Republican farmer., 1918-10-11
SHERWOOD SAW DUSKY ARM AND
 WAVING PISTOL
Heard Baby Doll Shout Or ders to Somebody Inside
 Keystone Club.
Wednesday, Oct. g


 Efforts to connect Police Sergeant James Burns with the shooting of Norris Pannell in the riot at the Key stone club last December, and the positive statement of Policeman liar old Sherwood, one of the first police men on the scene, that he saw dusky arm wave a "gun" from the door of the club, and a voice, which he rec ognized as that of Baby Doll,'' shout, Come on now, you white Evered b---,' were the features of the morn ing session of the Superior court ses- sion.
 Several policemen were examined, Sherwood being the first and princ1- 8pal witness of the forenoon, and one other wiwthess, Gerald Doud, of Mer- iden, who was in the club on the night of the riot. Doud's testimony regarding a nickel plated revolver which he saw in the hands of a col ored man was ruled out by Judge Reed because he was unable to iden- tify either William Thomas or Jacob Hawkins, the defendants, as the man who had it. The nickel plated revol- yer has not yet been found
 Judge Carl Foster for the state ar gued for admission of the testimony, but Judge Reed sustained the oojec- ton of Attorney W. H. Lewis for the defense ruled it out.
 Policemen Charles Fitzgerald, AL bert Grossarth, and Thomas Minogue weer the other witnesses this morn ing.
 Policeman Sherwood said he went to the Keystone club in Water street about o'clock on the morning of the l riot and was at the corner Water and Gilbert streets for a few seconds. iWhile there he saw Pannill, the vic tim, come from the door of the club. Just then he heard fire apparatus approaching and ran back to Union Squ Ire to prevent it's coming to the Gilbert street corner. He returned a faW minutes later. When he came hack he saw Pannill on the platform of the Miner Read and Tullock store in Gilbert street.
 He said he had not heard any shots previous to his return from Unior square, and he saw PannilI taker away in the fire chiefs automobile After that he saw an arm protrudeG from the door of the Keystone club NGbN-1iSot O 4Cf vel elIINi 4lCdA U e1 NOANC which he recognized as that of Thom. as, say, Come on, now, you white | liycred bastards." There was a guI in the hand and he was sure it wa: the hand of a colored man. There had been no shots than, but later he heard Sergt. Burns fire several shots and then the hand disappeared. Later other came out from the club. He did not hear Pannill say he was sho by a policeman.
 Sherwood described the search o. the club rooms made later, and of the search next door, where one man wa. found hiding in Q closet, who pre- tended to be asleep. Later, Thoma! was brought out by others.
 Sherwood heard Burns ask Thomas what he did with the guns, and ther saw him strike Thomas when the lat. ter refused to tell. Finally, Thomas said he would show where they were and. was taken to the attic of Davey Bros storehouse near the club where Policeman Grossarth found two of the guns hidden.
 Sherwood asked Thomas who frec the first shot and Thomas replied Texas" This question and an swer was admitted upon the under standing that it applied to Thoma! only, and was not to be considered against Hawkins
 Sherwood was given a severe cros' examination by Attorney Lewis, whc tried to make the policeman admi Burns was accused of the shooting O Panni1l Sherwood, despite some answers given to the coroner, main tained he had not heard that Burn. might have been the one who sho Ipannill,
 Gerald Dud of Meriden was recalled and questioned as to a nickel plated revolver he saw in the club rooms ir the hands of a colored man. As he was unable to testify either Thomas ol T5a-kins as the man who had it, his i'-estil-7 ony YVES stricken out. < Policeman Charles Fitzgerald ar. rived at the Keystone club about o'clock on the morning of the riot He was stationed in front of Davey Bros. store, next door, and made g search of the attic of that building
 with other policemen. He heard som one up theEe say We surrender and four prisoners were taken. H, did not know who they were excep Thomas, who was one, of whom Fitz gerald took charge. He brough : Thomas down, and turned him over tC , the sergeant. Thomas made no state ARAAt ct that tnA he said Burns