Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-12
SICK JUROR IN
 SUPERIOR COURT CASE.
Breaks Up Trial of Two New London
 Railroad Men.

The case of state vs. Earl May and Truman Brown. New London employees of the New Haven railroad. charged with statutory burglary in breaking into freight car in the Fort Necir yard at that place several weeks aeo in which the trial was started Friday. came to a temporary ending Tuesday morning here in tbe superior court failed to take his seat. being Ill with the grip. The case was taken from the jury and both May and Brown were remanded to tall when each fail- ed to secure bond which was ordered increased from s75o to 5000 by yudgs John A. .McAtavey, of this city, for the theft of film valued at $76o from the Auditorium theater was sem fenced to the reformatory as an of fender of the first class.
 Attorney c. L. Stewart made plea for McAtavey.
 Charles T. King of New London pleaded guilty to theft of a silver watch from the person of William Haas in that city in December and was sentenced to six months in jail. The case against Charles F. Cham plin of North Stonington, charged with
 the theft of fowl. was nolled In the afternoon, the trial of Tholn- as Logis, charged with shooting and wounding William Gitchie, at Norwich
 Town on the night of November 20, Witnesses put on by State Attorney | Hull who was assisted by Attorney
 John D. Hall. were William Gitciie
 Frank J. Dowdali. Dr. c. c. Glider
 sleeve. Edward Laskowske, David Timothy Fields,
 The state attorney rested his case at 3e5.
 Attorney Edward T. Burke for the
 accused called as his first witness Walter G. Hitchon, manager at thu
 Glen Woolen mills, where the accused
 had worked, who testified to the goot reputation of the accused man an{
 that he was asgood workman.
 Henry Troland of the Otrobandt
 road, gardener, said he had knowl
 Thomis I1ogfs for i or years, sait
 He saw Logis on the night in question at Peale's house and his face was puff
 fed up and there was blood on it. Attorney Burke called the accuse, through an interpreter, Herman Becl of New London. The. accused said his name wa
 Thomas Slogis. Answering question about the event of the night in ques tion he said he had been in the cit the trolley. getting of at Pleasari street. He went to his home, hu came out again and went to the hom of a cousin fin Norwich Town near tn ! bridge. He stayed there one or tw hours, and then went to Fred Dow : dalfs house. They had a bottle c
 beer on the steps of the accused house.
 Slogis told how the fight started i l the room when Dowdall Gftef1fe, Les } kowski and himself were presen Somebody did something to Dowda [ i and there were oaths uttered. Gitchi
 struck the first blow, the witness sait striking the witness in the face an } nearly knocking out his. teeth. Tn , fight continued through the doorwa
 and out to the. gate. Gitchie puache l. the accused and knocked him owe l on the gate and Laskowski struc
 his head.
 The witness showed the jury ha
 scared fingers which he said shove
 the marks of the stones as he wa covering his head with his hands. The fight continued outside the gai and Laskowslxi and Gitchfer had hii by the throat. shutting of his breat1 After this the shooting occurred, bg , the witness said he wasn't trying i ,, l, shoot anyone, but to protect himsei He had the pistol in a back pocket, b
 said. and had it with him because b was going to give it to his cousil The accused said he had never ha any trouble before with Gftchier, Las 3 kowski or Dowdail and he had neye 2 been arrested before
 At this point Attorney Burke sai he remained quiet and the trial Of tn | case was stopped for the day to gfy
 the state attorney time to bring in hi 2 new information against Coloantoni, I