Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-23
FREQUENT COUNSEL TILTs IN GFLLIGAN CASE
Testimony Of Medical Examiner Kina Regarding Final Illness of Franklin R. Andrews.

Hartford, Conn, June 22.-A mass 1 or testimony. letters and cards, writ ! ten by Franklin R. Andrews of Che | shire, to relatives and friends from
 the Archer home for elderly people fin l Windsor and a number of other pa pers were put in evidence by the state 1 today in the trial in the superior court here today Of Mrs. AmV E Archer | Gtlligan for murder. The state al | leEes she caused the death of An ! drews by poison, while he was an in ! mate Of the Archer home which she | conducted. Andrews, according to ths | testimony, entered the home under q contract by which for payment of q | thousand dollars he should be as- burial. The letters and postcards were offered for the purpose of show. ing that Andrews considered himself in good health and was satisfied with his surroundings
 Physician Chief Witness.
 Chief interest centered in the tes- timony of Dr. Howard F. King. med ical examiner of the town of Wind sor and attending physician at the Archer home, and in that of Mrs. NeI- lie E. Pierce of Hartford, a sister of Andrews. Dr. King testified 10 hay ing been called to the home twice on the evening of May 30. 1914. the night of Andrews death, to attend him. His first conclusion, he said, when he saw Andrews early in the evening was that he was suffering from acute indiges- tion, as he complained of severe pains in the stomach. Later in the even ing when he saw the patient again he said, Andrews was dying and beyond aid. Afterwards from the symptoms, inspection of emitted contents of the mans stomach shortly before death and from information given him by Mrs. Archer-Gilligan, he concluded that death was due to gastric ulcers CT ulcers of the stomach. Mrs. Ar cher-Gilligan, he explained, was d kwas so far as he knew, Andrews had been up to that time in good health. He was on the stand for over an hour and his testimony remained unchanged at the end of his examination.
 Decedent Loaned Defendant Money.
 Mrs. Pierce told of having made the preliminary arrangements for her brothers entrance into the home and of the contract under which he en- tered. The final arrangements. she said. were made by Andrews himself She also told of receiving a telephone message from Mrs. Gilligan on ths night of May 30, saying that her brother was very i'll and of her visit there the following morning after his death. It was at that time she said that she found among his effects 8 letter referring to a loan of i've hun dred dollars which Mrs. Archer-GiIlf- gan has secured from Andrews. 2 transaction which the accused had denied but later when the letter was found admitted it, saying she had forgotten it. The letter was among q lot of letters and cards which Mrs. Archer-Giltgan had lifted out of An dreW's trunk and laid on a table for her inspection.
 Other witnesses included Miss Mary L. Andrews of East Hartford. a sis ter of Andrews, Wilbur F. Andrews of New Haven his brother, 10th of wl1 pm were at the home with Mrs. Pierce the day after Andrews death, and Mrs. Elsie E. Roys of South Meriden, a friend of the Andrews family. All tes- tffied as to Andrews general good health.
 Lawyers Have Lively Tits.
 Tf1ts between counsel were frequent one being so tense as to bring com ment from the court. It occurred just as Dr. King left the stand, when com nenting to associate counsel, MT. HoI- den declared one statement Of Dr States Attorney AIcorn was on his thought that the state had about which he said he and others, includ- MT. Holden make and asserted that he believed MT. Holden should be dis ciplined. The court inquired of MT Holden if he had made the remark and on the latter's admitting he might have used the word lie" but did not mean it for the jury's ears. the court admonished him to exercise more con trol and closed the incident.