Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-01

ters he looked at the clock. It was
$40. Half way up the Boswell ave-
| hue HILL the witness met AIR. Boland
coming down the hill The witness
went on to the house where Mrs. Bo-
| land let him in the front door. She
| thought he was the doctor. She took
him into the dining room which was Lit
only by kerosene lamp. Here he saw
Capt. LeInen who came out of the
Kitchen. The captains shirt was COW
cred with blood, He had neither coat
nor vest on.
| The reporter said he talked with
| Cant. Lenuen. Mrs Roland and the
policemen, Carroll and Murphy. wh
were there. The policemen were look
| ing with their flashlights at possible
blood marks on the doors from the
dining room into the entry. There
was a large blood stain on the table
cloth and there were ten or fifteen
blood spots on the kitchen floor near
the stove The witness did not re-
member seeing any other blood spots.
| He saw Policeman Carroll screw
up the bulb of the electric light and
then the electric light over the table
would light. Mr.. Eoland returned to
the house soon. and soon after him
DR.. Cassidy came. The doctor start
ed to sew up the wound in Capt Len
mems left temple. Capt. Len1en sat
in a chair In the kitchen, facing to-
wards the stove, and the doctor stood
On the right OF the captain While the
witness was watching this, Mr.. Holmes
came to the house. The witness STEP
ped from the kitchen into the dining
room and saw Holmes across the
room. He was very pale, looked as If
he had seen a ghost, and his upper
lip was drawn tight over his teeth In
. q peculiar way. Holmes passed along
, the side of the dining room table and
was directed into the kitchen by Mrs.
Eoland. He stepped up to within two
or three feet of Capt. Lennen, looked
at him for g minute and then turned
and went out into the dining room
| The men spoke to each other, but the
. witness said he had no recollection OF
, the words that were used. Mr.. Holmes
, did not touch Capt. Lerinen. The wit
ness was standing at the side Of
Holmes as he stood looking at the
, captain.
The witness said he went into the
, dining room a minute or two later anG
saw Policeman Carroll and Mr. Holmes
, sitting side by side at the end of the
, room, both smoking cigarettes. Mr.
Holmes was sitting, bent over in tbs
! chair. with his hands over his fore
! head. He seemed to be breatfins
hard. The reporter testified he sait
TO Mr.. Holmes, Whats the matter
: Royal? Got the asthma, or some
th:ng?"
Mr.. Holmes answered, cigarettes
Reen troubling me for a couple o.
months" There was nothing els,
said.
t Soon after this the witness said h,
e went back to the police station ant
: was there when Sergt. Kane brough
o Holmes there.
n On cross examination Attorne,
! Brown started out by asking the wit
= ness how person looked who ha
seen a ghost, and then went on to In
6 qufre about the way Capt. Lenne
= was bleeding. He drew out the state
ment that the captain was on his fee
t most OF the time moving about tn
e dining room vigorously. Blood wa
n flowing from the captains nose an
the captain wiped it of with h
:. hand. The witness was asked II tn
: captain put his hands on the dinin
e room table and answered he Shout
t, against the table.
!. The attorney also questioned tn
It witness closely as to whether he ha
It seen Pol cenan Carroll or anyone In
e tercept Mr.. Holmes as he was com
d ing through the dining room on hi
4 way to the kitchen to see Capt. Len
: rerl. The witness said he could nj
recall anything like that
u This ended the testimony for III
E, day.