The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-01

10 absorption or pOlSon rom the pul- let wound,
 Dr. William Pitt Baldwin, senior | attending surgeon at Grace hospital | was next called, He, too, said that { the death of Mrs, Miller had been [ caused by absorption of poison from the wound He described the course i of the bullet which was slightly | downward, he said The doctor said | he had examined many bullet wounds | and considered himself an expert on i the subject, He said that bullet | wounds often do not cause much | blood to flow and the fact that the shirtWalst was not covered with blood | or showed none at all dd not Indicate much, He said she could not poss bly, have fired the shot The absorp- | ton of poison started he said, within | thirty-slX hours after the wound was inflicted She died at the hospital on April at about o'clock in the | morning
 pr Bartlett was recalled again to tell the general symptoms of death from bullet wounds He said there was usually a gradual lapsing into inconsistencies in such cases,
 pr. Louis II Wilmot of Ansonia told of hls being called to Mrs. Mill CTS home on Ford street on the night in question Her husband and two ladies were present These were iden tihed as Mrs Truchart and Mrs. Mar shall. He got there about II o'clock, She was conscious. He saw her again the next morning He had never seen Miller before the time off the shooting He had at that time a pretty well developed moustache for coored person, and one larger that he had yesterday pr Wilmot said that he directed that she he taken to the hospital after his third visit, which was Sunday morning He rrobed but he did not find the bullet He saw no revolver
 on the crcss- examination he was not allowed to tell what Mrs. Miller told him or whether he noticed any trouble between the husband and wife
 Stoughton Wayans a very dark negro, who lives in Ansonia and Is q fireman at an electrical supply plant there, was next called by the state. He said he had known the Mllers about three months before the shoot Ing The witness said he and Miller drank together at a saloon but a few minutes before tho occurrence at 6:SO.
 He marked with a letter "A' on a l photograph CeXhlhit "3" of the state) where he saw Mrs. Miller standing on the street near her home just before o'clock He could not remember | how she was dressed She wns stand ing there, about fifty feet away from the witness. who wns talking with | Miller, who said to him There stands my wife now :" Miller said no more about his wife They talked together i've minutes more and part cd. Witness said he could detect no results of the drink Miller had had l in his actions when he left him 1 At one time witness lived above the Millers in the same house. He said 1 he heard some quarreing between the 1 two once he said "damn it' or something llke that" and she said, put tho gun up, or something like that" Thls was last summer
 on cross examination Wayans told 1 of other quarrels he had heard be- ! tween the Millers
 Erwin Nelson Broper Of ll6 Beaver street, Ansonia. was next called by tho state He saw Miller on the night in question He was with a woman though he could not tell who it was i Later he heard her cry Leave me alone" lt was 1,i5; he was coming l ID Beaver street, and Inc left the team he was driving and went toward the noise. down Beaver 10 vacant lot half way between Cottage and Myrtle avenues. He heard her say You're choking nc" and later he met him leading her along. He came up to them and asked Miller what was the matter, when Miller told him tn go away or he (Miller) would shoot him, making al the same time a motion toward his hip pocket He thought he had better go. he said, and did SO He did not see them again
 Witness said Miller had q much heavier moustache at that time.
 A short recess was called at this point Afterwards Katherine Bullin was called She told of seeing Mrs. Miller hurrying over a lot and Miller hurrying after her She fell down and he tried tO get her up twice and finally succeeded Later they came back. He had hold of her right arm and she cried to him You choke mo" There was no cross examlna- ton The defense tried to have all her testimony stricken out because the man described could not he identified as Miller, but 1t was not allowed.
 Arthur Bullin husband of the above witness, said he saw a colored man and a woman at the time lr question Later he heard her scream "a regulation woman-scream, yor know" He offered to act it out bu
 Mir. Williams said 1t would not bt necessary He was not certain Mile,
 was the man.
 William r Fitzgerald 76 Wood ward street, told or nearing the erie!
 even to what she said nt length Tho
 jist of it was "Oh, Charley, you're
 choking me. I won't go with you
 He wss not certain whether the per
 son was the man he saw, Just a!
 they passed the witness, Miller said
 with an oath Come on, or I'll drowr you"
 James w. Dick, PIP Beaver street was called by the state. He, too, say
 the couple though he could not iden tify Miller with certainty He hearc
 her crying; he had his arm around he
 waist, standing on her west" side, Sh
 said This isn't the first time you'v
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