Morning journal and courier., 1893-01-18
THE KREFE MURDER TRIAL

Waited for . Delayed Juryman-Fur.
 ther Evidence in she Case-The Self
 Defense Line Various Witnesses
 Examined. h
 In the superior court, criminal side, Judge Hall on the bench, the trial of An drew Keefe was resumed. The trial did
 not begin yesterday morning, as Juryman Charles H. Judd of Wolcott had missed
 the train. The juryman arrived at 12 o'clock and the trial was then resumed Prosecuting Attorney Doolittle was en- gagged in the supreme court and Attorney Blydenburgh conducted the prosecution. 1 The cross-examination of the Parnaby boy
 was resumed.
 The boy eaid he had charge of a peanut |
 stand In front of Keefe & Winn's restaur- |
 ant, and had been 30 employed for three |
 days prior to the homicide. He was there |
 on the night in question, and hearing the |
 trouble going on between Keefe and
 Winn in the restaurant went up to an
 open shutter, and by standing on tiptoe
 saw over it into the room. Vim had
 Keefe by the throat and was choking him.
 He also saw knife flash In Keefs's hand.
 He only saw a flash once, and then he
 stopped looking. A moment after Keefe
 came out of the restaurant.
 Mrs. Mary Converse, proprietor of the
 Converse house at Ssvin Rock, was the | next witness. Her hotel is near the res-
 taurant Keefe & Winn kept at the rock
 last summer. She knew Keefe, and said
 she also found him quiet and gentleman | ly fellow. On the evening of August II,
 about supper time, she called at the side window of the restaurant and asked Keefe
 if he had any milk This was all she knew of the occurrences of that day, as i, she left the place after MT. Keefe said that they had no milk, but the counsel for the accused seemed satisfied with her testimony
 as 1t corIoberates Ksefes story that the ? difficulty began by her upbraiding him and calling him liar because the milk was i gone.
 ,, Mrs. Margaret Simmons of Washington street, shis city, whose husband kept a
 restaurant at Savin Rock, testified that | from her dining room window she saw U Keefs coming out of his restaurant towards Y her house, his head covered with blood. He called for doctor and then fell fat on the ground only few feet from her. Mrs.
 Simmons also testified for the defense that Keefe was quiet. gentlemanly fellow and she wss we'll acquainted with him. She did not know Vim except "by sight" Attorney Gaze showed all through bis conduct of the case that he was aiming to a prove the selfdefense claim. The testi. U mony of Mrs. Simmons went to show that u Vim had made serious assault on Keefe U MT. Simmons then took up the testi mony where his wife ended He ssid tha, after Keefe came out and called for & doc " tor he went back to the restaurant to find a the man who had assaulted Keefe. He , found Vim there and at once SAW ths T. 's he had been stabbed. The rest of his tes ae timony was substantially as has been told e' by other witnesses in the case
 ' Simmons said be saw Vim previous tc
 the trouble and he was under the inf1ueno . of liquor. He also said that Vim hsd .a the reputation down ct the Rock of being O quarrelsome man.
 At this afternoons session of the cour " Keefe took the stand in his own defense uos He said he had a!wsys known Vim The, .. had been neighbors in East Albany, N. Y. ~ and he had been in business with Vim h for the last two years Winn was abou forty five years old, and had son who wa ~ about his own (Keefe's) age. twenty -thre years, but he had died two years ago. Tn
 business Vim had been engaged in wa D- the buying and selling of produce. H to came to New Haven with Vim in April ey 1892 They intended to go into the pro
 duce business, but did not find goo opening, and learning of 6 restaursn lal privilege at Ssvin Rock to rent, they tool lc- it. Keefe then described the premises. ho Vim was drinking man, he said, an rst when he got pretty full he was noisy an sIr generally wanted things his own way. H in was we'll loaded, to use Keefe's phrase, O ,n- August II. Keefe described the difficult ss between them, telling his story much tn Ter same as he told 1t to Deputy Sheriff Pee sd on the day of his arrest
 ,n- Dr. Charles A. Lindsley was the ne1 no witness. Attorney Case a.ked him if ,eT were possible to render 8 person unoor wo scious or ifeless by choking, ss Vim di et- to Keefe. Attorney Blydenburgh objected H. and Judge Hall said that the matter c ,Iv whether or not Keefs's life was in dsnge mi was for the iory to decide. Attorney Gas 1le said that practically the came question hs ed been allowed in superior court of Mass ia. chuse,ts.
 S. Upon producing reading of the refer he ence Attorney Case changed the questio in. and asked Dr. Lindsley If a person ooul ,n- be rendered unconscious by pressure O ell | the throat with one or both hands Tn
 witness said that It depended upon tn
 pressure and strength of the ssssilani
 He said in answer to question of Attol m. ney Case that person might be rendere =. unconscious iu short time. He also sai '.' that person could be killed by pressur
 on the throat in about five minutes. Tn time could be indefinitely extended 'se There was no cross examination by th D. prosecution.
 m. Dr. Vovinski of West Haven was tn
 next witness. He testified as to Keefe'
 condition after the affray and said that th It throat was terribly r-ddened. The cas J. will be resumed this morning.