The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-15
EVIDENCE COMPLETED IN ONE DAY. ]
 NEW RECORD IS SET IN TRIAL OF 1 ALLEGED SLAYERS OF STOREKEEPER

1 has been shown by the state or con. | spiracy or evidence that they went ! to Garon's store to rob-"
 l In entering a similar plea for Stat
 tery Attorney Comley said to the court:
 ''Slattery did not plan to murder
 or kill anyone The only evidence 1 introduced by the state tending to
 show consciousness of crime was what he said afterwards-which was only l consciousness of a crime and not | necessarily first degree murder" States Attorney Cummings who has directed the trial since the appearance of Mrs. Garon on the witness stand, | declared the motion was not permitted by the Connecticut statutes in its form to the court.
 He contended that the decision was one for jury to pass upon and was satisfied the intent and motive for | murder had been shown by the evil dence.
 The defense opened and introduced into the record Mrs. Garons state- l ments to Coroner John J. Phelan at the inquest when she had failed to recognize eother Welch or Slattery 1 among a number of persons arrayed in line for her inspection. The evidence of Capt. Fred M. Hawes, private detective, and his 1 assistant. Frank A. Waitehercik, was offered to show that Mrs. Garon had
 recently asserted she screamed prior
 to the shot being fired.
 Prime interest during the afternoon
 centered in the appearance of Welch S-a@
 He said that his name was Henry
 w. Welch, aged "A, and that he had
 been member of the First Presby- terian church under the late John MacLaren Richardson. Just previous to the shooting of Garon he had been
 working for the New Haven rail- road and prior to that for relative in the grain business in Trumbull.
 He had been drinking heavily all the afternoon of November 25 at Mrs.
 McSweeney's boarding house, 96 At 1antic street. By the time he and Slattery and Cavanaugh went out for walk he was not aware where they were going or what was done. He did not have an overcoat and did not know what time it was when they left the house. They walked along the street. He remembered Slattery asking for cigarettes but did not know that he went in any store to get some. Remembered coming to a building and hearing Slattery say Come on Fat" (his nickname). Did not remember seeing either MT. and Mrs. Garon. He heard a scream and then revolver shot. He did not have a revolver in his hand and said that he had never owned one
 At the sound of the shot he had awakened from his stupor but did not know that a man had been shot until later when Slattery told him about the Garon shooting.
 When McMillan asked him if he had ''got anything" witness thought McMillan wanted to know if they had got any whiskey and brought it home.
 Witness did not know who fired the shot but was sure that he did not fire it. Could not say whether it had been fired by Slattery. He remem- bered telling Cavanaugh to run" when he came out of the building in which the shot was fired. Could not place that building as the one occupied by Garon. After cross-ex- animation by the states attorney, who attempted to disprove Welch's statements, the defense rested at 4:15 D. m.
 It was agreed that argument should begin today, and would probably occu- py less than two hours on each side.