Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-15

noon, Fred Etefger made custard
and cocoanut custard pies.
Crust All from Same Dough.
The crust was all made from the.
same batch OF dough. Mr.. Gavttt ex-
planned in detail the components OF
the pies, the brand Of material used
and where it was purchased, and add
ed that none of the stock was newly
opened, but had been used Tor days
before the poisoning cases appeared.
Mr. Gavitt said he did not believe
these poison cases came from MS pies,
although he realized thar many VINO
had eaten the pies became sick He
said it was mystify1ng TO him and UNI
believable In response to query,
Mr. Gavitt told of q liquid used against
cockroaches and the precautien taken
AGAINST sprinkling It on foodstuffs, al
though the liquid Is not poisonous. but
Cook Who Made Pies.
Thomas L F'ontaine been at work In
the restaurant line for FIVE years. as
cook and made pies in the Gavitt
restaurant On Friday made batch
of pie crust and from TINS mace the
pies sold on Saturday as were the
pies used on Sunday. The batter
that was left over was in the re-
frigerator and from this Fred Steiger
made more pies on Sunday Inc
stock was taken from a package that
gradients were the same as he had
always used. The witness said James
OGarra ~s in the kitchen and he
was sober. The witness ate no pies
and stopped the sale as soon as the
poison cases were known and they
have had no pies since.
O'Garra Denies He Was Drunk.
James P. O'Garra testified that he
lived I'm Pawcatuck and had been en-
gagged as distributor in the Gavitt
restaurant and did not in any way
contribute to the poison cases. He
drank cider last Friday but was not
| drunk. There are plenty of cock
kill them is unpleasant to the taste.
| The gun used as a sprayer does not
always work well, but 1t is never
used near any food. There are cock
reaches in the restaurant but he did
not know that they crawled over the
pies. Witness said he had used the
cockroach sprayer, but did not think
he used it last Friday. Mr.. O'Garra
/ said he had put in a long days work
and fell asleep, as Mr.. Brightman had
asserted at the time. He didn't know
that his feet were in a tub of lettuce
and that his pants were in a tub Of
butter.
Restaurant Waitress.
Ruby Congdon, a waitress in the
| Gavitt restaurant, testified that she
had eaten pies in the restaurant quite
often and in fact she ate more GUS
| tard pie, plain and cocoanut, on Sat
urday and Sunday than usual and the
pie did not make her sick. The pies
she ate were the Same as seved to
customers. Some have said that they
were taken sick from eating pies
from the Gavitt restaurant, but she
| did not believe it. 1t was a strange
coincidence which she could not un-
derstand.
| Frederick Steiger, cook at the
Gavitt restaurant, testified that he
made custard and cocoanut custar6
pie on July 4, and from the pie crust
that had been previously made. He
ate a piece of custard pie, but he
did not know as that caused his
sickness and he could not see how
the pies could have caused sickness to
others, for he could conceive of nc
Injurious matter used in the makeup
of the pies.
| Continued for a Week.
Charles S. Brightman gave testi-
mony in practical substantiation OF
that of his brother and added that in
| his talk with DR.. Stanton, medical
| examiner, that he did say that if an
autopsy was performed on his moth
er that there would be another au-
topsy on the man that performed it
Mr.. Brightman was the last witness
Mr.. Hewitt suggested a continuance
Tor a week and it was. so ordered.