The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-20
The STORY OF A CRIME.
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get out OF my house, and you, too. Eliza
Reynolds" In ncross-examination the wit
ness would not swear TO the exact words,
but the purport OF the command was that
both Gaddis and Mrs. Reynolds should
leave the premises. He could not say that
he heard any profanity, but Cornell. ap,,
peared to be angry and spoke In loud
tone OF voice. He quit the place at once
and did not wait TO SEQ whether the be-
hest was obeyed.
c. Il. Lincoln was called and swore that
when he visited the Cornell house on the
Sunday after the shooting Mrs. Reynolds
told him that when Gaddis was shot he
was just upon the threshold of the pantry,
and that when the shooting occurred Cad
dis staggered back to chair which was
about three feet within the pantry. He
saw the bruises on Cornelps face. They
were nothing Of any consequence; just
such abrasons OF the skin as a person
might receive In scufiie.
Is. w. X. Bennett, constable In Coven-
try, swore that while Cornell drank some
times still he was "A peaceable man.
Several other witnesses were called TO
testify as TO CornelPs reputation. Gener-
ally the witnesses spoke in favor OF the
accused and generally they said that they
had contributed TO the Cornell defense
fund.
Varnum j. Briggs, local CORES pondent
of the Providence Journal, testified that
at the hearing In the lower court he no
ticed that Cornell had some scratches
upon his face.
o. ii. Still, publisher of the East Green
wich Pendutttni, testified about as Briggs
did.
Rhodes Cornell was then called and
swore that he was 40 years of age aud had
lived In the house where the tragedy oc-
Cured, for seventeen years. He had been
married three times and his children by
an earlier marriage were now in Franklin,
1t ...tl g. ltsI h..
house was sold under mortgages. The
defense desired to show that Cornell built
the house and that he pnt the property
into his wife's name, and that by his own
industry he raised the money in part and
contributed in part from a legacy, TO raise
loafer the State would have him appear.
This was objected to as not being in
contradiction of anything brought out In
the client by the State. The objection was
sustained.
Cornell said that he sustained the house
and purchased all the groceries. He knew
Gaddis well. He never came to the house
until after Mrs. Reynolds came to live
with the witness He called the first Sum
day she was there and then came regu-
larly until Cornell forbade him to do SO.
On Saturday afternoon Mrs. Cornell,
Mrs. Reynolds aud Gaddis went away to-
getner. Mrs. Cornell came back on Mon
day but Gaddis and Mrs. Cornell did not
come back for week. They are In
Franklin, Mass.
The week ending Oct 3lst last, he was
at work, the last three days with and for
Elder Greene. He did use liquor that
week, but was not drunk at all. He used
it by direction of physician, because of
an injury received at the Crompton mill,
when he fell two stories and struck across
hard pine beam, producing lame back
and weak kidneys. On the day of the
shooting he did some shingling, which
gave him much pain, SO that when he
went home, he laid down.
He stopped no where on the way home,
and had nothing to drink since 5 q. m,
when he was Obliged to take gin because
Of a urinary trouble.
On arriving home he rot the dinner
ready aud at 1880 the women folks came
home.
When Gaddis came the witness was on
the bed and saw him drive by the kitchen
windows. rhe witness had forbidden
Gaddis to come to the house.
Cornell said that once Che went over to
Otis Reynolds house, where the conver-
sation sworn to by Reynolds earlier In
the days session took place.
He told Gaddis to remember not to
come to his house again; but the exact
words he couldn't recall. In the second
Sunday in June he also ordered Gaddis
away from the house. Up to this tune he
udu uhO uO tTOuOlc WIN uduuis. Al Ccp-
! seHabef, when he came home from Sum=
NIT, where he had been at work a month
or so, and learned that during his absence
Gaddis had been to his house about every
| night Gaddis was forbidden to come to
the house, but he said he would come
whenever he wanted to.
On the Sunday before the shooting,
| Gaddis came to the house at Q A. NJ, and
remained there all day. 1t was IL O'Clock
at night when he heard Gaddis and Mrs.
| Reynolds come down stairs. That day he
| spoke to Gaddis. 1t was between IL and
| / o'clock. He had just been out to feed
| his pigs, and coming back to the house,
| heard heavy jar. He went to the parlor
| door end SAW Mrs Reynolds on the floor.
| He saw Gaddis pick the woman up and
| place her on the lounge.
| 1t was then that he told Gaddis not to
bring any more liquor to the house and
| not to come there himself. Gaddis fire.
| quently brought liquor to the house foi
! the women aud sometimes Cornell par.
took of it, Gaddis never came TO Cor
nell's house at the invitation of the lat
| ter.
| 1t was not true that he had any liquor
hidden in the house as Mrs. Reynolds had
asserted. The two women and Gaddis
forcibly elected him from his house In
| June. anu from then until the latter part
OF September he slept In his workshop
/ The gun with which the shooting was
| years. 1t was kept loaded all the time
the shooting the gun had had the same
| charge i'm it 80 years.
A recess was here taken until p. NJ.
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