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

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house." Johnston told the officials,
according to Lyddy. eve went up:
stairs and Wade hit the bed Mott
hollered get out and I got out Mott,
I suppose, was in the bed. L heard
three shots upstairs as I was going
out. I carried the Ratchet to pro-
tect myelf, but left it in the kitchen
when I went OUT
v Johnston further declared that
Wade had spoken to him On Friday
and Saturday, about Mott. During
the conversation on Saturday, Wade
talked of doing Mott up" He
claimed that he did not see the knife
when he was in the dining room,
Sunday morning. Johnston then
told of the manipulation of the
trunks, saying that they were
in Barnum avenue.
One the way to the swamp, Wade
| talked of the killing of his compan-
| ion. He said that he had laid Mott
| low with the pipe, and stabbed him
| with the knife Wade also said, that
L6utting the body in the trunk was a
( tough job While at the bottom of
the stairs, Wade remarked that Mott
called out to him:
| Don't hit me again.
! Wade said that he called Mott a
fhard name, and hit him again.
| Medical Examiner DR.. Samuel NJ.
i Garlick, took the stand, and in an.
| swer to a question from Coroner
| Phelan, stated that he believed the
| wounds on the head were made by
| blunt instrument. He stated that the
Ffracture of the skull must have TAX
4 en- place after the stabbing and shoot
/ ing, inasmuch as no man could have
moved a muscle after receiving such
| a terrible injury.
j. The physician said that the frac-
! ture could not have resulted from a
fall down the stairs, and also ext
pressed the opinion that the gunshet
! wounds were not serious enough to
prevent Mott from fighting his oppo-
/ nent The stab wounds would have
| proved fatal in a short time, and both
! these and the revolver wounds must
| have been inflicted before the blow
was delivered on the head provided
| the man wos found outside of his
/ bedroom.
Medical Examiner Garlick further
testified after Superintendent of Po-
lice Flanagan had identified the pis-
| tol as a .32 calibre that he did not
| believe the knife in question which
| was one of the exhibits at the in
| quest had inflicted the wounds in
| Motifs body. He said, cit is quite
| possible that the knife you show me
might have made the wounds, but
my examination of the wounds lead
| me to the belief that another smaller
| knife might have been used in the
| stabbing. I found upon exanlina
ton of the body that the skin of the
4 deceased Mott was very elastic,
! which might allow for the larger
| knife being used and the elasticity
| of the skin would tend to show a
| smaller opening than the width of
the knife
DR.. Gar1ick said that his estimate
fIthe wounds was to a depth of about
| eight inches and that the width of
the wounds would easily allow the
insertion of two of his fingers. He
| also testified that the wounds showed
| the knife had been driven into the
| body with a great deal of force. One
| wound in the back showed that the
| knife had been thrust with such vio-
lence that it had broken or cut one
of the deceased's ribs, said DR.. Car
lick.
] After the testimony given by DR..
! Garlick had been given the hearing
! was adjourned to the criminal SUI
perior court room from the coroner's
! chamber. Opening the session in
the new place the coroner called
Sergeant Lyddy to the stand and had
him read several passages from the
statements that were alleged to have
been made to police officials by the
accused murderer, Wade, on Tuesday
afternoon at police headquarters.
\ Other interviews held with the ac-
cused showed that his statements did
not vary in any of the particulars.
Part of the statement was direct
question made to Wade as to whether
Mrs. Mott had anything to do with
! the actual murder of Mott. According
to Wade's statement in the police re-
port he answered No. The staten ent
also showed that Wade testified that
he had not injured Mott as he lay
in bed but that he missed him on