Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-09
TRIAL OF TROLLEY STRIKERS OPENED PROMPTLY l

hospital; the other time a week ago II yesterday. He recognized one man in 2 the pictures last Monday in Manager sI SewelI's office in Bridgeport. sewell [ asked him to look at the picture. Did not know Detective Rogers. Another man was present when he was told to -l look at the picture, but could not say
 who he was. He did not recognize any \ of the faces then. Seweu did not point out any of the pictures and say
 that is Vandemark." or "that is T Winnegar." Witness did not at that q time recognize Willis Vandemark. \ Sewell gave the picture to Attorney 'I Meigs or rather left it in his office. I Then he admitted that Merna was in SewelPs office in Bridgeport when he was shown the picture. Merna, how ever, was 'tthe other man. whom he referred to and Merna identified one of the pictures, but he did not name him or point him out
 When he entered court the first day he did not identify Willis Vandemark, and he. denied that Constable Oarmody stood near the dock and pointed out to him the various prisoners as witness stood by a window near the dock. MT l O,Neill brought out that witness stood l for half a day near the dock within l dozen feet of Willis Vandemark and that he did not identify him until Fri l day. Two photo groups of the trolley l strikers were then introduced and wit I ness identified one of them as picture like that which he was shown in Sew l ells office The pictures differ only in that one of them the men have their I hats off This was the one he identi- I 1oH shn 1Aia xya c1hn f0 and he was asked if Winnegar's photo was pointed out to him or referred to, I and the answer was in the negative.
 And then 1t transpired that the man I who showed him the photographs in I the hospital was not the, chief of police l but Detective Dodds. At noon to-day 1 he saw Superintendent Wales of the trolley company.
 This closed the cross examination and l the redirect began
 . When he entered the court room last ! Tuesday he was asked which of the ac- cused he first recognized. Objected to and ruled out on the grounds that he did not recognize any of them.
 MoTTissette was then excused and Sheriff Sweeney of Naugatuck was called to the stand He was asked a question as to the Identification I of Wlinnegar. The attorneys for the defense moved that the question be stricken out The court ruled so, but reconsidered, remarking that 1t 1 would do no harm. MT Sweeney was I then questioned more specifically on
 this point. He did not remember see ing Winnegar sitting between Mrs l Vandemark and Mrs Winnegar. MT l O'Neih undertook to show that all last Tuesday forenoon Winnegar sat be- l ween the women named. MT Sweeney said he had supposed MT Aiken was one of the accused. Winnegar, in I fact, according to Mir O'Neill, did not I sit where witness thought he did. Wit ness did not volunteer to the state to l testify.
 | MT Sweeney would not say that Mer- na pointed out Winnegar. Was sure, however, that he did point. MT Meigs I spoke to him first about this matter of Identification of Winnegar. He did not remember seeing Attorney Phelan stand up in the seat where it was supposed Winnegar had been sitting He did not know Winnegar when he supposed Mir Allen was one of the ac- cused.
 I Sheriff Dunham then took the stand He was questioned on the same point of location of Winnegar last Tuesday forenoon. He testified practically as did Sheriff Sweeney.
 John H. Bride was then called to the stand and gave his testimony He was passenger on the car on the night l of the assault.
 l John Tennburg, the nnotorman of the
 car following the one on which the as-
 saulted crew were was then called. He was on the stand at press hour.
 General Manager J. D. Sewell of the l trolley company was among the early callers at the court house to-day.
 Prof John Wurts of Yale. author of SWurts on Real Property accom- I panied by couple of ladies, attended the hearing to-day.
 Sheriff Dunhan scared some of the ladies at the hearing this morning out of a years growth. When Morrissette said he came to Waterbury from Bridgeport in company with Merna and MT SeweH and went direct from 1 the railroad station to the office of Col onel Burpee and remained there for an l hour or more, and all this time not a l word was said about the Waterville assault some of the girls tittered and the sheriff promptly came down on the desk with the gavel, causing the wo- men. those who were laughing as we'll | as the ones who were not, to almost jump out of their seats.