New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-19
Father Comforts Accused
Woman as Judge
Warns Jurors.
STAIRS DUST COVERED,
WITNESS DECLARES
Lawyer for Defence Terms
Police Matron a Viper"
and "Stool Pigeon"
BY EMMA BUGBEE.

Bridgeport, Conn, March 1S.-Mra
Helen NJ. Angle will know her fate to-
morrow night. District Attorney
Homer S. Cummings will argue the
case for the state tomorrow morning.
After the judges charge the case will
80 70 the jury.
Nicholas y. Downs sent the jury
home smiling after the last word in
defence of Mrs. Angle this afternoon.
The charge that she had struck Waldo
i. Ballou and caused him 10 fall down
stairs he characterized as absurd. The
contention of the state that she had
tried 10 conceal" her acts, he said,
was folly.
The jury, composed mostly of farm
ors, all married, grinned when he pct
ured a woman washing up two long
flights of stairs with the water which
could be carried in one small flannel
cloth.
There was no bucket or basin in
which she carried water 10 wash up
the traces of blood" he jeered. "lf
there had been, those police officers
would have found it, you may be sure.
Does anybody with any knowledge of
housekeeping think that there would
be water enough TO stand in the ridges,
enough so that a man could get his
feet wet, from the water in little old
flannel shirt"
Father Aids Mrs. Angle.
Leonard Blondell, father of Mrs.
Angle, was the last witness for the de-
fence. lie testified that there was dust
on the stars when he entered the Rip
powam Building, the day after his
daughter was arrested, and no sign of
washing.
The state sprang its last surprise in
the eleventh hour this morning by in
Producing Otto A. Makowsky, barber.
He testified that he had seen Mr.. Bal
lou standing in front of the Rippowam
Building at ten minutes past 10 on
the night of the tragedy. Mrs. Angle
has stated that he was with her from q
quarter to 10 until quarter to II.
With this evidence fresh in the
minds Of the ju. y, A ert Phillips, as
sistant to Mr.. Cummings, opened the
argument for the state by declaring
that Mr.. Ballou had visited Mrs. Angle.
not twice, but three tines, that night,
and the third visit had never been &C
counted for. The defence met this
with the remark that either the state
knew OF lIlo WAbltoo CN-NA~ VIZ
eleventh hour or else he had been
buried"
After the tenseness Of the cross-ex-
animation yesterday the events of this
afternoon stood out in comic relief.
Jacob Klein, in summing up for the
defence. created a laugh by referring
TO the states contention that 1t was
contrary TO all established rules OF
womanhood for Mrs. Angle to take off
her shoes and stockings the first thing
when she began to prepare for bed.
at is none of the business OF the
State of Connecticut how Mrs. Angle
or any other woman goes about the
process Of disrobing," he said. The
state says that because she said she
took off her shoes and stockings first
her story is false. We claim that she
has a right to take off her shoes first
if she wants to-"
Calls Matron wiper"
Another stir was caused by MI.
Klein's references to Mrs. Seraphina
Klahre. police .atron of Stamford, as
n "cat," a viper" and stool pigeon"
"The modest violets on her bosom,
as she sat here, hung their heads for
shame" he said, "as she admitted go
ing TO this poor suffering woman and
srCoas+iurr 70 her that if she would