The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-19
TENSE THRONG
 AWAITS VERDICT
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zC0nF1nueds rom 9aSe 1(ue the dent that this fatiron fits into the dent with precision that is start ling
 Mr. Cummings placed the hat. over his own head It might be said that the dent was caused by falling down stairs he said. tsSee where the dent is-in the front. See what position almost perpendieu1ar-AIr Ballou body must have been in to have made such a dent by contact with the nos ing of the stairs. The dent was not caused that way
 Mr. Cummings took up the whiskey bottle that was found in Ballou's coat Mrs Angle told you that Ballou 1etf her room vvitE that bottle in his coat pocket he said. That bottle a fragile glass bottIe-went through this fall unbrolzen. It would be mir aG1e were it so.
 Counsel for the defense has referred to an esshihit that they said was planted If any thing was planted, it was that bottle in BalIou's pocket Placed there so that passerby might believe Eanou, dying on the sidewalk to be 2 drunken man with an empty Wh1skey bottle in his; pocket. :
 Mir Cummings referred to the con dition Of the ha1lways and stairs as that of "a slaughter house
 do claim that she wiped up the stairs and with that rag, as she said j she d1Qs ne S71G S116 was tI1lSfCSpS- ed in her work. .
 ks the states attorney referred to the spectaeles. which Mr B1ondeIl said was not in the rubbish box on June g. Mrs Angle placed her hands fn her father s. His arm went around his daughterss shoulder,
 They said she had nervous pros tl:ation Did nervous preservation ever make a liar out of a truthful wo- man 2ss the states attorney asked she has two told stories about the hat that was found in the chest. That Isn't nervous pzsostratio iofl. That s uptruth.
 Asvvhsf is wroIag with her story 2 It IS told too late. It com es after months. when. if it were true, it would have 1eaped to her lips. And this woman who can't remember re- members things in detail,' he said at one point.
 lay in that hallway while she wait ed, T believe. for . favorable oppor- tz1rl1ty to drag the body on the sfde- walk when no one would see her
 You may have sympathy for "a oman and let her You may do that But VOL will violate your oath you will violate common sense.
 There IS one defense this defend- ant has She is 3. woman Were it a man who had dragged his sweet- heart out to the street to die, you sron1slns iaa that room five min t1fez She is a vzozuan that is her asfenseher big defense.' 2
 sThzsf Is the most disagreea;ble task
 have ever been called upon to per- form AEr. C.unnnings said as he neared the end Of his address, 1T pray to God that I'll never be called upon again for such a duty
 He conc5azded his address at 12e25 and | recess was taken until ]: :8o.
 Jl1dgp y7zII5ar1s began his charge at 1y34 o'clock. He told the jurors thaK three verdlcts were possible. guilty as el1arged guiIty Of simple as- sasnlF samd moi guilty
 The state Eeyvever. does not claim d conxfctfon for simple assault, r the Judge csr.s5r1ued tesss your verdict should be enc Of tvvos guilty as charg- Gd or Mpk guIlty-s
 The accused must be given every Teasoztabic doubt.ss the judge said. as he entered Into an explanation of the law on ssreasonable doubt. ?
 Throughout Judge Williams charge Mrs Angle sat bolt upright in her chair. her gaze fixed on the court Judge Williams stood throughout his address which was lengthy Mas BIondeu, Mrs. Angles father, sat with his arms folded and seemed to listen intentIy to every word.