The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-07-11
STATE. REBUTTAL!
OF DEFENSE IN
C|LLICAN TRIAL
Undertaker's Testimony Re
futed By State Police
man.

Hartford, July 1.-THE defense
rests" said Benedict Holden, senior
counsel for Mrs Amy E. Aroher-Gtl-
ligan when Judge Greene took the
bench for resumption of the trial to-
day. es-f.-..-s
State Attorney A1corn began putting
on evidence in rebuttal. Capt Rob-
ert T. Hurley of the state police, ex-
planned that poison crystals found in
an envelope at the Archer home were
put in a telegraph envelope and lab
elled by himself. He was asked
whether he had heard the testimony
of Eugene J. Shea, the undertaker's
assistant, to the effect that in en-
balming the body of Franklin r. An
drews he had punctured various or
gans in the body, including the stom-
ach. Ibid you see the stomach of
Andrews? asked Mr.. A1corn. ST
did, was the reply.
whether OF not it was punctured %
.It was not said Hurley.
A bottle of brown liquid shown,
Hurley said he had taken from a closet
at the Archer home and left it with
DIR. Wolff for analysis. This 3testi-
rnony of Charles Robinson that Mrs.
Gil1igan, used this bottle and fluid in
the killing Of bugs. Mr.. Holden re-
marked that the liquid was a tonic
Capt. Hurley said he did not claim it
was poison. The bottle was taken
by Rowe Wheeler, another state po-
liceman.
Patrick J. Cavanaugh,aa druggist In
Hartford, testified to seeing Frank P.
Smith, the undertaken, at the Cavan-
augh dinner table on Memorial day,
1914. The Smith family We're at the
shore. Smith told him what he had
been doing that forenoon.
Thomas F. Smith saw Undertaken
Smith in his rooms on May 81 and
with him was Shea The undertake
was er1dba1ming the body of Andrews
and arguing with Shea for not having
done this ulle night before when the
/ body came in. Witness ON cross ex-
animation said he had moved a body
4 from the chapel of st. Mary's home
the night before.
| James Hines, a handy man at the
1 Smith Iind ertaking rooms, said he
answered night calls. He said he
never went with Shea to the Archer
home to get a body, as Shea had testi-
fed
/ DR.. Wolff was recalled to. rebut the
| testimony of the experts for the de-
license. He said there were stomach
contents with the poison crystals
taken from the stomach OF Andrews.
| With a glass DR.. Wolff illustrated TO
| the jury how he detected the poison
| crystals. He also told of taking d
! photograph. of the stomach contents
This testimony led to an objection by
| Mr.: Holden. and Mr.. Alcorn said he
| was ready IN take the iIlrv ta DIR
| Wolff's studio in order that it might
see DR.. Wolff make a photograph. Mr..
4 4Iolden claimed that In the materials
submitted to the defense for analysis
there were no stomach contents, and
he objected to the evidence. Judge
| Greene thought the evidence proper
and remarked that it seemed pity
to take up the time to go into this
I phase Mr.. A1corn withdrew DIR.
| Wolff. although the latter protested
/ that he. desired to make an explana-
ton. Mr.. A1corn said he could not
do it then.
DR.. Victor c. Vaughan was put or
to rebut the claim of the defense that
23 grains of the poison could not pos
sibly have been in the stomach as ii
4 was imp ossible for ag.person to take
! that amount. DR.. Vaughan began to
/ cite cases and authorities. even where
bin 800 grains and an ounce had been
i taken Mr.. Holden bjected to this
unless suicide cases were eliminated
AZ DR.. Vaughan continued to give evil
4 dence along this line and Mr.. Holden
had an objection noted.
1 In the trial today Mrs. Gi11igas
showed much animation. She took
part in a conference of her lawyers