The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-02

that blow and that Mott jumped from
the bed and grappled with Wade
which started the fight down the
stairs. From the statement made by
Wade it appears the fatal blow was
made on the stairs. Wade according
to the statement admitted hitting
him (Nott) and stabbng him. Wade
is alleged to have dropped the iron
pipe and said 81 picked it up later
and be1ted him again. He is also
authority for the statement that Mrs.
Mott said "You had better finish him
The neighbors have not heard him
yelling as yet" After [ had hit him
Mrs. Mott told me to make my get
away said Wade but 1 told her that
would not leave her" On the same
night Tuesday the police went to
Hillside Home where they say Mrs.
Mott made a statement in which she
admitted that Wade and johnson had
come to her home on Sunday morn
ing each carrying a quart of milk. II
was about o'clock. Mrs. Mott is al
legged to have told Wade not to go
upstairs where Mott was sleeping but
he did. She said that johnson had
the Ratchet and Wade was armed with
a. revolver and the iron pipe. She
referred to the Johnston boy as 1.-The
little Johnston boy in her statement.
She said that she stayed below and
did not want to go upstairs after she
heard "that first awful crack
Wade was next called to the wit
ness stand after Sergeant Lyddy had
been excused. There was a buzz of
voices in the spectators row as he
took the stand and many crsAnlng 81
necks to get a better look at the al
legged boy murderer. Wade assumed a
noncha1ent air as he cook the stand
| and answered the questions asked him
by the coroner in low but clear
voice. He said his name was Flwood
B. Wade and that he lived at $50
Hillside avenue and gave his occupa.
ton as a milk dealer. He said he
had been in the business with his
father ever since he had left school
about ten year ago and that the last
| two months had been in the business
| on his own hook and independent of
! his father. The coroner warned
Wade that he was not forced to an
| swer any questions that might have a
! tendency to incriminate him.
| Answering to the questions put to
| him by the coroner Wade said that
| he had only met Mott twice in his life
and that the first time that he had
seen him was last fall. The last ii
he saw him (NotD he said was about
four weeks ago when Mott met him on
| the street. Wade was sitting in his
car Wade refused to answer any fur
| Their questions he said on the advice
| of my counsel, and when he said that
| he refused to answer any more ques-
| tons at the opening of his taking the
stand after he had given his name the
/ coroner reminded him that he would
1 be forced to answer those questions
/ that would not incrim:nate him The
fact that he had only answered one
| or two questions UP to that time
seemed to strike the young man very
funny and he laughed outright at the
| coroner's remark.
| John E. Johnston next took the
Astand and told how he had known
Wade for about eight months. having
become acquainted with him while
] working for Wade's father. Johnston
| denied that he had ever seen Mott and
| did not know him. When asked if he
! knew Mrs. Mott. he said that he could
| hardly say that he knew her but that
| he had first seen her last February.
| He was asked by the coroner if he
| had ever been in the Mott home prior
| to a month ago. and he said mo
| He said Wade had never talked to
/ him about the relations between Mr.
and Mrs. Knott. An amusing Incl
dent was then in iected into the hear
| ing when Johnston in reply to the
| further questions of the coroner said
| that he refused to answer any more
| questions on the advice of his Com
| mon Council Coroner Phelan ad-
mitted it might be a good idea tt
| have the Common Council brought
| in.