The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-23

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no significance to me. I never thought
of the card from the time looked at
the address on it until / saw it here in
court
The foreman asked:
| 'sDo you mean that you didn't see or
feel Mr.. Glover take it from your
! pocket?'
mo, sir, did not" answered Strick-
land. 81 was almost blind with pain
at that time
| "That's ALL \ 49,
! Strickland stepped down and resum-
| ed his seat, while the jurors whispered
| excitedly to one another.
| David Arbuckle then arose to adj
dress the court.
with your honor's permission said
he, 81 will recall DR.. Morgan
+ Gray not objecting, DR.. Morgan took
| the stand.
| He told of being called to the Trask
home after the shooting, of finding
Trask beyond aid and Of attending to
| Strickland. who was lying on his back
on the floor in a semiconscious state,
moaning with pain.
did you examine his arm?' asked
| ArbuckIe.
Eyes, sir; examined it very careful!
Z.
GERS were testing the safe. The arm
had been struck a terrific blow with q
heavy cane. The blow fell squarely
on the wrist, dislocating the wrist
joint. Both bones of the forearm, the
radius and the ulna, were badly frac-
tured. 1t was the worst fracture 1
have ever SEEM
Arbuckle continued:
'.Now, DR.. Morgan, In your opinion,
could the defendant have torn this
| card, as you see it here, between the
time his arm was broken and the time
you arrived r.
y DR.. Morgan's answer was:
''The hand was entirely paralyzed.
| It would have been a physical impos-
sibility, assuming even that his mental
state would have permitted it. The
bones haven't knit yet At that time
he couldn't have moved the arm or the
hand fraction Of an inch"
That's all, DR.. Morgan" said Mr.
Arbuekle, and the physician left the
stand.N do you know where Mr.. Glov-
er is, Mr.. Gray ~ 4
''The last time I saw him he was
In my Office reading, said Gray, and
an attendant was sent for Stanley GLOW
er. In a few moments he returned
y
Quested the latter to take the stand s.to
clear up, a little point
He approached Glover almost as a
suppliant for q favor. The young man
seemed to feel his Importance in the
trial and granted the request of the
attorney that he shed light on one of
the dark places in the case, almost as
a sovereign mfg confer an order upon
subject whom he especially deigned
to honor. A very important person
was Mr. Stanley Glover!
'I'll be glad to do anything in my
power" said Glover. There was a
smile of quiet self confidence on his
face as he spoke.
ArbuckIe's manner was courtesy it.
self as he replied
'"Thank you. You remember. Mr..
Glover, that while you were waiting.
for the police to- arrive you happened,
to think of this card which you thought
might help the police. %
'TYes, and was right, too" replied
Glover. 4
Indeed you were. Now Mr.. Glover,
you will recall that you proceeded to
search Mr.. Strick1and's pockets in the
hope OF finding the card. It was In his
coat pocket you found it, I believe
Eyes; side pocket" --
Now. If you don't mind, I'd Just like
to have you describe that scene in de-
tail.,'
HE was on the floor, lying on his
back" said Glover. ''I was standing
over him, on the right side. As bent
over him and went through his peck
cts, he tried to- push me away -
Here ArbuczIe Interrupted him.
sThat is" he said, che kept war1ing
you off like this And he made Wig
| orous passes in the air with his right
arm.
tFYes,'' said Glover.
Finally, showever, you succeeded in
getting thescard out of his pocket, the
left side pocket of the coat, and you
Strengthened up, with the card in your
| right hand n
THAT'S correct % said Glover y
teBut before you had a chance to get
! the card out of reach he raised himself
on his right elbow and with his left
hand snatched the card out of your
hand. That's all right SO far, isn't it7''
''Yes''
eff I'm wrong in any of these de-
Ians just put me straight" said Ar
buckle. my memory fails me some
tiEnez.''
"All right; I'll let you know when
you make mistake" said Glover.
Strickland snatched the card, then
he tore it, ArbuckIe went on stNow
how did he tear it? He had the card
in his left hand like this. Right?"
yes said Glover.
"And he was supporting himself on
his other elbow like this. Yes?''
yes
''Then he made a quick backward
movement-like this-tearing the card