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any expectation on the part Of the many
spectators that surprise might be /
sprung by the state in the nature Of a
disclosure Of these parties was disap-
pointed Whether the defense will dis
close the identity Of the occupants of the
death car" is not known at this time,
YESTERDAYS TESTIMONY
DR.. Charles r. whitney was the first
witness to take the stand yesterday morn
ing. He testified to taking part in the
performing of the autopsy. together with .
DR.. Ravey. and said that, in the autopsy.
1t was found that the girls skull was
fractured, which he thought was the
cause Of death, also that the spleen was
found to be ruptured and the body covered
with bruises. The vital organs spuearcd
healthy but pale which might have been
vaused by loss of blood. In cross-examina-
ton. Dr. Whitney said that the fracture
of the skull might have been caused by
a direct blow. or by forcefully coming in
contact with the hard surface OF the
road.
Deputy Chief Patrick j. Cosgroya
TESTIFIED to visiting the scene of the
tragedy in the police patrol when the
call was sent in. He identified the bar
pin, the stick pin. pieces of hair pins
etc. as those picked up near the BODY
Of the dead girl while he was there. On
cross-examination. he told of glass being 4
found on the west side Of the trolley
track, and stated that he road at tho
point where the tragedy occurred was IN
a rough condition.
Officer Patrick j. Henry, who was a
member of the city police force on the
nth of September, testified to visiting
the scene of the tragedy and described
inc position of the dead girl. whom he
round lying partly on her right side, with
her left leg drawn up under her He
Strengthened out the leg and got a sheet
and placed over the body He also picked
up the shoe on the west side of the trolley
track, after it had been called to his at
tention. lie identified the shoe. marked
as state exhibit, as the one he had
picked up. He also identified the other
exhibits Of the State as those picked up
near the girls body.
Officer Joseph MCGOWAN, who was AL
so present at the scene of the tragedy.
was the one who picked up the bar p,n
ana the little stick-pin. He said that the
head of the dead girl lay in a pool OF
blood. and that the dfscoloraton from
the blood could be plainly seen the fol-
lowing day. He saw the piece of metal
which had been broken from the mud
guard.
N''s coil "oli II. hydn III charge or
the police station on the night Of the 18th
of September testified to the bringing in
of Daley. as noted above. When asked
by States Attorney Martin if Daley was
intoxicated when he came to the station
Sergeant Ryan said that he thought Daley
had been drinking. Ryan would not
swear that Daley was intoxicated, when
the question was pressed Daley told the
police sergeant, according to the testi-
mony that he Daley had been at
Casey's in Williston at six o'clock. and
that he had later made another call be-
fore returning to Burlington.
John Guild of Essex Junction, who was
employed to take off the mudguard from
the Daley car and to drive 1t up to the
photographers testified to these facts.
He said that the car was apparently
working all right at the time he drove
it; that the steering gear appeared to
be all right. and the lights were all
working. Mr.. Guild was subjected to
the steadiest fire of cross-examination
regarding motor cars in general and this
car in particular that Attorney Brown
had given any witness up to that time.
c. W. Hurlburt. who was one of the
: first to arrive on the scene after the girl
was killed. told of arriving by automo-
bile from the south about the same time
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the north. Both stopped and went to
where the dead girl lay. Mr.. Hurlburt
placed his hand over the girls heart to
n see If she was dead and found that she
. was.
Mr.. LaRose and Officers Cosgrove, Hem
ry. MCGOWAN and others We're recalled
y to the stand to testify as to finding glass
u in the vicinity of the tragedy and 10
: oil on the road. All testified that glass
was found in the ditch west Of the troll
ley track at varying distances. north and
l. south from where the body was found.
Officer MCGOWAN was of the opinion that
u he had never seen eny windshield glass
> as dirty as the piece of glass shown to
him by Attorney General Archibald as
- some of the glass found in the ditch.
. There was no glass scattered in the road.
e according to the testimony.
In regard to oil conditions on the Shell
u burne road, it was the general testimony
&c that there was no fresh oil on the road
the night of the tragedy, but that when
;. they visited the place the following day.
"a a fresh strip of oil had been put on early
. in the day.
w. II. Collins was recalled to the stand
y and told how he had left Bero's store
:. on Church street at about eight o'clock
y on the night of the 18th. and had driven
y his car down Church street. up Main
street and down South Union street. AS
- he neared the junction of South Union
~ street and Shelburne road, he saw an
=, automobile, lighted only by spotlight
- turn up Willard street from Shelburne
- road He noticed, he said, a grinding sound
from this car, mot as if fender was
touching rubber, but as though it were
touching something harder than rubber. v
>, He though at the time that there must
=. be something wrong with the car. Con-
- tinuing toward the SOUTH Mr. Collins
~ was stopped Immediately afterward by
- ~ men near the girls body Attorney Brown
w cross -questoned closely regarding the de
=, tails of this story.
= John A. Corbin, recalled to the stand
=, identified the sheet which had been In
" the bottom of the basket in which tbs
:, girl was laid and told OF the burning fol
-, sanitary reasons of the clothes which tbs
= girl wore.
"a Mrs Maud Rugs. mother of the dead
m girl, was again on the stand and identi
10 fled the bar pin, stick pin, shoe and but
,s tons as those which her daughter hac
m worn on the night she was killed.
d, BRATTLEBORO SEWING
q, AyCE