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

Cured in the Mott apartments on
that he did not pay any particular at
tention to the questions which were
asked Wade by Assistant Prosecuting
Attorney E. Earle Garlick, and Super
intendent Flanagan.
At this time, according to the de-
tective chief. Wade described his fight
with Mott. He said that he had hit
at him. with the lead pipe and also
shot at him with the revolver. while'
in the attic room. The two men roll-
ed down the stairs, and Wade struck
Mott during the descent. Mott then
rolled down the main stairway, and
lay al the bottom, hollering for help
Wade told his questioners that he
asked Mrs. Mott for the carving knife,
and she gave it to him. He said ne
would stop Mott from hollering. He
then admitted that he went down
Istairs land finished him.
HE was a tough one to f1nish,' de-
clared the young man. L thought ne
had nine lives
= Wade then told the prosecutor that
he placed the body in the trunk and.
took it upstairs. He said that Johnston
took no part in the killing. but ran
In his statements to the officials
Wade claimed that the revolver which
he used. was owned by Mott, and had
been given to him by the mans wife
She took the revolver back. but later
returned it to him. He Informed the
police that the pipe he carried was
the handle of the jack which he used
on his truck.
In an interview with Johnston, Caps
tain Regain learned that Wade had
asked Johnston to go with him to the
Mott home. for the purpose of giving
Mott a, beating. He told Johnston that
Mott had threatened to get him, and
he was going to get Mott first. john
ston accompanied his friend. whom
he said. carried the pipe and revolver.
Captain Regain said that the pipe mas
not yet been located.
The next witness, was Sergeant John
A. Lyddy, secretary to- Superinte1l-
dent Flanagan, who took stenograph-
ic notes at several interviews.
The secretary said that in a ses-
sion with Captain Regain in the de-
tectives office, Monday afternoon.
Wade told of the phone call rece1v-
ed received from Mrs Motifs young
went to the Mott home and saw Mott
kving on the floor Mrs Mott, ac-
fcording to Wade, remarked:
(Which does it look better to see
there, him or me?'
Wade claimed that the fight was
hall over when he arrived, and he
helped Mrs. Mott place her hus-
bands body in the trunk. He call
ed Johnston on the phone, and later
took the body away.
At an interview with Johnston, at
| r
oner spoke of two phone calls which
were received by his sister on Sum
day, in which Wade asked him to
meet him with the truck He said
that he did not know the body was IN
gfhe trunk until he was on his way
fto Easton, when Wade said;
eve got Mott in there"
He then told of how he and Wade
had disposed of the trunk in the
swa mp.
At a hearing in Captain Regan's
office, Monday night, Mrs Mott, &C
/ cording to Lyddy, admitted that
Wade had killed her husband. She
claimed that the alleged murderer
used the pipe and revolver in COM
| hitting the deed. Asked as to how
| she knew the pipe was used, Mrs
I Mott answered:
II heard the awful crack
| She also heard several SilolS Hfeu
| and saw Johnston run out. OF the
i house The woman cleared John
ston of taking any part in the actua
killing.
| When Johnston was questioned
Tuesday morning, in the Mott home
| by Prosecutor Gar1ick, he told OF ms
entrance into the house with WAGE
and said that Wade told him he was
| going to get Mott. Wade told/ his
| friends that Mott had threatened to
! get him, and that he was gong tic
| get Mott, first. Johnston DECLARED
| that he went into the house because
| Wade was afraid of Mott. He SAID
that Wade acted as if he came 10 Kill
Mott.
Wade had the pipe inside his