New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-03-17
MRS. ANGLE COLLAPSfS
DURING COURT RECESS
Her Strength Gives Way Under Or
deal Of Cross Examination.
REEVES AND RESUMES STAND
Woman Charged With Having Caused
Death of BallOu Replies, in Many
ments That She Did Not Remember.

Instances, to State Attorneys State
ments That She Did Not Remember.
Bridgeport, March 17.-Mrs. Helen
NJ. Angle, on trial here for man.
+ slaughter, collapsed today during a
recess of the court, her strength Civ
ing way under the ordeal of the cross
examination. begun yesterday by tho
state and continued this morning
she is charged with having caused
the death of Waldo r. Ballou in SIAM
ford last June
She was on the stand the whole
morning, the state attorney reading
TO her from the record of the testi-
mony statements attributed to her by
the witnesses for the state and asking
her to affirm or deny them. In many
instances she replied that she did not
remember, sometimes she denied the
statements, and at other times insist
ed that while she might have said
something Of that sort, she did not
say it in that way.
she had revived from her collapse
and was on the stand at the noon re-
cess and it was expected that her cross
examination would be completed dur
ing the afternoon
Cross Examination Resumed.
line cross examination of Mrs. Angle
was resumed at the opening of the
superior court here today. State At
torney Homer S. Cummings asked the
accused woman how long she waited
after hearing the noise in the hall She
could NOT tell him. Two thoughts flash
cd through her mind, one that it might
nave been Ballou, and another that he
must have already left the building.
Neither could she tell how long she
waited after finding him on the land
ing.
Your first impulse was to help to
get him as speedily as possible to the
fresh air?" asked Mr.. Cummings.
Eyes sir"
Mrs. Angle was asked whether she
paused for any length Of time while
getting Ballou down to the door. She
could not tell that; she had not paused
Neither did she wait for
a favorable opportunity to place him
at the door without being seen.
Sometime Before II O'clock.
The state attorney sought to have |
the witness fix the time of Ballous !,
fall downstairs, as com pared with tes /
timony given for the state by Patrick |;
Rabbit, to the effect that he heard |
noise in the hall about 1O:45 p. m. !
Mrs. Angle said she could not fix it !
definitely, but thought it was some
time later but before eleven. i
Asked whether she saw any one on |
the street when she took Ballou out Of |
the door, she said she did not take no. !
tice whether any one was on the street !
or not. She had no thought Of that. !
In Painting Condition.
She did not recall fixing the spring j
lock on the door so as to enable her !
to return neither could she recall |
whether she had switched on the light j
in the hall She had hurried upstairs, !
but not as rapidly as she might have
at other times, because she was all up
set and in fainting condition.
"At the thought that your friend
tad fallen and hurt his head ~ asked
the state attorney.
At the horror of having been down
III ere alone with her friend, who
might have been injured Or dying, the !,
replied.
Fell in Faint.
She said she was going to call Mr..
Guernsey on the telephone so that he
might get help No thought of calling
for a doctor or the hospital occurred
TO her. Later when sch saw the blood
On Ballou's hat, she fell IN a faint to
he floor, the hat falling from her
hand a short distance away on the
loor.
When she came to her senses she
went to the window to get some air.
|. looking through the screen she saw
The ambulance.
Then" said the witness the
thought of Jimmy came to me and IL.
wondered what will people think off,
me for doing that
She meant, she explained further,
that she had reference to having put
him out on the street, not tnat she
would be blamed for his injury. She
felt. ashamed of having given way to
weakness when she should have kept
aer wits about her, so as to help her
friend.
Shown Photograph of Spots.
Mrs. Angle was shown photo
graph depicting some spots on the
wall of the hall which looked as if
-hev had been thrown there. They
had small tails like those of a tad
oole. She was asked whether she had
act licked her hand to get the blood
If as she passed through the hall
She could not remember, she said.
She was shown the blood stained
house cloth which the state has en-
tered as evidence, and asked as to the
blood stains The only way she could
lccount~ for them, Mrs. Angie SAID,
was that she used the cloth to assist
in stopping nose bleed that night
After her nose stopped bleeding and