The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1906-05-03
THE EAST HAVEN MURDER
DETECTIVE DoNNELLY UNDER
FIRE OYER THREE HOURS.

ing-The Detectives Eyidence--COr-
Oner Mix Gives VoluminOus Evidence.
Tedious cross-exanination by the de-
Tense was what marked the fifth days
proceedings of the East Haven murder
trial yesterday. Detective Donnelly
was the target at which counsel for
the prisoners did most Of their shooting.
AS stated in the Courier yesterday the
case has revealed and exposed the mis-
cradle life led by the family, and many
things are being brought out in the ev-
idence tending to show that the domes-
tic relations were far from happy. The
quarrels and hard words between Jen-
nings and his wife seem to have been
of frequent occurrence, and the lad
Taylor seems, to have resented the
harsh treatement meted out TO his
mother by her husband The evidence
produced SO far does not seem to give
any proof that Mrs Jennings had any
part in the committing of the deed,
while the general sentiment seems to
prevail that the lad, Taylor. is more or
less of a degenerate and that the shoot
ing was done more on the spur Of the
moment and was not deliberately plan
ned or premeditated On the other
hand it is shown that Taylor got pos
session of the pistol just before the
deed, and that this looked as If he
meant to use it, The pistol, a murder
Gus 32-calibre, was produced during to-
days evidence.
Detective Donnelly was on the stand
for three hours and twenty minutes.
His evidence was as follows:
Detective Henry j, Donnelly was re-
called to the witness stand. He said
that when he was coming back to the
city with young Taylor on the Monday
following the murder, from the place
where Taylor had secreted the revol-
yer, and after the shooting, that Tay-
Tor said his mother first hid the weapon
in another place.
Donnelly reiterated the story Of the
shooting The witness said farther
that Taylor told him:
1--WE met the old man as we were
driving down to meet him. The old
man said, Get out of the wagon, you
- l pulled the revolver, but did
not bring him down and then / fired
again and struck hirc in the breast
He said, / am shot, send for doctor
Ma laughed and said they were
blanks that / was firing.
1--WE got him In the carriage and
drove him home, head down. He made
a kind Of rattling noise. We got him
home and took off his coat, and there
was blood on his shirts Then ma hol-
Tered and I took the gun out again and
said. You shut up or I'll shoot you
too Then l hung up the revolver and
went for the doctor"
Later Taylor said regarding the ar
rival of the coroners party on the
scene of the tragedy, IF I'd known
what you fellows were up to I'd have
shot you"
Here the defense objected and Mr..
| Webb claimed this evidence was part
of the states whole case of obtaining
evidence from the boy under duress
and by force.
Donnelly said that the boy told him
81 amt much Of man with my hands
but / am with a revolver"
Question by the state: did you see
the sand stains on the dead mans coat
and haiti"
This referred to the defense's claim
that Jennings was shot down in the
road from the house, while it is ex-
pected the state will endeavor to show
that the couple shot the man after they
got him home.
Answer: when we went down to
East Haven the first time we gathered
up the dead mans clothes and placed
his shoes inside of them. On our Sec
ond visit to the house we found that
the sand from the shoes had stained
Objected to and objection sustained
Later the state managed to get in
evidence that the sand stains of the
clothes might have come from the
shoes worn by the dead man, and not
necessarily from falling. This, If be-
leved by the jury, will dispose of the
idea that Jennings was away from his
house.
At 70 o'clock Attorney Webb, who
represented the boy, took Detective
Donnelly In hand. He laid stress or
the fact that Donnelly in obtaining the
confession from the woman, used dur
ess" in that he kept saying ego on, and
tell what happened" Donnelly admit.
ted that he never told the coroner what
Taylor told him about the two shots
He thought Taylor's statements were
strong, but he never thought it neces.
sary to bring the matter to the atten.
ton of the coroner.
Many of Taylors damaging state
ments as made by the witness. the
witness admitted that ..e never heart
Taylor so testify before the coroner
Did you say" asked Webb, "tha
Taylor said, after the shooting, hay,
! fixed him all right this trip; get down
) and give me hand. /" At that time i
is claimed that Taylor was speaking t
: his mother, who was in tho carriag
with his mother.
The witness made a non-committa
| answer.
, just before the noon adjournmen
State Attorney Williams let loose /;
point which shows that the state ha
nut vet told just where 1t thinks tn
murder was committed. He showed
, Photograph of the roads at the forl
Of the road from behind which it i
: said young Taylor shot Jennings.
The defense objected to this, claiming
2 that this ought not to come in.
t The state thereupon said that
5 elaimeS this testimony, from the fac