Putnam patriot., 1916-09-22

 Witness said that the new earth oa the Lar and shovel corresponded e fhe soil in the skunk farm enclosure and that the iron bar atfed into the holes In the yard Bar Went through padloek and could easily have been asod 10 pry lock of wItn. Noticed lttIe particle of metal oa bar similar 10 material lock w8a made of Tracy made a8 statement as to where he got fhe skins Rhlie he was present. Both fsxes were apparently cl1hbed t9 death
 James smith, brother of the plaln- an. eorrobofated former testimony and said he could identify the skins as from his brothers foxes at the time he saw them In Inc lower court.
 The club bar. shovel lock and dress suit case faII Of skins were put in ss exhibits.
 Court adjourned at five o'clock.
 Court came in Wednesday afternoon and the above case was resumed.
 
 The first witness vas Michael Grim shaw Of Attawaugan, constable of the town of Kilingly and last year deputy sheriff MT. Grimshaw told Of the search made at the Tracy home. He was i'll fat the time and vas not very active. He served the papers on Tracy. Tracy wanted1to know what the matter was. He showed fhim the paper and Tracy told him to go ahead. His testimony regarding the finding of the fnrs was the same in substance Hs that of former witnesses.
 Walter Warren Of AttawsuRan, said lie had known Tracy all Of his life and had worked for him. Tracy had a gray Ford automobile that rattled and leaked oil little.
 Amide Lapafle of Attaw sugan said the morning Of the robbery, about 31 he was ,out with his sick wife He looked out of the window and saw q gray. automobile with two men in il go past. lie could not recognize the men but he knew it was Traey's ma chine as he was familiar with it.
 Frank A. whippie, an officer of the Killingly theft detecting society teld of the search at Tracy's. He was at the fur farm and saw the crowbar run into the hoiesithere and 1t fit. He knew Trscy's auto and said 1t rattled, leaked oil and was grey. He saw Tracy ter days before the theft lwhie out hunt ing. Tracy had eight skunks in hi auto. Blood from them would not b' as fresh as the blood he saw in the ma chine when the search was made.
 Edgar A. Wheaton heard an auto mobile go by his house about 4.3O tn mofning'of the theft. It was goinl towards Traey's and made rattlinI noise.
 John Labelle was lighting stove be tween four and four thirty morning 0 the theft and heard an auto go by.
 James r.. Moran had worked at tn far farm Was there morning nfte theft and followed blood trail to bar way and saw where auto had stood il ioad He knew the stolen lfoxes as h brought them over from Danielson Couldn't identify them but knew the were ranch raised. He could lideniif the two skunksI with the black spot on head. .0ther two were ranch raise gkunks. He was shown thei sknn skins and pointed out the black spot, Said these spots were. peculiar to thos skunks and didn't believe there wer more like them.
 Plaintiffs $ attorney then produced bag of nine skins and showed them | the witness. They had blaeksspots 0 the head. Witness admitted they wei like the ones stole, and said he .didn think there were otherstiike them bt was convinced from what he saw th, there were. Ea
 Albert l.. Mills of Hampton and A bert ii, Shippee of East killingly eac said they had dealt in futs for % year Both said they examined the furs i the Danielson town court and ther was no question but that they wei ranch raised. Shippee admitted h had been "stungp iand might ge caught once in a while on picking ou relts.
 Henry E.. Chase gave lstrong bit c testimony for ipaintiti. He said h was going from one barn 10 anothe early in the morning of the theft an' heard and saw gray automobile. H was within 25 feet of il. He heard msn say, "Keep still there's Henry The voice WAS Tracys. He knew Trao, we'll. Went to school with him. Smell ed the odor of skunk as the auto passed.
 On cross examination was asked why he did not .giye tho testimony about hearing voice in lower court. Said he wasn't asked.
 "You wanted to convict . thief If you could, didn't you." asked Lawyer Torfey.