New Britain herald., 1917-10-30
Alleged Murderer Ad- mits Previous Story Told to Police Was. Not the Truth
DENIES HE KILLED
 WOMAN COMPANION
Turn of Events in Murder Case in Superior Court When Ac- 
 cused Describes How He Attempted Lying in Street With Throat Cut on Regafning Senses

Lying in Street With Throat Cut on 7, Regaining Senses
 Especial to the Herald)
 Hartford. Oct. 3o.-Testimony of the most startling and sensational na- ] ture has been introduced in the trial of William J. Wise of New Britain, 1 charged with the murder of Mrs. An ma Tobin in that city on September l 19, coincident with the counsel for the defense calling the accused to the witness stand before Judge William S. ! Case and the superior court jury. Wise took the stand calmly, boldly related his relations with the married wo- man, declared that the girl forced her self upon him and insisted that he continue his attentions to her de- spite his desire to avoid her, even to the extent of posing as his wife in one instance, and then identified a half dozen or more lengthy letters written to him at Fort Slocum by the woman. l These letters, all written within two weeks before her tragic end, indicate that Mrs. Tobin was passionately in
 love with Wise and cared more for
 him than she did for her husband her
 home, or her life. These letters were
 introduced during the final hour of
 yesterdays session and as Public De-
 fender John F. Forward ceased read
 ing them, the accused showed visible signs of weakening As his lawyer at-
 tempted to question him further wise's iron nerve failed him. He , looked helplessly at the jury, his eyes Iffflled with tears his voice faltered and
 he broke openly into sobs Court was AL -s..k..~ .e~.x !
 accused had recovered much of his
 former pose
 Scouts Suicide Theory.
 With the reopening of court follow
 ing the monday recess yesterday the , trial entered upon the final chapter The state called Dr. Arthur J. Wolfe of Hartford to the stand. He is a spe-
 cialist in medical-legal cases and it ], was as an expert that he was called into the case. He described to the , jury the construction of the human
 body with especial attention to the ar teries and veins of the throat and neck. Arteries, he said, carry blood from the heart, while veins conduct
 the blood back to the heartA When } the principal artery of the neck is , severed the pulsations of the heart force the blood through the opening, 7 sometimes with force enough to car
 ry the stream of blood a distance of eight feet. Examining the soldier's 5 } coat worn by Wise on the night of the murder, Dr. Wolfe pointed to stains on the right sleeve which, he said, positively showed that such blood l came from a severed artery To 0 question from the states attorney, Dr. Wolfe said that should he cut MT. Alcorn's throat on the left side, the blood would spurt onto his (Dr. Wolfe's) right side. Witness likewise
 described the wound which Mrs. Tobin had as having been like q razor stab, rather than l slash. 'I have no doubt
 in my mind but what that wound was
 inflicted by someone other than the
 victim." said Dr. Wolfe. He also
 said that a sudden dig with the razor
 would inflict the same kind of d wound as if the victim was being held
 tightly at the time of the assault. If
 the victim was attempting to flee the
 same kind of a wound could be in-
 ficted, the witness said. He did ad-
 init that while 'it is within the range
 oI possibility for a person to inf1ict
 such a wound on himself" he did mot
 think it is within the range of prob
 ability" The natural tendency of 9 suicide Is to make a slash across the
 throat, rather than a stab, such as cut Mrs Tobin's throat, Dr. Wolfe ex-
 plained.
 On the left side as we'll as the right,
 both on the collar and front, there
 were arterial blood spurts on Wise's coat, pr. Wolfe told Attorney Forward under cross-examination. pr. Wolfe said it is possible and consistent for a person to run quite some distance
 with the throat cut as was Mrs. Tobin's
 and, he added, it would be possible
 for the victim to make one outcry
 until the moment the windpipe was
 severed. The relative horizontal or l oblique direction of the throat cut
 would depend upon the relative
 heights of the two principals, wit
 ness said. explaining that if the as
 sailant were about the same height l as the victim the gash would be
 straight across With the conclusion
 of Dr. Wolfe's testimony, in which
 he said 1t Is absolutely impossible to
 tell by analysis or any other way the blood of a human being from that of , any other if both specimens are dried. Defense Opens Its Case.
 Opening Wise's defense, his counsel