The morning journal-courier. (New Haven, Conn.) 1907-1913, 1908-05-16

when he saw him was about six feet
farther away from the fire than him
self and retreatlng as fast az he could.
lie saw officer Cassidy raise his club
In position to strike Foster and just
as the club was descending he stumbl-
ed and did not see the blow delivered,
but he heard II and described i as
sounding like a baseball hitting a bat
He also said that he saw Fosters face
bleeding when he looked at him lie
described the blow as delivered saw
agely and as 1t seemed to him with
out a reason as Foster was retrcatas
as fast as he could, The officer, he
said, at the time Of the blow was far
ther from the fire than he was and
that Foster was about six feet away
from the witness. Then two police
men went up to Foster and arrested
him, He appeared TO be In n da2cd
condition and did not offer any resist
ance, but seemed rather a dead weight
upon them as they led him of, lie
said he saw no one else stru tx, but
did sec clubs In the air and neld In
what no described as a threatening
attitude.
on examination by Attorney
! Iloyt, Housman said he first told the
story to his folks Mt home, that Foster
had come to see him and asked him
to be witness which he said he
would, but that outside OF that nothing
about the fire had passed between
them and that he did not tell foster
anything what he saw at the fire nor
his opinion. He said he had lever
discussed the matter with any Of the
prisoners. nor had he read accounts
in the papers outside of one that stat
cd that the trial had been postponed
to some day this week. lie closed
by replying to a question that lie had
never attended Yale at any time.
Herbert j, Beard. travelling sales
man from Somerville. Mass. was next
on the stand. He said he went to the
fire shortly after the first alarm: that
on arrival he took a place on Crown
street right opposite the burning
building. and was there when the fire
men started 10 work, that he saw the
officers striking people over the head.
Judge Tyner here interrupted pro-
ceedings to declare limits In the in
PRODUCTION of evidence He said he
did not wish the defense to assume
any larger burden than was cast up
on II and that he did not wish to hear
general attack upon the police de-
partment. lie said he would hear
evidence tending to apply to those or
trial, but did not want the genera
action of the police to come into the
, present case
Beard resumed. by saying that h
saw Foster led out with a bleeding
face and that he saw Gilbert tryins
TO write something down on a mem
orandum slip He did not consde
the crowd an unruly one and whei
asked II he had seen fire at which
students had been present he said tina
he had seen big fires when Harvard
students we're on hand in Cambridge
Edward j. Munson testified to see
ing John Cassidy strike Foster RICH
In front Of him. He gave an import
ant piece Of testimony for the defens
stating that he saw an officer attemp
to hit some one with his club an
that the club, instead Of hitting tn
!, man intended landed on the helme
of another officer next to him, an
caved II in He testified to seeing Gil
bert put his hand In his pocket an
ask the officer for his number jus
after he had hit Foster. Right Aft
!. erwards Gilbert. he stated was place