The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-15
STATE CLOSES ITS CASE
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 Officer Arthur L. Prout stated that he arrested Bissonnette. He saw two young men. one named Develse and the other Dunn. holding Bissonnette when he arrested him. He brought Bissonnette back to the house. While | they were in the house a young man named Strasburger brought a revolver to him, saying he had found it in the yard in front of the house. "I asked | Bissonnette if the revolver was his, and he said 1t was"
 Frank J. Ward. assistant undertaken | for Rourke & Rourke. testified: 'T took care of the body and prepared it." Here the clothes of the dead man were offered as evidence. Mir. Ward stated that check book. rosary beads and some money was found on the clothes. but no wea2ons.
 Ava Rissonnette testified: "T was upstairs on the second floor on night of shooting with mamma Brother said. oh. Tina. and I ran down stairs. | When I came down stairs my father was sitting in the rocking chair. Un- | cle said to my sister. Stay in a couple | of days and take care of your moth | CT. My uncle was just about to turn | around when father said. 50 you are going to be boss around herer Yes. am.' replied uncle. T am not going to see my sister starve.'
 Uncle then grabbed father by the throat, but I did not hear what he said Father then got up and both | faced each other. Father was talking very low in French. while uncle us ss English. Uncle told him to speak ...l English. Uncle had his hands by his a pistol in papa's hand. I do not know from where he got the pistol" | On cross-exanination the little girl | stated that she saw her uncle take off his glasses and place them on the table | and then start quickly for her father and grab him by the throat. He only held him for a moment and papa then got up.
 The little girl stated that the day after the shooting Tina came back to Hive with them Attorney Chamber lain asked her if she and her sister had not gone over the story of the | shooting again and again
 You don't mean to tell the jury" said Attorney Chamberlain. "that you and your sister never spoke of the shooting?"
 painful . subject"
 The little girl was asked by Attorney 1DeLaney what was given her mother as food T gave her toasted bread and tea There was meat in the house but she would not take it." The lit- tie girl said that she alone took care of her mother. cooked the meals. pre- ' pared the children for school and in fact the other duties about the house. Following a short recess little Ava was again called and was asked by Attorney Delaney what the family had to eat before the child was born.
 "AIl we had was bread" replied the
 What did your father eat?"
 Papa used to go out to the corner store and buy a steak and food and come home and cook them for himself He never offered any to us. not even | to mother"
 Prank H. Strasburger. 1s3s Seaview | avenue. testified: ''I was at home read a knock at the door, When I opened | 1t Tina Bissonnette was there She was crying and said come over to the house I put on my coat and crossed the street and went into the Bisson- | nette home. I saw Demery on the ! floor, he was still living I then ran out and telephoned for the ambulance. When came out of the store after back to the house I went out into the yard. lit a match and found re- volver in an alley way"
 Wm. J. Dunns Seaview Ave.-"1 J was in the store near the Bissonnette home when one of the children call eu Tor help. l went out of the store soon afterwards I and Develse held Bissonnette till the police came" | Dunn was asked if Bissonnette 6 clothes were disarranged or any marks on his body. and replied that he did not notice any.
 Henry Develse-"Bissonnet was
 
 daughters were clinging unto him. They said, Papa don't run away. you have killed uncle-' I took ahold of his hands and tried to stop him. I he said that he had thrown 1t away. Then Officer Prout arrested him"
 Develse somewhat puzzled the coun- sel when he stated that he saw the Bissonnette girl cling to their father when they were three yards away from their home He was asked how he was so sure of that distance. He knew because there was three houses between the Bissonnette home and where he saw the three. By three yards he meant. three front yards or | lawns. Then Develse answered in the aF rrnative a short Yep" was used. Attorney Judson said that a little t"Ies would sound much better than | the ugly Yep"
 Following Develse's testimony the l state announced that its side rested. The defense then began summoning their witnesses
 Francis Lapalme, 1Ts Brooks street, near former home of Rome P. Dem ] cry. Knew Demery for last IA years | Had conversation with Demery prior to shooting regarding Bissonnette. Iapalme was asked by counsel for the defense to state that conversa- tion, but Stnte's Attorney Judson ob- 1 jected- Attorney Chamberlain stated that the conversation was desired to | be offered as testimony Sn rebuttal to the plea or the state that Demery called at the Bissonnette home on a certain errand of mercy. Attorney Judson then asked that fin view Of | the fact that the testimony might not be permissible to give to the jury. he . would leave 1t to the discress'on Of the court whether 1t should be sub mitted or not The court then dis missed the jury while the evidence was being given Following the testi- mony of Lapalme. the court decided to admit the conversation he had with Bissonnette. and ordered the jury recalled This was only after a long argument by the sta&e's attor- ! ney. as the conversation dated back IA months. The celebrated case of the State vs. Peter Kelly of this city | was referred to. citing the decision of the Supreme Court.
 Lanalme said: "One evening Dem | cry sent one of the Pissonnntte hoys