Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-03-31
BONDS OF s1O,OoO
Increased S5.OOo at Preliminary
 Hearing This Morning.

Cassidy. charged with criminally as- saultinc Anna Carlson, II, on her way home from school last Inurs' day through Pine grove, north or Bishop street, took place in the ci.y court to-day before Judge Burpee' In a loud and emphatic vdce Cassidy said: Not guilty"
 Dr Andrew c. Swenson, who at tended the girl, was called to the stand and furnished the medical tes- timony regarding the alleged as sault, saying in a few words, stripped nf all medical verbosity, that the girl had been seriously assaulted.
 The girl was then sworn. She was but a minute or two on the stanu' for the hearing was brief and prl- vate the court room being cleared of all who had no direct personal ln- terest in the case. The girl testlned that she was returning to her nome on Greenwood avenue, where sne lives with her aunt, Mrs Johhson' and while going through Pine grove young man seized and assaulted her. She was asked if she nad seen that young man since and she ah . swered that she saw him 'ast ouh- day in the police station. She was asked if she had seen him since last Sunday and turning toward the dark corner of the dock she saw Cassld9 and said. "There he is.' She was returning from the Bishop street school, she said, when the assault took place. The assailant knocked her down and put one hand over her mouth to silence her cries. Wnlie she was speaking she was looklns at the occupant in the dock. ouci was her testimony.
 Cassidy was then asked Ii he hao anything to say, and he seemed to hound from the dock to che witness stand. His testimony WAS as terse as that of his accuser. He sald He was not in town in two weeks. ana that he had witnesses to prove It. He was with his uncle, James Grant. in Middlebury, all day last EhursaaS' working around the barnyard.
 Do you know MT Ennls tMlchael Ennis) of Bishop street." ne was asked, and his answer was Yes.
 He was asked if he saw MT Ennis last Friday morning about 6 o'clock and he said he did not.
 He was asked if he knew one John Fitzpatrick, and he said he did not see him either last Friday morning nor on Wednesday.
 How came some of your clothins to be on the wash line at Grant house last Saturday,
 Because they were washing Frl- day and Saturday." was Cassidy's an swer.
 Then Cassidy took from his coat pocket folded paper and saying Il contained the names of witnesses who would show that he was not III town last Thursday, he threw the paper on the table and 1t Was picked up by Prosecuting Attorney Meigs'
 "I have no money to summon these people to court ana want tnls case adjourned till they come; want the court to summon them too"
 This declaration on the part oi Cassidy showed that he was alive u his rights in court at all events. me names of the several people on the paper were read off and Cassidy wal asked what each of them would tes tify, and he said they would show where he was during certain parts o Thursday afternoon. He also salC that his Uncle James Grants place is about seven miles from Waterbur! and that he, Cassidy, worked las Thursday until or o'clock. H' admitted that his police record Wal as follows: Thirty days for vagran cy, June g, 1903. Same year fount not guilty of theft. November 20 1904, $7 and costs and thirty day in iail for false statements in hiring a team, and July 4, 19O5, SlOO an' costs and thirty days in jail for at tempted criminal assault On gir in the north end. Cassidy was thel bound over under bail of $10,00' which is S5,000 more than was ask ed yesterday. This was owing to tn, enormity of the assault. Before ad journing court Judge Burpee pos sessed himself of the paper whicl bore the names of Cassidy's wit nesses. He was asked by the cour reporter for the names and he de clined to give them saying that might frustrate the ends of justic to publish the names tnat the might eoncoct story that would de feat the ends of justice.
 But those names were mentione at a public hearing were they not? said the court reporter. and don they form a public statement" "l was not a public hearing" said tn fudge, and even if the names wer mentioned I do not think it righ they should be published just now.
 That settled it and the inciden was closed.
 Friends of Cassidy were in eouI but evidently they did Tot care { listen to the evidence for they re tired to one of the ante rooms dui ing the hearing. Mir Ennis was als present, but was not called upon testify. In fact the state gave ou as little as possible of its case, feal ing that if it did otherwise it woul be defeated in the superior cour Unusual precautions have been take to keep the evidence as secret | possible.