The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-01
HAYNES PROMPTS LAWYERS IN HIS
 FIGHT FOR LIFE
Witnesses Testify That Bridgeport Policeman
 Was First on Scene.
'NEIGHBOR TELLS OF
 GRUESOME SCENES
Counsel Not Yet Ready To Say Whether Accused
 Will Take Stand.

Interest today in the Haines' mur- der trial centered in the awakening attitude of the prisoner charged with killing his wife, who for the first time during the course of trial attem pted to prompt his attorneys in the con- duct of examinations.
 Jason Haines, while closely atten- tive to all that has been said, has heretofore remained almost sphynx- like in his posture before the court.
 During the testiIno ony of his neigh bor and long acquaintance, William D. Waller. Haine.s reached for a pad and pencil, was about to write a, mote and then changing his mind, twitched at the sleeve of Judge R. B. DeFor- est, his attorney, whispering instruc- tions
 The result of these instructions was not apparent in the cross-exanlination of MT. Waller.
 Speculation is rife about the cor riders of the court house today as to whether Jason Haines will be pIac- ed upon the witness stand in his own behalf. Attorneys refused to dis close what action they may take re- garding the defendants testifying. [
 Several witnesses for tthe state were placed upon the stand today in, an been fired on the fatal day and to identify guns as those used at the time and subsequent to the crime.
 One of the most sensaiti onal fea- lures of the mornings session was testimony introduced to show that in addition to the bloody scene inside the house an equally gruesome one was disclosed without. Two wit nesses, Waller and Howard F. Ram Ndall, grand juror of Trumbull, told of finding pieces of flesh and blood upon the outside roof of the house.
 That Clifford N. Gorgas, motorcy cle policeman of the Bridgeport force, was the first officer on the scene of the crime, was admitted by the wit ness today, who showed. how the young officer had armed those at the scene and prepared for the capture of the slayer.
 That Haines may have been at his home on the Saturday night follow ing his arrest for assault and prior brought out in cross examination oe MT. Waller, who testified before the coroner and admitted today that he believed he heard Haines' voice in a carriage passing near the Waller homestead on that night.
 Edward F. Rattigan, the first wit ness today, testified as to Haines' resentment of the placing of hand cuffs on him when he was arrested prier to the murder. On Monday, Ratt1gan says, HaineS told his wife, on his return from court, that she could take her things and go. She refused.
 William B. Waller, the next neigh Dor of Haines, testified that he had known Haines all his life. On the Friday preceding the murder, he was in barn when he heard some one call. He thought the call came from the house north of his, but when he came out of the barn he was told he was wanted at the Haines home. He saw Mrs. Haines with Deputy Sheriff Emil Berger in a carriage. They wanted an automo obile, but his was not in condition to be used.
 Waller testified that at the time Mrs. Haines was covered with blood from head to foot.''
 When Waller went to the Haines home, on this occasion, blood was found in pools on the floor.
 Coming to the day of the crime, Waller said he was m the same barn, with the door open, about 400 feet distant from the Haines home. He heard continuous screams, very loud, quickly followed by two gun shots, as quick as they could be fired from a double barre1led shot gun, he said. The screaming immediately ceased. Waller started for his own house and
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