Norwich bulletin., 1909-02-04

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| with the murder of Dyer Copeland, be-
| fore the criminal superior court here
ON Wednesday. Kiley, the star witness
| for the state. gave his statement dur
| ing the afternoon session and Coroner
| Brown also was called. During his
] examination of Bogardus the accused
/ told him that he had murdered Cope
| land.
Wednesday morning Civil Engineer
| George E. Pitcher was called and fin
| ished his explanation of the map of
| Fort Trumbull and vicinity, where the
murder occurred. There were also
number of photographs shown of the
| Copeland barn.
Medical Examiner Lee.
DR.. H. M. Lee, medical examiner in
| New London, being called. testified to
| the autopsy performed upon Cope
| lands body. He was called to the
| Copeland place the morning of Sep
| tember 8, when there were two po-
| licemen and others there. He found
| Copeland lying on the floor with his
mated the locality of the body on the
| plan. Copeland was fully dressed and
| lying on his back. He had been dead
| several hours. A soft felt hat and
| red handkerchief were near the body
| Both eyes were protruding and blood
| shot, his nose and mouth were bloody
| while the left ear was partly torn
away. The pockets were turned in
| side out and a bunch of keys lay on
the floor. An examination of the horse
was made, which was smooth shod and
| in shed. There was no blood on the
shoes, but some splashes on one hind
! leg near the fetlock and hook.
Everything was all right at the
house. In the barn, on a second ex-
animation. he found some harness and
near it against the wall was round
iron bar covered with blood. 1t was
| partly hidden near the feed box. A
| bar shown him by States Attorney
| Hull was identified by him as the one
| 1t Is a crowbar five feet long and
| pointed at one end. He said he ami
Dr. Heyer have removed a piece Of
bone some hair and tissue from The
bar.
Dr. Lee performed the autopsy that
afternoon with Coroner Brown present
He identified a felt hat which was
found near the body, 1t being bloody
and had a hole In it. a handkerchief
with blood on it was also identified
Dr. Lee stated that there were three
wounds several inches long on the
right side and back of the head, near
each other, and the skull was frac-
tured, there being three breaks The
| left ear was torn away and there was
a gaping wound In the left side. of
the face. DR.. Lee said five of the
wounds were fatal and death was in
| Simultaneous. The wounds could have
been inflicted with the iron bar and
much force. DR.. Lee was cross-exam
ined by the attorneys for the defense.
Harold T. Larson testified that he
| saw Copeland's body lying in the barn
the evening of the murder, but did not
try to arouse him. as he supposed
Copeland was asleep. Anselm McDon-
aid notified the police, he having gone
! to the barn and found Copeland dead
Joseph Walters testified to guarding
| liceman B. B. White testified to going
to the Copeland barn and stayed there
for time and helped put the body in
a box.
Aneita Mundarli. who lived next to
Copeland's place. testified through In
terpreter Ralph DeVito that she lived
In New London three years. previous
to which she lived in Groton. She
went to Copeland's barn about six
O'Clock Labor day morning to buy
some grain and saw Mr.. Copeland ly-
ing on the floor, his face being bloody
She screamed and ran away and 9TH
ers who heard her scream went to
| the barn and the police were called.
DR.. H. H. Heyer. who assisted at the
autopsy corrohorated DR.. Lees state
ments.
KiIey Tells His Story.
There was much interest manifested
by the spectators when Attorney Hull
called William L. kiley, who IS Joint
! ly accused with Bogardus, to testify.
He told story which kept the crowd
so quiet and the interest so conferred
on him that cough was almost start
| ling.
Kiley testified without hesitation and
! told his story without becoming con-
| fused. He said he was "a years old
| and a native Of New London and had
! been a chum OF Bogardus for a year
| previous to the murder. Last Labor
| day he met Bogardus about 100 O'Clock
| in the afternoon and they went to
| Borden's and had a drink While in
| there Bogardus talked with Edith
| West On the way home, when near
| his house, Kiley was asked by Bogar-
| dus to 90 to the fort with him for sup
| per and consented. They went In t.
| Bogardus' bunk and after talking for
while went to supper. Bogardus
went out, saying he had a dagger un-
/ der the haystack. Bogardus said: 'I
want to show you something, Bill"
and called him down by the powder
| house. Bogardus said: Lets hit the
| old man on the head" and Kilev re-
| thing like that" They then went
| through the hole in the wire fence by
| crawling on their hands and knees.
| Bogardus said he was going to borrow
| some money and left Kiley. Kiley
| went In front of the bakeshop and
| waited fifteen minutes until Bogardus
returned, coming through the main
| gate. They went UP Smith street and
/ back of the iron works, when Bogardus
/ told him that he had knocked the old
4 man on the head with a crowbar and
/ was laughing he paid little attention
| to his statement. As they walked along
and neared a shanty Bogardus showed
a three compartment pocketbook in
which were coins, bills and checks.
| He gave Kiley S1.65 and putting a
stone in the purse directed Kiley to
| throw it overheard, which he did. He
| cautioned Kiley about talking of the
/ affair and said he would use him like
/ the old man If he did There were
/ some blood stains on Bogardus' trous-
! ers shoe laces which were washed off
| and later some small spots were
washed off his face in the Subway
saloon. They met Edith West and
Bogardus told her she could have SIS
| or $40 If she wanted 1t.
| Kiley met Bogardus again Tuesday
| evening and the latter told of going to
| see Copeland's body and when other
| soldiers were about he said: "a man
| that'll do a trick like that" and here
| he used vile term which was stricken
| out The soldiers said Good boy.
Johnny" Bogardus told Kiley that
| there had been some men at the fort
| looking for the captains and he knew
what that meant. He warned Kiley to
saw thew were at Isl Main street on