Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-21

1 the coal and wood business, was call- ed to the stand. and he pointed out on the plan the Marion building where he lives in one of the six tenements in the building. MT. Spauldins said he had telephone call between 10 and 1Q.30 for him to come to the Del Hoff hotel. The witness recognized the voice of Whittredge. but he did not go. Later in the day there were two other telephone calls.
 Between 4.30 and o'clock in the afternoon the door bell of his home was rung continuously, the witness said, and he went down to the door in response and found Whittredge there
 MT. Spaulding went on to describe the incidents that followed in quick succession after this
 You know who I am ?" were Whit redge's first words
 "Yes."
 You can't do this to me- said Whittredge, springing at the witness, hitting him in the cheek and getting him by the throat and choking him.
 He got me down. said MT. Spauld- ing, and kicked me in. the knee and was choking me- This was in the doorway. Mr Spaulding got up and forced Whittredge out on the side walk. He managed to break away aft CT pushing Whittredge out into the road and after one more blow had been landed by his assailant. Then MT. Spaulding felt that there was something wrong with him and the thought came across his mind that his heart was going wrong. He said he could scarcely breathe and he didn't seem to have any strength.
 "I got away from him. the witness continued and made for the telegraph pole, thinking I might lose him. We went around that three of four times and then l started towards the city. but stumbled and fell. He was right after me and. he kicked me in the back when I was down."
 After that the assault was stopped, the witness said, by bystanders who tnterferred.
 After MT. Spaulding had been help ed up, he said he went back into his house and had great difficulty in breathing ard could hardly talk Dr. J. W. Callahan was called in about 20 minutes. The doctor decided that the trouble was in the throat and he made three calls that day to give him treatment The witness said he was in the house for a week while he still had trouble from his thoat.
 In answer to Attorney Comstock on cross examination MT. Spaulding said he had known Whittredge for about a year and had had no previous trouble with him. He first heard that Whit redge was looking for him by a tele- phone call in the morning. The at torney went over again by question ing the details that MT. SpauIding had related about the fight and the wit ness told him that the only one he could remember as having given as- sistance to him was Mir. Cronin, though he believed there were others.
 Drug Clerk Witness.
 Clarence D. Andrus, clerk in the Nicholson drug store on Oct 31st last testified that from the drug store he saw Whittredge speak to a young man and tEen go across the street and ring he saw was Whittredge coming back wards out of the Spaulding doorway and he had MT. Spaulding by the throat. He saw SpauIding go down and saw the two other men making passes at each. other around the tel egraph pole. and he saw Spaulding fall on the sidewalk where Whittredge made a swinging kick at him. Three or four fellows closed in on Whit redge. pulled him off and ended the fight.
 At this point court adjourned for the day until the next morning at 10 o'clock.
 The jury in the case is composed as follows:
 Philip Spelman, William M. Burdick. and Stephen D. Moore. Norwich: AL bert H. Foote, Colchester; Edwin M Gray and William A. Edmond, Gris- wold: Horace and Elmer E. Pultz, Lebanon; Martin O. Chapman and AL fred M. Clarke, North Stonington; Olaf Nelson, Lisbon; George A. Tan ner, Voluntown.