Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-09-20
TEST|F|ES
IN OWN DEFENCE
|Trooper Tells Story of Soldiers
Pursuing Him and Little
Jennie Hemingway.

81. Adams. Sept. 3.-Robert Warm OF
pottstown, Pa, a cavalryman stationed at
Fort Ethan Allen, testified In his W de-
tense to-day at his trial for the murder
of Jennie Hemingway on August u.
Warm said that while he was walking
with the young girl on that Sunday night
they were followed by n group of soldiers,
who threatened to make trouble. The girl
ran in one direction and Warm In another,
some soldiers pursuing him, according
70 his testimony.
Later, Warm said, he attempted to
find the girl. going to her home to inquire
whether she had returned, and afterward
walking about the streets most Of the
night except for two short periods when
ne slept in cars at the railway station. The
body was found the next morning in a
cornfeld. Warm was under cross-cxami-
nation when court adjourned for the day.
The witnesses for the State this morn
ing after Joseph o. Wiley had been re-
called for a brief redirect examination by
States Attorney w. r. McFeeters were
W. D.. Chandler, a local photographer.
who took pictures at the scene of the
murder the morning the body was found
and before 1t was removed; Andrew hey.
q frequent visitor at the Hemingway
home; Chief of Police j. F. Mahoney.
one Of the officers called by telephone
1iSSh tfS "a VI tuo OOuy , 'C5 ~.
Carey. caretaker at the court house, who
testified to seeing Warm on hat Monday
morning and answering inquiries regard
Ing where the latter could find the chief
of police; DR.. w. ]. Upton, first doctor
on the scene Of the alleged murder that
morning; DIR. w. B. Arnold, city health
officer. who was called before II was found
that the body was In the town instead of
the city; and DIR. Bingham H. Stone, State
M md f-~ 49, CA-A-
laboratory of hygiene. who conducted the
autopsy on the body the night Of August
13.
This afternoon DR.. Stone was on the
stand for a few minutes and the ether
witnesses were DR.. Charles F. Whitney,
assistant at the State laboratory; and Ho-
mer H. Lawrence. the civil engineer, who
was the first witness for the State when
The case opened.
The examination Of the respondent
brought out a REPETITION of his story as
told after the discovery Of the girls body.
The principal testimony given was about
The walk that Sunday night and Of being
rhased by five soldiers, of the two separ-
hting at a point on the corner of Elm
and Lower Newton street, Warn, coming
coward the city while Jennie went in an
other direction. The respondent told of
coming back to Lake street and seeing Jo-
seph Wiley. asking him IL the girl had
come home and on receiving the reply
mat the latter did not know, Warm going
70 the house himself to inquire. He also
asserted that he was about the streets
most OF the night except when he went
~ TWO Inherent times to cars in the
railway station where he fell asleep.
he also told about going next morning
to look for the chief of police and Of
his meeting with Wiley. when the two
decided to go together to look for the
girl. finding her dead body in the corn
neld on the Newton road. Wiley was
the first to see the body and he said.
Here lies poor Jennie" Warm was ques-
toned as to what he did and he said
ne burst into tears. When asked how he
1elt he said he felt as II he had lost a
friend. AS he related the circumstances
an connection with the finding Of the
body the witness apparently had hard
work to control his feelings. There were
tears IN his eyes and he had to make
some effort to go on with his testimony.
Ine witness was questioned sharply under
the cross-examination regarding his fail
ure to notify anyone interested in the
girl about what had taken place Just
before he said he and Jennie separated
that night, when they were said to have
been chased by soldiers and regarding
his apparent failure to realize that the
girl was in danger.
DR.. Upton testified that when he went
TO the cornfield he found the girls face
was discolored and her lips purple and
there were bruises on the neck. The
clothing was not disarranged and there
were no signs of a struggle. He should
say that the body had been placed
where 1t was found.
DR.. Stone said that the external marks
OF violence disclosed at the autopsy were
numerous black and blue spots on the
neck, a slight abrasion on the right arm
over the heavy muscle and the skin
scratched off somewhat from the right
knee and back of the left elbow. Inter-
nal examination showed the lungs fully
expanded. evidences Of small hemor-
rhages, the blood in the vessels and all
parts OF the body fluid. In the neck
beneath the discolored spots blood was
found. Everything indicated conclusively
to his mind, said DR.. Stone, that death
was due to sufocation and with the
marks on the neck he concluded this was
caused by strangulation. The body was
as we'll developed as thai of a girl of
II or 10 years.