Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-26
Arsenic Figures
 in Gi|Iigan Trial
TESTIMONY GIVEN BY STATE PO'
 HICKMAN HURLEY
LETTER BY THE ACCUSED
Declares Andrews Met Death Anything But Suddenfy-Accused Admitted That Inmates of Home Had Pur- chased Arsenic for Her.

Hartford, Conn.,, June 25.-A state ment by States Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn that the state was prepared to prove that the death of Franklin R. Andrews was premeditated and delib- erately planned, evidence reciting ad- ditional incidents of the hours pre- cedlug his death and a letter to the states attorney from the accused wo- man were features of the trial today in the superior court of Mrs. Amy R. Archer -Gilligan, charged with the mur- der of Andrews by poison. Andrews died the night of May 30, 1914.
 Letter Written by Mrs. GIIiean.
 Considerable interest was attached to the letter. which earlier in the trial the state has characterized as a dated March 10, 1918, and in it the accused woman had written that An drews met death anything sbut sud- denly He came from the hospital here alone, hardly able to walk and his body was one mass of boils or ul- cers for months before he died" She also asserted that his sister knew of his feeble condition"
 Former Inmate Testifies.
 Seth J. Ramsey, of New Britain, a former inmate of the Archer home at Windsor and roommate of Andrews, told of seeing him i'll early on the morning of May 30, 1914, and of noti-
 
 supper with Andrews the night before and a that time Andrews seemed well and ate heartily.
 Another witness was Lorin B. Cow dy of Hartford, formerly with his wife an inmate of the Archer home. Mrs Gowdy died December 4 1913 at the at the home. Gowdy told of making arrangements for going to the home, of expressing preference for the room occupied by Andrews and Ramsey and n QNriTa SI1o range for them to have that room. and that the occupants could be put in anOther room. The Gowdys went to the home in June, 1914.
 Defense Objected to Testimony.
 Benedict M Holden. of counsel for the defense, objected to the testimony of Gowdy, saving that the incidents related were entirely susceptible of improper and legitimate construction. The jury was excused while counsel argued the matter. The court finally admitted the testimony after the states attorney had said he was pre- pared to prove that Andrews died of poison administered by the accused and that Mrs. Gilligan had procured the poison three or four days earlier It was during this argument that Mir Alcorn made the statement that An drews' death was deliberate and pre- mediate murder.
 State Policeman Hurley on the Stand.
 State Policeman Robert T. Hurley took the stand late this afternoon He testified regarding investigations he made at the Archer home after Mrs Gilligan's arrest and reviewed the de- tails in connection with the exhuma- tion Of Andrews body.
 Purchases of Arsenic.
 Mrs. Gilligan, according to his tes- timOny. made a signed statement to the authorities two days after her ar rest in which she declared that she never had given Andrews any arsenic and if she had. it was unintentional She admitted in the statement wit ness declared, that inmates of the home had on several occasions pur- chased arsenic for her at a nearby drugstore.