The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-03
ARGUMENTS BEGIN TO-DAY
EVIDENCE IN THE H0DGDON CASE
 IS ABOUT ALI IN.

Testimony Concerning Alleged Throwing
 ofa Bundle Into the River Jan. 2A by the
 Accused-Witness for Defense Testifes
 That Captain Left Hotel 15 Minuets Be-
 fore Train Time and Had No Bundle.
 The evidence in the Hodgdon arson trial is now about all in and the ar- guments will begin some time to-day, probably after the recess for dinner. No new facts were brought out in yes- terday's testimony until just before the noon recess, when the state put on the stand Frederick J. Adams, an engineer employed on a Consolidated road switch engine in Meriden. Adams tes- tified that about o'clock a. m. Mon- day, January "A, he saw a man whom he believed to be Captain Hodgdon throw a bundle into the Connecticut river from covered bridge at Water and Spring streets, Springfield. Wit ness said that he resided in Spring field on the west side of the river. He is an engineer and was on his way to the railroad when he saw man on the old toll bridge and saw that the man had a bundle about fourteen inches wide and three feet long. Witness saw the man throw the bundle into the river and then watched him a few minutes until he came back and passed near witness. Adams said that he saw the mans face plainly by a light about twenty feet up in the air and twenty feet distant and then saw him go up the street and followed him. Witness said that he called the attention of policeman to the man who had thrown the bundle from the bridge. Adams stated that he lost sight of the man for a few minutes but later saw him
 at the depot and saw him get on
 train. Witness rode on the same train down to Meriden.
 On cross examination witness said that the train on which he left Spring field on the morning of January "A was
 the 2:20 out of that city. Had never seen Captain Hodgdon until that morning on the bridge, which is lighted
 by incandescent light. He first saw Hodgdon on the bridge seventy-five
 feet from the end. He said that Cap- tain Hodgdon was on the foOtpath of
 the bridge and he was. on the drive
 way, saw the captain through the lat
 tice between the footpath and the driveway and when opposite him look ed through the lattice at him. Witness said that the mans back was turned
 towards him. Witness walked to tise end of the bridge about seventy fiye feet away and then turned around and saw the man throw the bundle into the river, saw the bundle in his hands when he first saw him on t e footpath n. Witness said he told the depot police-
 man of what he had seen and pointed out to him Captain Hodgdon In answer to a question by Mir. Barbour Adams said that no one pointed ouS
 Captain Fadgdon to him, but that when he came into court he saw him l and recognized him as the man whom he had seen on the bridge. Later in re- sponse to question by MT. Williams.
 he said that on the train he saw sAs
 man, an acquaintance named Poole, to whom he pointed out the man whom he had seen on the bridge and was | told by Poole that it was Captain Hodgdon.
 The next witness called by the state
 was Officer Frissel of Springfield, who testified that he saw Adams at the southeast corner of Bridge and Water
 streets in Springfield on the morning of January A. Witness said that Adams pointed out to him a man with a brown overcoat on. He said that he had seen similar coat on a man in the court room. Asked who the man was he pointed out Captain Hodgdon. MT. Barbour then sent Captain Hodg- 1 don out to the coat room after his overcoat and hat and they were brought into the court room. Witness said that in his Judgment they were the hat and coat that he saw on the i man pointed out to him that morning | by Adams.
 MT. Barbour-"How is tl1at?,' Well, the hat looked a little darker at distance than it does now,
 twill you swear that 1t was the same coat2"
 No; would not swear that it was;
 but I should say that it was'' Officer Patrick J. McCallin, who was
 at the Springfield depot on the morn- | ing of January "A was next called and said that Adams had pointed out to- him the man whom he said he had seen throw a bundle from the bridge. | Witness described the coat that ths
 man had on as "a brown frieze coat" | S, O.. Preston, of the Organized Charities of this city, was called to
 rebut Mrs. Cooks testimony as to the | legitimacy of her first child. MT. Pres tons testimony was excluded. Thomas R. Thompson, the Orange
 street paper hanger and painter of l this city. was called to the stand He | testified that he had known Cook for about ten years and had worked with him, but never noticed any impair ment of his mental capacities. Witt
 ness said that Cook was a good worker and that he talked rationally and i'm
 telligently.
 1 Edward M. Walker of New Haven was called to the stand and said that
 he had known Cook twelve or fourteen years and had worked with him on the
 railroad building in this city; had new
 CT noticed about him any signs of in-
 sanity.
 The next witness, Harvey Jones, of
 4 William street, this city, also testi-
 fed that he had known Cook about
 seven years and had never noticed any l IL