Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-05

Interest in the trolley strikers cases in the superior court was intense when the hearing adjourned yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Wolcott, : who has turned states evidence, was on the stand, and he was under a fire of questions from Attorney ONNeill. These questions were of a personal character of the greatest inn pcrtance to the witness, for the de fense was endeayoring to cast Oppro- brium upon him. It was endeavoring to show him to the jury as one who had been convicted of forgery and se- duction. and the personal reputation of the witness added to the interest surrounding him as witness for the state. At press hour yesterday MT lOiNeill was bombarding MT Williams with objections to Wolcott's evidence. Wolcott would begin to make a state ment in this manner: 'I heard so and so." 'tthey would say'' and they were going to- when MT O'Neill would in terpose with an objection, finally oblig- ing MT Williams to take 'Wolcott away from his pool room and start him up toward the trolley tracks on the Wa terville road. Once started on this road Wolcott had an easy journey for time
 Wolcott stated that i've" meaning himself and the rest of the accused were nearing the tracks when Willis Vandemark stopped and suggested put ting handkerchiefs on their faces, and some of them did this. They were now on the trolley tracks, and some of them put stones between the rails. MT Hamilton objected to this on the grounds that it was not shown who placed the stones on bhe tracks. The court ruled to let it stand for the pres ent. Resuming, Wolcott said the crowd walked up the tracks a short distance and soon a car approached. 1t stopped on the switch and Winnegar got on it. Soon after the conductor came out of the car and Winnegar struck him in the face and said to him: "- =. why are you taking our jobs"' The blow was struck with the fist. Winnegar had a revolver in his hand when he entered the car. AS the blow was struck witness saw Mcclure, Ball and Thorpe on the scene. Some one pulled the trolley off the wire. plunging the place in darkness, and the crowd fell upon the conductor and punched him. The next witness saw was. ev- erybody running, and he ran, too.
 He did not know why Winnegar was at that place. He did not remember him saying anything or while in Win negar's presence. He heard Willis Vandemark say. ''We might meet some of the sheriffs; there are lots of them about, and they are likely to be on the cars. Let the fellows with the guns stand and the others fall back. Don't shoot unless you have to; but if you do, shoot to. kill.'
 MT Hamilton moved to exclude this testimony and the court allowed it to stand for the present.
 Cross-examined by Mir O'NeiIl, wit ness said he is married and his wife lives in town.
 Were you ever arrested for for gery" Question ruled out because of objection.
 Witness was then asked if he was ever bound over for forgery and if he settled the case for $4OO. Objection overruled and witness answered in the negative.
 He was asked if he was ever prose cuted for forgery, and the question was ruled out.
 Were you ever arrested and convict ed for embezzlementT Overruled but witness answered in the negative.
 The question was framed in another form and witness again answered no He was asked if he was ever arrested for seduction and convicted, and if he settled the matter. Again he answered in the negative.
 He then denied that he was paid by the trolley company to testify, or that he was promised payment for doing so He denied that he ever told anybody that Farley or Superintendent Wales would buy out his pool room. A few X. days after he was bound over ill the city court he closed his pool room. He denied he ever said the trolley com pany would buy his pool room or any thing to that effect. to his brother-in law, or that he could easily make $1 GOO; that he had nothing here to sta! for and would take the $1,OOO and ] skip.
 The reason he closed his pool room he said, was because of a rumor he had heard that he was to give evidence ] against the accused. He denied that either Farley or Wales visited his poo room the day before he closed it anL T left town. He returned to town once since his.departure, and he denied that on that occasion he told his brOther-in | law. MT Snow, that he was to be paid { $1,000 for his pool room. During his absence he has been part of the time il Bridgeport, and he claimed to have paid his own expenses while there that he had S100 when he left town.
 Mir Williams objected to this, but Nil O'Nefll stated that he claimed Wolcott had no money when he left the city that he was in the pay of the trolley company, and is now in the pay of thaf concern.