The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-10-23
IN AND ABOUT THE COURTS
INTER ESIING TESTIlfONTI IN THE
 KELLY CASE.

Defence Trying to Prove an Aiibi-
 Witnesses Put on the stand Swear
 That They Were With Kelly at the
 Time the State Claims He Entered Pas-
 tOre's shop-AtiorDry Maher Sues. 1 The feature of the afternoon in the
 trial of Policeman John Kelly for theft was the examination of George c.
 Boucher a railway postal clerk, who
 lives at 255 Grand avenue. MT. Boucher
 was on the stand for about an hour and
 a half, and during the ross-eXamina-
 tion by State Attorney Williams the
 spectators in the gallery were called to
 order several times by the deputy sher-
 if for giggling at statements made by
 the witness. His remarks to some of MT. Williams questions were a little fresh" at times, and many of the spec
 tators construed them as being witty. | MT. Boucher was put on the stand by
 the defense in the attempt to help prove the alibi that the lawyers for Police
 man Kelly are endeavoring to establish, and during his direct examination he 1 had every minute of the night of May
 9 and of the morning of May 2S down | pat and could not make a mistake. He
 said that he came home from work about SIS and that after supper, and after he had read the paper, he studied 1 his Massachusetts map until twenty
 minutes to twelve. This is map given
 to all the railway clerks in order to make them acquainted with all of the railway stations in the Bay state. He said that he knew it was 11:40, as the clock in the dining room had just struck | twelve. MT. Boucher said that the clock | was put twenty minutes ahead for the ! benefit of one or two of his daughters,
 who wanted to get off to school in plen- ] ty of time, for they said that if the clock
 was ahead of time they would not have | to hustle to get there.
 A few minutes after the clock struck twelve Mir Boucher said that he went across the street to Foley's saloon and
 was in there drinking Saratoga water until midnight. He then came out with
 one or two friends and talked for about | five minutes on the doorstep of the sa- i loon, after which he went to Smiths restaurant, just west of Fillmore street, reaching there at 1910. He looked at his watch when he reached there and saw that it was just ten minutes past twelve.
 At this point MT. Boucher said that he ordered a supper and was in there until just 12:45, when he looked at the clock on the wall and went outside. Witness walked up Grand avenue and looked at the cars of the Fair Haven and Westville road being put in the Grand avenue barn, and looked at this sight for half an hour making 1t about quarter-past one. Then lie started to go home and in the distance about a
 block away saw Policeman Kelly ap- preaching him, and when they met in front of Boucher's house they stopped and talked. They talked for about five
 minutes, during which time some mo- tormen and passers-by were saluted by the officer of the law and then the two started to search for a tricycle. that had been stolen from the rear of a Sunday school near by. Witness went through
 number of back yards and the police man walked down the street and back again. At Poplar street witness said he discovered the tracks of the tricycle. gO- ing across the street, but later in the cross-examinatien he could not tell for the .ife of him in which direction the tricycle. had been pushed across the street. This was one of the amusing events of the cross-examination, and finally MT Williams had witness draw a picture of the three tracks supposed to represent the tracks of the tricycle. going or coming across the street This was entered as an exhibit by the state.
 After the tricycle. tracks were discov- cred the witness and Policeman Kelly met again and talked for about ten or twelve minutes. which brought the time
 around to 1:3O Witness then went down in his cellar for ten minutes to see that all was well, and when he came out of the house he again met Policeman Kelly and they talked for another five or six minutes, and then witness went in the house for the night. This was just 1:40, as the clock was striking twelve when he entered.
 MT. Boucher was put on the stand to contradict the statements made Tues day that Mrs Pastore and several oth- CT people saw Kelly enter and come out of Pastores store some time be- tween 1:9O and LAO on the morning of May 23.
 The cross examination was taken up at this point and was on when court adjourned at o'clock.
 The other witnesses that helped to establish the alibi and who were put on by the defense yesterday afternoon were Miss Emma w. Parker, of 176 Ferry street, Miss s. C. Soderberg, of 55 Houston street, and Mrs. William Soderberg, of the, same address. These three witnesses testified that they went to a dance in Harmonic hall on the night of May P, and that they were in conversation with Policeman Gelly at the front of Miss Parkers house for fifteen minutes between O clock and 1:30 o'clock on the follow ing morning.
 The defense will put on more witness
 es to-day, and it is expected that the arguments in the case will be heard
 this afternoon
 There seems to be more interest in
 the trial of Policeman Kelly than in any case in New Haven for several terms, and during each session of the court