Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-24
CARTERTRYING TOPROvE AN ALIBl'
Mrs Stevens Under Severe Cross Examination From
 Judge Lowe, Sticks to Story
She Didn't Like to Be Asked Her Age oweverCaers Serna SWOre He Was Home at Hour When Assault Was Committed
 1.-The Dillonis Case May Go Over Until October.

Judge Lowe, counsel for Lewis Car ter, the mulatto charged with criminal ly assaulting Mrs Emma Stevens of Bunker Hill road, appears to have an alibi up his sleeve for the defense of his client. This case Is now before Judge Thayer and a jury in the crinl- inal side of the superior court, and it is barely possible that it may go to the jury early tomorrow. So far Carter has not given much attention to the case. He seems as indifferent as one could well be, notwithstanding that he is in great danger of spending the rest of his life in state prison.
 Mrs Stevens was telling her story at press hour yesterday, and Judge Lowe was trying to confound her. She was positive that Carter was the man who assaulted her. She said she was walk ing along the road about 7:30 o'clock, out of sight of any Of the few houses in the neighborhood, when she saw Carter approach. He said to her: Don't you be afraid of me-" and be- fore she had time to answer he threw her down, pulled her under wire fence and carried her into the woods. She could not say how long 1t took him to do this, but to her it seemed three days. He said he was hobo and needed money, whereupon he helped himself to her pocketbook. Detectives Dodds and Kennaugh afterward found herbrooch and belt and some small arti- cles of the kind in the woods.
 Under cross-examination she said that when the officers brought to her the accused she said: 'SYou have the right one at last. would surely know him by his voice. Judge Lowe tried to get her to say that she identified him merely by his voice. Three or foul men had been brought before her be l fore that. Judge Lowe brought out 1 that she and her husband parted some l time before his death, and that she was waiting for a friend on the road when 1 she was accosted by Garter. While there were no particular marks oi l Identification on Carter Mrs Stevens was positive he was the man. Shs knew him by his ''phiz,' she said, anf ! she did not say to the officers wheI l they brought him before her, "Tha l looks more like him than any of th' others" or that she recognized him by his voice alone, or that he said Madam. you are mistaken"
 What is your age2" asked Judge Lowe.
 Mrs Stevens blushed to the roots o her hair and turning to the judge asked if she was compelled to answer tn, question. Judge Thayer said 1t did no matter very much what her age was but if counsel insisted on he,questioi she should tell. Thereupon she tolt what her age is.
 Judge Lowe would have gone deepe 1 into matters that were evidently 0 very great personal interest to the wit ness, such as the cause of her partin,
 from her husband, how long it wa
 since his death, how long they ha,
 been parted, when he died, etc, bu
 Judge Thayer did not think these mat
 ters had any bearing on the case befor
 the jury, but if Judge Lowe insistet
 he could have the information. where
 upon Judge Lowe did not insist