door he saw a figure sta It was Roval Holmes. Mr. and | spoke to him buti couldn’t tell whether _{Mr, Holmes i the Lennen partment. To Attorney Brown the witness said saw nothing strange in seeing Mi Holmes there at that time. The attorney asked what Mr. oland on-in-law’s name was and how was his daughter was there. Mr. Bo- land said his son-in-law wes Dani Foley, who worked in Groton, but the had no n able to find a tenement to move into in Groton. Mr. B | daughter had also been to the hos |to give birth to a child and had come home afterwards. uestion from the st e ami n | ¥ d a a d n q One of Mr. “How old are you?” to which 1 Boland. was witness answered he ht | ht | i ] 7. Mrs. Boland Testifies. Mrs. Mary T. Boland, wife of James oland, the next witness. She told of being in her dining room reading the newspaper when she heard th fall and_cries in the Lennen apart- {ment. Ter husband went out and when he came back went in to- sether to the Leunen apartment. It as dark. Fer husband iit a match and tried to turn on the electric Jight in the dining room. It wouldn't light. Then he turned on the Kitchen light. {Captain Lennen was standing there covered with blood. Mrs. Boland got water and started to bathe his head. {Her hushand went away., When he came back he was with Officers Carroil and Murphy. The officers asked Cap- tain Lennen questions. There was a | kerosene lamp lighted on the dining {room table, and on the table cloth there were blood stains on the side towards the maatle. Major Hull produced a white table {cloth, which Mrs. Boland said she >3 | recognized as the table cloth from 4. |the Lennen dining room. It showed :| the blood stains on it. ;| The witness sald it was fifteen min- U] |utes after the Jight had been lighted and the bloodspots had been seen be- fore Mr. Holmes came, When Mr. Holmes came in, Mrs. Bo- land said, he looked pale and as if he [ had been waiking fast. She could not sce what Mr. Holmes did when he went in to see Captain Lennmen. The | policemen were standing in the way, She_saw Mr. Holmes coms out of s, T | n 14 he W or t- e. is | hurch parlors. pres: The gramme 3 ve Miss 1da Lillibridge which was very inter spreciated by all owing Migs Jennia Kendell sang a numbes salos whi . Arthur Varley Th evening’s enjoyable on ve a readin uld he and lowing the follo for th < ladies were on ti evening: Mrs. Gu. irman of the oj ment; Mrs. Arthur Varley, hert Aberg and Mrs. Hugh Ci Get Rid of That committ: me depar rs, Al ‘opelan Stop_that weakening, persistent eoug or cold, threatening throat or ‘ecttons successful use, | from drugeists. or ECKMANi Te were abou pro h were pleasingly rendered. poke briefly on “tse home department and tertainment a social hour and refreshments in the form of caks, ice cream and coffee were served. The tave Hedler, Persistent Cough lung with Eckman's Alterative, e tonic and upbuilder of 2 years' Sc and $130 bottles ABORATORY, Philadelpbla | the kitchen and sit down at the end jof the dining room table and iight a cigarette. Later when Officer Kane got there she heard him ask her hus ! band if the man he eaw running across the street was as tall as this man (Holmes). Her husband said “Yes™ On eross examination Attorney Des- mond asked her aboht the front door of the house and how long her hus- band was gone when he went to the fish market. She said it wasn't long. She couldn’t tell exactly what time it was. Her husband was in the kitchen of thefr apartment when she heard Captain Lennen turn the kay in the captain’s kitchen door, The attorney ng mean. Fol- ae te 1= d. details of the various events to which she previously testified. By one of his questions Attorney Demond brought out that Mr, Holmes would have pans. od a chair on which was Capt, Lon. kitehen to see the eaptain, Mr, Holmes In when he arrved mnd saw no blosd on Mr, Telmes when he cams into the house, but eeuldn’t teil whother lis, had hiis gleves en, I Just as the eourt took its neen reesss, Lennen | went over again with Mrs. Boland the nen's bloody overoont in going iite the She let ‘The gress examination was. finishad Tut the lett glove onto his hand in court and shewed to the jury how it G the marks on the tublecioth. This | was particularly shown, he sald, hy {an irreguiarity en the ball of the left | thumb which showed in the mark on |the table cloth. The doctor showed w the four fingers and thumb of the matched four different blood on the table cover. ves were passed around for | the jury to look at The doctor said b s tests developed nots were blood | in’ practically every instanee and that the corpuseles corresponded in size and shars to human corp: Attorney Desmond que: Witness en cross exam | tize length of time would dry into e an 2nd be per! dried in twe The attorney had the ow him all the blood ma ov four s fores, e was on duty on th rest beat on the night o 5th and was on Franklin squart police signal fash ered the call he was apt. Twomey to wait for the 10 | teen | E | the | £ ceman Murphy got ¢ went in with Mr. Boland, Lennen. Officer Carroll e found the electric 1ght in the dining room wouldn't light. Capt. Lennen took off his overcoat and all his outside clothes except his shirt and {irousers. In the course 0f making an { cxamination of the premises and talk- {ing to the captain, ihe officer said he went into the cellar, where he lit a ght. He found no place that showed where had broken into the premise: Others fwho came to the hause af- ter he got there, the officar said were Mr. Whithey, Dr. Cassidy, Mr. Holmes ind Sergt. Matthews and Kane and John Tarran When Mr. [iolmes came in the bacl door tho first words he szid were “Where is he? Where is he?” Holmes halted for a moment on the threshold. He was much excited. When he went in to see Capt. Lennen Holmes dd rot touch the captain. The officer was by the side of him at the time Hoimes said, “Don’t talk, don't talk.” Before Holmes wont into the kit- chen the officer said he noticed asvot o blood on the front of Holmes' coat. After Holmes had come out from see- ing the captain, the officer asked Holmes to come and sit down in the caning room, saying to him, “You're pretey excited.” The officer saw other spots of blood on Holmes' coat at that time. and later whispered to Sergt, Matthews what he had seen about the hloodspots. " The officer also testified to an in- vestigation he made that night around and house. He also said he w the hlood spots on the table cloth, kitchen floor near, the store, kitchen door casing, and dining room door leading into the back entry. After the doctor zot Cantain Lennen fixed up, the officer had him look at the safe, the policeman opening the safe door and the captain saying it was all right. Attorney Brown opened the eross ex amination of Policeman Carroll Uncle Sam was raised on the | SAGE TEA DARKENS HAIR TO ANY SHADE Don't stay gray! 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