Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-05

f It was now about 4:3O o'clock, and the days proceedings closed. Several times while Merna and Wolcott were on the stand the audience expressed surprise or laughter, but in very slEb- dued manner. The crowd was evi- :, dently aware that such outbUrsts would not be tolerated in the superior court.
 Before closing MT Hamilton asked that the case be adjourned to next Tuesday, because he had business in the supreme court. Judge Thayer re- piled that the case was too important to be delayed and was sure the su- preme court would accommodate him to attend to it. Court then adjourned.
 To-Day's Proceedings
 Court opened promptly to-day at the regular time, 9:3O o'clock, and the cross examination of Wolcott was resumed. He was brought into court by Detec- tive Rogers. WoIcott said he did not have pistol.
 What did you mean, then, by saying yesterday that we had pistols'?' Ob- 1 jected to.
 1 Witness said he did not remember using the words we had pistols" The motor1nan followed conductor on leav- | ing the car. Winnegar left by the rear i end of the car. MT O'Neill said he did not tell of that way first, and then Judge Thayer said MT O'NeiI had no right to comment on the evidence. .- The conductor backed down the car steps. covered by Winnegar's revolver The conductor had reached the ground when Winnegar struck him. His hands were held up. Winnegar held the re- volver in. his right hand and did not drop it when he struck the conductor [ Witness was back of them when the blow was struck about ten feet. Wit ness said he did not strike Merna, vet he was there to flick him, too" He had brass knuckles and did not get the chance to strike him.
 Merna shouted "Polfcew ''Murder"r' when struck and ran toward Water vile. Witness tried to get poke at NIerna, but did not get a chance 0 strike. Hhe brass knuckles were on his hand.
 Witness said he had no i'll will or | grudge against the trolley company and that he mixed in the matter be- cause he did not know better. No one asked him to go to the tracks. He did not intend to seriously hurt the trolley men, merely to get blow at them. No one said anything about killing or mur- dering the troneymen or do them any serious harm. The exact expression used in his pool room was, "Let us trim the scabs."
 Wo1cott's Travels
 Witness knew Detective Rogers. He had not been with him at all until last week. When he closed his pool room he went to New Haven and met Judge Burpee and Mir Rogers at Heubleins s there. He saw MT Rogers once before the city court trial. He denied that Rogers was ever at his house. Rogers nor anyone else promised him immuni. ty if he testified. He denied telling Harry Farnsworth he would get $1 ,OOC if he testified. He denied telling this I to anybody; was positive. After the arrests he made a statement to Rog CTS; it was taken by stenographer His meeting Judge Burpee and MI Rogers in New Haven was after the city court trial, at which witness did not testify Nothing was said about the Waterville affair; the talk was about the MendelssOhn murder. Next morning. he met MT Rogers at the depot in New Haven and went with hin! tC the Pinkerton headquarters in New York, and pthere he made a statement He made another statement to Assist ant States Attorney Kellogg here.
 After leaving New York he went tC Bridgeport and stayed there a while paying his own expenses. Then he went to New London and remained there 8 week at IS Starr street, kept hu HTTsV I,o Meadow, where he has relatives. He stayed four weeks. He saw MT Rog CTS while there. Could not say how Mir Rogers learned he was there nas Saturday he was in Hartford with Nil Rogers; the latter paid the bills. Las Tuesday he came to Waterbury witt eNIr Rogers. Since then they have beer together here and in New Haven, Nh Rogers paying the bills. Once agair he denied that he was promised any re ward for testifying.
 Peter Bauby gave bail for him. H. did not ask MT Bauby to do so
 Brass knuckles were here shown hin and he said he was not sure that they were his. They were like them. St far as he knew he carried the only brass knuckles that were in the party the night of the assault.
 Attorney Thon1s Furnished Money
 When he told his story to Mir Kel logg. Attorney Thoms was present While he w1=s away Mir Thoms, who i his counsel, sent him money "righ along" from $10 to $15 each time. H, could not say if Afr Thoms sold hi pool tables or what disposition of them fl if any he has made.
 Mr Williams then took che witness again, and immediately the defenst l began to pile un otlieotinnaSin. his Ha7