Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-10
ACCUSED BEING TRIED SEPARkIEI '
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three months. At his brothers house the police raided They found me in bed and I was arrested. Fournier jumped out of the window and was not arrested
 "Fr0hn WoonSecket We went to Glas- go, Conn. where we stayed about one week. Then we went to Norwich. In Norwich first went to a house of i'll fame in Water street. kept by Annie Davis. 7 remained there one~ night. Then I went to the Moundville house, where F0urnier was. Saturday went with Fournier to the house kept by Nellie Dsvis.''
 At this point the witness was called upon to identify Nellie Davisy which
 T was upstairs and did not hear what Fournier said to Miss Davis. They made me go upstairs and take my clothes off. was given the name of Eva DucIesu by Nellie Davis She made me buy silk wrapper and charged me $5, which I later paid, as Is had no money when 1 entered the house.
 T didn't see Nellie Davis give Four nier any money. l remained at the Nellie Davis house about a week. I kept account and Miss Davis house keeper Frankie, kept account. had about s11 coming to me.
 T told Miss Davis I wanted to go home, but she didn't want to give me any money. When 1 went she gave me only g and keut the wrapper I had bought and a gold pin. Chief Mur,.ty went to the hcuse after was taken to the police station and got the Fir for me
 The Prisoner Disappeared.
 At 12 o'clock court took short re- cess Miss Davis had been seized by a nervous fit while the Belanger girl was testifying and pr. Hartman att tended her.
 Miss Davis evidently wanted some air. for when the recess was taken she. asked her attorney, Charles w. Comstock, if she could go out. Attor- ney Comstock thought that she meant out of the courtroom and he replied Yes"
 Then the Davis woman, accompa- nied by another woman. went down State street. After about ten minutes recess Judge Burpee ordered court in session again. It was not noticed that the accused was not among those present" and the state was ready to proceed with the examination of the Belanger girl, when Clerk Parsons irl- not in the courtroonl
 Sheriff Brown was directed by Judge Burpee to find Miss Davis and bring her into court. A search was made of the adjoining rooms. but she was not in any of them, and it was learned that she had gone dowr town.
 Attorney Comstock endeavored tt 1 get hold of his client, but he could | not find her Finally he returned tt l the court room and informed tht court that he had told his client tha court room, but that she had though evidently that he meant out of tn, | court house. for she had gone dowr l into State street. He suggested talk | ing the noon recess at that time, 12.30 ! instead of 1 o'clock. and coming il l again at 1.3o, instead of at 2. 2 l Judge Burpee decided to- do this and said that when Nellie Davis re | turned she was to ba kept in the GUS
 tody of the sheriff duffng the trial.
 The Davis woman is out unde I $2,500 bonds. so she was not supuoaea | to be watched by the si1eriffs. He roaming. however, though no fault o the court attendants, interfered witt ! the progress of the court
 Afternoon Session. l At the afternoon session there wa ! witz Theodore E.-Rogers, Floyd | that he went to the Davis house am
 asked about the girl being. there. There were two witnesses for tn
 defense, the accused not going on tn stand
 1. Frankie Leon. the housekeeper a 1 the place. testified that the girl wa | allowed to stay there as an accommo dation and that she was there onl I from Saturday until Monday. Sh | did not earn any money there, bu l came down to meals with the other
 and then went back to her room Tn 1 witness refused to answer many ques I tjons and when asked why, said sh | did not want to incrininate herself. John H.. Barnes, deputy judge c
 the Norwich city court. was called t
 testify about what the Belanger gil testified to in the city court. her, I She said she wanted to get away a she was not making money enough Arguments by Burrows and Com
 stock were heard and State Attorne Hull had spoken for half hour whe court was adjourned until this morn
 ing. The case against Henry and. Cor
 Mnhoney, charged with the same of Il fense, is due to be heard next.