Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-14
SECOND WEEK OF
 PERJURY CASE TRIAL
 BALL CONTINUES STORY.
Says He Was Mad the Trolley SrkersGives Names of Those He Saw at Faber's Switch--Also Told of the Manner i'm Which He Made His Statement to the Authorities at the Jail--Attorneys Kellogg, neggs and Sheriff Durham Were Present at the time.

said his reason for being angry at the strikers was "the way they treated us.' MT Kellogg tried to get him to give more detail, but MT Hamilton l objected, but the question was al- l lowed and the witness answered.: 'Only the way they treated us. 1 They got out of it.'' ''Out of what?' Objected to and ruled out
 '.Tell exactly what was said by me l to you.'' l Objected to and allowed. MT Ham, l ilton asked to be heard on the point, l but the court would not allow him. There was a short discussion as to l the rules governing examination. after which the examination proceeded. l The question being repeated. wiS :. ness said MT Kellogg said he would like to have the boys tell all they knew, to get at the guilty parties, and that he would make no promises or inducements to them.
 Once again MT Kennedy got wit ness:
 You stated you were angry at the l strfkers?''
 'I did.''
 "And you slated to my question,
 are you so angry at them that you
 would tell any story to convict them?
 that you said you don't know? Didn't you understand that question until
 Mr Kellogg questioned you?'' l T did not understand You.''
 You would not answer a question you did not understand, would you?''
 sI would not"
 l MT Kennedy then got him to admit that he was very angry at the st-ik- CTS. but did not tell Sheriff Durham Or MT Kellogg so. but' did tell Keeper l Stevens at the jail His anger at the I strikers began after the last trial. or
 about month after and he is angry
 now. He said. however. he was not I testify1ng in an angry mood. Asked
 1T his anger against accused ever left
 h1m, he said ha could not say MT I Mefgs also said that he would make no promises. This latter was q vol l untary statement and MT Kennedy
 asked him if he made it to convict 1 accused. Witness, said he did not un- I derstand.
 I He denied ever saying that he would get even with accused or that l he would do anything to convict l Are you anxious now to have Will lis Vandemark convicted?, I T don't. know"
 Did you understand the question ? l Did you mean that answer?v 1 The question was repeated and ! witness said it was a question he did I not want to answer.
 I MT Kellogg then took him again
 and asked him who his counsel was in his own trial Objection was
 made. It was claimed as ia part of | the record. It was excluded Ball
 then said to Mr Kellogg that he was so angry at the strikers he desired to
 tell the whole truth.
 Have you told the truth about the strikers in the hearing of their cases?''
 l Objected to ana withdrawn, but
 MT Kellogg got to 1t again in a I roundabout way
 | The defense objected again. claim ing the state was impeaching it's own l witness.
 l MT Kellogg's idea was to ask him I If he had told the whole truth about the strikers at the first trial. The de- fense claimed it is immaterial now whether or not he told the whole | truth then. The question was ex- eluded. He was then asked: Did you tell at the first trial the l whole of the occurrences of that
 night, February 26?'' Objected to
 and allowed.
 I "Why did you not tell?'
 Because it would incriminate my | self" Ball then gave way to Charles l Thorpe
 The same questions were asked
 him as were asked Ball and practi- l cally the same answers given in the prelininaries. That is. he told all
 who were in the pool room that night
 and how long they remained and where they went all leading up to
 the scene at the switch.
 To expedite matters, Thorpe was withdrawn to allow Miss Anne S.
 Beard, a stenographer living In New Haven, to testify to certain parts of the evidence she took in the last
 trial. after which Thorpe resumed his direct examination.
 Il He admitted putting stones on the
 track and to seeing q fight around a car and that the accused was at the switch, but who participated in the ! fight he could not say.
 l Under cross examination by MT Hamilton he said all he could recall that were in the pool room when &C., | cused made the remark that stone of tho scabs is dead" were himself. ac- ] cused's brother Clifford and Wolcott. The first time he was spoken to about l the case was in MT Kellogg's office
 about q month after the occurrence
 He was taken there by Sheriff Rig ney and he told Rigney he (witness)
 knew nothing about the matter. Rig hey tried to pry the story out of him With an offer Of cigars and threats of
 arrest, but could get nothing out of
 him. Detective Rogers was present
 and told him that if he would not tell
 it would go hard with him, but if hG