The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-01-30
ADJOURNED UNTIL TUESDAY
THE DEPENSE IN THE KiPPIE
 TRIAL RESTS ITS CASE.

At 10 o'clock yesterday morning Thomas F, Nipples trial was resumed and Dr. M. M Kenna, who had testified in the case on Thursday afternoon, was called by State Attorney Williams for cross examination. The doctor de- fined to the jury the difference between a delusion and Authorization. He did not think that man could inherit epilepsy.
 Dr. kenna was excused at 1925 and Attorney Futile announced that the defence rested.
 The state called Sheriff Spiegel to testify as to whether the peculiar twitching noticeable in the prisoner had shown itself at any time before the trailhad begun. Witness had seen noth- ing of the kind even when the prisoner was witness in the civil superior court at the time of the Holmes divorce suit.
 Attorney Futile on the cross examin- ation asked how often witness had seen the prisoner during the term of impris- onment at the Jail. He had seen the prison once or twice a. week, a few minutes at a time.
 EX-C Chief of Police Albert w. Spauld- ing, formerly of New Britain, said that Ripple had been a hanger-on at sa- looms ever since he was fifteen years old. Had never seen Ripple fighting drunk. He might have arrested him, the witness admitted on cross eXamina- tion.
 Oscar L. Morgan, who had been a police officer in New Britain, had never Lr ntn l-f c. 4, influence of liquor.
 Mrs. Mary J. Waldron of East Nor walk knew Ripple. She told of the many fights Ripple had with his wife.
 Patrolman Dennis J. Daley of Bridgeport had arrested Ripple twice. one time being on March F, 1895, at night. Mrs. Ripple at that time showed him where Ripple had cut her head. The wife would not testify against Ripple
 The prisoner sprang up from his seat in the prisoners dock and said: That's a dirty lie and you know it." Nipples attendants forced him to his seat
 Witness had also arrested Ripple on March 20, 1895. Upon that occasion Ripple drove Mrs Ripple out of the house.
 A recess was taken at the close of the Bridgeport officers testimony
 Patrolman Campana, also of Bridge port, was the first witness after the recess. Campana had seen Ripple at tempt to strike Mrs. Ripple This was in April, 1895.
 Patrolman Peter Hackett also of Bridgeport, corroborated the last wit ness testimony
 of Bridgeport, testified to Nipples ability as brass worker. He was the fastest workman that he ever saw.
 Police Sergeant Otis of Bridgeport said Ripple was sober at the time he was arrested.
 Policeman Suckley, of the same city. had arrested Ripple in May, 1895.
 Mrs Clencey was recalled and was further questioned about the time she was in the Ripple apartments after the prisoner had blackened his wife's eye.
 Joseph Schappa, janitor of the jail, who knew Ripple at the time he was treasurer of the Brass Moulders ball committee, said he had never seen any
 
 oner.
 Sergeant Cowles was placed on the stand at o'clock and testified as to Nipples condition as he had noticed it at the various times when he has seen Ripple In the last two or three years. Nothing especially material was pro- duced in his testimony. He was ex cused at 2:30, and short recess was taken, the trial being resumed at 3:40 when Mrs. Maud M. Braman of Port set street was called to the stand. She lived on Portsea street at the same time the Nipples did, and told of an as- sault she saw Ripple make on his wife at the time they lived on that street Witness did not think Ripple was in- toxicated at the time.
 Officer Adams was next called and told of the circumstances in connec- tion with Nipples arrest at Thomas restaurant on George street after his trouble with his wife there as recount ed in previous testimony. Ripple was arrested on that occasion for breach of the peace on complaint of his wife, who, after his arrest pleaded with the officer to let his prisoner go as she would withdraw the charge. Asked as to Kippie's condition at that time the officer said that he did not think Kip pie was drunk, although he might have been.
 Mrs Tiedeman, a sister of Mrs. Kip pie, was the next witness called, and while she was taking the stand MT. Williams notified all witnesses for the state who were present that they would be excused from attendance at court until further notice.
 Mrs. Tiedeman said that she first be- came acquainted with Ripple in New Britain in the summer of 1882, before her sister was married to Ripple, but was keeping house for him. She reiter- ated many of the facts already brought out during the trial, >and told of several instances in which she had known Ripple misusing and abusing his wife. She related the incident of the killing of Mrs. Nipples canary bird by Ripple and said that she visited the Ripple house shortly after the occur ance and found Mrs Ripple crying. Ripple was in the house at the time, and when his wife told Mrs. Tiede- man what he had done be began to cry and said that he didn't want to kill the bird but he couldn't help it. Witness also told of Nipples relation