The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-30
0EAT SCANDAL
 IN WEST HAVEN
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 mpanlon of hls youth, Whether Mir,
 ain had been the companion of the icster in his youth seemed doubtful in
 yw of the fact that the witness said
 bird had been brought over in the
 aynowor In fact Plymouth Bay
 Nhleh Is second cousin to sayln Rock)
 ,i been named after him, He said he
 ,d received many offers for the bird,
 nong them ono from John Cox of the urf house, who was willing to pay SlO, T he thought 1t tough enough to be
 ade permanent fixture of his tablo, Whether the bird had come from the
 itch of the Mayhower was uncertain, lt 1t seemed true that tho boat had
 Id to In Plymouth Bay,
 The next man to the bat was Charles Graham twell-bred, well graham read, as Col. Newton put iU, We told ow he met the accused after the al
 ged robbery, making away with the
 nd in bag and how he was beaten il a fight with him. The next night he aw the bird put up in a cock fight at beacon Tolles barn.
 Alfred Mackrllle, who said he juggled .gures, but didn't think he was an em- c2zler, said he know the prisoner tears before in Jericho, Vt,, where they both had lived and said he had a rep ltatlon there of being a chicken thief. t least that was the sum and sub 3tance of his testimony, although he vas by no means so short about say ,ng 1t. He, too, had been at the cock sht but only because of his interess n natural history.
 As Macdonald was an officer, Col. Newton suggested that 1t was only right that he should be sworn twice, but tho suggestion was not followed out. He was congratulated by the col onel for being perhaps the last of a race now fast dying out-native-born policemen.
 Then the defense got In its licks, aft CT Colonel Newton assured Attorney Bush that if he had as much knowledge ot law as he did of cheek he would undoubtedly make great success as a lawyer The first witness for the defense was the prisoner, James D. Merwin. He said he sometimes wrote hls name "J Merwin," but he was not the only Jay In the family, He knew Mir. Main had wheels, because of the spolcs that came out of his mouth. He said he saw Graham intoxicated on Nthe night in question. He took him home and the next day told several of his friends about 1t, buy not over la5 of them, however Graham, he sal, didn't like that and the present prosecu- quence. As for the rooster he owned it, having bought 1t from Mir, Woodruff.
 Dr. Barnett testified to MT. Mains monomania, sometimes known as mal- termanla, which Is to believe every body Is trying to steal chickens from him. He had treated him for 1t, calling in Christian Science healer 10 help him. but matters only went from bad to worse. and the patient developed tho ehickenpox fin spite of a chickweed diet. On the crosse examination the doc tor admitted having been debarred from certain medical societies for malprac- tlce and said he was willing 10 say anything In court for money.
 Robert J. Woodruff told of his selling the rooster to Merwln and of conver- satlon of Graham's he overhead In which he arranged with Mir. Main to accuse the prisoner, as he had later done, because of his telling how he had to take him home. On the cross-ex- animation he admitted having been in jail in Vermont.
 The last witness was George Leete Peck who said that was only his maid en name. He admitted having been in an insane asylum in South Dakota on the cross-examination.
 The arguments followed in which the counsel vied with each other in calling the jurymen sweet names and heaping pleasing remarks upon them. The Judges charge was followed a moment later by unanimous verdict of Not guilty, but he must give back the roos. ter" which was neither one thing nor tho other. But IL pleased the friends of the accused and the counsel for tho state could well feel that he had won his case. Then West Haven slunk away Into tho darkness to the tune of the rar-distant merry go-rounds at the Rock to pound tho pillow and dream