The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-19

A. DS<Se2t4SC A1lO0EAL IL w ELS tA1S duty of the police department to get legal advice Themselves when the ev- | idence was in doubt..
 a. tAt the second meeting you said MT. Cronan was present.s Cronan and Arnold were the only ones talked to-
 Police Had Afadavit- e. Did they know at the second
 zneeting of your client accusing him. self of the death of the man?''
 A. They knew what the affidayits Istated, in which he said that he did not know that he struck them. They had this affidavit in their possession for i a week.
 The affidavlt of siemon already pulp lished. was read into the records by | shannon.
 | Q. DO you recognize in that that he does accuse himself 7.'
 1 A ssThe man has n1aintained from the beginning that it would have been utterly impossible for ahirn to have hit knowing it.'s c. t.You say that this affidavit was lin the hands of Arnold Birmingh and President Hill for a week ?' A. At the second meeting, Cronan wRs called in by Capt Arnold go that The might be aware of the accusation i that was made against himself in that affidavit Hes tCronan1 said that he nao gone as Tar as ne could Arz Lhes i time of the accident. sQ. What did MT. Hiu say about tletting the matter rest 22s'
 I A. MT. Hill was never present at l any interview except when laid the I matter before the auth horitfes and I. when the meeting opened. Cronan I further said this meeting was with f Shaanon in the afternoon-
 l shannon: .'Do you not remember. u z@f1< -s-@5f- kEs- ing that Capt Arnold and you and l attended about Brooks 2.
 A dispute as fe the tfnne and place of the meeting then took up some lit - tie time between Shannon and Cronan,s I in which they could not agree to tho l,tendsd one meeting but did not recon ciie the two
 Predicted Trouble .E Coroner Phelan: .Mr Cron an, in I view Of what Mn Shannon has said. I do you desire to change the testinaonsr you gave yesterday 2
 l No sir, never reme mber but ons meeting and that meeting impressed me particu1arly had meeting l with MT. Hi1I a few days later at the I 1A1gonquin club when he told me that x might tell Del aney if E wished. {. I e. Did you Q. .tWay ?s,
 A 1T thought it ali over. I wa . the only kicker in the party and I supposed that Delaney had already been told so said to myself that t i was up to them as well as myself z I e. You did not wish to have, 1t li Ii tss7aed [, pc
 A. Fl told Hfn the thing could re.se 1 CT be kept quiet Tt would come from somesghere and get us all in trouble.
 My inpresaion was that MT. Shannon was there at the first part of the Il meeting Hill went on to tell of the Ething and how Siefnon feit.s
 I shannon: twas that after made 4 the statement and departeda's l e. .1dR Shannon, did captain Ar mold agree t Q closa the matter ?'s I think the Captain agreed
 there was nothing else to be done" \ Shannon then stated that. in placing the matter before the police he had Ii done his duty both as a lawyer and I man and that he was not there to con 4 vfct his client but to see that Justice was done while he protected n is The dfnerence Of opinion as to the l meeting between Shannon and Arnold I WAS not definitely settled. both feeling Il that the other was mistaken in the l time and place The presence Of Es1l
 and Birmingham at these meetings was also at variance although Cronan was positive that. whether shannon were present or not, the statements
 attributed to Hill were undu sstionabIy
 made.
 siemon Ia salaried Man.
 sherif Antonio Abriola testif1ed that sl he had never had any interviews with l Mrs. DeMartino except in Shannon s l presence. He had gone to Stamford q to make investigation of tlle woman s
 standing and had reported as previ- ously testified He had not gone near { her until he went there with shannon s on the day they left the check for < g. 900. He had acted as interpreter
 for Shannon who held the converse tions.
 They went into the. house ana Ab7 llriola explained that this man Shan
 non) had client who thought he might have hit her husband and had
 become so worried that he could not
 sleep nights and wantea to give her
 3 present of $1.0o0 to ease her con science She could take it or not. as
 it..was merely present and not $ settlement. He said that hs told her, s.If you are not satisf1ed you can call an attorney built is out of this $1, ,0OO you are supposed to pay your attor- ney-.
 They told her THE MAN WAS A AI4A'RIED MAN AND HAD HARD ! TROUBLE TO SER|APE THE MON BY TOGEEEI1R and therefore she
 could take It or not as she pleased.
 Coroner: Why did you say that q
 Because Attorney Shannon told me :t to and was acting as Interpreter. y She said she wanted to consult her nephew and te1ephoned for him. He 2 came and she concluded to take the i, | tSousand.
 s.she went to her Saint. do not know which one and thanked him. ], Afterwards she wanted to come to Bridgeport and thank Siemon. ! said, | | won't tell me who he ise She then
 wanted to write and told shannon. He had no objection. We came back { to Bridgepoft.