Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-24
WILENSKY BOY SAYS IT WAS PARKER
Whom He Saw Twice Near His Fathers Barn Where Fire Was Duplicate Shipping Receipt of Goods Sent to Parker Ruled Out Exhbit-One Witness Claims He Was Threatened

The superior court was occupied all day Tuesday with teh trial of the case of the state Vs. Rubey Parker, a grocer of East Lyme, on the charge of at tempting to set fire to the barn of Israel Wilensl5y on June 9th, The barn is situated on the road from Flanders to Mantle
 By Herman WilensIIy, the 14 gear old son of the owner of the barn, intrO- ouced as the last witness of the day, the state sought to connect MT. Parker with the attempted firing of the barn as the boy testified to seeing a man, who he said was MT. Parker, in the vicinity of the barn in some brush i'm mediately after the fire. As further indication that MT. Parker had been in the vicinity of the barn, the state sought to introduce carbon dupn- cate of a shipping receipt in MT. Farker's name, which the Winensky hoy testified he had found a few days later in a lot nearby.
 Judge Greene ruled the shipping re- CeipL out after the attorneys had ar EIed the waiter. He indicated that the state would need to show that it was usual for these shipping receipts to come into the hands of the consignee.
 Civil Engineer Explained Plans.
 When court opened in the morning Civil Engineer George E. Pitcher was put on rhe stand to finish the explana- tion of plans and photographs he had made of the location He was on the stand ob0uu an hour
 Barn Owner TestiFies.
 TsraeI Wilensky. owner of the barn, teSri1ed that he way away from the house at the time of the alleged fire, which took place at Il.3o in the morn ing.
 Helped Put Out Fire.
 
 wears old told of being at the fire and helping put it out with Herman Wi lensky, son of the owner, He saw a. man in the brush with a moustaChe and silk cap and heard voice from the brush say in Hebrew, Keep quiet' The morning of the fire the witness said he saw 1Ir- Par}Ser ina team near Flanders corner and he had a silk cap and g m0ustache. After the fire the two boys ran into the woods to see if they could find the man with the silk cap, but could not
 Boy Said He Had Been Threatened.
 To Major HuIPs question as to what the man in inc cap looked like the boy said he did not know and he could i not give his best opinion about the matter Attorney Geary tried to get in some i objections 10 the questions but the an i svers came before the objections could l be made.
 To a question from Major Hull the witness said he had been threatened | and that Mrs WHenshy had told him ! Parker would fix him if he told the i truth.
 Afternoon Session. When court came in after the noon | recess the Gins5erg boy testified that l Mrs WiIeuskv was told by Mrs SpOl- 1 len that Parker would fix him after 1 court. To Mir. Geary the witness said he lives in New York and came here Sept. 13 and has lied with Police man Jackson of the state force in WIlimantic. He denied that Jackson bought the suit he wears. Then the witness told Of being at Flanders cor DeE on June and 10 seeing MT. Park CT and later while passing the Wilen- SEI place saw the fire in the barn and got help and put it out The fire did not blaze. He retoId the story of try ing -o locate the man with the cap. He said that Mrs. Wilensky was at l. the barn and saw the man in the brush and she said she knew the man but did not tell his name, and she seemed afraid to tell me.
 fsIusherC said he worked as a ness boy on the steamer Chelsea with Her man S0I0ruroff but denied he told the latter he was to be paid $10 to say Parker set fire to the barn
 Herbert Maynard and Mrs Eunice his wife testified to the two boys coming to their place in their search for the man who might have set the fire.
 Identifies Shipping Receipt.
 Judge E. Gray. shipping clerk for 3 New London wholesale grocery house. identified the original and the carbon duplicate of shipping receipt for some goods that had been sent to -Er Parker by the trolley express.
 The states attorney placed these in evidence as exhibits Is and r.