Morning journal and courier., 1882-06-24
"Inquire," said Mir. Bush.

At 11:2O recess of twelve minutes was taken.
 After recess Lewis D. Harrington was called. In reply to Mir. Doolittle witness said he resided in Birmingham, Conn. In August last 1 lived in West Haven and kept | boarding house and laundry on Grove street, | a short distance from the Sea View House | and about one hundred feet south of the fly | ing horses.
 Who were the inmates of your family on Friday, August 5th :?
 My wife, her daughter and husband.
 What were their names?
 John Hull and Berbella Hull.
 Do you know Thomas Degnan?
 Yes, I worked with him at O. B. North's in New Haven before Friday, August 5th, of last year.
 Did you sec him on Friday, August 9th?
 Yes he came to my house with party of six or seven shopmates and had two rounds
 of lager think; they stayed around 8 little
 while and none of them had any money but
 Degnan; think Degnan engage2 room of
 my wife to stay all night they went off and
 Degnan came back again and stayed all night
 I think when he came back it was between
 6:3O and 9 o'clock.
 Did you have keg of lager beer there?
 No. sir; I never had keg of lager in
 the house in my life.
 Did Degnan sleep with you that night?
 Mo- sir but he did sleep in the house.
 No cross examination.
 The next witness called was Mrs. Elvira
 Harrington, the wife of the last witness. She
 corroborated the evidence of her husband
 about residing at Savin Rock on August 9th,
 and about Thomas Degnan being there, as tes- tifed to, on Friday, August 5th. Also about
 his treating to lager, engaging room for the night, going out into the grove and returning about 8:3O or 9 o'clock in the evening. When he came in, witness said, he said : Mrs. Far rington, I am sick and I would like to see the girl that made me sick and I would go back to the grove''; he said he riding on the flying horses and wanted the horses stopped because he felt sick; he said when the girl got off the flying horses she said, My God, am paralyzed!" and she went toward the bowling alley; gave him some medicine ! and he went to bed; he got up early in the \ morning and soon after came back and said | there was the body of dead girl on the | beach and wanted to go down and see it :; ! my husband and myself went and found the girls face was covered with 8 woolen blan- | ket; when the blanket was removed Degnan | said, My God, that is the girl I was riding | with on the flying horses,-that is the girl l | told you about last night" when we first got ! there the body was not covered. Cross examination by Mir. Jones. When you went down to look at the body were you not somewhat excited? Yes sir, I wondered if the poor girl had 8 \ mother.
 Was the face discolored? Yes sir, and there was blood running out the corner of her mouth. Gan you recollect every word that was said | there
 Oh, no, sir I could not. That is all'' said MT. Jones. The next witness called was Mrs. John Hull. In reply to MT. Doolittle witness said she resided in Seymour, and lived in Union ! City and Naugatuck last August. On Friday, August 5th last, was at my mothers resi- ! dence in West Haven. Witness continued her evidence in corroboration of her father ] and mother, the previous witnesses in regald d ! tD seeing James Degnanehe finding of Jennie l Cramer's body, and what Degnan said about l riding on the flying horses with her the even ing previous.
 There no cross examination. John Hull, husband of the last witness, was next called and corroborated the evidence of his wife, father in law and mother-in law, about seeing Degnan, the finding of the body, and what Degnan said on the Saturday morn ! ing that the body was found. Witness said he went down to the shore with this man (Degnan) to where the body was and stood l there three or four minutes before the blan- ket was removed from her face; then Deg ! nan said, My God, that is the woman I ! rode on the flying horses with last night" \ Iu0u Wo "5uG phCK CO Gu6 uOuSe No cross examination of this witness. The next witness called was Charles Ives, attorney, of New Haven. He replied to MT. Bush that he was stenographer and recol- lected taking the evidence of Lulu Malley at \ West Haven at the coroner's inquest I have | the original stenographic notes with me. | Witness here produced his notes and read ' from them to show what Lulu Malley testified \ to in regard to going into the orchard after apples the night of Friday, August 5. The object was to show that there was discrep- ancy between the testimony of Lulu before | MT. Ives notes showed several discrepancies | in her testimony, but as rule the evidence did not differ materially. Mir. Bush-What did she say about James, I coming home to dinner on Saturday? Witress-She said he did not come home 1 to dinner on Saturday, but she thought he came home to supper.
 What did she say about James, coming home Saturday night?
 She said was in bed when James came home Saturday night; don't remember whether I was at the supper table with him he went to the store after supper he always went to the store on Saturday night; have not the slightest recollection of his being at supper on that night.
 At this time MT. DoolittIe called for capias for Attorney Charles Bollman, who he said had been summoned to appear in court this morning, but had not appeared. He presumed that MT. Bollman had been busy, but he desired to cover any contingency that might arise.
 At 12:4O Judge Granger ordered recess until ? p. m.