Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-06
5ontnal ar1b Gourier.
The Court Record.
Thursday Morning. July 6. 1882.

5eardsley of this city.
 On the call of the jury fourteen responded o their names. Augustus E. Lines, of this ,ity, excused from jury service.
 Prisoners were put to plead follows:
 Charles L. Blake Seymour, burglary, Feb :uary 1S 1ss2 not guilty. J. T. Breen of Naugatuck was assigned as counsel.
 James Smith, Hamdcn, arson, April 16; not guilty Mr. Ives of this city was assigned as counsel.
 Peter Walsh, lIeriden, tramp, May 20; not guilty. Mir. Cooley of this city assigned as counsel. Ferdinand Flagenstein, Meriden, May s, assault; not guilty. MT. Spier of this city was assigned as counsel. Horace Barney, North Haven, setting fire to woods, May 10; not guilty. H. B. Graves of Litchfeld appeared as counsel James Johnson, Guilford, May 23, tramp, not guilty. Mir. Cooley was assigned as counsel.
 James Cunningham, Guilford, tramp, May 23; not guilty. MT. Cooley assigned as coun- sel.
 Joseph Leonard, Guilford, tramp, May 23; not guilty. Mir. Cooley assigned counsel.
 Louis Wormsley, Meriden, tramp, May 25; not guilty. w. F. Davis of Meriden assigned as counsel.
 Charles White, Derby, burglary, May 21 not guilty. MT. Breen was assigned for the defense.
 James Kelly, Seymour, tramp, June 13 not guilty. MT. Breen assigned to defend.
 James Kelly, Seymour, resistance to off cer, June 13; not guilty. Mir. Breen as- signed.
 John Holland, Branford, assault with in tent to kill June 22; not guilty. Messrs Blydenburgh and Fox appeared for the de- fense.
 William Casey, Meriden, assault, June 6 not guilty. w. F. Davis appeared for the defense
 John Granfeld, New Haven, resistance to officer, June 24 not guilty. MT. Whedon, of this city, was assigned to the defense.
 William F. Early, New Haven, breach of the peace and assault Jura G5 Tot guilty. Mir. Driscoll, of this city, assigned to defend.
 William Storms, New Haven, resistance to officer, June 24 not guilty. MT. Whedon appear ed for the defense.
 Robert Hollingsworth, Meriden, tramp. July not guilty Mr. Asher, of this city, was assigned to defend the prisoner. Thomas Clune, of this city, then put to plead. He was charged with raping Mary A. Wipson on the night of February 4. He pleaded not guilty. Judge Robinson ap- peared for the defense.
 William R. Morton, New Haven, breach of the peace and two charges in addition for writing and exhibiting indecent matter, June 15; guilty. MT. Arvine, of this city, ap- peared for the defence, and, after consulta-
 
 | the court and said that in consideration of 1 Morton pleading guilty he would nolle the 1 breach of the peace case, in which Morton 1 was fined 1925 and costs in the City Court, l and in the other two cases would ask that the | prisoner be sent to jail for six months in | each case and pay fine of dollar and | costs In the lower court Morton was fined l $1OO and costs and sentenced to jail for six l months in each case. Judge Andrews assent ed to the State attorney's suggestion. l In the case of Barney, he released or his counsel giving $25O bond. In the case l Of Storms. the prisoner settled. In the lower court he was fined $5 and costs. He paie S2.75 more than if he had originally settled the case. Flagenstein subsequently, changed his plea to guilty and was sentenced to jai for thirty days and to pay fine of one dollar l Then William Casey also changed his plea tt guilty and was sentenced to jail for thirty days and to pay fine of one dollar. In botl these cases the sentences imposed were abou the same as in the lower court, taking the tim already spent in jail into consideration. II the case of Casey, his lawyer, Mir. Davis o
 Meriden, said the prisoner had not intended to appeal and supposed that while in jail b.
 was serving out his original sentence.
 The work of empanneling jury to tr
 Clune was then begun. Of those called b. the clerk the State objected to Charles Diet erlein and James De Martin, and the defens to George l.. Ives, George I. Babcock, Rob ! l.. , lowing were finally chosen jurynen: Henry A. Duntze, William Konold, Vii
 liam Bradbury, Charles Mclean, New Haven Dwight Clark Samuel S. Fenn, Middlebury Stiles J. Treat, Sidney F. Oviatt, Orange } Watson c. Hitchcock, Frank Wilkinson Prospect Lucien P. Alcott, John R. S Todd Wolcott
 The prosecution of Clune was given owe to City Attorney Pickett, assisted by M, Law, of this city, the State attorney sayin
 that he had just finished long trial and di not feel like trying the present case. In a6 dition to Judge Robinson William c. Gas
 also appeared for the defense.
 City Engineer Fowler. of this city, was th ] States first witness. He produced map D l the northeastern part of the city showin
 Nash and number of other streets. He e1 plained the map, saying he made it to sho the locality of the alleged assault and also Q show the route taken by Mrs. Winson on tt
 night she claims young Clune attacked her.
 Mrs. Mary A. Winson was next called. Sf ,. was very respectable looking woman. SE
 testified: live at 5S Nash street and live
 there February last. I am married | . Henry Winson. I am thirty nine years a 1 age. On the evening of February I was 8 my mothers at 251 Hamilton street, tf l. second house below Walnut street. le u there at fifteen or twenty minutes to 9. l was showing and the wind was blowing. I'll |. snow had drifted, making the walking vel = = bad. l recognize the streets on this map. r walked to Humphrey street. crossed it to u
 right hand side and walked along and crosse
 State street at Bishop and proceeded to nes J. the corner of State and Edwards street e There I crossed vacant lot and then wei
 up Edwards stret to Nash street and wake
 till got to the corner of Nash and Lawren' e streets. Just then from the bell tower the1 a- I heard g o'clock strike. When reache
 the corner of Edwards and State street
 where was the vacant lot, I saw 8 man cro | the street. and he followed me across the l. d and up Nash street past the engine hous
 When first saw him following me he was pc
 haps ten feet away. He walked faster ths g I, and gained on me. As reached the co 'f ner of Nash and Lawrence streets, before u
 second stroke of the bell, I was struck in u ,e back of the head. I supposed I WI
 shot: Fir Fire flashed flashed from rom my eyes, ar ar e fallen on my face, but this man caught Il
 by the throat and shoulder. I was on n
 back when I came to, and looked up in u g. mans face and asked him what he wanted e old woman like me- He swore at me ar e. used insulting and abusive language in repl
 When I first came to he was violating n
 person I saw that he had been drinkin l1 lr and thought likely he had mistaken m G. When I saw that he wouldn't let me go b
 gan to scream. I screamed twice, when 'h put his hand in my mouth to stop me. I g
 my head away and screamed again.
 caught me by the throat then and said if
 screamed again he'd rip or cut my heart GU
 I again tried to get away, and told him if 5 kept on abusing me the way he was in fro
 of my own door, and if my husband shou come out God help him. He then. dragg ! me across the street by the pipe she
 and repeated the assault upon my perse
 there was between the street and l
 of pipe that lay piled up there. When
 got me across the street I fell in the sno1 I was faint and sick. He said, e. d ? you, get up on your feet agsin.' said
 never should get up again. he had killed m
 He then sad if he let go would promi
 not to tell what had happened. He also sa ' that if did not promise he would murd = me and make an end of it. I suppose he mu u have then left me, for I don't remember SC T ing him after. The next I remember foul al a myself lying on my face in 8 snow drift 8, '. but few steps from my own door. I g :. up and went into my house as quickly as ', could and told my husband I had been sh and outraged by young man.