Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-11

be covered in the case The map was mounted on cardboard six feet high and three feet wide and will be used during the trial. IL is map of the location of the buildings and tracks behind the Jordan building on which number of the people were standing at the time of the blast. MT. Nit cheli was a witness of the explosion and stated that he had seen stones flying after the blast but he had seen no one get hit. In his opinion there were about 300 people about the grounds at the time. The witness saw Chief Richmond trying to get the crowd back but in this he did not succeed very well. On cross examination Mir. Mitchell stated that the time of the explosion was between 4 and o'clock in the afternoon and that he knew about the | raging of the wall he had seen Q bulletin in the window of a local store during the day. He did not come | over town purposely to witness the explosion.
 Dr. Mason's Testimony. Dr. L. l. Mason, the next to take 1 the stand for the state, told of view ing the body of Guiles Afford at St. Joseph's hospital. On the right side tusion about the size of a brick which extended from the ribs down onto the abdomen. A number of ribs had been fractured and the condition of the ab- domen showed that the young. man had died of internal Ilemorrhages. Whatever cause the wound did not break the skin.
 The state then called Patrick Dan nehey, clerk in Mayor Dunn's store, to the stand and he told of Afford coming into the store after the explo- sion and requesting him to call cab. Afford at that time did not look to be in fainting condition and it was the opinion of the witness that he stayed in the store about five minutes.
 E. Frank Bugbee told of going to the scene out of curiosity. He saw the police try to get the crowd back where it should be and where it was thought safe. The witness stood be- hind a freight car that was standi%g on the railroad track No. 2. At the time of the blast he ducked his head and did not see the real explosion but noticed that box that had been set up by a photographer had been splin- tered and that a stone had passed through car in the yard. In the opinion of the witness there were about three hundred people on the scene at the time and they would not get back where they ought to have been to have been safe.
 Chief Richmond Testifies.
 Chief E. H. Richmond was the first witness in the afternoon. He told of his attention being called to the dan gerous condition of the wall of the building soon after the fire F. D. Jordan and Fire Chief Thomas Foley spoke to him of the matter. These two men later went to the mayors oce and afterward decided to rage the wall. The witness told of the efforts of his officer and himself in getting the crowd back. At the time of the explosion the witness was struck by a small stone but was not hurt. Upon hearing that someone was injured he immediately called up the hospital and had an ambulance come to the scene. He did not notice Afford at the time
 James Haggerty, a witness of the explosion, and J. M. Grant, who sold the dynamite to the defendant, were on the stand and told what they knew of the affair.
 Nine or Ten Dynamite Sticks.
 John Kelley, who helped to place the dynamite in the holes and to drill some of the holes in the wall, then testified. In his opinion there were nearly five hundred people standing about the vicinity of the building at tEe time and the police could do noth- ing with them. MT. Kelley stated that he placed nine or ten sticks of the explosives III one of the holes. He was sent for the dynamite by Super intendent Sullivan.
 On cross examination the witness stated that he was on the scene short ly after 1 o'clock as the mayor had told him to be there. He has had g
 
 the explosive that was used and he has razed walls by this method be- fore He went to Grants for the ex- plosive, getting a case of it which was II holes in the foundation of the building and in these eleven holes were eleven caps connected to one another by means of wires, from these wires there were two lead wires to the battery box from which the blast was set off. The battery box was some distance from the wall and the witness set the blast off on receiving word from Chief Foley who was about fifty feet away from him at the time he gave the word. He did not see the effects of the explosion but the wall settled down in a pile and he did mo- tice stones kick out of it." None of the brick work was blown away
 On redirect examination, witness stated that he did not let the blast go on receiving the first order from the chief as he thought thdat the crowd was still in danger. Nothing but mud was put over the holes to stop the flying of the explosive.
 Stones as Exhibits.
 W. A. Dawson, who runs the green houses on Pleasant street, was called and told of having windows broken in his greenhouses by the flying stones and he found the stones which were entered IS exhibits in the case. One of the stones was about four inches long and an inch and a half through, while the other was not so large. In all there were five glasses broken at the time. In the opinion of the wit ress the Jordan building was one third of a mile away from his property which is about 100 feet from the end of the footbridge.
 Robert E. Mitchell was then recall ed to the stand and he told of meas uring the distance from the Jordan building to the Dawson property in as nearly a direct line as possible and his measurements were sos feet, which would make the greenhouses about 900 feet from the Jordan building in a direct line.
 Jordan Brothers on Stand.
 The Jordan brothers, F. D. and Will liam F., owners of the building, were