New Britain herald., 1914-07-16
TAKING TESTIMONY
 IN WAKEFIELD CASE
Jury Told Of Movements Of G-
 Cuscd On Day Of Murder.

 J. Wakefield, charged with murder. went forward rapidly today, and the jury were told of the movements of Mrs. Wakefield, and of James Plew Wakefield was killed in the woods of Cheshire.
 The jury box was filled yesterday at a late hour and the state began it's presentation of the evidence against the woman. The burden of that testimony had to do with estab- fishing the fact that Wakefields bod. was found in the woods of Cheshire. The first witnesses today told in a general way of the neighborly rela- tions existing between the Plew and the Wakefield families in Middlebury during the summer of 1912.
 Left Her Husband.
 Mrs Dwight l.. Wheeler and her husband of Middlebury were the first witnesses. They said that Plew had worked for the Wheelers for three years and Wakefield for about the same length of time. Mrs. Wake IC Waterbury. In April 1912. MT. Wheeler said, he went to see Mrs. Wakefield and asked her to return and again live with her husband. Witness was then paying Wakefield $25 a month and gave him produce from the farm. The reason Mrs. Wakefield gave for refusing to again live with her husband was that h; was too dirty" Wakefield ard Plew both worked for the witness on his farm. Witness said that Mrs. Wakefield cared for Mrs. Plew as 6 nurse during the latter's maternity illness. The witness said in an- swer to questions that it was a fact that Wakefield was not the neatest man in the world in amplification of the defendants characterization of her husband a. too dirty Paul Steinman, a farmer of Mid- dlebury, testified that he had Plew, his wife and Mrs. Wakefield and two children as tenants on his farm Tn July, 1912. States Attorney filling read from testimony of the witness given at the first trial with reference to the want of affection Mrs. Wake field had for her husband. Against the objection Of MT. Devine, of coun- sel for Mrs. Wakefield, who urged that the testimony served to distract the attention of the jury, Judge Reed de nied the motion to strike this testi- mony from the record.
 Medical Examiner Testifies.
 Charles M. Denison, medical exam finer at Cheshire, told of the circum- stances surrounding the finding of lr,G GAl1 1@1x Tr1A was a hat. Two shoestrings formed moose about the mans neck. A re- volver and a knife were beside the body, on which there was no under clothing. MT. filling made an offer of all these exhibits which he said were in a sealed box in his office but because of the odor therefrom he asked counsel for the accused to re- lieve him of producing them. Judge Reed asked MT. Devine if he in- sisted on the actual production of the exhibits and the lawyer said he would waive the right to have them brought in. The witness said the autopsy was performed at an undertaker's Tn Cheshire, by pr. Scarborough, medi- cal examiner of New Haven. There was a tear or knife cut on the coat and shirt. There was wound in the left breast of from one-halr to three fourths of an inch.
 Wanted to Sell Stove.
 Harry White, of Bristol, told of visit Mrs. Wakefield made to him at his store in Bristol in which she asked him to take back a stove she had bought of him because she had left her husband, the Sunday night previous. She said she would not live with her husband again The witness saw Mrs. Wakefield the night of her arrest charged with murder, and she acted calmly. White said that she made the proposition to sell the stove seriously, giving as a reason that her rent was due the next day.
 John A. Dady conductor on the Cheshire Trolley Line testified that Mrs. Wakefield was on his car June 23, 1913. She got on at Milldale with three children. There was man on the same car who left to go into the bushes He got on the car again the following trip and joined Mrs. Wakefield and the children at Dicker- mans corners in Southington. Ihs states attorney did not press any questions as to the identity or the man.
 Plew First Passenger.
 John R. Reinhart, motorman on the same line, testified to picking up James Plew on June 23, 1913, at Lazy Lane at 5:17 A M, the first passen- ger in the morning. This was the date of the murder. Witness said the man looked as if he had been up all night.
 Georfie Reinhart of Cheshire re- Iieved his brother, the former wit ness as motorman at Lazy Lane. lie had one passenger who was Flew.
 Recess was taken at this point.