Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-24
WITNESSES TESTIFY IN HOLMES CASE

lice headquarters about minutes past 9about this assault. Policeman Murphy, MT. Whitney and Ed Brown, newspaper men. were at police head | quarters at the time.
 The police captain went on to tell of sending Policeman Patrick Murphy in the patrol wagon to go to the Len 1 non house and ordering Policeman Mi 1 chael Carroll from Franklin square by telephone to get there. Then he order ed Sergeant Kane by telephone to go to the Lemon house and later sent i Sergeant Matthews there. He noti- fled officers by telephone of the as sault.
 The telephone call to police stationi came from Pratts cigar store. There were two calls. Later the captain said he telepIoned to the store and later
 than this sent Officer Murphy tol Greeneville after Sergeant Kane
 About 10.30 Sergeant Kane brought
 MT. Holmes to police headquarters. Explaining his whereabouts during the
 evening in answer to inquiries from
 the police captain, Holmes said, ae-
 cording to the witness, that he had
 gone home about o'clock in the ev-
 ening had supper, left the house and
 reached F'aean's Smoke Shop about ' o'clock. He stayed there for ten
 
 there till S.30, then walked through Franklin square on the way to 165 North Main street to collect rent from a man named Stanley. Seeing no light at Stanley's he came away, went to Pulaski hall where he asked the time of two marines who were in the box office, was told it was 9.10. waited for the trolley car, got aboard and rode to Otis street. where he got off and walked hone with George Madden. When he, (Holmes). reached his home. ! his wife was at the telephone. She | told him that MT. Roland had called up and said two men had assaulted Captain Lennon and they wanted Roy l al Holmes to come right over. Then 1 he went to the Lennon home at oice. 1 At the police station, the witness 1 said, Holmes was wearing a dark
 overcoat and a light cap. He was | searched i'll the presence Of Sergeant
 Kane. A bunch of keys was found in 1 his trousers pocket. a flash light. en- 1 velope with note in it and pair. of was searched by taking it into the 1 outer office. away from Mir. Holmes. i because Capt. Twomey did not want l to embarrass him.
 The police captain identified the ar 1 ticles which he said had been taken 1 from Holmes pockets. Major Hull 1 read the note which was a demand
 note for s1,S00. 'dated Feb. Il, 1916 | with interest at , per cent, signed by l Royal C.. Holmes in favor of James 1 Lennon. It has interest endorsements on it dated March 8, 1917, and March | s, 1918. each for q years interest The captain said he had a talk with ! Holmes about the note and later sent
 Sergeant Matthews with the note tc the Backus hospital. Holmes said he had paid the note about a month asc and had been carrying it in his pocket and had a receipt for it at his office iI>ater Sergeant Matthews came back from the hosrital and reported in the ,; presence of Holmes that the captain said the note had been in his safe an6 had never been paid. The police cap : tain could not recall that Holmes
 made any response to this.
 I Points Out Blood Stains. | Captain Twoney identified the over coat and the pair of gloves that h, took from Holmes that night Th' captain pointed out on the right glov, places where there were damp bloot stains on the tops of the fingers ant some on the knuckles. He also testi fled to blood stains on the top of tn fingers of the left glove and a bloc, spot on the clasp. On the index finge and middle finger there were spots tha , were not blood. He did not notic anything about the thumb.
 7 On the oVereoat Captain Twome , testified to a spot of blood over the lei | pocket He called Holmes attentio
 to it and Holmes started to scratch i
 The captain stopped him. Holmes sai
 it might be paint or he might have gc
 +o5, [ II 0 the police captain that he knelt dow r on one knee and put his hand on tn I captain.
 Captain Twomey also testified { d blood spatters on the left overcoa e sleeve and on the elbow of the rigf : sleeve. Inside one of the pockets wa = red coloring that showed blood
 The captain also identified the flash = light which Holmes said he used i his business. A door key found on n bunch in Holmes pocket was als
 Kane took to the Lennon house to SC ! if it would unlock the back door ther 7, The 1 o'clock recess of an hour wa e taken at this point.
 p Afternoon Session.
 n Captain Twomey resumed the star :, at the opening of the afternoon sessio a and in response to a question from u Q state attorney said he saw a blood spt
 on MT. Holmes trousers above u 6 knee.
 ,0I Attorney Brown conducted the cro. 10 examination of Captain Twomey. TT .U captain said he located the time of Il n telephone message by the fact tn; l., Officer Roberts goes on duty at
 o'clock and he. knew this officer ha ". left the police headquarters when tn '5 d message was received. The man tel, II phoning said he was MT. Pratt. il The attorney inquired about the O ,+t der in which policemen were sent II the Lennon house and of the conve l5, sation with Holmes at the police st: Jd tion. The questions brought out tn i;a Holmes told the captain he had lookt J at a display in the Boston store vii oo+ dow and had seen Mir. Madden on trolley car and walked home with hil 5 The blood spot on the overcoat abo' ~ the breast pocket seemed to be som y what congealed.
 ,ct Attorney Brown discussed at leng ;5 with the witness the blood stains It i4 the gloves, developing the stateme ,t-., that one spot which the captain tn iiss thought to be blood he has since co lt, s cluded was not blood.
 U iUu Captain Twomey told the attorn at as that Holmes said he used the fashlig = in his own cellar to get wood. Holm 'I4 also said that the key which is an e It, hibit was one he got from his sister la years ago.
 ,,s The cross examination lasted 40 mi I utes and was followed by a few mo CT questions by State Attorney Hull b oa fore the witness was excused. 1ni pr. Cassidy Describes Wounds.
 Dr. Louis T. Cassidy of Norwich " T. the following witness, describing Id injuries and indicating them on Ca he tain Lemons head as the capta 7e stood by the witness chair T