Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-21

at o'clock With an appeal 10 the Jury for Mrs Kenyon that brought a solemn hush in the court room and left many | eyes moist with tears.
 Speaking of Dr. Herbert Tetlow, of Stonington, with whose murder Mrs | Kenyon is charged and has been on trial since Thursday, October '. Attorney | Dunn said in the closing sentences of his effective argument for the accused | woman: "Dr. Tetlow came along and gave her gifts. She went to his sick bed a his request. He piled her with | gifts, whispered sweet love words iSto her ear, twined himself about her ~ fections. Then the lecherous foot of this man entered the house of her vir- tue Who shall say that it was not the hand of Providence in his taking off and is the world any worse of for his going?'
 In final appeal Attorney Dunn ask ed the jury to remember the family of the accused woman, speaking as follows: "A faithful husband awaits your yer dict. Three fine sons ask you not to write the word "murderess' on their mothers forehead. Little Hughs two tiny hands are stretched out to you, two baby eyes are turned to you. baby's voice says. q want my mother" How will you answer little Hughie?"
 Mrs Kenyon. sitting at the end of the lawyers table. wept silently, her sons Norman and Francis. who sat near her were in tears and her husband, Alvin $. Kenyon leaned his head on his hand while handkerchief covered his eyes.
 Closing Arguments Thursday.
 Court adjourned for the day irnme- diteiy afterwards and the arguments will be continued at 10 o'clock this (Thurs- day) morning with Judge Herbert w Rathbun leading off for Mrs Kenyon and State Attorney Hadlai A. Hull closing for the state. Each will use about two hours. leaving possibility that there may be time enough for Judge G. E. Hinman to make his charge to the jury. but he may choose to let that 20 over to Friday morning
 Two of the arguments were made We'd nesday, Attorney Benjamin H. Hewitt, who is assisting State Attorney Hadlai | A. Hull, making the opening argument | for the state before Attorney Dunn spoke | for the accused
 1 Baby Hugh in Court. When court came in Wednesday morn i ing to renew the trial, all the members of the Kenyon family were in court. in 1 cluding baby Hugh who will be a year old on October 25, the child about whose percentage Mrs. Kenyon said Dr. Tetlow l had taunted her and had furnished the l reason for her resolve to take her owr life.
 Tho baby was held by Mrs Alice
 Very of Stonington, sister of Mrs Ken
 yon, who had seat, next to her in
 court along with Norman Church Ru
 the baby did not stay long for he soo1
 began to coo and prattle so that Ma io, Hull complained at the interruption ant Mrs. Very took the baby out into the ant | room.
 Speaks of Dr. CrandaTs Testimony.
 When the trial was taken up Judg
 Rathbun said that he desired to cal 2 attention to testimony that pr
 CrandaI, one of the states witnesses wh 2 had been here but was not present Wed u nesday, would have given. This wa that he had a telephone call on tn
 morning of the shooting and had gon < to Williams street.
 Major Hull said that the witrfess ha < been in court at the summons of tn . state but thad been allowed to go as. hi testimony was not needed, but it woul , have been that that his mother had tal en the telephone messsg ge and that b CrandaH had gone to the neigthborhood ( Williams street. but had not gone ir to the house. He knew nothing about tr | events in the house.
 Judge Rathbun said that his direct te. V. . , 1 cis Kenyon, who would reach court Il about half an hour. The state accorc = lngly began to introduce rebuttai test s nony, with the understanding that Fral . eis would be called when he reacht l. court
 T RebuttaI by State.
 Mrs Addie Hilard. recalled by u
 state, who had testified she was in u
 front hall when Dr. Scanlon arrived
 the Tetlow house but didn't notice MT
 Kenyon on the stairway, was asked abo
 the conversation which Mrs KenyC [. had testified took place h1tween h s and Dr. scanlon. Attorney I:atl1b, ?. objected but was ova-r1,led al d Mrs Hillard said that no such conve il sation took place
 if Mrs. Grace F. Thurston. tenant }, the lower apartment in the Tetlow hou:
 was called to the stand. but she had n n been in the hall when Dr. Scanlon a k rived, and she was not questioned.
 pr. scanIon in Reoutta, q Dr. NJ. H. Scanlon was called to t e stand and again Attorney Rathbun c ,s jected but vas overruled and Dr. Sea
 lon testified that every word to whi al Mrs. Kenyon had testified about his ( le trance to the house was an absoll e, falsehood. Every word of her testimo n about what he had said in inuuiri k about the gun. who shot the doctor et ir was absolutely false, Dr. Scanlon sa 1t As Dr. Scanlon took the witness sta
 and faced Mrs. Kenyon across the lo
 table she bowed her head and We If silently for a moment or two.
 To test Dr. Scanlon's testimony
 torney Rathbun read to him from ;n stenographer's records of his testino |, on Tuesday. The. doctor thought n ', had testified that day that Mrs. Keny 1 had said Dr, Tetlow had shot himst VI but this statement could not be fou n, in the stenographc transcript whi
 was read over between Attorney Ra r bun and Dr. Scanlon on the stand ', You have been very much interest of in this case. have you not doctor :. asked Attorney Rathbun.
 i,I What do you mean by interested 2 m Are you not doing everything u ynu can to brand this woman as a p
 juror?" the attorney continued
 Major Hull objected and Judge Ra + t1 bun asked: Are you not doing eve n thing that you can to convict this V
 man?"
 -' When the doctor attempted to fra
 a reply Judge Rathbun broke in, ins
 Ing that he wanted Yes or "No''
 sver, but Dr. Scanlon appealed to Jut
 Hinman that he ought to be allowed A answer in his own way and the jut s- told him to proceed.
 e. Speaking deliberately, Dr. Scanlon s m. that though no act of his own he l nd been brought into the case, that IS had acted as any doctor or any me as cal examiner would have done and as a believed any good American citi of should have done up to the time
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