Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-17

time in his career that Mir William. graced criminal term of the superio7 court in Waterbury by his presence. l Wolcott Called Moral Leper I MT Hamilton spoke next. He re ferred to Wolcott as a moral leper { kind of person who is not recognized in the category of civilization. Ht was very important one. It was i'm portant because If the jury brought il a verdict for the state 1t will be ar indorsement of all that is vile, com mendatfon of such a character as Vol cott, one who by its own testimony is a man decent men should shun. He | called the complaint a drag-net, but fl was the best the state could do, though they had all the evidence of theif wit ness in hand when 1t *Sas drawn up | and they put in half dozen counts be cause of it's weakness as whole and in order that each count would help to bolster up the other. Wolcott was the keystone of the complaint, the basis of the case for the state. Yet the jury should not forget that Wolcott stands ! impeached by his own testimony. MT | AA0~AA1AALOh uShC0 Ih0 Jul IO Olnpd1 6 1 Wolcott's testimony with that of the accused and note the difference. On one hand Is Wolcott and the weak boy I Ennis, and on the other the accused, l young men grown up in the community and who have earned the respect of their fellows and their neighbors by their conduct. Wolcott, he said, is at the opening and at the close of the case. l iXVifhnI1+ him fho 3c iocr b out him the case must stand or fall It is like Hamlet without the character.
 The defense, he said, was not strict ly called an alibi. He asked the jury if they ever saw finer array of wit nesses, and to compare them with ''that miserable Wolcott."
 Who else would know the where abouts of the accused but their rela- tives? Would the president of Yale college know about them. Who would Do the accused look like criminals? he asked And, the more attrocious a crime, the less likelihood is there of being connected with it men who have been identified with the good citizens of the community.
 He reminded the jury that if their
  ment the accused can be given is ton yeaDs in the state prison, and that means death. he added, for after ten years in the state prison it means the end of a lifetime. There is nothing left to do then but to become a tramp and ones children become orphans.
 New Faces in Cosrt Room.
 Quite O r1,n,har of new facos were in the superior court room this morning when the jury and Judge Thayer took their places. Among the feminine DOT ton of the audience greater display of color was apparent.
 Promptly at 9:30 o'clock MT Hamil- ton resumed his argument. He said that the labor difficulties which are to- day disturbing the country have no place in the case and the former rela- tions of the accused to the trolley com pany should have no place in the jury's mind At the beginning of the first century there was a popular cry, "Crucify him! Cruelty hlmv' and the weak-hearted judge, instead of treating the case properly, listened to the popu- lar cry. Going back to Wolcott, he said the
 
 He says the accused went to his pool room on the night of February 26, along with a lot of boys, about seven teen in all. There according to him, they met and deliberately planned to commit murder Planned to commit an awful crime-murder- the heart of the city. Now these young men are | not fools to go into place in the middle T. Of fhn rifV lot %( 1 n lot of boys, and, moreover, with this Did you ever in all your experience hear of such story? Planning mur- der with number of boys in the heart story. "
 But they don't stop there. Merna and Morrissette say that three men en- tered their car with masked faces and shining revolvers, in populated part of the town, and there try to murder them. Think of thati Try to murder in the full light of an illuminated trol- ley car, with no effort of concealment! Where is all the evidence that was given, with all the implements of the state at hand, all the detectives in their employ, all the police in the city z? Where, say, is all the evidenee2 Is there one to say that they saw any of the accused going up to the switch or coming from it? If they planned to murder. what was to prevent them from first pulling the pole off the car and thrown it in darkness? Then they could have committed murder if they desired"
 MT Hamilton compared the evidence of Wolcott to a dime novel. He traced his career from this city to Bridge port and New York in the custody of detectives. and said 1t was a grand ex- cursion, for Wolcott himself said he was enjoying himself. The blow that fractured Merna's skull was delivered by Wolcott's brass knuckles, he said. Witnesses like Wolcott do not want to tell what actually took place; they pre- fer to give their own Interpretation, and Mir Hamilton reminded the jury that Wolcott was rebuked by the court for nersisting in testifying in this manner,