Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-25
ALI6i DEFENSE IN
 FLANDERS ARSON CASE
Defense to Show Where Parker Was
 at Time of the Fire.

In the trial of the case against
 Rubey Parker of Flanders, East Lyme,
 on the charge of attempting to fire the
 barn of Israel WiIensky in Flanders,
 the state concluded the presentation
 of evidence on Wednesday and the
 defense began it's case, introducing
 witnesses in the superior court here
 to prove an ilibi for thes accused.
 When court opened in the morning
 the state resumed it's case by putting
 rMs. Rebecca Wilensky, wife of Israel
 Wilensky, on the stand. She tes-
 titied that on the day of the ire she
 was with her children at her home in
 Flanders. She was sitting on the ve-
 randa of her house when she saw
 Samuel Ginsberg, who was witness
 Tuesday, go by the house and lew
 minutes later come back with her son
 with the information that the barn
 was aire. She went toward the build
 ing and she saw Parker fleeing from the scene of the fire and go into some
 bushes nearby where he crouched and
 looked toward her and the fire. She
 told how Parker was dressed The Ginsberg boy and her son then be-
 gan to extinguish the fire which mad
 not gained much headway and which
 required only seven or eight pails of
 water to put out. Later some pieces
 of paper which looked like bills be- longong to the accused were found
 near the barn.
 Threat Against Wilensky.
 Mollie Spolan and Frances Esther
 Wilensky told of being at the Parker
 house and the Parker and Spolan fam
 lilies were having trouble and Mir. Will
 ens6y took sides with the Spolan fam fly and Parker got mad and he said
 he would reduce Wilensky to asnes and poison his cattle.
 Then the noon recess was ordered.
 When court came in in the after noon G. E. Pitcher explained another
 large plan he made
 William E. Jackson. state police man, testified and States Attorney Hull rested at 23S
 Defense Begins.
 Almira Rogers and Walter Rogers told what they knew of the fire for the defense. William s. Holmes, who was doing some work for Mr. Parker, testihed 1 that MT. Parker paid him some money at a place where he was working. l about two miles away from the Will ensIly barn about 8.30 o'clock on ,he morning of the fire and stayed around 1 talking about two hours
 Attorney Geary for the defense wanted to put Samuel Ginsberg on snc | stand, but the boy could not be found 1 when search was made for him during l a recess.
 Henry E. Avery of the Flanders dis 1 trict, East Lyme living across from | the Baptist church, testified to know l ing MT. Parker and of buying some l cracked corn from him on June 9, l MT. Avery produced the receint for 1 the grain and said he ordered the | grain by telephone about 10 o'clock. l Mr Parker answered the telephone 1 and said he was all hitched up and ! would bring 1t right along. The wiz 1 ness said MT. Parker brought 1t along l within half an hour from the time 1t ! was ordered. MT. Parker would be 1 on his way to the trolley line from l his own store then and would pass
 MT very's place The witness said 1 that the WilensSy place would be 1 about mile from the Avery place. ] George Robert Dean, also of East 1 Lyme, a blacksmith. with a shop nor h 1 of the Baptist church testified to know 1 the defendant years, and had work l ed for him. He produced his account 1 book for June, 1913. He testified that l on June Mr. Parker brought a horse 1 to the shop about 1O.45 in the morn 1 ing and took it away about an hour 1 later, towing it behind the team on 1 both occasions. When Mn Parker l arrived with the horse he had a load 1 of grain in the wagon, but when he l came back the team was empty. Major Hull found another charg' l for hOrseshOeing on June 19. Dean said ] IDdJ was Tor the same horse, put DJ | could not remember what time of the 1 day that work was done. He placed the time of day of the fire by seeing l MT. Parker carry bag of grain across 1 the street to Mir. AverYs. The states 1 attorney questioned the witness al 1 length to make him show how he To- 1 cated the time on one occasion and l not on the other. The witness finally 1 decided that it was about the samC l time both days and said that on tbe l 18th of June Mr. Avery drove the horse single in a spring wagon and came back from the car with a lum- | Der wagon load of grain.
 l Major Hull recalled MT. Avery tC | the stand and he testified to buying
 bag of middIngs from Mir. Parker
 on June 18th That day Mir ParHe'
 brought the bag in on his shoul 'ers 1 from MT .Avery's son-in-law's wagon Frederick w. Harvey. who lives 2 ] quarter of a mile from MT. Parker, and 1 has been selectnSn and held other
 town oces, was put on the stand and
 to Attorney Geary answered that Mr | Parker's reputation was that of a | good citizen of the town.
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