Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-29

J1Gse9 AASe aSkea Ihe WAs1leSS II au the payments were Rade between the 9th of March and ttae llth of April The witness said they Were.
 Major HpH asked the witness if any body ever saw this receipt before the date Of the assault. The witness said he believed not. The receipt was i'll the safe.
 BetBeen the sth of March and the flth of April the witness told the state's attorney that he took sf.si5 out of the firms office ahG made no charge Of it against himself. Some money was kept in the cash book and never got into the cash box.
 Q-Haven't you found out that Cap- tain Lennen never deposited dollar of this money?
 Al haven't looked to see.
 ,G-Have you yourself made any ffa-
 vestigation to see whether yeu had s1,s00 that you could have paid on this account
 Al have; at the time Mir. Tarant
 was locking.
 Q-Didn't you testify at the former
 trial that the investigation was made
 without youf knowledge?
 As--I don't remember.
 The witness said Mf, TaTrAnt has
 made several iris'r tigatiens since, the last trial. He Int give any sdea of when this IVA. done, nor what he did himself to help. The attorney an- quired about a si,eo0 check for an in slranee premium from 2 man named Greenberger. The witness said he took some money of his owF. possibly
 s91o from a pri te compartment in the safe, He could aet tell where this money came from. He did not know how much is the money used to pay Capt. Lennsn was his own and how p1pcI was from the firm. He kept no memorandum. He had g power ef attorney freH his brother -ira-law and the right te take any money he wanted l The witness said he didn't have his gloves on when he came inte the Len I nen house and he didn't know how the 1 bloody finger prints got on the table cloth. He thought no one else but l himself and Capt. LenneH knew the combination of the safe. He made the l payments on the note because the
 Captain asked him to 3 short time l after coming from the South in 1918. Judge Seeks Information. Judge Case said he wanted to ask a question for his own tnforna tion. i Q.-Ilow long before the first pay msnt> on the note did Capt. Lennen ask you to make a payment?
 is A.--AQOut q N6Gh -D6lcfG.
 l Q.-And when you made the pay 1 ment he said the note was mislsid? A.-Tes
 ] Major Hull teek up again the aues- tien of hoy much Of Richard Tarrart's s personal none. there was in the ef- 1 flee safe. Mir. Holmes said he couldn't ] tell. He made out the receipt for Capt 1 Lennen on the typewriter. The steno. 1 grapher might have been in the office l when some of the payments were made but she wouldn't know what the trans actions were, The witness was sure he did not wash his hands at his home before starting for the Lennen house The cross examination was conclQd- i ed at the end of an hour and a half when short recess was taken.
 | Fire Chief Testifies.
 | Fire Chief Howard L. Stanton oi II NorRie was called to the stand by
 the attorneys for tine defense. To at !. torney Desmond the chief said he saH Holmes on the trolley car on wiiel
 Holmes said he rode from Franklin square on the night of the assault He sat about $ feet diagnolly across , the c2r and noticed nothing unusua
 about Holmes clothing or appearance If there had been & bright red blood spot on the breast of Holmes coat, ths chief said he thought he would have T seen it. To the state attorney ths ? chief said he didn't pay any particular attention to Holmes, just passed tn. time of day.
 t Dr. Cassidy Recalled. ! i Dr. Louis T. Cassidy was called b1 . the defense and was questioned b. Atty. Brown. The doctor said Holnel
 walked up and slapped Capt. Lennel on the shoulder when the doctor wa : sewing up the wounds The Captail , was bleeding freeiy Holmes stepped :, and stood there before going out int the dining room.
 $ The doctor denied to the state at : torney that he said that night al tn, r police station that 7Ar. Holmes couldn'
 Il have got the blood on him at the Len ! nei! house. The doctor said the mat
 ter wasn't mentioned, to his l1nowledg ge
 i Mr. Holmes was recalled by attorne, ei Desmond who laid in as an exhibi : the i. CT Of attorney from Richard I : TarralL to Mir. Holmes. It was date, i { at Norwich on Feb. 23, 1s18 The law
 yer also laid in a letter from Capt - Lennen and three blank savings ban e orders with Capt. LenIlen's signatur  e all to comparison of Capt Lennerl' s signature He also laid i'll a Georg t. Greenberger cheek for $1,041. 0 The attorney showed Mir. Holmes tw X! flashlights which the witness said wer
 spoiled lights that he had before Ii = brought the ffasnlight found in hi s overcoat pocket.
 5. The witness testified there were fror = 5000 to S6,00a1 on Capt. Lennen's de
 posit books on which he had blan
 orders. In the tin box there were cou
 ] pon bonds and other securities an q S2e,9o0 worth of government bond 5 payable to bearer.
 c; Mayor Hull took up tic cross ex '; animation again when attorney Des q uond finished his redirect exanina e ton.
 e. Q.-You say that you would go i > and take S1 900 O. T, 50o and make II II account of it? ! ats the lS-av yo 70 were doing business?
 d Ave took whatever Te wanted. - Q.-And your brother-iR-Iaw wz ; doing the same thing?
 .s Al presume he was
 S, The states attorney er' the witnes ie to tell Of the Lennen { .ings bauh n which he had in his po1- 4ssion and ,r others which he knew about. IS! Al 4;S0 court adjourned till the ne- e morning. ,- SERGEANT FUTILE CALLS |. L ON NORWICH FRfENE