Putnam patriot., 1913-11-14

know whether Macdonald, Joy, ,Fatem and Wheaton, were politicians. The cocktails were bought for Howarth's benefit. Didn't own mine. Told ho- warth she did. Didn't intend to go west. Never asked Howarth to go. Said if she could find the right man she would take him. Didn't tell Ho- warth that she had burned building. Did not tell him that in days gone by she had set fires in the west. Never wept because she feared he would be- tray her. Never pretended to.
 June 9th telephoned sa him to come June l1th. No one else there. Cock tails and port wine on table or side board. He .took one or two glasses. The idea of the wine was because Hurley said Howarth was :a man who 1 liked nice dinners and wine with them. Howarth never drank over three glasses. Lunches took Ia toi2o minutes. Hurley had lunch there be- fore Howarth came. Very little talk at table. July II talked about chauf- feur, girl in Hartford, and visit to Aleorn in Hartford.
 July 23d, did not have lunch.
 July 8l and August ', II, 2i, had lunch Launched three or fouramin- utes after he came. Howarth once told her II would be better to bring,a suit for having shaft house removed. This was after talk of burning shaft house. Told about candle. Didn't read from anything. Nothing said about Jack Rose and an article on that matter. Wine that wasn't used was given to Hurley. Last conversation with .Ho- warth was August 2ist. Next heard them in juil Was notified by Hurley they were to be there. Never saw MT. Searls until after the arrest. Haven't been to jail number of times since she listened to dictagraph. Did not remember whether or not she had been once.
 Mrs. Bennett was shown plan Of the interior of her house where the con versations she had previously testified to took place. She said 1t was correct.
 Robert Hurley was shown the plan and said that 1t had been drawn by him. It showed the den and rooms and approaches leading to 1t. The plan was made an exhibit.
 Herbert ]. Smith, engineer, present. ed map showing the fair grounds, Priests Island, the railroad track, and Arch bridge. He told how one com ing from Priests Island to the fair grounds would go by foot or by vehi- ce. He was cross exa.nined at length regarding distances and nature of the land.
 George F. Holprook said that he went to the Brooklyn jail with pris- oner. He saw Howarth and Cain look ing out of window. Howarth called out, "Hello George" He replied, "Hello boys"
 M. R. Joy explained the map intro duced by Engineer Smith and esti- mated distances and told nature of the land round about.
 Wesley Keller said that the house he lived in that was burned during the Wheaton fire he hired of k. M. Wheat on.
 Robert Hurley told of taking plaster casts Of foot prints at the fair grounds The tracks crossed the race track be- fore reaching the south boundry, cros- sed the infieId of the track, across the back stretch and into barn showing where persons stood. They went around and out on north end of barn around track to entrance where he lost them. An imprint of Howarth's shoe taken iE plaster Of Paris at Brooklyn jaiI was also put in evidence.
 Witness 0yerhears liOwartll aHd Mrs.
 Bennett
 Witness said that he was present at the Bennett home during conversations between Mrs. Bennett and Howarth. He heard by the aid of dictagraph. He testifies in part as follows corrobo- rating Mrs. Bennett's testimony:
 July II said he heard Howarth ask the woman If she had made up her mind about going West. Hurley cor roborated the story of the Alcorn con yersation told by Mrs. Bennett.
 He, told of Mrs. Bennett asking the man nWhat would you do If you were in my place?u and his reply was IT think know just what wouid.p He wanted to know what he would gain by the destruction of the shaithouse, and she said 1t would expose the vein. He said he wanted to see the property first, for It might be hard task. She told him she understood it would be easy and he said, 1T could get fellow in Putnam to do 1t for $50"
 Speaking of fire in Brooklyn In which they traced man by his foot prints and said the police finally found man with shoes that fitted the des- cription, he said they couldn't prove anything because nobody saw him do the job. He said Ee would like to look the Colorado Property over first and If he found the job could be done ho would do It, Officer Hurley corrobo-