The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-30

not satisfied that 1t was locked.
 At this point MT. 'Goodhart read rom the testimony of Detective Dor man at the city court trial to try to dlscredit the testimony given by the detective the day before, which also was read MT. Williams objected, and was sustained. MT Goodhart then confined his reading to the city court testimony.
 MT. Goodhart then asked Chief CoWles to call two policemen from thelr beats to testify, Jeremiah Keo- han and John E. Fitzgerald, of the Howard avenue station.
 Walter F. Foote.
 Walter F. Foote, marketman, was next called He said he has known StoWell twelve or fourteen year, and he knew his honesty. department and uprightness was "A No. l."
 Samuel H. Barnes.
 Samuel H. Barnes, a butcher for forty-five years, now at Howard and Columbus avenues. He said he has known StoWell for twelve years and that his reputation was good"
 Mason A. Stowell.
 The defence then played It's trump card by calling the prisoner himself After being sworn he was asked his name by MT. Goodhart. ..s
 Mason A. stowell," came the prompt reply.
 What does the A stand for?"
 Abraham" he said, and the re- mark was met with a smile of eviden, satisfaction from the lawyer for the defence.
 Stowell testified that he was forty one, and married; that he has four daughters, eight to oJseventeen years. As young man he worked on farm i until seventeen years ago; then ht ] came to New Haven to live with a sis ter, Ellen Babcock, on Kimberly ave. Express company for Fred Barton as manager. He worked fourteen years l for the company. For four years he worked at the station, then as a driver on delivery and call wagons
 Then he went on the police force beginning in grade D. He said he was now grade A, the highest of all He has been on the police force nine years last December.
 Stowell said Sergeant McGann sent him out on the night in question or a complaint from 341 Portsea street, to see what the trouble there was. Outside Officer Powers ran up to him and told him there was nothing in it. Then he went by Howard avenue to Columbus avenue, to West street | to Washington avenue. Just before he got to West street bridge he said he met Mir. Brunt. who told him ot | seeing a couple of men in front oi | Frederick Brothers store Stowel said he told Brunt that 1t would be q good case for him if he only had g disguise. Brunt told him of clothes d the coal office and gave him keys tt the place. He said he had with hin at the time his police and fire keys which were put in evidence, as an ex hibt. He had had no other keys, no even one to the locker mentioned since 1904.
 Stowell said he had known Brun live or six weeks previous to Decem Der 23. At the coal office he put tht cap on and left his own coat there but did not put on either of the coat. at the office because they both were too small. He said that when he go to the store he saw figure in .ths shed as he came across the lot be tween Derby avenue and George stree so he took out his revolver and as h, entered the shed he lighted a match He saw no one. The match burnt ou and he lighted another, and saw tn, door going upstairs was open Then he said. he tried the door to the bacl of the grocery store, found it opened saw nothing inside but having n, more matches, he did not go in bu started to go upstairs to get a ligh so he could investigate properly. I was then he was caught by Detec tives Dorman and McAvoy The thre, went upstairs and met Frederick.
 MT. Goodhart then asked him if h. could remember anything more tha happened, but he said he could not.
 Mir Goodhart- Was somethin, said about complaint"
 Yes"
 Was something said about you wife and children?"
 Yes, I said l did not care so mucl about myself as about my wife an, family"
 l Then, he said, they put him unde arrest and took him to the statioI house, where they met Captain Tier nan. Conversation at the station wa asked for buts objected to. Objection } was allowed.
 Stowell said he went to return th keys the next morning. As no on was at the coal office he put them i his pocket. Just as the prisoner wa turned over to the state the court ad Journed for few minutes. It wa then 3:25.
 After Recess. After recess there was little dela in getting the jury up from dow stairs after the judge came in. M Williams had allowed the defence P enter the testimony of two policeme . before he began his cross examine = ton If the prisoner, [ Jeremiah Keohane.. n Jeremiah Keohane, police office - said he knew Stowell. He said I
 knew Stowell's locker at the static house, but that the locker had alwa. ! been open. In it they kept playil
 cards and pencils. He never saw Stoy
 ell use key on the locker. A nun f Der of questions more were asked ar l objected to. There was no crosse e, - animation by the prosecuting alto e ney.
 e John T.. Fitzgerald.