Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-27

peE1or court IueSQay afternoon Dut Lh9
 court officials, attorneys and witnesses ! or persons connected with the case be- 1 fore the court, the trial of Thomas II. 1 Morton of New London was begun on | the charge of making an indecent als- I sault upon Frances M. Fraser in New ! London on Dec. 16tb last. It Is alleged 1 that this took place at Franks Inno l corner of Golden and Green streets. 1 Deputy Sheriff George H. Stanton
 I was posted at the door leading to the l ante rooms of the court, admitting only I those who were privileged to attend the l session About 50 men and nine Uon1- l en were in the court, among these be- 1 ing the wife Of the accused. She had e | woman friend with her and when op- portunity offered during a recess con- 1 versed affectiOnately with her hus- 1 band. The other women in court were l witnesses in the case
 Choosing the Jury.
 ] In the Information in the complaint l which was read by Clerk George E. 1 Parsons. Morton was designated as Thomas F. Morton, alias Thomas F. ] AIcCann- He pleaded not guilty and l took q seat beside his counsel, who are ! c. Curtis Morgan and Clayton B. Smith States Attorney Hull is as sisted in the prosecution by Attorney Cronin of New London.
 Attorney Morgan made request of Judge Gardiner Greene that he be al { AOW0A ip pun LlIG Jul y u oGE IL t41g OL them had any prejudice against Morton ] on account of the Waterbury news paper by which he has been employed. This request was granted and the jury was called in.
 1 Attorney Smith made a brief expIa- nation of the case which was to be | tried and told the jury if any of them l had any feeling against the accused | because of the newspaper for which he worked they should Inform the court ! Ner,a Jn nd ] tornoy Smith read off the names of 1 several jurors whom he challenged. l Their names were withdrawn and 1 Clerk Parsons also drew a. few names. l From the thirteen names that remain l ed tho following jury was selected; ] Robert StOtt, Norwich; Henry FTinl1 and Jarnes q. Wood, Preston; William 1 c. Sherman, Colchester; Roger Foote 1 and Rowland $. Browning, Lebanon; | Forrest c. Leffingwell, Bozrah; James l M. Huntington, Franklin; Frederick ! Babbitt ( and Benjamin Gallup, ! Spraguo: Ernest M. Blake, Lisbon. State Policeman Theodore F, Down. f ing was the first witness called and re- piled to questions from the states at l to-ney concerning the rooms on the ] first and second floors at Franks Inn, l piano room. kitchen, railways and four ] bedrooms which are on the second floor.
 The Accusing Witness.
 TdLlCSS 2I~ EIdSEI pL LNGW I4Dflucfl5 who said she was 9 years old and lived at 93 Hempstead street. was the following witness. She testified that her mother was living, but that in the early part of her life the witness lived with a Mrs. Lyons, who died about four years ago. She now lives with her mother. About her earlier life she testified that Mrs. Lyon sent her to school and that she attended the Bal tic academy two years and the Laurel ton Hall school at Milford two years. On the 18th of December the wit ness said she was at the Jones place and was in the piano room with Lottie Wilson and Eleanor LaboUe, and the witness was playing the piano. Morton, the accused in this case. came into the room while she was playing The 1 Rosary and he cried and put his arms around her and told her she seemed the most intelligent of the girls in the place When he had stopped crying, she followed out of the room, they went upstairs into another room. This she did, she said, because Mrs. Jones had told her Morton was the Water bury Herald reporter and she had bet ter get on the right side of him. She spoke to him about not writing her up in the Waterbury Herald.
 l1 response to the questioning of States Attorney. Hull, the witness told l in detail the story of the assault which 1 she alleges took place.
 h-IIcL LAS e71LSL L441Es Gi1C 6dLIs -AlbIIOu left the house by the back way. On cross examination by Attorney Morgan, the witness said she had supported herself but had not worked since August She had gone to the | J JOneS place with men at times and l had also gone there to eat. Before l Morton came in on the day of the all | legged assault she had had a. few 1 drinks, two bottles of beer and two Whis1eyS. They were brought from a esT gg,1 ,,+ 1 tell anything about the time of day 1t was when she said Morton came, be- ] cause the question of time was not on I her mind, but the drinks had not been l enough to make her lose her mind. She first saw Morton, she said, on ] this day in another room, not the piano room and Daisy Phillips, May 1 PierSon and Ella Booth were in that l room. She was not introduced to Nor l ton, but passed through the room and l back into the piano room. No drinks ] were served while they were there ! She testified that by the looks of AIor- 1 ton's eyes she judged he was very 1 much intoxicated.
 1 Attorney Morgan questioned the wit 1 ness repeatedly as 10 whether or not 1 Mrs. Jones had not actually intro 1 duced her to Morton. but she insisted 1 that this had not been so and that she
 | didn't even know his name, but knew
 | he was the Waterbury Herald man [ Whom Mrs. Jones had spoken to her l about, The witness maintained that
 l the reason she went with Morton out
 ] of the piano room was because she
 [ was afraid he was going to write the
 l place up, and she supposed her name I would be used. There were many
 ] points in conversations taking place l that slle could not rem enlber. but she would not swear that the first sus-
 {! -gestion of improper conduct came from 1 Morton. She could not recall who made the first suggestion.
 1 To a. question from Attorney Morgan 1 the witness said that Morton was not rough or ungentlemanly towards her. 1 He also paid her no money. She asked him for some, she said, but he answered that he wouldn't give her any. that his name was good.
 One of the questions that Attorney Morgan asked the witness referred to an illegitimate child about which
 Frances Fraser had made g. cornnIairlt