Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-26

! Oil iIltASAdS 6Al6i HUH III IIIG LIldl OL 1 the case of Attorney George Curtis | Morgan of New London on the charge i of adultery and indecent assault upon l Mrs. Myrtle Blake Bailey at a cottage
 at Ocean Beach on the night of Mon l day, Jan 25th. Attorney D. J. Cronin,
 who has assisted States Attorney Had 1 lait A. Hull, made the first argument l for the state, and Attorney Allyn L.. i Brown made the first argument for the 1 defendant. He is to be followed today i by Attorney Abel P. Tanner for the ] defendant and States Attorney Hull 1 will close for the prosecution. Judge l Gardiner Greene will follow with the ] charge to the jury, so that the case 1 should reach the jury during Friday afternoon.
 Cross Examination Continued. l When the court came in on Thursday 1 morning a little after 10 o'clock Nor 1 gan was on the stand for d continu- l ance of his cross examination. ] He was asked if in the Morton case he had not offered evidence to show that Jones Inn was a house of i'll re- pute. The attorney said that the res taurant floor of the Jones place was respectable. but the upper floors were undoubtedly of the disreputahle char l acter suggested. He knew this at the time that he met Mrs. Bailey at sup per.
 The attorney was asked what he and Mrs. Bailey talked about for two hours and ten minutes in the cold Ocean 1 Beach cottage. He said it was about 1 tie divorce suit family matters and about the Morton case some. It was d very comfortable place to talk in after the fire got going. Morgan testified that the letter he had received from Mrs. Bailey asking for the meeting had been destroyed immediately upon it's 1 receipt and mad been thrown into the | scrap basket.
 Attorney Hull asked if they left the Ocean Beach cottage in @ great hurry. Morgan denied that this was so. He was asked why they did not try to put the fire out then. He said he put the screen around the fire, but did nothing about stamping it out. The witness said he could recall no such incident as anything falling from his pocket in the Leary restaurant, and it was his impression that no such incident hap pened. He would not say that he might not have dropped a handkerchief, but if so he had no recollection of it now. He was asked if he had not been arrested once, but his counsel, Attorney Allyn L. Brown, objected to the ques- ton, and the objection was sustained by Judge Greene. Attorney Brown also objected to a question whether Morgan had not. been defendant in q divorce suit. Attorney Brown claimed that any questions as to specific instances tend ing to show veracity were admissible,
 
 as to other crimes were not admissible as showing 8, lack of credibility on the part of Morgan
 Major Hull tried to get in as an ex- libit the court record of S divorce pro- cured by Morgan's wife, but the court ruled against admitting it.
 As to Liquor in His Office.
 Major Hull asked Morgan if he knew a girl named Hoagland, to which Morgan answered " eS.'' A young ~woman who was brought into court at the request of the states attorney was the Hoagland girl, Morgan said he thought.
 The jury was excused while the states attorney explained what he wished to show by this witness, which he said was to contradict Morgan's statement that he had never served liquors to women in his office. Major Hull said he proposed to show that Morgan and man named Troland had had two girls, just over Is years old, in MoTgans office all night once, that they were given liquor and became In- toxicated and were taken to PTovi- dence, where the state police had hard time to find one of them, and the other came home of her own accord.
 The stenographer's notes on Nor gan's direct examination were looked UT and this line of questioning was not admitted.
 The jury came back, but was sent out again almost immediately while the attorneys discussed with the court the admission of certain answers. The court ruled against these, but before the jury had been sent out Morgan had answered Yes to a question that he had served liquor to women in his office His attorney objected to the question, but the answer was made before the objection.
 When the cross examination was ~ fjnlTeH NToJ-eTlT7 S4 n+ time since he had girls as office clerks had he ever served liquor to them and there were none of these who could come in and swear that he had treated them other than with respect and kind ness On a further question. he said he meant this answer to be limited to girls who had been employed as clerks, whether while in his employ or at any other time.
 The cross examination Of Morgan was concluded at 11.30 and the court took d short recess.
 Attorney Abel P. Tannar stated that the defendant rested when the court resumed after the recess.
 Character Witnesses in Rebuttai.
 The states attorney called Attorney John .. Geary Of New London to the stand in rebutta1 Attorney Ceary tes- tified he had known the accused for 20 years and his reputation in the con- mInity for truth and veracity was not on par with that of mankind.
 To Attorney Brown, MT. Geary gave the names of men from whom he had derived this information. These in cluded the late Cyrus c. Beckwith, Frederick Fl. Davis. David Reagan, Fremont Holt and William J. Brennan.
 Attorney Warren E. Burrows of New Lcndon testified along a similar line regarding AIorgan's reputation as to truth and veracity. By Attorney Browns questioning it was brought out that a, number of lawyers had been talking about AIorgan's reputation in the anteroom of the court. He gave the names of two New London men who had spoken about Morgan's repu- tation.
 Attorney Charles E. WhittIesey Of New London, 20 years in practice, tes- tined that Morgan's reputation as to truth and Veracity was not as good as the average of mankind. The attor- ney could give no names to Attorney Brown of men who had spoken of Nor Ean's reputation
 Arthur NJ. Brown of Jewett City, an attorney in Norwich for fl years and prosecuting attorney in the town court in Jewett City and New London county health officer, also testified that Nor gan's reputation was not on a par with the rest of mankind. He based this opinion on the general talk of people.