The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-12-31
THE SECOND DAY
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testified tfisy her ,Iiusbadlvent away on
fhe evening" OF July A. with two young
,fnsn, one,4fI whom fsir that they were
strfsr to take her bdsbsnd away and leave
bel alone She testified that one of the
young men wanted TO buy land.
In cr0ss-examination witness said that
her husband wanted 10 sell some land
that one OF the young men offered to
give her part OF the price IL her hug
band made generous offer. Both the
men that calico on her were OF about the
same height but one OF them had black
mustscho. In answer TO n question in
redirect Mrs. Haswei said her husband
was ~ years old at the time Of his death.
Francis Higgins of East Providence, a
police constable, testified that he saw
Anthony 5. Hasweil on Taunton avenue
between 9 ana z O'Clock on the evening
of July 10. Haswell was in the company
OF two men. He could not positively
identity the prisoner as one OF the men
with him. The three men were going 10
take car. Witness had a conversation
with Mr.. Haswell, and one OF tho young
men had a paper which he said was a
deed. The man who had the paper was
o feet 6 inches, the witness testified, but
when the Attorney General asked him il
he did not say the man was feet, 7la
inches at the Sullivan trial he said he did
not remember what he testified then.
Albert III. Cornell OF Providence, a
street car conductor, testified that lie was
a conductor on July 10, 1892, and that
Dan Sullivan got on his car and two
men with him. The witness failed TO
identify picture OF Haswell. The face
OF the younger man who was with Has
ell he did not see, a nd could not identify
the prisoner as the man who was with Sui
livau and Haswell. The three men were
on the car only very few moments. All
the parties were talking about the dis
tsnce TO some place.
Fred j. Dana, a mechanical engineer,
OF this city, testified TO seeing three men
OF horse car on the evening in ques-
tion. but failed to identify Dalton as one
of them.
DIR. Palmer testified TO the wound dis
covered by him at the autopsy and the
peritonitis symptoms discovered, as well
as puncture OF the small intestine.
Cause of death, peritonitis. None OF the
nor could death have been self-infiicted.
The fracture of the ribs was due TO pres
sure and while the ribs broken might
have been caused by fall the large num-
ber OF black and blue spots could not
have resulted from fall.
In cross-examination DIR. Palmer admit
ted tba. he signed the death certificate
but did not remember what he gave as
the cause of the death. General Bren-
nan asked the witness a number OF ques-
tions to which some pretty sharp answers
were returned.
William Edward Wilson, principal OF
the State Normal School, saw MIR. Has
well, who stumbled up against fence
near home of witness, but did not at
first pay much attention 10 him as he
thought be was intoxicated. Haswell put
his hand to his abdomen and seemed to
be in great pain.
The AttoIney-General asked the witness
il Haswell said anything TO him about
impending death.
General Brennan objected to the ques-
tion as leading one.
Attorney General Dubois said the ques-
allowed the question. The reply was
"Yes he did. ~ ''Haswell was sitting
on the steps of Mr.. Wilson's house and
his words were "They've done the old
man up.
General Brennan asked to have the
latter words stricken out because IL It
was dying declaration it meant nothing
and IL it was not such declaration il
was only hearsay. testimony. The Court
denied the request and exception was
taken.
Hsswcll, Professor Wilson stated, used
some other words which he could not
recall. AfterwaFd@when the murdered
man was lying on a bank on Doyle ave-
nue. and 0lney street he said "Take me
home, ] want TO see my wife before die. |"
General Brennan again objected to his
reply ana asked 20 have it stricken out
and the court denied the request and an
exception was noted.
Hsswell told him, the witness contin-
ued, while sitting on the steps, that two
men had Knocked him down. Counsel
for the defense objected. The Attorney
General claimed II was oil! part OF one
conversation and all made under the APP
prehension OF death. The Court said the
testimony was proper.
Continuing, the witness said Haswell
had described his robbery by two men,
who took lis watch and glasses and that
he had begged for Gods sake to stop
beating him. At first witness thought
that Haswell was TOO much scared but
found on taking him to he Brook street
car he vas very feeble and that the So fer
ing msn was finally taken to the Homeo-
patbic hospital