Norwich bulletin., 1913-10-23

 Point, on the charge of manslaughter 1 in shooting and killing her son-in-law l Thomas V. Coatchelly, of New London l on June Sd last at her home at Allyns S 1 Point, where he was trying to force an entrance into the house in order to see his six months old son, it is claimed The court session was held in the com ! mon pleas court room, as the supreme court was occupying the superior court room.
 Deputy JaiIer Oscar Main brought the accused from the jail on Cedar street to court in his automobile. She bore the trying experience of the day with fortitude, but appeared somewhat haggard and worn by the nervous strain she is under At various times, as she listened to the questions and answers in the testimony that was giv- en- she nodded her head approvingly at the answers that were returned.
 It is understood that about twenty five witnesses have been summoned in on the case, which promises to run well into next week. Only three wit nesses were on the stand Wednesday.
 Morse Case Possibly This Term.
 When the jury had been selected for the Perkins trial, States Attorney Hadlai A. Hull requested that the re mainder of the jurors on the panel be excused subject to recall, as he said that there was a good prospect of try ing the Marion Morse case at this ses- sion of court. She is now at the Back us hospital after an operation last Monday
 In the trial of the Perkins case the states attorney has with him his as- sistant, Attorney Warren Burrows, and is also assister by Attorney Max Boyer of New London.
 The attorneys for Mrs Perkins are J. J. Desmond and Charles V. Perkins.
 One Rejection Among Jurors.
 In choosing the jurors each was questioned both by the states attor- ney and by Attorney J. J. Desmond, counsel for the accused. The states attorney inquired particularly wheth- CT prospective jurors were related to Mrs. Perkins or to her son -in-law or to the attorneys on either side in a business or any other way Counsel for the accused inquired of the pros peCtIVe witnesses as to what they pre- ViOusly knew of the case and if what they had read or known had influ- enced them towards any opinion which would interfere now with their fair trial of the ease Two men were found who had not read of the case. and one had not read of it and had not heard it talked about until among the jurymen of the present panel for this court. He came from Exeter, Leb- anon. The jury of twelve was selected after half an hour given to this part of the case There was one rejection when Walter c. Burdick of CsriswOId was objected to by Attorney Desmond for the defense.
 After the jury had been sworn and instructed by Assistant Clerk Hibberd R. Norman, Judge Greene excused the remainder of the panel, instructing them to give the clerk their addresses so that they could easily and quickly be reached when called upon.
 The Jury.
 The following comprised the jury chosen:
 Norwich Martin F. Jensen, Richard A. Magner, William NJ Burdicl1, Pat rick T. Connell
 rice R. Flynn Rensalaer w. Holmes.
 Colchester Clarence H. Pease, Al bert H. F'oOte
 Griswold--Arvine Dawley.
 Lebanon-Elmer E. PuItz, Henry J. Williams.
 Mrs. Perkins sat in the court room in the custody of Deputy Sheriff Tubbs while the jury was being chos- en, but before the first evidence was introduced took a seat close to her attorneys at the cOunseIs table, where she was in reach to consult them from time to time. She was dressed in black and wore a hat of Sblack and the front, and a veil
 Civil Engineer Explains Plans.
 Civil Engineer George E. Pitcher was the first witness put on by the state, explaining plans which he had made for the case.
 The first was floor plan of the home of Mrs. Perkins at AIlyn's Point. in the town of Ledyard. It showed that there was a storm door at the front entrance Of the house, and that the main door was a solid wooden one without glass in it. At the rear of the main hall was a flight of stairs leading to the dcor above, and with clothes press under them. The rear of the hall was made by big old-fashioned brick The kitchen was immedi- ately behind the hall, but there is no communication between them. To the right of the hall is the sitting room and to the left the parlor. By going through either room from the front hall the kitchen can be reached.
 In the Sitting Room.
 The location of a telephone was shown in the front corner of the sit hall. Other articles in the sitting room shown on the plan were an or gan against the wall towards the mid 1le of the room on the side opposite the hall doorway, a graphophOne and a record stand in the space between the two front windows and also the parlor stove.
 The witness was called upon to give various measurements as to the small front porch, where the storm door was and of the hallway. It was 19 feet di- agonally across the parlor, he said. from the hall room door to the doorway of a bedroom in which there was no door.
 The second plan described by the civil engineer showed the location of the Perkins home and it's surroundings, the house standing facing southerly to- wards the road between Gales Ferry | and Ledyard Center The barn is diag- )nally across the road and facing the house A small shed, two henhouses, | ! priVy a corn house and ice house were shown westerly from the dwell | ng house. The surveys for the plans had been made June ,. 1913, which i was the second day after the shoot | ing.
 Photographs as Exhibits. Half a dozen photographs of the To- l 2alfty were also introduced as exhibits. l They were both interior and exterior 1 views. One of them showed a big olOodspot in the mating on the floor 1 )f porch inside the storm door. Anoth- i r one showed a Crowbar whose 1olnt- l ed end was braced against the base ] board at the rear of the hall, and it's l other end protruding a little over the | loorsill and under one of the double | 'ront doors, which had fallen back | rom it's hinges. The crowbar was | 'eet 10 1-2 inches long.
 During a short recess of the court l