Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-31
Ex.Conductor Winnegar the First of the Prisoners
 O Be Put On Trial.
CONDUCTOR MERNA THE FIRST WITNESS CALLED
He Identified Wnnegar As One of the Men Who Attacked Him Sensational Story Told By Thomas of the Young Men Arrested for Being Implicated In the Case-Court
 Room Crowded and Many Refused Admttance

Englewood, N. J., and at one time was employed by the Metropolitan Street Railway company of New York. He left there because of ill-health. Once he was arrested for intoxication.
 Describing the three men who en- tered the car he said Winnegar wore dark clothes and dark Derby hat which was down on his ears. His coat was opened, he wore a watch chain and q light colored vest. Winnegar was the first man on the car. The second man was taller than Winnegar. He wore Ia mackintosh which reached to his shoes. It was buttoned. He wore dark Fedora hat. The third man was about the same size as the second and wore dark clothes.
 Witness was certain the number of masked men he saw outside the car was seven because he counted them. He said he and his companion were pushed out the rear end of the car, in- stead of being told to go, as he said in his direct examination. 'The men said to them-why do you take our jobs?" The man who struck him as he got on the step of the car must have been very tall or had raised him. self. to have struck witness on the head. Witness admitted this. He was asked if he had told of this affair to anybody else. for the purpose of contradicting himself. and he said he had told Boss Farley and Detective Dodds To-day, he said. was the first time he had seen Winnegar since the might of the assault.
 What Officer Keegan Saw.
 Officer Keegan, the next witness. tes- titled he was on the car on the night In question. He rode to Wateryille and walked back. On his way he heard shouting and cries of murder 7
 He took out his revolver and walked lDack and as he neared Waterville he heard movements and sounds in the Iwoods. Then he saw the ear in dark. 1ness and next he saw Merna laid across the tracks, his head on the west Trail. Merna said to him, sFor Gods Isake, save me- and the witness saw another car dn darkness approaching He put on the pole on Merna's car and ltook Merna to it. Merna seemed to be
 Tn bad shape. Officer Keegan found the
 motor handles and started the car but
 Merna said he could take the car in
 and he took his place at the controller
 supported by Reagan. At Highland
 Park they met strike breaker ard he
 boarded the car and took it to the barn
 Afterwards the officer found Merna's cap and day sheet near the scene oi
 the assault.
 Conductor Danes Testimony.
 Joseph H. Dane. the next witness lsaid he was conductor on the Water. vile line on the night in question. He
 found stones on the track and was go.
 ing slowly. Some of the stones would weigh 300 pounds He was proceed ing slowly when he saw the officer bending over Merna's body on the
 track. His evidence was practically , the same as Keegan's.
 Thomas Kenny on the Stand.
 Thomas Kenny, IS, said he lives al 4S5 West Main street and Is a member
 of the -Pastime Social club. On the night in question he went to Iryins
 Wolcott's pool room about 8 o'clock
 He recalled that Ryan, Kelly, Ball ana 7 Whitty were there at that time. H,
 left the room with Ryan and Whitty 7 Kelly, Ennis, Thorpe and others. Ther
 were about nineteen in the crowd ' These went up the railroad tracks a
 far as Browns Falls. He would not sa,
 that Winnegar was in the crowd ther
 Ibut witness saw him on West Mai
 street before the crowd went up tn
 tracks He heard there were some fel
 lows going up the trolley tracks t ! .'have some fun." MT O'Nein had re 7 peatedly objected to the method c Y questioning by Prosecutor Durant, bu /, leach time the court ruled against hin ], Finally he rose and said he would as d the witness question, and he starte
 to frame his question, but before
 was half asked the court again rule
 against him. Witness then state e that the fun they expected to hay I was to be with the trolley men," an n when asked what the fun was to h S he declined to answer on the groun e that it might tend to incriminate hin e Attorney Durant appealed to the coul n to decide if the question would tend ' involve the witness in the cases and l. t. decided 1t would. Witness then sai D he did go up the tracks, but he sa, t. nothing nor heard anything exceptin Q that he saw a car standing about fiy l. minutes on Faber's Aswitch. He wt e.| then with Whitty and Ryan and he le IS them and started alone for home The e he stated that he did see something c 10 the tracks. He saw men with han v kerchiefs on their faces. TEe ws b standing in a lot near by. He sa S the lights in the car go out He heal d mo noise whatever and was sure tn ,r was the story he has always tol is Then he was asked if he had ever sa d that he saw Winnegar near Hurlburt 10 shop. Question was objected to al .d sustained. MT Durant was getti1 sr ugly now and demanded that witne se look at him. There was she s. wrangle about the witness's right al 4I, ,rI af yl,t