Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-26
ARGUMENTS NEXT IN ISLANDER CASE
Evidence All In--8oth Sides Rest In Craney Donovan -Wtnesses In Rebuttal Contradict Many Points In De fendsnt's Testimony Arguments Will De Made Next Tuesday. sa aAsu4.A.

The s20.0oo scandal suit of John F. Craney against John Donovan awaits the beginning of the arguments in the superior court here next week Tues day. At 3.14 o'clock Thursday after noon the attorneys for both plaintiff and defendant declared that they both rested and Judge Milton A Shumway Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock when the first of the arguments for the plaintiff will be made.
 To Jury Probably "Wednesday.
 It is expected that the arguments and the charge to the jury will take at least all day Tuesday so that it will probably be Wednesday before the jury has much of chance to con- sider the evidence in the privacy of the jury.
 Thursday morning when the court came in Judge Shumway excused the jurors for the term who were not on the Craney vs Donovan case and they were paid off by Clerk Parsons.
 Struck Fire in Cross Examination.
 Attorney Roderick M. Douglass re- sumed the cross examination of MT. Donovan, the defendant. As on We'd nesday there were times when the ex- animation resolved into a contest in stentorian tones between the attorney and the witness in the effort of the attorney to insist upon getting a di rect answer from the witness while the witness was trying to reply in some way that did not suit his ques- tioner. Towards the end of the three hours that he was on the stand MT. Donovan, the strain apparently told on him and he confessed that he felt he was near a nervous collapse and that he had spent sieepless night. for he felt that the whole thing was a n r-r1iy m, a nd I had about succeeded.
 After the judge had left the bench for the noon recess and the jury had also gone, Attorney Douglass and MT. Donovan had a short but heated ex- change of words of personal nature and the lawyer said he would like to meet the defendant out in the hallway for a few minutes.
 Prohed About Letters and Happenings
 In his cross examination. Attorney Douglass went into many matters in detail getting Mir Donovan to retell much of what he had previously tes- tiled to an dto explain his particular reasons for writing various letters which were among the exhibits and were read. The letters which were asked about included some to mem bers of the Craney family. to John Charon in Woonsocket, and to Mrs. Chuch and the postal card which he WIOIe to NIT. SEdHSy WHICH DIOuEnL upn him prosecution by the U. s. government authorities. A number of times the witness said that his reason for writing the various letters was to show that he was not the author of the anonymous letters that were being received and that he was not circulat- ing the stories about MT. Craney and Mrs. Church.
 The witness was asked about the time he struck MT. Craney at Mad den's Cigar store and he said he did because of the way Craney was black struck him and sneaked away or that he told people on the street about the attack.
 He also denied that he spread the story about what he claimed he saw in Mir. Craney's office. He insisted that he told only two men about it though many people asked him about 1t. He claimed tht the foundation for what he told came from what Joseph Harris and George Bruce had told inn.
 Attorney Douglass asked MT. Don- ovan about the meeting of Messrs. Madden, Craney and Donovan in the Elks' home in October. 1912. The wit ness said MT Madden asked if the af- fair in the Craney office was true and MT. Donovan told MT. Madden the whole story and about the many an onymous letters and cards received by Mr. Donovan. The witness said that MT. Craney said little except to charge MT. Donovan with buying New York Worlds and MT. Donovan asserted he only bought the papers to see what was said about the state road work in this state.
 MT Donovan denied that at the meeting in the Elks' home MT Craney held an anonymous card in one hand and tapper MT. Donovan on the chest with the other hand and accused the of fha orI ha witness said no man could act in such a manner with him and get away with it.
 Mir Donovan denied he got Elmer M. Chadwick to make copy of four letters, saying he had not met the man named until last March.
 MT. Donovan was shown a letter that contained four empty envelopes and asked if they were not sent by MT Chadwick and witness said he did not know He was also asked about an exhibit that contained enveloped ad- dressed to Mir. Donovan and he was asked if he did not employ MT. Chad wick to address them. Mir. Donovan said he did not meet Mir. Chadwick un- til last March. The witness was shown a number of letters that he said he did not write. The witness denied he put a letter shown him un- der the door of the Cardwen store. The witness asserted he wrote an- other letter that was not dated and 1t spoke of Craney being at Pleasant View and that the writer was through with Mrs. Church and said that the writer of one enclosed letter was a person who was with MT. Donovan on Chelsea parade. MT. Donovan said he could not tell with whom he was sit ting on Chelsea parade. MT. Donovan said later he could not remember sit ting with anyone on Chelsea parade. Afternoon Session.
 In the afternoon session of court the to call two witnesses out of order. pr. office in the Alice building, but he could not remember that on July 8, 1912, MT. Donovan spoke to him about a woman being in the office of Mir. Craney. Dr. J. W. Callahan testified that he once stood in the doorway of the Madden store with Mir Craney and he gave testimony that was corrobora- tive of what MT. Craney had said of the way MT. Donovan had hit MT. Craney, but which MT. Donovan had | described in a different way.
 Then Judge Barnes recalled Mir. Donovan and asked him questions about what he had said about the in cident in regard to Mir. Craney and meeting politicians in Hartford MT. Donovan said he had met Elmer E. l Chadwick the latter part of last March but denied he wrote for him. MT. Douglass asked Mr. Donovan how I many times he has been at Judge