The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-03-24
oUIlFoRo MURDER TRIAL.

oOtGFOnO monOGN
Witnesses Describe Finding OF Body of
Emma Gill.
bridgeport, March 90. AT tho close OF
the third day Of the trial of Nancy A.
Guilford the mid wife, charged with
murder In the second degree. in causing
the death of Emma Gill, the state is still
engsgsd in endeavoring to prove the fact
that the particular crime alleged las been
committed.
Mrs Guilford, la, apparently, regain
ing her health rapidly and throughout
the day seemed to have her nerves under
good control
Judge Wheeler caused the court to be
opened at the stroke OF 10 a. m..: and the
states prose cutor- informed Attorney
Klein, counsel for Mrs. Guilford, that he
was at liberty to continue his cross-ox-
amination of Police Officer Hazel who
was on the witness stand at the close OF
yesterdays session. Accordingly thnt
officer WINS recalled and subjected to cross,
examination concerning details connected
with the wrappings which surrounded
the disInem bered portions of Emma Gill's
body when they were found. Ho WAS fol-
lowed by Officer Burke and Det,ctive
Cronan both Of whom contributed to cir
cumstantial evidence rs to the bridge
near yellow Mill pond, tho tides, etc,
During the GROSS animation of these
witnesses, the purpose of the defense was
disclosed to some extent, In that the at.
torpey seemed 20 be anxious to give rise
to the belief in the minds of the jurors
that the dismembered body might havs
been carried to their resting place on the
nd a.ss bxy. hcu IN pf "A
riaae, as claimed by the state. This
testimony occupied an hour and Officer
Hall was next called to add to 1t.
Officer Hall testified that ac-
oompnnied by Officer Larkin and james
Curley he took rowboat and rowed
about the bridge with graphing irons
looking for other portions Of the body. 1t
was then thought that the remainder OF
the body would be found near where the
head and lower limbs had beon dis
covered. Nothing was found however.
the off1 ,ers said. On cross examination
the defense brought out the fact that the
water at the time the search was made
was five feet deep and although the search
was q thorough one, the bundles that
were found the next morning, containing
the remainder Of the body might have
been in the water at the time and not
been found.
Officer Richard Larkin was the next
t8ilt0 AEu Lblu thC bobte rsohy to ~ANNs
about the search for more bundles.
James Curley who lives near the bridge
and who roweu the boat Tor the police
officers then took the stand and corrobo-
rated their story. State Attorney tessen-
den then recalled William Burr, who
testihad yesterday and asked him II ne
had indicated to City Surveyor Scoville,
the point on the bridge where tn, hrst
bundles were deposited when found. 10
this the defense objected and was sus-
tained by the court. Burr was then
temporarily excused. Neils Larsen, a
young man, nineteen years OF age. testi-
| fled that OH the morning after the head
and lower limbs were found. he rode
across the Sea View Avenue bridge on
his bicycle and noticed two bundles on
the mud flats. One Was so close to the
bridge that 1t WAS pulled up with pole
by a man who stood there and the other
was about 25 feet away. Larsen stated
afternoon of the day before and had
looked along the flats. be said the tide
was very low at the time, but he saw
| nothing in the shape of bundles. He was
| still on the stand when court at one
clock took recess until two O'Clock
Henry X. Eddy took the stand imme,
diately after recess. He said he assisteh
Larsen in getting the bundles from the
mud flats. Officer Burke, who was re-
called, said he had testified to the finding
| OF the first bundle on September IL lie
said that on the morning of Septemb ber
! l3, he went to the bridge on the under
takers wagon with David Heapy, Under.
taker Cullinan's assistant. The bundles
were found on second day and We're
placed in the wagon and taken to Culli-
mans morgue.
Burke was followed by K. j. Mccarthy
who drove the under aker's wagon to the
bridge on the evening of the 18th instan,
| for the bundle containing the head and
legs. Mccarthy positively identified the
wrappings and the stone weights attached
| to the bundles.
Among the articles identified Dy Nc
Carthy was the famous piece OF und r
clothing marked &c 81 This was the
piece of cloth that gave the police the
| first reason 10 suspect CDR" Guilford it
having proved to be the laundry ark of
the midwife. MCCARTHY said that the
| ropes that bound the bundles containing
| the head and arms were not cut until the
morgue W reached, when the bundles
were opened in his presence.
Detective Edward CIonan testified that
he had seen the head in Southington.
Judge Wheeler then asked the witness:
Had you seen this head befor's'
SIS it the same head you saw on the
bridge?"
at Isl
DIR. W. q. Steadman was called and
said that he WAS familiar with the face of
Emma Gill in life and had identified the
head at the cemetery as hers. Detective
George Arnold was then called. He
identified the wrappings and was still on
the stand wh3n the court adjourned at 5
p. IN.