New Britain herald., 1917-10-30
WISE SAYS HE
 SLASHED SELF

 a booth at Riverside park and in May he met Wise there. On one Sum day, witness said Mrs. Tobin end Mrs. Edward McDonough went to tlse park and following their visit Wise left his employment at the park.6On September IS, witness said, Wise at- tended a banquet given to drafted Jewish soldiers at the Hotel Nclsoa. He said he heard Wise make a spoccli in which he said he had to leave as he was going away. Connors said he called Wise to the telephone ia response to a call. after which the accused returned made his fareWens speech and left, after shaking hands with everybody. He appeared to he in a usual, normal mood. witness said to. Attorney Greenberg's questions.
 Edward FelInan said he has seeII} Wise frequently and saw him at sthcs Jewish banquet on the fatal niglfsa having himself extended the invitA-z ton. Wise left the banquet at MI D. m.
 Jack Kramer, who, Wise has statedy is his enemy and has threatened hir9s4 said he was acquainted with botM Wise and Mrs. Tobin Mrs. TobiH told him year ago witness said, tha1 she loved Wise and couldn't live WitlsK out him. Witness also said that MrAsl Tobin said she would do away witaeI herself if Wise. who was awaitinG trial on a theft charge, were sene1 away. Kramer said that Mrs. TobiN had told him of her love for Wise oua SO many numerous occasions that ha4 ! ''got sick of hearing about it. Wise Takes Witness Stand. Then Wise himself took the stands 1 He said his name is William Jeroma i Wise, 23 years old and native o4 ! New York. He first came to NeM Britain two years ago Thanksgivinx evening to work in Longley's reSs 1 taurant. He first met Mrs. Tobin, yh4 | said, about two weeks after he canG1 1 to New Britain. She was introduceQ to him by Mrs. Edward McDonougM her sister, as Miss Tobin, and it wal not until five or six weeks later thai he learned she was a married womaf4 Two days after their introduction1
 Wise said he had an appointment with Mrs. Tobin and within a week their relations began. Witness salsdI told of working for Jack Hart. lat6aX going to the Arcade restaurant and thence to Riverside park. During fSf
 this time his relations with Mrs. Y31
 bin continued. It was at the tealfN
 request of Mrs Tobin to return E
 New Britain 1't thtrt yvTse yys-s nE ffst job at Riverside, he said, and durinss>
 the two following weeks in which VI
 worked in Hartford he saw the worS5
 an every. night. Subsequently eaysf1&
 arrested for theft from person md
 put in jail for several months. NJ Tobin visited him in jail very oftcy1
 the accused said. Jpon his refcaSs
 from jail Wise worked two weeks "
 Hartford. seeing Mrs. Tobin eveFy night, and then he went back to NeN
 Britain and subsequently to Wat6x1 bury where she followed him. L.atA
 he returned to New Britain and that| he said, because he was getting dIa2 graced for going around with mats
 ried woman, left and went again 1i
 Waterbury. t The woman continually asked hiNm to marry her, Wise said, and she wisk
 to him almost every day, finally g1
 ing to see hNn and tearfully beggih1
 him to return. She told him she couH
 not live without him, Wise said, so h
 gave up his job and took her to IIart
 ford to a show. On March c6, WiDa
 said. he responded to the presidents
 call for volunteers and enlisted in ca
 I. During the next eight or nine dn5
 he saw Mrs. Topin almost daily, an
 then, after being sent to Norwich fo 1 guard duty, Mrs Tobin came to se
 him twice, on one trip staying fou
 days. At this time, Wise stid Mrd Mrs. Tobin stayed at the home or
 woman in Yantic, going under ta
 name of Mrs. William J. Wise AskeA
 if he spent much time with her, IF
 accused said he cid. explaining tnu
 II don't know how she worked II, 0S
 I got a pass for two days SuO4
 ouently, Wise said he was given
 honorable discharge from Company
 for physical disability, although | added, "to this day I don't, knO
 what it was for because the ont
 physical disability I have is being ] quarter of an inch under height
 Wise said that following his dts charge, the woman said "she worked 1 to get me out" 'I don't know ho
 she worked it." the prisoner said
 Following his discharge from th army Wise told of going to severa 1 places, but always returning to SC l Mrs. Tobin when she begged him. E | nally, he said, he became ashansA | when he realized and heard that M l was breaking up a home and he 1oinQ l a carnival company, going to LudloS i Mass He protested that he did nx
 send any word of his whereabouts l Mrs Tobin. but he got a card frOa l Mrs Ruth Lindbcrg in which si1c saif | Bill, come home at once. Ailnn 1 poisoned." Because ne nao heard ts 1 girl make frequent threats to poisG herself, Wise came homo Ut once hs | found that she had not done so. La 1 ter he went to work for Jack Hart 1 Nensington and while he was thel 1 he claimed that the woman canl 1 down to sec him almost daily and the l took frequent triIS to Hartford an