New-York tribune., 1915-03-18
Climax in Trial Due to
Doses of Triple Bromide
to Quiet Hysteria.
MATCHES WITS, 'TWlXT
SOBS, WITH ACCUSER
Woman Accused of Murder Tot
ters from Court When Judge
Orders Recess.
H EMMA BUGBEE.


Bridgeport. Conn, March II Mrs.
Helen VI. Angle tainted away at IL
o'clock this morning. At noontime she
broke into loud. hystcrical sobblnG.
At $3.50 O'Clock she had to be taken
from the witness stand almost asleep
from the doses of triple bromide she
had been taking to quiet her hysterla'
IL was the climax Of the most IN
tense dav of the trial For seven hours
Mrs. Angle fought District Attorney
Cummings's cross-eNaminatlOn point Dy
point. She matched her wits against
his legal attacks in a battle when held
the courtroom brCathless with excite
meut. .-. l..
Evcn persons with colds forgot 70
cough. There was not sound IN the
roorn as the woman met the questions
which are TO determine whether or not
she will be found guilty Of the death
Of Waldo Il. RallOu. MIR. Cummings S
method was artful In the same gentle,
omotiorlcss voice which has character
,zed his conduct Of the case from the
beginning the District Attorney set ms
traps. In a slow, calculating manner
Mrs Angle cvaded them.
Tottcrs from Courtroom.
When the morning recess was caIled
che tottcrcd into the Sheriff once.
Vor father. in pulling down the window
shade. looscned the cord too soon, ana
the curtain rolled up with loud re
mort Mrs. Angle tainted dead away IN
Tho corrcr Dr. John W. Nollmer son
of tho Sheriff, hurried out TO drug
store md returned with bottle OF
trinle bromide. He insisted on ad~
ninistcring il not only to the nerve
shattered woman. but to Mr.. Blondeu'
too. who was pacing up and down tne
room, almost as nervous as ms daugh-
ter. II.
Restored TO fighting calm, Mrs. Angle
then returned to face the states at
torucy for another hour ana man;
When Mr.. Cummings suddenly stopped
his ross-cXaminaton and tne SIraI,,
ended. the over-soothed nerves Icl"S'u
and Mrs. Angle nodded on the stand
"Do Won want a recess, Mrs. Angle ~
eskod Judge Williams. "No, | want 10
Get il over with as soon as possible,
she said.
Jacob Klein asked her only few
questions on redirect examination. Mr.
Klein issued this statement during the
Mrs. Angle has taken a large guam
+i+v Of drugs as an antidote for her
hvsteria. It must have been apparent
TO every one in the courtroom that her
mind was wandering. | was afraid she
would fall asleep in the witness chair.
Living on the sofa, after the session
I'm court. with her head bathed IN ice
water. Mrs. Angle recovered her spirits.
THANK God, 1t is Over!' she SAID
Co.. is n terrible man to face
Woman's Memory Fails.
Mr.. Cummings attack dealt with the
time when Mrs. Angle began 10 rcmem-
Der she forgot certain details OF her
story. and with the reasons for hes re-
membering some incidents while her
mind was a blank concerning others.
How is it. Mrs. Angle, if you don't
remember showing your bare feet 10
Chief Brennan, that you can be sure
YOU didn't wash them: and how can you
be sure that You didn't wash your feet
and the blood stains on the stars dur
ing one of these periods when your
mind was a blank"
II might have, but don't re.
member it. never said | did,
was the answer. She explained the
blood on the back of her shirt
waist as due to the wet cloth she used
on her neck to stop her nosebleed. She
said she held her head over the sink,