Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-04
RECEIPT FOR NOTE
 IN HOLMES CASE (Continued from Pace Sevenl

Continued from Page SeVenl mems Liberty loan subscription. On one order $4.5G0 was drawn. The blank orders were introduced as exhibit A for the defense. Mir. Holmes identified the envelope and note for sl,S00 which were found in his overcoat pocket. Attorney Desmond brought forward paper with a signature on it which the witness said was Captain Lennen's and it had been signed in the Holmes office. Attorney Desmond read to the court the three blank savings bank orders on the Chelsea Savings bank, Norwich Savings society and Chelsea Savings bank, signed by James Lennen and witnessed by Alice A. Beetham. Mir. Holmes said that she was a clerk in his office.
 The signed paper was read by At torney Desmond. It was dated April il, 1918, and it was Q receipt for $t.815 for payment in full Of note dated Feb. Ii. 1916. The witness said this was the note which was found in his overcoat pocheL. He said he did not get the note back at the time of re- ceiving this receipt because Captain Lennen could not find the note then.
 Mir. Holmes testified that he made
 
 i ing s1,S15 between March and April, 1918. He made entries on q piece of paper in his safe, but has not been able to find it since the final payment, although he has searched for it. Tn the early part of November, the witness said he found the note in the itin box in the Merchants National bank. This was when he was making list of the securities in the box at the request of Captain Lennen so that the captain could keep track of the l securities. IL took eight or ten weeks 1 to make the list. lie did the work in i the directors room Of the Merchants bank. The note in the tin box was in 1 the same envelope as was exhibited in court. This envelope was inside an other envelope containing q $100 war l certificate. When the witness found l the envelope and note he put it in his | overcoat pocket. It remained in his coat pocket and the next he saw of it was when Captain Twomey showed it to him at the police headquarters
 The witness was shown the door key exhibit in the case, which he said he had been carrying ill his pocket for q years and had formerly been his sisters, who used it for the back door key at 126 Broad street.
 The witness told of producing be- fore Captain Twoney everything that he had in his clothes. The police kept the keys, the fiashiight, the note and a pocket knife.
 The pocket knife was produced in court and identified by Mir. Holmes Attorney Desmond offered the knife as an exhibit but Judge Maltbio said il was immaterial.
 Mir. Holmes testified that he opened the safe in Captain Lennen's house possibly six months ago, at the cap- tain's request The combination was i written on a piece of paper which the captain had,
 On Gross Examination,
 On cross examination by Major Hull, MT. Holmes testified Captain Lennen trusted him implicitly. Tho only key to the box was held bs Holmes, He did not know what wa' safe about July or August,
 Capt. Lennen brought securitie! from Westerly early in November 1918, and when he opened the safe 8 that time Holmes sat in the sitting .roon and Mrs. Sunder was present 1 Holmes testified. Captain Lennel generally kept the safe open, Tn l witness made this statement becauS the captain had said so. On beini urged witness testified perhaps hs knew anyway that the safe was al ways open. Being asked why he di not wash the blood from his hands h said it was because he could not ge 1 by to get to the sink. He did not wip
 the blood away with his handkerchie
 because he did not consider it neces sary. When he said he had blood ol him he meant he had blood on hi
 hands. Could not say why he said t
 Capt. Twoney T guess that's re
 paint" Did not wash his hands whe he returned home. He said he ha
 not looked at his overcoat in court. t
 see if there was blood on the sleeve
 as he did not know he had right | examine the exhibits as this was hi
 first experience in court. He did no
 inform the police he had wiped hi
 hands inside his pockets because Il
 did not consider it necessary.
 The witness was requested to stan and was asked his height. He testi
 fed he was about feet 10 inches ta and vaiziaed about 1a0 pounds. On tn