The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-02-26
CUKIUUs WUMEN WllH ll,rANTS IN ARMS
 AT MURDER TRIAL
Some Are armed Not to Come Around Next Week
 When Trial Resumes
Witnesses Who Were First
 to See Body of Mullen After Alleged Crime Testify.


 So great was the confusion in the court room of the Criminal Superior Court yesterday afternoon where Fred Raynor and Clara Sprague the alleged slayers of James Mullen are on trial that Sheriff Hawley, after court ad- journed announced to. the large throng of women present, who appeared to be there out of curiosity that some ofthem would not be admitted when court opened again Tuesday morning. They even come with infants in their arms, so great is their curiosity.
 Yesterday afternoons session was taken up with the hearing of the wit nesses who found the body and who were around the premises about the time the murder was committed. The officers who were on that beat on the evening of the murder were also call- ed.
 William c. Plumley, of 8S6 Broad Street testified as follows:
 q know Mullen and saw him at Broad and State streets about 5:3O o'clock on the evening of Jan. 12th. He was talking to that woman there (pointing to Clara Sprague who sat beside her counsel, Attorney Taylor walked towards them and said Hell ID LO MulleII, put ne u1Q not nOLiCG fIlc I saw him pull open his coat and say to the woman, I've got money. come on.' He appeared to me to be intox- icated. Igpassed on and saw the two go COwn Court street together. The woman had hold of Mullen's arm"
 John J. Allen, janitor of the build ing at Main and Union Square where in the alleged homicide was commit ted said he knew the two accused. He said that they occupied the three rooms on the top floor, rear, facing Union Square. He forced an entrance to their rooms, they being unoccupied for number of days, five days follow ing the discovery of the body of Null len. F. c. Mullins, the undertaken with him. The wall and floor, of the bed room was bespattered with blood.
 Henry J. Seeley, photographer, tes- tified that he took pictures of the three rooms of the Sprague apart ments. There were two sets to each picture each one from a different angle.
 Frederick c. Mullins testified that when he first saw Mullen he was strip ped to the waist, but had on pair of trousers and underdrawers. There was not stitch upon him above the waist except four in hand neck tie about the neck. Witness knew Mullen only as casual acquaintance. He had worked for the Bridgeport Distributing Co.,, and for Col T. J. Murphy driving a delivery wagon. Witness also dis covered blood stains on the floor and wall of the Sprague apartments.
 Arthur E. Baker, a civil engineer produced two large drawings of the rooms. halls and landing of the block at Main street and Union Squere. des- cribing the entrances and distances. Rudolph Wentz, chef at Broch's cafe tactified as fO11OwS.
 ''It was about five minutes of that evening when I went out of the rear door of the cafe. leave at 8 o'clock so I know that it was a few minutes before. Broch's steps are about two feet from the stairs leading to the over the body of a man. I thought he was drunk. The body was almost naked. He had nothing on but his trousers, underdrawers and an under shirt which was rolled up around his shoulders I felt of his heart to see if he was still breathing. It appeared to be slightly beating. but the body was limp. I noticed when I looked at his face that his lips were swollen, that both eyes were black and blue, the right more so than the left. There was blood all over his face and on the back of his right hand"
 Are you sure that when the body was found it had an underSh1rt on, {, asFed Attorney Taylor.
 "Yes I am quite sure, had to raise it just a little to place my hand on lis heart"
 Officer Charles s. Beaner stated that he arrived on the scene with Officer John Brown about 10 minutes after 8. Sergeant Hazel was there before him. He noticed the body at the foot of the stairway and noticed that it was almost naked Along with Officer Brown they went into the building on the fourth floor found an overcoat, undercoat, vest shoes and stockings. They knocked at the doors of all the apartments, but at only one was there a response that of Mrs. Hopkinson's.
 Sergeant Joseph A. Hazel was next called. He was asked to describe the body when he reached 1t. He said, "There was considerable blood on the mustache and nostrils bruise on the right side of the head, eyes black and the right more so than the left, his lips seemed to be swollen and out of proportion His clothing consisted of a pair of trousers underdrawers, an under and overshirt, the latter two rolled underneath his left shoulder The left arm was in the two shirts. but the right was hare. The right shoulder blade was scraped and scratched. Court then adjourned till Tuesday.