Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-24


 December ,, last at the captains home at 40 Boswell avenue in this city was concluded in the superior court at New London Friday at the opening of court. His wife. Mrs Mary T. Roland, Police Captain Dennis J. Twoomey, Miss Dora Crumb, a clerk in the Eat on-Cha SC Co. store, and Police Ser geant Allen c. Mathews, all completed their testimony during the day, and Officer Michael J. Carroll, whose re- port of the blod spots on MT. Holmes overcoat brought about the arrest on the night of the assault had just be- journed at the close of the afternoon till next Tuesday morning at 10 O. clock
 In the case of most of the witnesses the testimony has been considerably shorted than it was at the first trial of the case.
 Due to a late train, Juror John H. Champion of Old Lyme was ten min utes late in arriving at court Friday morning, Judge William S. Case talk ing his seat promptly at 10 and then declaring recess to wait for the tardy juror.
 When the trial was resumed James Roland was put on the stand and his cross examination was resumed sy Attorney Arthur NJ. Brown. The attor- ney took up first the occurrences when MT. Roland and his wife entered the house and found Captain Lennon in the kitchen covered with blood from the assault. Then the examination passed on to Mir. Boland's trip to the Pratt cigar store to telephone for a doctor and to the police. On first com ing out of the house, he saw a team fyEn iI7i I7oi ed it and asked if there was a doc tor. They said they weren't and drove on. MT. Roland said he couldn't tell who they were. The witness was al so questioned about his trip to tele- phone for MT. Holmes. On the way to do this he said he met MT. Whitney, the newspaper reporter, on Boswell avenue.
 Q.-You told Mrs Holmes, didn't you, Mir. Roland. that two men had as- l saulted Captain Lennon. 1 Al did not.
 l Using the pointer on the plan of the rooms, Attorney Brown had the wit ness show how MT. Holmes came in- l to the dining room. The witness said l he, himself, was standing near the safe 1 when Mir. Holmes came in. Holmes ] was Dallid and appeared to be under l trouble. Holmes went into the kitch- i en. Captain Lennon said, 'Is this you ! Royal?" and Holmes answered, Don't i tai, don't talk" Holmes stayed in the i kitchen a minute or two. Dr. Cassi- ! dy wa working on the captain then | Q.-Did you see MT. Holmes go over l to Captain Lennon and put his hand or i him?
 i Ale never touched him. I was within two feet of him.
 ! Attorney Brown questioned ATr. Bo- | land particularly whether anyone in tercepted Holmes on his way to the !! kitchen. The witness said he didn't see any one.
 1 Q.-1he ma or men who did thar deed could have sat in the parlor ant i nobody would have found him, couldn' i he?
 A.-That's impossible. The parlol was always kept locked.
 ! When pressed by the attorney. Mir i Roland said he never tried. the door I but supposed it was locked The room | was never used as a living room. I Attorney Brown moved to have thi all stricken out but Judge Case sai( | Let it stand"
 Questioned about a light in the eel ,I lar, the witness said this was seen b. | MT. Tarrant when Captain Lennon was about to start for the hospital ) The cross examination lasted 8 minutes and was followed by shor redirect examination by the state at ; torney
 :, Mrs. Roland on the Stand. Mrs. Mary T. Roland, wife of tn preceding witness, was next called | the stand. She testified she was in he
 dining room when she heard the ia f down stairs. She called to her hus
 band and he ran out. She followe 7 down the back stairs and out into tn
 yard near the gate. calling to her hus
 band to hurry. She said Captain Len
 non kept calling for MT. Boland
 Mrs. Roland corroborated her bus
 band as to the events that followe
 when they went into the Lenno } apartments and found the captai
 covered with blood
 Mrs. Roland testified to the arrivs Il of the policemen, Carroll and Murph. ,.t MT. Whitney and Dr. Cassidy. Sh :. also said she lighted a kerosene lam
 which was put on the table and tl z blod spots Il the table cloth were see 9 then. The bloody hand prints were 0 the left hand of the table, the sic c next to the bath room. Holmes can f after she saw the finger prints.
 The witness said she let Mir Holmt a l in at the back door. He looked exci
 ed and sort of out of breath. SI
 heard the conversation previously tes ', tified to by MT. Roland and Captai N Lennon between Holmes and the car II tain.
 a Before the house was locked up ft P the night Mrs. Roland said she ar Sergeant Mathews looked through a
 the bed rooms. The parlor was locke
 She couldn't say whether any one vel l. in before this officer there, Carrc 'f had looked in the cellar and arour = the other rooms. The witness sa
 her back was turned when the electr S. light in the dining room was lighte l. She couldn't tell who lighted it exec : what she had heard.
 'Si Her direct examination was finisht
 in about half and hour and Attornt h. J. J. Desmond then took the cross e. l. animation, going over her previol le testimony in detail. Mrs. Roland sa l. she had a clock on the kitchen she
 but did not remember hearing al clock strike. She heard the capta 'I shout, MT Roland, Mr Boland," al
 Murder" but didn't hear him sho
 when he was at the Lennon apar
 ments on the night before the assau
 The first thing she did for Capt Le,
 non on the night of the assault w
 to wash him off The captain didr
 go into the dining room until aft
 this was done. She testified that lat
 she lighted a kerosene lamp from t
 kitchen and saw the blood stains
 the table cloth then.
 Attorney Desmond closed his exar
 inaion by asking about a bulkhe door that leads from the yard into t cellar. The state attorney had O
 or two questions more before Mrs. B
 land was dismissed.
 Police Captain Testifies. Captain D. J. Twomey of the No . wich police force. captain for sev