Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-24

The trial of the case of the state l vs. George Morgan, an attorney of 1 New London, on the charge of indecent l Blake Bailey, continued in the super l ior court here Tuesday with Judge l Gardiner Greene. on the bench. Attorneys Argue Law Points. When court opened at 10 o'clock, At 1 torney Allyn L. Brown, counsel for the l accused, quoted a Conn ecticut su- l preme court case in which it was ] stated that evidence as to the chastity | Of the complainant in the past might 1 he inquired into in order to test her ] crcdibiltty as a witness, but the trial l judge would nave great discretion ill | such a matter.
 States Attorney Hull argued in op- position and Judge Greene said he would give an opinion after the noon l recess and meanwhile such cross-ex- animation could be omitted. The jury { was excused during this argument. l Mrs. Bailey was recalled to the stand for cross examination ! Attorney BroWn asked the witness as to what MT. Morgan had told her 1 about his getting $1S.000 from the klinck case. He got a certain amount | of money but he did not tell me what l he got, said Mrs. Bailey. MT. Hull ob- l jected but MT Brown said 1t was to l show conspiracy on the part of the 1 witness and the question was admitted by the court.
 Witness could not remember wheth- CT or not she asked Policemen Jack
 son or Downing as to how much mon l ey S13,00e was. She said she has been living at State Policeman Jack 1 sons house. She was asked as to what she said as to her wishes about
 an attorney. There was a slight dis cussion about this and Judge Greene 1 said the court had assigned Amos A. l Browning to safeguard the interests | of Mrs. Bailey and there is no question l as to his integrity. MT. Brown said he 1 agreed with the court about MT. ! Browning.
 Sold the Bottle of Cocktails. Colt \. Chappell, employed at the l Hotel RoyaLf was the next witness and l told of cancelling the date on the bot l tie of cocktail which Morgan pur- l chased there.
 l Frederick H. Gavitt, proprietor of l the hotel, testified to selling the bot ] tie of liquor
 Clayton E. Smith, a lawyer in New l London told of being in the Turkish ! bath the night of the alleged offense and said that Morgan came there to l talk to him about the Morton case, 1 then on trial and in which both law George Blindloss told of leaning Morgan s5 in a restaurant on State | street.
 Trolley men and Policemen. Robert Vail, trolley road motor l man, and Conductor Donovan told of Morgan and the Bailey woman being l passengers on the car they were operating on the way from the beach Wilbur F. Lewis and Policeman Hurley told of seeing Morgan and Mrs. Bailey
 at the beach. Lewis went to the Nor
 gan cottage at his request and put out
 the fire in the building and found cock
 tails there. He had one drink from the bottle he found and took the bal
 ance of the drink home and threw it
 into the junk barrel.
 Joseph Giardina of Brooklyn said
 that he was a waiter at a State street
 restaurant about the date of the al
 legged assault when Morgan and the
 girl came into the place. He told of seeing something drop out of Attorney
 Aorgan's pocket and telling him he
 had dropped something whereupoh the
 accused and the girl smiled. -IThe ob-
 ject was larger than a handkerchief. State Policeman Downing told of
 going to the cottage and of finding
 the bedclothing there that has been
 alluded to in the case. Elias Williams
 for 70 years a restaurant and hotel waiter in New London told of Nor Inn at night, but he said they did not have drinks there. He declared
 that if drinks were had there they were brought from outside.
 State Policeman Downing told of his investigation of the case and to Morgan to give him a ring that the lawyer had and which helonged to Mrs. Bailey. Downing did not get the ring. State Policeman Jackson was all so a witness. but his testimony was 1 as to money matters.
 Husband of Complaining Witness.
 Raymond Bailey. the husband of Mrs. Bailey, was on the stand in the afternoon and told of going to the what had occurred. He said his wife told him she was under the influence l of Morgan and could not keep away 1 frcm him. Bailey said he had been discharged from his employment at i tho depot restaurant in New London but that he expected to get other em- ployment.
 On cross examination of AIr. Bailey by Attorney Brown, the husband of the complaining said he was dis 1 charged from the depot restaurant be- cause of the notoriety of the case, but iac was going to have his job back. l About a week after his discharge he went to work at the City Lunch and l stayed there until last Saturday when he left because he was to attend this trial.
 MT. Bailey was asked about any qltarrels he had with his wife and the witness spoke of one that arose be- cause his wife received a postal card iron, Attorney Morgan. There were also quarrels because a woman named Catherine Labelle sent him several l postal cards. He said he showed these postal cards to his wife because he wanted to be honest with her. The only message on the cards was that the woman was coming to New Lon- don soon.
 Law Point Argued. The jury was excused while Attor- ney Brown made a statement to the court that he wanted to pursue a line of cross examination to show that this witness had been living in the past from the earnings of a woman of ill., fame. Judge Greene answered that this crime was a states prison offense and if the question were asked it would have to be excluded and the witness would be warned that it was
 his constitutional right not to answer a question that would incriminate
 himself. The states attorney argued
 against the admission of any question f@ 7--r c