Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-13

Judge George E. Hinman, sitting in ! the criminal superior court here in the trial of Mrs. Mabel Kenyon of Stoning- ton for the murder of Dr. Herbert let low in Pawcatuck, Stonington, on June 11th last. will announce his decision this (Wednesday) morning on the question of the admissibility of signed statement made by Mrs Kenyon to Coroner Frank 1 lin. H. Brown, who died on Sept. 25 last Ctate Attorney Hadlai A Hull thad Coroner Jeremiah J. Desmond produce l the statement in court Tuesday after noon, with a typewriter transcript of it, but when he offered it as an exhibit | Attorneys Herbert w Rathbun and J. J. Dunn, counsel for Mrs. Kenyon, promptly contended against it's admis- sion and the point raised was argued for half an hour before Judge Hinman an nounced that he would give his decision in the morning.
 Morning Session.
 When Judge George E. Hinman took
 the bench at 1920 Tuesday morning and | court opened, Dr. Scanlon at once went
 on the stand and Attorney Herbert w..
 Rathbun of counsel for Mrs. Kenyon took
 up the cross examination of Dr. Scan
 lon where he had left off when court ad-
 journed last Friday.
 In the course the doctor testified he
 believed Dr. Tetlow had been shot about half an hour before the time Dr. Sean
 lon reached the Tetlow house after the
 tragedy. The attorney questioned Dr,
 Scanlon closely of the doctors arrival at
 the Tetlow house and to the way he met Mrs Kenyon there and of their
 conversation as she took him up into pr.
 Tetlow's room where the wounded physl- 1 elan lay dieing. Dr. Scanlon told of his continued suspicion that Mrs. Kenyon IL. -J r-1,sT 4l,o-- : were in Dr. Tetlows room, of his ra- peated inquiry where the gun was and
 where she lived. This was while they n were standing by the dead body of Dr n Tetlow and it was here, Dr. Scanlon said il that Mrs. Kenyon had come over to Dr
 Tetlow's house to kill herself and hat
 told Dr. Tetlow so
 The attorney called Dr. Scanlon's testi
 mony on Friday in which he had sait y that this conversation with Mrs Kenyo1 1 took place while they were going upstairs
 The doctor said he was giving his bes
 recollection of the order and time O
 occurrences and conversations on whicl t his memory might be refreshed. : The witness and the attorney had ire 2 quent sharp clashes as they went owe s the details of Dr. Scanlon's accusing Mrs n Kenyon of killing Dr. TetIoW, of the tri if to the Kenyon house where Mrs. Kenyo l. produced the revolver after some com l, pulsion, the removal of four empty an a | two loaded shells from the revolver b ,. Dr. Scanlon, of the doctors subsequen r. visit to the Tetlow house, and of th e l autopsy at the undertaker's rooms. Re is garding one of the points in the autop q sy Dr. Scanlon said that the physician e at the autopsy placed Dr. Tetlows rigt i- arm in every possible position and it wa j., Dr. Scanlon's opinion that Dr. Tetlo' d could not have been holding the revolve 2 that shot him nor could Dr. TatloW' if hand been in control Of the finger tha f pulled the trigger. The wound throus
 Dr. Tetlow's elbow and into Dr. Tetlow .d body, that killed him. was one contin1 ,d ous wound made at approximately u
 same time Tie arm must have been clo: i'll to the body.
 b+ Attorney Rathbun held his own risl
 arm with forearm at an angle from Il b+ body, which Dr. Scanlcn admitted was o- position in which Dr. Tetlows right haI he 1 could have touched a revolver that Wou se | make the wound
 ve Dr. Scanlon testified that the autop. se was performed with care, with an C, te | towards possible future court testimon or and was all that was necessary to dete
 mre the cause of Dr. Tatlow's daat
 Coroner Brown. the witness said, was Q
 plicit in directing them to go slow go and carefully. The autopsy took about ty 06 hours.
 62 Attorney Rathbun devoted many que 12 lions to incuiring why the four docto O6 at the autopsy did not fnl the bull . and he had the witness indicate on [ 76 attorneys body where they looked I
 the bullet in Dr. Totlow's body no When the noontiTne recess came at >" o'clock, Attorney Rathbun was still .cro e. examining Dr. Scanlon.
 n3 Afternoon Soss5o,
 - The Westerly doctor resumed t oo stand today after the recess and W
 asked one or two questions by Attornt T. Rathbun about Mrs. Kenyon asking abo 'A- the baby. -Dr. ScanIon said he never hea al her say anything about the baby un
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