Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-04

Lennen lived nearly across the street | from Mr. Tarrant's home at 29 Boswell l avenue for many years. When Mrs. | Lennen died Captain Lennen had her | will. It was brought by Captain Lem nen to Mir. Holmes office. Some days 1 later Captain Lennen. MT. Wilcox and | Mir Holmes took the will to the pro- 1 bate court
 The witness told the attorney in re- l ply to questions that he belonged to | one of the local state guard com panies and attended the drills.
 States Attorney Hull raised the question whether this was relevant and Attorney Desmond responded that it might be.
 The attorney inquired about the ownership of 1e5 North Main street on Dec. 5, which the witness said be- longed to the Holmes family. The rent On Wednesday Dec. i, the witness said Capt. Lennen was at the Holmes office at 3 in the mornas'. Captain Lennen had been to Putnan, just be- fore. The witness kpew this because he always knew where he was, was always informed where he was. At about 5;40 that night Mr. Holmes saw Capt. Lennca at the captaia's home on Boswell avenue. Ha had mes
  captain was at home. Mir. Holmes went into the rear dooc, which was partly open. MT. Holmes told the captain about reeeivin.s z document l from New Jersey. wl;icf1 they had | been working on for son'e time. The 1 captain told him he could have waited
 until tomorrow to bring the mes sage. This was the last waiver need 1 ed to close up Mrs. Lennen's estate. l MT. Holmes stayed not more than five ] minutes and then went home.
 1 Mir. Holmes saw Capt. I4ennen at 1 the Holmes office at o'2iock the morning of the 9th of Dee. The cap l tain stayed as he usually did until about l or , o'clock.
 l As to where his time was spent from about o'clock on the evening of the assault, which was the time he left his home on Slater avenue to he arrived bark at his home and got the message from his wife that Cap tain Lennen had been assaulted, the witness told story that d1d not diff l fer from what it has already appeared
 in testimony he told to the police.
 He left his office as nearly as he could tell about a,S0 or 5.35. When he went to the house at 165 North Main street to collect the rent. he went in the north gate and went up four of five steps of the back stairs There was a bright light in the Quinn kitchen, but he saw no light in the Polish mans tenement. He testified to seeing two marines and a sailor in 1 the lobby at Pulaski hall. In answer t. Ais question the sailor said it was 9.1G o'clock, He waited at the white pole near the hall and took the first
 trolley car that came along going to- wards Franklin square.
 While standing on the edge of the
 sidewalk Mr. Holmes said lln saw the Fitzgerald girl pass within ten feet of
 him. On tha car coming up from
 Franklin square. the witness said he
 sat in the riddle of the car. This
 was where he sat when he got into
 the car at the Polish h"li He saw
 MF, Madden and Chief Stanten on the ear geins up from F.anki57;n square
 There were very few people when he
 got onto the ear at the Polish hall One was woman who he told Cant TWonlev he thought was iL Mrs Quin-
 lqn, hut lae could not be sure it was
 Mrs. Qufnlan. On the car from
 Franklin Square the wtnass sat al-
 most opposite Chief Stanton Mir. Mad
 den sat near the rear d1ag on The same
 side &s the witness. He and AIr. Mad den got off the car at Otis street and
 walked I'D inc street together, as far
 as MT. Madlen's home and then Mir
 Holmes continued on home. As he oneaed the front door his wife was standing at the telephone She said Capt. Lennen had been stabbed by
 two men ana thev wanted him. Th< witness got q drink of water. As he was about fo go out again his wife te1f , n'in to bring Cant. Lennen to tGlei, l home and Mr. Holmes said he woult 1 If he was not too badly injured.
 He told of going back lo Capt Len, nen's house. He could not tell wha |. time he got there. The witness sait he came into the back door and a.
 he came into the dining room the frs
 person he saw was Mir Whitney. The witness took the pointer ant ? ! showed on the map where the peonl in the room stood. Mr. Whitney wa in the dining room two fent from tn kitchen door Officer CarroH wa near the westerly end of the table. l. MT. Holmes said he was stopDed b 7 Mrs. Roland between tha dining room :. and the safe. Mrs. Roland asked i 3 Mr. Hoirnes would tatH the captail 7 to the hospital as she was very ner 5 vous, He said he wn.1ll. There wa : l somebody standing facing NTr. Whit new near tha kitchen. Tie witnes . l went on mast Mir. Whitnev into tn
 kitchen. Before getting tn the kitche - l he could sec Capt. Leuuen with tn r doctor atten ling him.
 @ The witness said he went into tn ! kitchen and put his right hand 0 n Capt Lennens left shoulder and pat @ ted him on the shoulder. The wit :, ness showed with Attorney Desmon e how he stopped over in front of tn . captain. The captain said Isn't it aw Q fllJ pnI-o oEf FTNi1ts vvitnoSc x Don't talk. Do just as the doctc ' 1 tells you''
 ''t Mir. Holmes testified that he gc blood on his hand felt ii moist an . put his hand into his pocket wher
 his gloves were.
 At this point the court took tf l. noon recess fro to o'clock.
 s Afternoon Session.
 G. Mir. Holmes returned to the stan '- after the noon recess and Attorne : MT. Holmes said he wiped his hand c 's his glove in his overcoat pocket. l. He identified the pocket flash wI1ic IS the police took from his ovsrco: n pocket, said he had bought 1t EatonChase's and had bought otht u flashlights there which he used { IS home in picking out wood in the celia le In all the 2s years relations t1a1 = been very friendly with Captain Ter
 nen. Because of some trouble wfic $ the captain had with James M. Per n dleton of Westerly. the capta. I'd brought all his securities to his hon IS at 40 Boswell avenue. This was tfrs $ or four weeks before the assault TT T. securities were brought from Wss It erly in d handbag and at the captain
 house the securities and other secur IL ties from the safe were put into a t box and taken to the Merchants ban L. | yron1a,, vie ina tn,sco