The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-23

laughter follows, only il does not give
the humor that Mr. Merritt put into
it:
Where did you go?'
"To the Bruce farm"
"What did you go there for?'
ITO see the automobile
did you see it?''
I'VE certainly did (NIirth in the
audience
What day was that?'
Tuesday, May 10. 1919
"Who else looked that ear oyer?'
"Slayton, Mr.. Bruce, Pascal Ricci
and myself
Did you find any hair in the car
that dayf'
NO, sir"
when did you find the hair in the
carr
Sunday, May is, 1919"
do you know where the car had
been in the meantime ?"
II do not"
when you went up there. that day
you and Mr.. Slayton and Mr. Ricei,
you found no hair in the carr
I'VE found none because we looked
for none"
Nov, when YOU started up there
YOU got on the back seat with Smith
and bad him draw this diagram that
you presented to the jury
yes, sir.
Why did you want him to draw it -
Because | recognized it as very
important feature Of the inyestiga
ton"
you thought that il he drew this
diagram correctly to correspond with
the automobile you thought he was
telling The truth2"
why, any intelligent man would
think so" (smilesl
you were in the back scat with
smith,
II was"
'When he drew this diagram"
I'VE were
Deputy Sheriff Slayton.
II. j. Slayton testified to meeting
w. D. Merritt and, with Pascal Ricci,
went to the Bruce farm to see the
Bruce ear. He identified the paper
upon which Irving Smith had drawn a
diagram Of the car tracks There was
no search made in the car for anything.
He saw some pictures taken by Mr..
Eaton on May Is. He did not see any
search He was away part of the
time when the pictures were taken.
He described the tires as other wit
nesses had done.
Mr.. Carver conducted the cross ex-
animation. Mr. Slayton did not make
any examination OF the gar at the
Bruce farm and did not SCI any made,
thought he would know Ii any was
made.
Did Won say anything to Eddie
Bruce that day about not saying any
thing about their looking over the ear Z"
mo, sir"
Mr., Slayton did not see Arthur Miles
look over the car at Goodfellow's ga
rage He could not tell whether Mr..
Miles was the first one to say any
thing about hair in the automobile.
G. Herbert Pape on Stand.
G. Herbert Pape of Barre testified to
going to room in the Prindle house
and from that room looked TO see how
much could be seen on Summer street
and gave the names of houses that
could be seen.
A. <. Bruce Recalled.
A. Z. Bruce, who testified Tuesday,
was recalled and testified relative to
Messrs. Slayton, Merritt, Smith and
man from Rutland being at his house.
They stopped go or 20 feet and Mr..
Smith gave description of the tires
as they were in the machine before he
had seen the car, They made an ex-
animation of the interior of the car but
it was slight, lifting up cushion.
Mr.. Carver cross examined, and the
witness testified the ear was examined
about five minutes. He found the lock
Of hair in the car the day the pictures
were taken. He found the hair on the
floor of the car at the right of shifting
rod. 1t was not concealed in any way
Some dirt that one would bring in on
ones feet was on the hair. 1t was
small piece of hair, rolled up or mat
ted up, little dirt in it, 1t was in
plain view if one were looking for it.
One might look a hundred times and
not see it but if the light was just
right you could see it.
SIayton said something about a
block, referring to the hair found in
the car.