Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-05

to getting at what was said 1n the pool rOOm
 It will be remembered that yester- day the defense obliged Mir Williams to get away from this point. The court again stood by the defense. Mir Will Hams reframed his questions, but again the defense blocked his way on the grounds that the prosecution was trying to get at something somebody else might have said, and therefore the accused would be tried on that state ment. Finally the court allowed the witness to tell anything that the ac- cused said, and he replied he could not tell.
 Then he was asked what took him up to the tracks, and it was stated that he had already testified on that point.
 Mir Williams had to take witness up the tracks again, and witness said he could not say how many were at the tracks, and that so far as he knew the only pattern of brass knuckles he knew of was like the kind ill evidence.
 The accused left the pool room be- fore witness did and he left Earns worth in charge of 1t. The reason he could not get a poke at Merna was be- cause six or eight were around him. MT Williams here discovered that he had Inadvertently" omitted things ill his previous examination, and asked the court to allow him to question wit ness.
 The defense asked him if he would claim that all his omissions were sin advertent2
 The witness being allowed to re- sume, he said that two nights after the assault Willis Vandemark saw him and said to him: "One of the scabs is dead; now we must see those kids and get them to keep their mouths shut"
 The question why he closed his pool room raised q. great dispute between the counsel. Witness, when allowed to speak, said his reasons were fear of bodily harm.
 He was asked why he was in Detec- tive Rogers company while in Water bury, and another wrangle took place. The court asked Mr Williams to give his reasons for asking that question, and the defense objected to the pres ence of the jury. The jury was al lowed to remain and MT Williams made his statement.
 Witness then said the reason he kept in the detectives company was for pro- tection. This statement was ruled out and witness was taken by MT Hamil ton,
 Witness stated that when leaving the pool room he told Farnsworth he was sick and was going home.
 He was asked if that was not lie and that he knew he was lying. and he said he did. This disposed of Wolcott for the present.
 James Ennis on Stand
 James Ennis, 16, was the next wit ness. He said he has known Wolcott about a year. At the request of MT O'Neill the court instructed the wit ness that he need not testify unless he wished to on the grounds that it might incriminate himself. He was in the pool room on the night of February 26. He stayed till about 10 o'clock. Could not recall who were there or who were with him when he left. He went to Seeryville after he left the pool room. A gang of fellows was with him. He could not say how many. Among them were the two Vandemarks and Warren. Leaving Seeryville the crowd went on the road about fifty yards from the switch. He saw a car stop on the switch and the lights go out. He heard nothing going on at the switch. With him on the roadway were the Vandemarks and Warren. One of them said they were going up the track to have fun with the scabs. He could not recall which of them said it. He thought it. was said by one of the Van demarks, but was not sure. The only place he saw Winnegar was on the railroad track about sixty yards from the switch. Witness went up to see the fun, and he ran away from the place. He saw the two Vandemarks and Warren running also. He heard the two Vandemarks in the pool room say something about taking an oath of silence. He saw Wolcott in the room at that time. This was the night after the assault. He heard nothing said by one of the Vandemarks about one of the scabs being dead. He did not re member seeing handkerchiefs on any faces. If he did he has forgotten it. it being some time since the occurrence Cross-examination by MT O'Neill. Could not recall who said we're going to have some fun.' H esaW no pistols or knuckles in the crowd, and did not know that Wolcott had any. No one
 
 scabs" or murder the scabs" or trim the scabs." What he heard was, We will go up and have some fun with the scabs." Was not sure he saw Winnc- gar in the pool room, neither was he certain that he saw him on the railroad tracks. He saw man who looked like him. Could not say what kind of clothes Winnegar wore. Witness went up to the trolley tracks and the Van demarks remained behind. Stones were put on the tracks, but witness could not say who did 1t. Nothing was said about doing this when starting out. When the car was about fifty yards distant witness, theN Vande- marks and Warren went to the lower 1 Waterville road. The rest of the crowd went toward the car. He next saw the lights in the car go out. The l Vandemarks and Warren were with him at this time. There were about l fifty yards between them and the car | then. This was the nearest he was at any time to the ear. He could not say where the Vandemarks and Warren I IL