Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-16

Cole was arrested on Sunday after
noon, August s near the Angel sum-
mer residence after the caretaker,
Wallace Pierce, had heard shots in the
house, which was unoccupied at the
time. Later investigation showed that
a commode in one of the bedrooms
had been shot to pieces 30 that it's
usefulness as an article OF furniture
was destroyed. % calibre revolver
that was in the house was the weapon
used it was claimed.
At the trial before a justice court in
Ledyard Cole was bound over to the
superior court and at the trial in the
superior court on Wednesday his at
torney was G. Curtis Morgan. State
Attorney Hull was assisted by Attor-
ney J. ]. Lawless.
The following jury for the case was
chosen:
Norwich; Adolphus d. Zabriskie,
Chauncey A. Fuller, Preston; William
C. Sherman, Colchester; Samuel F.
Palmer, Uldege H. Desrosiers, Girls
void; Elmer E Maine. Frank H.
Babcock, North Stonington; John c.
Tracy, Fraknlin; George A. Kennedy,
Lisbon; Albert G. Brown. Voluntown.
Wallace Pierce. who is caretaker at
the Angel house, testified that he was
doing some work around the place on
Sunday, Aug. 9Th. when he heard shots
in the house, and he sent word for
help. While he was waiting for help
to come, he saw the accused walk past
one OF the upper windows of the house
and later go past a window in one OF
the rooms on. the lower floor. He got
good look at Cole and a little later
found him along the road and took
him into custody. He found on him a
small fancy bottle of brandy and a box
of Bengal cigars. They took the man
to the town farm and while there Cole
made four trips to the toilet. The
next day. the witness said, he found
that bottle of brandy and the Ben
gal cigars which had been at the Angel
house were missing. Going to the
| toilet at the town farm, the witness
said he found the bottle of brandy and
the box of cigars hidden away under
a beam in the toilet at the town farm
Mr.. Pierce testified that broken
| in door at the Angel house showed
where the man had got in and win
dow left open showed where he had
got out.
Deputy Sheriff James E. F. Brown
of Mystic, who was called to arrest
Coon. testified to finding him in the
shed with a dozen men there. He
| found cartridges in the mans pocket,
but no weapon on him. Sheriff Brown
/ identified some shells which the states
\ attorney showed him.
| Clinton D. Pierce of Ledyard, a
| farmland who had lived in Ledyard
five weeks, testified to going to the
house when he got word from Wallace
Pierce's wife, and the accused opened
the door but Immediately drew back
into the house. Right afterwards he
saw the accused going towards the
woods. With Wallace Pierce the wit
ness said he went after the accused
and brought him back towards the
house and then to the town farm.
At this stage of the trial, when Clin-
ton Pierce had finished his testimony
Attorney Morgan for the accused ad-
dressed the court and said that cir
cumstauces had arisen in the case by
which he thoughtghe ought to ask fol
a five minute recess before the case
proceeded any further.
Judge Williams ordered the recess
and when court was called to order
again States Attorney Hull announced
that the state rested and Attorney
Morgan called the accused to the
stand.
The accused said that his name was
| Walter Cole, but he had once used the
name of Smith because he did moi
want his people to know where he was
He had visited at times with a Whip
pie family in Ledyard. The Whipplt
family sold their place to Mr.. Angel
i This is the house where the shooting
took place.
Cole told of his arrest on the after.
noon of Aug. s in the roadway neal
the place he knew as the Whipplt
place. While he was drinking at Z
spring three fellows, two of whom hat
been witnesses at the trial, came vi
with shotguns and told, him to throY
up his hands. They said they wanted
said nothing about finding any bottle
or cigars in his pockets.
The men told him, the witness said
that they wanted him for breaking int
the Angel house. and he told them h
hadn't been near the house.
1 As fn the hrI1afG in hi
pocket, the witness said he had haC
them about two months and they hat
been given him by Isaac Avery
daughter to shoot bullfrogs when h.
worked at Isaac Avery's in Lebanon.
The witness denied absolutely tina
he had entered the Angel house or don
any shooting in it, and said 1t wa
over six months or more since he ha,
been there.
To States Attorney Hull on eros
examination the accused said he neve
knew Mr.. Angel or any Of the witness
es, and he could not tell why sucl
things should be testified against him
and as far as he knew the commod
wasn't shot full of holes. The witnes
said he was not drunk that day no
, under the influence of any drug, re
rlembered perfectly about the circum
stances of his arrest and the who'll
story was trumped up against him.
Mrs. Grace Cahoon. a nurse, VIII
| 0ST nome Win 0eT IaIleT, Al
, bert Whipple, of Ledyard, testified tina
r Cole had lived with the Whipple fam
! lily like one of the family. She sal
her father had sold the place to Nj
Angel year ago last April.
. Both Sides Rest.
After the testimony of Mrs. Cahoor
! Attorney Morgan said the defense rest
: | ed The state had no witnesses to pu
; on in rebuttal and Judge William
: directed the attorneys to proceed wit
" the arguments.
Attorney Lawless made the openin
argument for the prosecution. speak
y ing for about 10 minutes and conclud
o ing at 400 o'clock. Judge William
: then adjourned court till the nez
: morning at 10 when Attorney Morga
9 will make the argument for the de
,: tense.
y The case should reach the jury b
noon at least.
Morning Session.
Fifteen prisoners were in the pc
when court came in on Wednesda
: morning and the first case taken U
. twas that of Andy Stanley Jacobs,
a 15-year- old boy, who changed his pie
q from not guilty to guilty of breal
"a ing, into the store of James N. Woo
at Groton on May Is
!. On behalf Of the boy. Attornt
=, Charles W Ianaas apOka to the c0ifr