New Britain herald., 1915-03-17
MRS. ANGLE C0LLAPSfS
DURING COURT RECESS
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she was walking up and down the
room she saw the hat. picked it up
and threw it into the cedar chest.
Asked as to a conversation that Chief
of Police Brennan had testified to, to
the effect that she had told him that
Ballou had left it there Sunday night
before to clean, the witness said that
Judge Finch was on one side of her,
telling her not to talk, and Chief
Brennan was on the other side telling
her to talk. The thought in her mind
was of being accused of something
she had not done, and cover all was
the thought that the one who could
protect me was hurt. Do you see
it?' she exclaimed, her voice rising.
Pressed further to say whether she
had made the remarks attributed to
her by Chief Brennan, she replied:
ut might be safer to say I do not
remember"
Explains Presence of Bottle.
She explained the presence of the
broken cherry wine bottle on her back
verandah by saying she had thrown
it there to get it out of her sight
In response to further questioning
by the state attorney Mrs. Angle said
she had never seen Ballou intoxicated.
WAS he intoxicated that night?"
asked Mr. Cummings.
81 should not have called it So" was
the reply.
The state attorney repeated the
question, seeking a more definite an
swer
In my judgment he was not, Mrs.
Angle replied.
10 many questions put by the state
attorney Mrs. Angle replied that she
did not remember or could not recall.
Recalling to her that she had referred
to various vague periods when, she
had said, she could not remember
what she did, the state attorney asked
Mrs. Angle whether she might not
have mopped up the stairs or the
halls during one of those 1apses OF
memory. She replied that she did
not remember but did not think so.
Mrs. Angle Faints.
A short recess was taken at this
point.
After leaving the court room at re-
cess, Mrs. Angle collapsed and tainted
She was revived by her father and
counsel. She returned to the court
room shortly afterward and took her
place again in the witness chair.
Could Not Remember.
Mrs. Angle was asked to affirm or
deny certain statements attributed to
her relative to her placing Of the hat
in the cedar chest, and of her going
down stairs after the arrival of an
automobile, by police witness testi-
fying for the state. Mr.. Cummings
read the testimony of the police wit
resses from the records. The wit
ness said she could not remember.
Asked whether she had told Chief
Brennan that Nothing had happened"
Mrs Angle said she had told Mr.
Brennan that nothing had happened
between MIR. Ballou and herself. She
supposed they all knew that Ballou
had been injured. She did not be-
lieve she had told Chief Brennan that
1T was all the result of drink and
that Ballou was awful drunk" The
witness added that she was positive
that Ballou was not intoxicated.
She could not rem ember whether
Chief Brennan examined her feet for
traces of blood.
Denies Using Words. d,
She denied that she had used the
words 'FOr christ sake, Bill, dOn
show that up to Chief Brennan in
regarded to the blood stained skirt
She said she never used that kind of
language.
Still reading from the record of
the states evidence, Mr.. Cummings
asked her whether testim ony in which
she was described as having identified
Rallou's spectacles was true. She
The state attorney was still read
ing from the evidence when the noon
recess was taken.
Supported By Father.
Mrs. Angle, apparently not so
strong as during the morning, entered
court for the afternoon session sup
ported by her father, who did not
leave her until she was seated in the
witness shair.
Mr. Cummings continued reading
from the record of the testim ony
She denied that she had told Mrs.
Seraphina Klahre, the police matron
that she knew nothing until Chief