Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-19

writing expert. Professor Robert Bru- beck of New London, as one of tho witnesses in the $20,000 scandal suit brought in the superior. court by John F. Craney against John Donovan, It was shown late Thursday after noon in the trial of the suit, that the attor- neys for the plaintiff would try to show that MT Donovan. the defendant, was the writer of practically all the mass or letters and postal cards that have been filed as exhibits. Professor BTU beck was shown a piece of paper on which was some writing which was admitted to be the handwriting of MT. Donovan. With this he was asked to compare a number of the exhibits, these including the anonymous postal cards signed May which it had been shown MT Donovan received by mail and had resent to Mir. Church
 The anonymous letters recefvea ny Mrs. Church and MT Church were al so shown to the professor ana ne gave it as his opinion that the same person who wrote the admitted Don ovan handwriting was the one wno wrote the anonymous cards and let ters.
 Many Spectators Attend.
 The spectators seats were well filled at the morning and afternoon sessions of the court and when court came In at 1910 a. m, Willard A. Church was recalled to me SJaHo Dy tilS pAoAieLhA 2 attorney Roderick M. Douglass. but the court sustained the objection to the line of testimony that was attempted to be Introduced through MT. Churcn and he was excused from the stand.
 Mrs John Charon of Woonsocket was called to the stand. She identi- fled two letters she had written by di- rection of her husband, directed to John Donovan. She had also written letter to John Craney, she said by direction of her husband.
 MT. Church was recalled to the stand and identified more letters, one rom John Charon in Woonsoeket and sever al signed John Donovan.
 Exhibits Grow in Number.
 The last letter was read at HIS. With org or two notes which were in- troduced in the afternoon, the num- Der of exhibits in the case reached 46. Stenographer Graham has nearly gone through the alphabet a second time in making the exhibits. The last marked on Thursday was wv. First Talk with Donovan. MT. Church testified that the first ] talk he ever had with MT. Donovan about the trouble was in front Of the Buckingham Memorial in 1912, when MT Donovan denied he was saying anything about Mrs. Church. The wit
 
 Church home in the fall of either 19lt or 1913 when Mrs. Church asked MT Donovan if he ever saw her do ar.S vile thing and he said no. Mrs. Church l further said that she hoped the Lord would strike Mir Donovan dead if ht ever talked about her and MT. Donovan said he hoped so too.
 Upon cross examination by Attorney John H. Barnes for the defendant, MT Church said that Mir. Donovan hat called at the Church house. but al ways at invitation of Mir. Church anS that MT. Donovan and Mrs. Churci were never alone together in the house Mir Church said he never believed al ! that had been said about his wife. | Druggist on the Stand. | George R. Bruce, a drug clerk. wh' had roomed in the Alice building, tolt of being informed, on July 3, 1912, b, MT. Donovan of what MT Donovan said was going on in MT. Craney's of flee. Later MT. Donovan brought Mich
 olas Church to see MT. Bruce at tn store, where he worked, and MT. Don I ovan stated then that MT. Bruce wa at the Alice building on July 3rd, bu Mir. Bruce denied 1t.
 Mir. Craney, the plaintiff, was re called to the stand and shown man
 postal cards addressed to John Cranes l City. and also g. letter addressed t his sister. None of them was read
 court. but all were marked for identi
 fication.
 II Mrs. Church Testifies. Mrs. Jane E. Church, wife of Will
 lard A. Church, was called to tn
 stand. She said she was 49. had bee
 married 30 years to Mir. Church an had lived happily with him, She sai
 she knew MT. Donovan's handwritin
 through having become acquainte
 with it when her husband worked fo
 him.
 She identified a letter which sh
 said John Donovan wrote. It wa dated Oct. 25. 1912. and the writer sal
 he was sick of the whole business. [.
 spoke also of being called up by Bridgeport paper, and another lettt 1 was read which had a Bridgeport dat Mrs. Church had been on the stan only a short time when the time fe
 noon recess arrived. She was co, and collected. giving her answers in
 clear, decisive voice that was easil heard about the court room. Afternoon Session. At the opening of the afternoon se, : sion Mrs Church resumed the star and identified more letters.
 One of them received by Mrs. Churc