Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-15

15 minutes later about the bonds.
 Mayor Thayer Inquires.
 Mayor Thayer asked the witness what time she first saw Rudd that night, which the thought was about 20 minutes to 1. She had talked with Captain Linton before Rudd came in. Rudd answered the telephone about five minutes after he came into the house.
 Heard Instruction to Officer Doty.
 Next on the stand was Policeman Henry Fenton, of the police department about 15 years and a regular patrol man for six years. He was on the | East Main street and East Norwich beat on the night in question. He told of being at headquarters for lunch at | 2 o'clock, but did not see Policeman Rudd then. Captain Linton asked him in the presence or Policemen Cowles | and Vetter if he knew where George | Pratt lived. The witness did not know. | Close to o'clock he heard Captain | Linton give Officer Doty instructions | in the mess room that he was obliged | to give the state police any assistance, | 1 if they asked for it. He heard Captain Linton say that they had not asked | any assistance of him except to put the | liquor in the chiefs room, and he would not allow that. | On cross -examnation by Corporation 1 Counsel Tanning, Policeman Fenton | testified that he had no orders to make any examination as to what was going on around the square.
 On Booking Prisoners.
 William S. Doty, forty years a mem- 1 Der of the local police force, followed Policeman Fenton on the stand and ! n,r aI of | instructions given him by Captain Linz ton about assisting the state police. Corporation Counsel Tanning inquir- ed of him about whose duty it was to book the. prisoners. and he said he would probably have booked any pris- oners that morning.
 To Attorney Shields he said that he wouldn't book anyone unless an officer came and reported to him that he had a person there as a prisoner.
 Corporation Counsel Tanning follow ed up this line of questioning, and the witness answered that people brought in were presented at the desk to be booked
 Attorney Shields called Captain Lin- ton to the stand to explain the sys- tenn of booking, the captain stating that none were booked until presented, and they were then locked up. To Corpora
 tion Counsel Tanning he said he didn't know that the prisoners of that night were under arrest, and nobody told him.
 To Attorney Shields he said he could n't tell the officers from the arrested men who were there, and the only off, cer he knew was State Policeman Rudd.
 Question Objected to.
 To Mayor Thayer he said he made
 no inquiries, and that he might do the same thing again under similar cir cumstances. The mayor asked if he.
 as an officer of the law in charge of that department. would permit citizens
 of the city to be locked up over night
 and make no inquiries.
 Attorney Shields objected to the
 question, and the mayor asked the cap-
 tain if he objected to answering, which the captain said he did That conclud-
 ed the testimony of Captain Linton.
 The Defense Rests, Attorney Shields announced that the
 defense rested.
 Called in Rebuttal. , In rebuttal Corporation Counsel Fan- ming recalled State Policeman Varelli | and asked about the speed with which l they went to the Ferry street house } Varelli said they walked slowly. They } waited at the house for an automo- } bile to take the eight women and elev- } en men to police headquarters. Witness Under Fire. , Attorney Shields put the witness un- , der a course of questioning to find out , what the policemen were doing in the
 Ferry street house for three hours. He
 said they were sitting around. He ask r ed for the books, and some were giveT them out of a safe. Attorney Shields I lput the witness through a severe grill : ing on the subject of speedwith which , the witness got out of the automobile / and went to the Ferry street house. ' He made an evasive witness whC | prolonged the hearing by his attempts to avoid answering questions, bringing ! on a tilt between the mayor and At : torney Shields about the way the eX- animation was dragging on. Laughter from the crowd at some of the retortI I brought out a rebuke from the mayor s State Policeman Rudd was recalled T by Corporation Counsel Tanning, tC 4 whom he testified that the cause of tn, . delay that night in getting the prison CTS to police headquarters was through
 waiting for an automobile.
 Attorney Shields went into detaill e with the witness upon the carrying 0 capacity of the four machines. Two ou @ of the four machines they had in us, y broke, down in the city.
 | WAat Happened to Chief Egan. !, To Attorney Shields he said he pre- 2 ferred not to state what happened t v Supt. Egan that he didn't connect witt this raid, and the attorney didn't pres
 the question. Rudd testified that tn 4 first he heard Marion Morse speal f about bonds was at police headquar i ters.
 r Arguments After Recess.
 This concluded the testimony, ant
 after a five minute recess had been de
 clared by the mayor, the council con 5 vened again and at the suggestion O . the mayor the counsel agreed to us' l. about an hour each in the arguments. = Corporation Counsel Tanning began U his argument for the prosecution abou e 1O.15 o'clock. He took up the charge $ and evidence in detail. and concluded U by reading from he city charter tha e it was within the province of the coun
 cil to exonerate or to punish Captail
 Linton. continuing the suspension, re - moving him from office, or restorini d him to duty The corporation counse l spoke for 45 minutes and argued tha - a continuance of such actions on tn d part of 8 police captain would be r. source of grave danger to the city - putting the case strongly. II Attorney Shields made a dramati n Continued on Page Ssven.)