The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-09-09
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sei says-The Prisoner Has Seen No One Since He Was Bound Over.
 Hartford, Sept. S.-A special to the
 Post from Middletown this evening
 says: The story in the New Haven
 Register sent out from this city, accus- ing Mrs. Hotchkiss of gross inhdelty
 with prominent men in this city, pur- porting to be statement from Herman
 sachs, is pronounced by his senior counsel, A. B. Calef, jr., to be a flake" [" Captain William Odber, the jailer at Haddam jail says no one has seen sachs since he was held at Killingworth TOT trlal except himself and his assist ant, Lilleth. He has made no confess sion.
 The states officials think it is a de- spicable trick on the part of some of Sachs friends to injure Mrs. Hotchkiss in the eyes of te people of this county, so that no juror would believe her word under oath. The greatest indignation is expressed by all over this attack upon defenceless woman, and one whose husband was murdered so short a time since.
 The case of Herman Sachs is daily increasing in interest, and it is thought the trial will be very sensational.
 Detective Bearce has not yet been able to find any place in which Sachs purchased any No. shot, and it is claimed that he never used anything but a No. shot and paper wads. It is also said that 12-bore gun with No. 4 shot was found in Mrs. Hotchkiss' house, which belonged to one of her near relatives, and that the gun was there the night of the murder. Henry A. Blackman of New Haven, who, it is reported, has been engaged by friends to defend Sachs, says he does not think the gun was fired through the screen door, as the hole is foot in diameter and has no traces of powder upon it. but that it probably was fired by some one within the house,
 Hartford, Sept S.-A special to the Hartford Times this evening from Mid dletoWn says: A rumor was current here, Tuesday, to the effect that the arrest of Mrs Bertrand L. Hotchkiss, Tor perjury, might be demanded, the charge being based on her testimony at the hearing in Killingworth in which she sWore that the man she saw through the window on the evening of her husbands murder was Herman Sachs.
 Her reply occasioned great surprise as she had previously told Coroner DAVIS that she was positively unable to identify the man she saw at the south window after the murder.
 WIDOW WILL NOT BE ARRESTED.
 When asked by the Times represen- tatlVe regarding the rumor of Mrs Hotchkiss' arrest, Coroner Davis said:
 There is no ground for such report. When l saw Mrs. Hotchkiss she was under great mental strain, and when asked about the man she saw, she was unable to state whether or not there were one or two men, but she thought there were two. This, in itself, was indicative of the condition she was in. She now has merely corrected her for mer testimony after the excitement and mental strain has worn away" THE GUN SHOT IN THE SCREEN.
 The counsel for the defence has been actively at work during the past few days to establish the innocence of Sachs. They are working on the theory that the aperture in the screen was not made by shot from gun, as there was no evidence of powder on the screen. To those familiar with the action of powder when discharged from a car fridge, especially from the chamber of a gun, this theory must necessarily ap- pear ridiculous. It is almost impossible to shoot powder against any object un- less the muzzle of the gun is held very close to the object, and in that case an explosion of the weapon=would be pos sible. If it was held at any distance the powder would burn instantly and therefore could not be seen.
 Detective Bearce is at work on the case, and from what could be learned Tuesday, he has accumulated further important evidence for the state.
 Sachs has been very restless for the past two days, and shows plainly that the charge against him is wearing upon his nerves. When he learned that a Pinkerton detective was employed on the case his uneasiness increased. He has shown an interest in the detec- tive's movements, and loses no oppor- tunity to question Jailer Odber as to the latest developments.
 It is possible that the case will not | be tried before December, as the prose- eution may not be fully prepared to go | 1n with the trial
 A MOST IMPROBABLE YARN.
 The story above referred to as told | oy Sachs, is most improbable. It ap- | pears in the New Haven Register, | which represents that it was related by | Sachs to a "close friend" Who this | close friend" is, if there is any such 1 person, if other than his lawyer, is doubtless known by the officers who rave had Sachs in charge since his ar est. It is improbable that it was told | before he was taken in custody.