New Britain herald., 1917-10-30

animation. Wise admitted that he has referred to Mrs. Tobin in unsavory terms since her death. He insisted that Mrs. Tobin was burden to him and he wanted to have her return to her husband He said however, he did love her. He denied choking or beating the girl, but said he did slap her once when she was talking dirty.' Explaining why he brought his razor to New Britain, Wise said he brought it up to get it sharpened, but, he de- nied that he asked O'Brien to hone it. Getting down to the night of the mur- der the states attorney asked Wise where the woman was when he at tempted suicide. He said she was sitting in the doorway and he was standing in front of her about four feet away. He insisted that Mrs. Tobin constantly begged him to desert during their last visit and finally goaded him until he cut himself Wise said that Mrs. Tobin cared absolutely nothing for either her husband or her baby. Wise dramatically demonstrat- ed how he had cut himself and as he did so everyone in the court room craned their necks to see. He denied absolutely that he cut or slashed Mrs.
 
 weak to get up after he had cut his own throat. He said he shouted for help because he was suffering agoniz- ing pains Wise said Mrs. Tobin car ried her purse in her left hand and he denied that she carried 8 flower in her right hand Wise admitted to pointed question from the states at- torney that he cut his own face and neck in such a way as to lend strength to a story that someone else he'd assaulted him. The states attorney read Wse's statement over and the latter admitted that most of it was false, concocted on the spur of the minute.
 Goes to the Jury.
 Summing up for the state the as- sistant states attorney, Newell Jen- nings, told the jury that if they have any doubt as to the truth of any state ment made they have the right to doubt his entire testimony. He called Wise's statement a "fanciful one." The statement that Wise did not know of Mrs. Tobin's death until the, Sun- day following the murder was absurd, he said. since it was proved that the accused was normal when the police found him and pr. Elcock and po- licemen had told him of her death. His defense, MT. Jennings said, has been built up as the case proceeded He then gave 8 resume of the whole case and declared that Mrs. Tobin became the victim of strange fas- c1natlon for Wise and that the state had proved his guilt beyond all rea- sonable doubt. He declared that be- yond any question Mrs. Tobin was cut in the c. c. l.. doorway, then staggered into the street where she died.
 Greenberg Pleads For Wise.
 Summing up for the defense Lawyer A. A. Greenberg recounted the letters sent to Wise by Mrs. Tobin, saving that they discounted allegations that she feared him and wished to have him leave here. He made much of Mrs. Tobin's many written threats to kill herself and said they showed that she loved him, was sick of living with out him and did not fear him, but really wanted him. Letters of this Kind will turn the heart of a man of stone. the lawyer said. The testimony of Watchman Molander that he heard cries of ''Help'' proved. Lawyer Green berg said, that Mrs. Tobin really did cry out, as Wise said, when he tried to commit suicide. The lawyer also re- called Dr. Wolfe's statement that he knew of one woman who cut her own throat from ear to ear and then went down four flights of stairs. This, he said, shows that it was very possible for Mrs. Tobin to have cut her own throat and then ran some distance. If Wise had premeditated the murder, had come from Fort Slocum to do it, why didn't he kill her in the seclu- sion of Walnut Hill park rather than on Pearl street, their usual parting place. The lawyer said he consid- cred that the facts pointed to the be- lief that Mrs. Tobn made good her threats and committed the heinous crime upon herself. The razor was found four feet away from the wo- mans head, indicating that it was a case of suicide, the lawyer argued. He declared that it is up to the state to prove guilt beyond any reasonable doubt, and. he said, the state has not done so.