The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-08
ELEVENTH HOUR WITNESS HAL IS SIEMON'S TRIAL Counsel For Defendant Gets Adjournment to Pro-
 duce Man. HE ACTUALLY SAW
 DeAIARTINO KILLED tT R. Edwards Testifies That Two Cars Passed At
 Same Time.


 climaxine one of the most sensation al cases. ever coming to the attention of the local authorities, a case replete with startling details, Judge Elnoret R Banks. of counsel for President Carl F. Sienon of the S4emon 1 Haro a7sItber corporation, summarily halted rnanslaugf1ter proceedings in city court yesterday by the introouctlon of an s.elevenfh hour witness ana se- tcured a conf5nuance Of the nearing until July IT. The utmost secrecy trnv-ro51nds the alleged newly discov- cred enidence The witness Is said to fs,e an eve witness of the accident In which John DeMartino of Sta1nforo lost his life and for which MT saenoh lie he'd as a result of Coroner Phelap's is7rdings- Judge Banks refuses to In sfiu,ste aes to the identity of the sfdr i~Uitneiss'' for the defense and Prose outing Attorney Delaney ackno"i- fedges that he is entirely III lhe us1iN ias to the person
 ,rhe first intination that there l-wo111d be a -sstar witness for the oe- ifense canne when Prosecuting Attor- Iney Delaney announced that the pros ksarTrfscn rested yesterday afternoon. h-T7,5ra Banks said that he would be lsvfIIfne to proceed with the defense, Enrou1d the prosecution and Judge Booth desire.s but said that a. comm iuance would sbe necessary anyway on
 
 T11is S5It witness. The said. would be un- able to appear for at least week Fbalt was essential having been an eye Ind explafned. the person had not been lfrnpltcated. or even named in the pro. fceedinzs He said that the intro auction of his evidence outside of the testimony of this witness would take faf feast an hour His expectation 10 place MT Siemon on the stand personaIlv was announced. Judge sH3oo4t thought that 1t would be as wen to allow the defense an oppQEtun- Estv to put, on a11s of their evidence ar -,7,e hearifrx and granted the request for continuance
 Elnaer e. Thran of 67 I,enox ave- r,ue. one Of the occupants of the Sde- irnon ear on the night of the accident, was the first witness put on by Prose cutting Attorney Delaney following 4he reconvening of court yesterday affernoon He was closely question ed bv MT. Delaney as well as by Judge Banks NucH Of his testimony was Ealonr the same lines as given by him before Coroner Phelan. He said that some one in the party that night men 4ioned a marrow escape" but that he supposed that reference was made to the hitting of the pole He admitted that the hitting of the pole dazed him and gave this.as his reason for not thinking of his lost hat for some time and until they had proceeded Aor, fsorae distance down Fairfield avenue. FE4e- admitted that he did not look back until they had proceeded for some dis lfznce-
 Although he did not think that 1t was the Sienaon car that hit Dehdar- tirlo, he admitted that it might have been and could not swear that the autonobiIe was locked to the pole. when the collision took place SO that lat would be necessary to back away 4s &T- uAa wheel and proceeding ahead. He said that he was much ''rattled" by the collision with the pole. Admis- sion was made that lie had signed the .adldav1t that has figured largely in the case but said that he mad signed lit without reading 1t over very care fully s~ He defended his course by saying that when he did read 1t, he Ehad construed the meaning different iIv than it seemed to.be interpreted now. IF4e admitted that he considers it to be most inte1ligent1y swritten art.- cIe.
 Clzrenoe Bates of 1s4s Fairfield avenue. another of the occupants of the Eiemon car gave evidence of much the same character He said that he felt positive that 1t was not the Sic mon car that hit DeMartino although he said that it might have been- He said that, on account of the uncer- ta1nty concerning the car responsible, he and others had counselled Siemon to say nothing at the time. This, he said. was due both to the condition of Siemon's wife and the desire of tFra others to avoid publicity unless it was absolutely necessary. He ex- pIainsd not going back for the hats by saying that they were all rat tied" over the narrow escape experi- enced when the automobile rammed the pole
 Louis R. Edwards of 4s7 Colorado avenue proved what was considered the most important witness of the day and his testimony was of direct beaxfng on the case. He said that he recognized MT Siemon in his au- toxnobt1e on Fairfield avenue just be- fore the accident and that there were others in the party. Several were bareheaded- A little later he picked up three hats and one of them was
 marked with MT. Thra1fs initials. He says that he recognized Siemon well but did not speak to him.
 When he picked up the hats he took them and threw them into R. T. Writings yard at 1276 Fairfield ave- nue. He explained that this place was selected on account Of Mir. Whit ing being a, relative of his and his knowing tn layout of the yard Later, he met MT. Whiting at the store and the subject of the hats was men toned At that time, the report of the DeMartino killing had become known
 They decided to take the hats to the Siemon home. It was found to be dark but the Thral1 home nearby was lighted up siemon came to the docr and was given the hats. He thank ed them and was then told about the killing Plainly showing surprise or agitation, he is reported as saying:
 My God. Lou, you don't mean it?'
 Edwards differed from all other witnesses in saying that he saw two cars pass while he stood at Clinton and Fairfield avenues. He says that one was a Fred car"
 With the Completion of Edwards examination Prosecuting Attorney De