New Britain herald., 1917-10-26
Murdered Woman First To1
Him Waiter Was Agnl
But He Soon Learned SI|
Was Lying.
FOUGHT WISE AT
RAILROAD STATION

Woman Stopped Fistic Disputs
Mrs. Tobin Frequently Promised
Leave Wise But Broke Pledx(
Witness Loved Her Dearly.
Especial to the Herald.
Hartford, Oct. 26-The trial oi II
ham j. Wise. former resta,u'd
waiter and United States sold>
charged with having murdered a
Anna Tobin Of 12 Maple street
slashing her throat from ear to ear
the morning of September 10, Cd
tinued today with the introductiopX
further testimony Of a sensational
ture disclosing the intimate relati(
of the woman and the waiter. 4 str
ment made to the police by Wisd
few hours after the killing was
troduced and in It Wise attempted
explain how the cutting affray I'd
place by saying he was attacked b
strange man. Although In this ST.
ment Wise exonerated John Edw@
Tobin, husband of his paramour, fxI
all possible blame. he mentioned I
quently the name of ono Jaols Kr1n
who, he said, had often threatened
"get him" and to "cut him up"
fore concluding this statement W
declared, however. that while Kran
was absolutely the only enemy he
in the world and is the only man n
would wish to do. him an injury
was not Kramer who slashed HI
Attorney Albert A. Greenberg of n
Britain and Public Defender john
Forward are defending the accuA
while States Attorney Hugh M.
corn and Assistant States Attor
Newell Jennings are prosecuting.
Introduced at the trial yesterl
were a number of letters which WI
positively identified by Mrs. FAYE
Walsh, a friend Of Mrs. Tohin. as h
ing been received by the dead won
from Wise while the latter was :
toned at Fort Slocum with the qt1
termasters' corps of the regular arr
All of these letters breathe1 q pnssiN
ate love for the wife of the N:4
street man. OF these, tho most $
sational was one written on SeptemN
IS in which the young soldier conclX
cd with the astonishing declaration.
America be damned This lei
follows practically as written, onll
few OF the more offensive senter.
being cut out: IS
Unhappy, Wanted to Die.
Sept. la. 1911
MY Dearest SUce.ieart Anna:----
Il am crying 1 a1n sick OF livl
I was supposed to get Oft this noont
J. was happy Z was UP all night.
Anna IL I don't get off soon tne
carry me eff this Island dead css
I am too desperate Anna why did
tell mo to joi1- God I am going cr1
Anna believe ma II l ever do q.
pass thay'n never see ne akuin
If tEey 90 get me II, be doad,
core to come back 70 such mean
,pisarDbIe If
don't act ono soon YOU car be
III be dead by next Wed. Good l
sweetheart Anna we were made
one another ana If you can't b
mo now no. one else not even
country can have me so I'll finish
nii what's the Use of living I am
ting wi1d. Good by dearest and
God bless you for breaking my he
Your lonesome Bill
think of me once in q While dea
even told the sergent II I don't
q pass I'll finish everything ana
criAd to him in front of about 4
men and he is so mean so Whats
use of living Anna I thought
this will punish me for what !
TO you but I can't stand 1t I'll be q
soon, I'll finish everything ana "a
be we might have each other IN
other world Anna cause In this WI,
II seems impossible I'd be oonten
to die IN your arm Anna the only
In this world for me. So good
and may God bless you Anna II
want come down to see me and br
some poison down with you and
will finish our lives hero togct
cause Anna / aint no coward why
die for you before such u mean
world. America be damrn
God bless you ard take care
my Anna the one I am dying
when I am dead. Good bye"
Resumins his crcss-eNamination
her husband, Edward McDcEc
Tobin, following the noon-day rec
Yesterday, Attorney A. A. Greenbd
brought out the fact that on four
five different occasions, after be
out with Wise, Mrs. Tobin carnc
her house late at night and asket
her husband, Erward McDonou
would go homo with her as she
quarrclled with Wise and was afr
to go home. Witness insisted
Wise knew her sister was MARI
and declared that when she int
duced the couple she made sure
introduce her sister Us MARI
woman. John Tobin. husband OF
dead woman. used to go our
quently at night to SEQ where his y
was, she said. Attorney Greefib
asked IL 1t was not O fact that 81
tContiuuec on Sixth raEel