Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-30

up with the court the matter of the assignment State Attorney Charles E. Bearls said that the case would prob- ably require considerable time for trial perhaps a week, and he felt that It should be commenced on a Tuesday
 Attorney Searls expressed himself as being in favor of trying the case in Putnam. as nearly all of the witnesses are residents in or near this city and this fact together with the convenience of the witnesses and the saving of expense to the state were conSidera- tions leading him to advocate trying the case here instead of at Williman- tic, unless there be some very good reason for going to the latter city; the attorney for the state said also that he realized there is a feeling in Willimantic that eases should be tried in that city during the time the court is in session there.
 Attorney Samuel B. Harvey, repre-
 senting Attorney Howarth as counsel said he understood that the state att torney had already agreed with him to try the case in Willimantic, and also Attorney Harvey expressed him. self as favoring Willimantic owing to the natural degree of excitement that had been caused in Putnam by the arrest of his client and by reason of the nature of the accusation. T am much surprised to hear the state at
 
 ney Harvey.
 Attorney Searls, in reply, stated to the court that he may have had some talk with Attorney Harvey relative to trying the case at Willimantic, but that he had not entered into a formal agreement to do so. T believe" con tinued Mir. Searls, that there is no untOward sentiment or hostility against either Howarth or Cain in Putnam, but rather a feeling of uncertainty, l T a.
 believe this would have any effect on a jury in the case. 1 do not care particularly where the case is tried, but there is no reason to believe that the prisoners would not get fair trial in Putnam. I would favor hold ing the trial here on the grounds of economy to the state and for the con- venience of the witnesses.
 Attorney Harvey, following Attor- ney Searls, stated to the court that he believed it almost impossible to get a fair trial of the case in Putnam un- less the jury was kept under the very closest supervision by the sheriff dur ing all of the trial the inference being that Attorney Harvey feared that , many of the stories that circulate
 about the case in this city might come to the ears of the jurors.
 Judge Williams suggested to Attor- ney Harvey that the matter of econ omy should be considered. Attorney Harvey replied that he believed that there were other considerations that
 overbalanced economy in this case.
 Judge Williams said: Tt is barely
 possible that stories might reach the
 ears of the jury and in view of the importance of the case I assign it to be tried at Willimantic, beginning next Tuesday.
 Howarth and Cain listened with in terest to the discussion as to where <, 4,s. hc1I "a familiar with court procedure, so lost none of the points made by either at torney. The young men were not all lowed together, but were kept at a considerable distance from each other all of the time they were in the court room. They were brought from the jail at Brooklyn, where they have been in separate parts of the jail since a few days after their arrest in diff ferent automobiles.
 Cain seemed to have been more af- fected by his few weeks of confinement than did Howarth, though both de- clared they were feeling well. HoWarth
 said to a friend T never felt better In my life" To another he stated that he expected to be at liberty again
 within few days, now that the date for the trial has been fixed.
 Howarth gave no indication of be- ing under any nervous strain during the time he was in court. He chatted with a few persons before the open ing of court, a function that he had
 many times participated in at Putnam.
 as has Cain, and during the reading of the long complaint against him was as calm as any spectator. At the recess hour he smoked a, cigar while l chatting with various persons that came over to talk with him. Cain was ] nearly as well composed as Howarth, but did not come so much into prom | thence on account of not being put to plea. He had nothing of interest to say about the case. Both young men are anxious, however, for the trial that | the case against them may be disposed | of They were returned to jail during 1 the afternoon,