Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-08
CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY
 TO GET DIVORCE EVIDENCE
Trial Begun In Superior Court Here Hyman Pollock. One of Aecussd Testihss for State.

m lue 6upertoF &4uf& A&Ao CA An@A1~ I day morning. with Judge William H Williams presiding. the trial was start ed in the case in which Louis stern Heb. Samuel colomb and Hynan Pol lock are charged with conspiracy
 Pollock has been In jail since he was arrested in the early morning of Feb 9th in the apartments of Mrs Dora Sternlieb at No. 30 Water street. while l the other two men were taken Into | custody on bench warrants on Wed | uesday and gave bail in s1ooo each
 The information charges that Louis 1 Sternlieb. husband Of Dora Stefnlisb. l being desirous of obtaining witne,ses was guilty of adultery, did conspire with Hyman Pollock and Samuel Co., lornb. both of Norwich. to procure and enable Louis Sternlieb to obtain in form and fraud of law witnesses to testify that Dora Sterulieb was guilty of Adultery so that Louis Sterulieo might thereby be enabled to obtain q divorce decree. It Is charged that h was agreed that Hyrnan Pollock on the night of Feb. should place himself in a certain tenement occupied by Dora Sternlieb as a dwelling 60 that it would be falsely made to appear that Dora Sternlieb was guilty of adultery with Hyman Pollock In pursuance of
  that Pollock placed himself in the ten- ement at about o'clock in the morn ing and Sternlieb and Golomh forcibly broke Into Dora Sternlieb's apartments and conducted John H. Kane and, Thomas Murphy into the place and adultery with Hyman Pollock.
 The jury chosen for the trial of the case was Charles McGfbney, Junius A Brand. Norwich; Samuel F. Palmer. George Moeler, Griswold: George B. Dimon. Lebanon: Elmer F. Maine. Frank H. Babcoek. North Stonington; Nelson L. Stark, Bozrah; John C. Tracy. Franklin: Lawrence c. Dresch- CT. Sprague; George A Kennedy, Lis bon; John 1T. Clark, Norwich.
 State Attorney Hull Is assisted In the prosecution by Attorney John D. Hall. who was the prosecuting attor- ney In the Norwich city court when Pollock was presented there after his arrest. Attorney Thomas D. Troland is also assisting the state attorney. Attorney H. Fl. Pettis appears for Mrs. Sternlieb. who was in court with her father. who is a Boston man. Mir Pollock has Thomas M Shields for | his attorney, Telley E. Babcock and Brown & Perkins appear for MT Sternlieb. and John c. Geary for MT. Golomb.
 When the case opened. Civil EnFi- neer George E. Pitcher was the first I VI. He explained two plans of the house in Water street where the Sternlieb apartments were.
 Accused Man Testifies-
 Lyman Pollock one of the accused, was next brought to the stand and gave his testimony through Attorney Herman Alofsin, End. as interpreter.
 He said that he had worked for the Sternlieb concern in their cloth ing factory for about a year and that he was approached by Louis Sternlieb with proposition that he should get into Mrs. Sternlieb's apartments as | Mir. Sternlieb told him he had been having trouble with his wife. On "a Monday night. which was Feb. sth. Louis Sternlieb told him that he could get in the next night and that he was to go in when he heard Mrs. Stern Heb calling. He went to bed that mex; night and. about in the morning he heard Mrs. Sternlfeb calling and ho went to her door. having first put on some articles of clothing. He asked her what was the matter and she opened the outside door and asked him If he had heard anybody walking on the roof He came in and locked the door after him. This. he said. had been part Of the instructions that had been given him. Then in a few min utes the two police officers with Mir. Sternlieb and Mir. Golonb arrived and broke in a glass in the door so that they got in. He said he had run into an adjoining room and was hidiuH there when the police found him
 Until the trial began, Mir Polioot said he had known Goiomb by thr name of Cohen. The witness sail he had known Mrs. Sternlieb to speal to about 10 weeks A Jewish poem was read fin court Pollock saccA, se( of sending this to Mrs. sternIieb but he denied 1t e The witness testinet that the poem is one copied out of q book.
 Father of One Of Accused.
 Max Sternlieb. father of Louis Stern, Heb. testified that the witness witt the shop that night.
 line of questions that the stat, attorney took up was objected to b- Attorneys Perkins and Geary and tn, jury was excused while the state at
 tofney explained to the coort wha
 he meant to do to prove a conspirac, by calling on some other witnesseI to show Golomb's participation in tn conspiracy. Judge Williams sustain
 ed the objection to the particula
 question and the juSy was recalled
 Upon resuming examination of Ma, Sternleb. this witness testified tha Louis Sternlieb, and a man names Goldberg were in the shop ell tha
 night up to the time of the breakinl
 Into the apartment and Golomb wa. l III HIS TOOIn1.
 The state attorney asked the wit
 ness If the witness had not told tn
 attorney the other day that Goloml 5 threw a glass bottle down on tn, pavement. The state attorney ais questioned whether this was not signal and the witness gave confuse : answers so that Judge Williams sal, an interpreter had better be used. Attorney Alofsin acted again in thi capacity and the witness through hin : said that Golomb told Sternlieb tha
 he threw a bottle of medicine dow . and then Golomb threw down som 8 potatoes because he couldn't com 3 down and because they weren't sleep 2 In altogether he wanted the people f ? catch on. He meant Pollock an g Dora Sternlieb. Golonb was to le : the people downstairs know when Poi lock went into Mrs. Sternlieb's room 5 It was when the door was broke
 down that Golomb told the wirnes
 abont throwing down the bottle c
 medicine.
 Af sternlieo was asked If they list ened In the store that night to se
 if they could hear anything going O ' upstairs. He said they did but sal
 he didn't hear anyone walking O