Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-23

Bailey of New London was on the| 1 stand all day Monday in the superior |! court here on the first day of the trial 1 of Attorney G. Curtis Morgan of New
 London upon the charge of indecent ! assault upon and adultery with her | The appeal of telling the shameful 1 story was 8. severe one for her and she 1 sat with doWncast eyes most of the
 time, speaking in so low tone that , often her answers had to be read by 1 the court stenographer so that the | attorneys could hear what she had 1 replied to their questioning. 1 Bccause of the nature of the tes- | tlmony, the general public was ex- 1 cluded from the court room and only 1 attorneys or those who had business
 there wore allowed in the room. When l Mrs. Bailey reached the recital of | some or the details she Sobfed and hid 1 her face in her handkerchief saving l that she could not find words to des- 1 crtbe them and she had to Joe helped | along so far as possible by the ques-
 tions that the attorneys asked. 1 Court came in at 10.30 with Judge 1 Gardiner Greene on the bench. Sate's 1 Attorney Hadlsi A. Hull was assisted 1 in the prosecution by Prosecuting At torney Cronin of the New London Po-
 lice court. The attorneys for the ac- cuSed were Abel P. Tanner of New l London and Allyn L. Brown. of this l city. NIT. Morgan sat near his coun- 1 sel and took notes on the case and made suggestions to his lawyers as the l trial proceeded. Mrs. Bailey's husband | Raymond Grant Bailey, sat with her before she was called to the stand
 The only other women in the court room was Frances Fraser of New London
 Arguments Over Jury.
 While the jury was coming into the 1 room, Attorney Tannar addressed
 Judge Greene with a motion that 1 the complaint of indecent assault be 1 more specifically set out This the 1 judge said he had 2. right to this
 claim and the attorneys in the case retired to an anteroom with court
 Stenographer Graham to prepare the
 amended complaint while the court 1 took a recess.
 When the states attorney returned With a more specific complaint Clerk George F. Parsons called the names or the 4S jurors, of whom 2 were the
 old panel and 27 were new names
 summoned in specially in anticipation of this case
 Before the first juror had been 1 drawn States Attorney Hull informed
 the court that the testimony in this | case runs together and connected with ] the recent trial of the Thomas M.
 Morton case so that he thought any juror who had heard the testimony in that case ought to be disquaIifed in this case. Attorney Tanner answered
 that their side had no objections to anv
 or the jurors on the first panel serv-
 ing on this jury.
 Judge Greene said he considered it
 Is due to the accused that no juror ought to be included in this trial who
 might have formed an opinion on tes- timony in the other case and he l thought at least the twelve who seI-v-
 ed on the other jury might be cx- ! cused
 Attorney Tanner argued that poth-
 ing had arisen in this case to cause
 any deviation from the regular course of proceeding, using the old , panel as custonnar1ly. Judge Greene answered that at present he would not discharge the old panel of jurors One man by the name of Bishop Was excused as he is a distant rela- tlFe or MT. Bailey and another one , Rossiter Willett of Preston was sex cused because he had read newspaper 2 accounts of the Morton trial and had 1 formed an opinion about that. The complaint read against Mr. Morgan was in two counts. the first
 alleging indecent assault on the niahf l Of January D and the other adultery on the same date. An amendment to I the hrst count set out the specific act . . The Jurynen
 On the first drawing by Clerk Par !, sons 14 names were excused from . jury duty and from the reu7ainins- g names Judge Greene directed tbat H.
 al The jury. chosen was the following: 2 Robert Stot4 Norwich: WaIetl- IT. Lee. North Stonington: James M. FIuntino3
 ton, Franklin: Benjamin $. GalI1ip. s Sprague: Charles s. Ray, Salem; Dan . llel L. Jones, Norwich; PhiliD SDaI man, Norwich: Henry H. PendJeton.
 Preston: Walter I. Johnson, CIriswol6; :; :, Christopher Brennan, Sprague: Ter ; ence Coughlin, Sprasue; Elias Palmer. !. VoluntOwn.
 The Complaining Witness. g Mrs. Myrtle Blake Bailey, wife of
 Raymond Grant Bailey was the first
 witness called to the stand by the state 8
 attorney. She said she was IS on ! Feb. and was born at CharlestoUr. Mass. She was married on Dec IT.
 1914 to Raymond Grant Bailey ny Elder J. ?. Brown of New London. : : The ceremony took place at the home Of Elder Brown.
 [ Her husband, she said, was in charge , Of the depot restaurant at night. She ! said sine first met Attornev A4ore-g n OF Oct. at his office and was in , troduced by Mrs. Lottie Usher Wilson , A week later the witness went to . work for the attorney al his office and 2 was employed there until two days . before her marriage.
 . She thought it was the Friday be- , fore the Morton trial that she next 0 met Attorney Morgan on Green street [ near Frank Jones' Inn. They went to E-
 taurant, had supper and some beer
 with it. They stayed about two hours
 after o'clock. Mrs. Bailey testified
 next to being in the Lyceunl theater
 on Saturday afternoon when Attorney
 Morgan came in and sat next to her. 3 Bought Her a Shirtwaist. That evening she went to the Crock i CT house and had some beer. That Saturday evening also, the witness tes- tffied, Mir Morgan bought a sl1irtvaist for her at a small store on Green street She said he told her he paid somewhere about S5 for it.
 Exchanged Rings. She testified also that he gave her a. ring at the Jones place on Saturdav ? night. It was an exchange of rings 3 and the one she gave him had the ! initials E. H. R., which were those . jof g, man in Norwich whom she had known two years ago. The Sing that 3 Morgan gave her was laid in as an 2 exhibit
 On the following Monday night she t had supper at Jones' Inn with Attor- ney Morgan and she was told to get I on the s.30 car from the parade to eo
 to s4is cottage at Ocean Beach Attor- I ney Morgan had told her he would get