The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-07-25

what was read by her mother, by May
and James on Sunday evening was OBJ
jected to by the government, but was
allowed by the judge. Miss Beatrice
remembered that the last song sung
that night was plains of Peace" This
testimony caused general sobbing in the
court room. The young girl herself
burst into tears,
Continuing, the witness said that she
went to bed before May. She did not
recolect whether she went to sleep be-
fore May came in. Her brother and
his wife slept for a couple of nights in
the front chamber and they had been
sleeping in the kitchen bedroom. The
witness slept that night on the west
side of the bed near Miss Sheldon's
room. She knew nothing of Mays visit
to James room. Although she did not
recollect whether she had been asleep
before May came in, she was awake
| when May came to bed. She was aWak-
ened later by very loud scream which
came from the back of the house. She
jumped out of bed and went toward the
door. May was ahead of her. Sudden
ly she heard her sister eXclaim: "Oh,
gracious" The room was dark at the
time. Just as she got in front of the
door she saw a pillowcase in front OF
her. A pair of eyes peered through
holes in the pillowcase. She saw
flash and then she turned around and
felt Robert going past her. She turned
on the light and screamed: "Oh, there
are burglars in the housed!
| Witness went on to tell of how her
father and mother came in and of how
Robert entered and fell to the floor
Her mother cried out, she remembered:
"Oh, they are both gone. Who will
look out for Mayo Continuing, wit
ness said that James was standing by
Mays head and that he cried to her:
Bring water towel and ammonia.
The witness got water and towel down
stairs. The door was open and she
slammed it shut. She returned to the
room upstairs and in little while
James came back and knelt down be-
side May.
Her mother said MAY is gone
Her mother asked her father what time
ii was. He told her it was twenty min
utes rast one. Her bother James at
this point said that men We're coming,
that they had better dress. Miss
Beatrice also testified that she found
brown hat, but she could not say
whether the hat shown her was the one
she picked up or not. When she saw it
it was by the bureau in her fathers
room-all smashed in like a felt hat.
She could not remember who took 1t
from her. Only her father and mother
We're in the room at the time. DR..
Scoville arrived, gave her mother
some medicine and looked at her ia
Tiers head.
When she went down stairs Mr.. and |
Mrs. Shepardson, Miss Chaplin and Mr.. |
Lund were there.
Beatrice said she did not so up stairs I
again after she had attended to her I
mot her, and stated emphatcally that |
she had no conversation on the second I
floor with DR. Paddock. She went still .
further and said she never had talked I
to the man except at the window when
they had gone there. She saw him
when the family were at breakfast on
the morning of the tragedy, but had no
with him,
District Attorney Hammond cross
examined Beatrice. She said she was
down stairs when DIR. Paddock arrived
and did not see the body of her sister
placed on the bed She remembered
that two shots were fired but she never
said that it was the second shot she
heard that killed her sister. She de-
MED that at the inquest she had ties
tilted that she had no idea who TIC
first shot was fired at. She did state .
1t the inquest that she was directly be-
hind May when the shot was fired
which caused her death. She denlnd
that she did not know where
he defendant was when the shot which
esulted in her sisters death was fired. {
She never said that no one was in her
DOM when the shots were fired. Tie +
witness also denied that she had tnsti- f
led that she turned on the light after
Ter sister sister fell, and that she heard /
shot before her sister fell to the floor. t
This testimony was given in reply 10
Iuestions as to what she had testified a
o at the inquest. Beatrice said she y
aw no light before she got out of bed; &
hat May got up first and ran around i
he bed to the doorway and had rea'E- o
d the door into the hall when she was
hot. Upon redirect examination the i
Witness said she did not see her brother a
Robert before she saw the flash from n
he pistol which caused her sister p
cath. He was coming from his room
hen this shot was fired. The witness ! p
aid she had never told any person p
hat she did not see Robert until he
ras in the back hall after her sister
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