The Washington times., 1920-07-24

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insinuations that Pettibone was
forced to do anything.
When Mr.. Jones asked questions
pointedly sarcastic, the little stenog-
| rapher, whose entrance created stir
among the fashionably dressed sum-
mer visitors, smiled back at him and
answered in low, calm tone, NO,
SIR" or Yes. SIR" as the occasion re-
quired.
The State charges that Pettibone
poisoned his wife because she was
| too old for him and he was smitten
with Helen Irene Guillow. a nurse.
1t is further charged that he con-
fessed that he planned to Kill his
wife. that he stole a phial of strych-
nine sulphate and gave 1t to her In a
| dose Of salts and that Immediately
afterward he recommended a violent
wooing OF the nurse whom he court
| ed on the front seat of a hearse,
oftenttimes when there were bodies
\ in the rear.
FLOOR SAGs UNDER CROWD.
Outside the courthouse sat the
nurse, held in attendance as a ma
| terial witness against the man on
trial and for whom she has declared
her love, but excluded from the court
room because she is Il witness.
No such crowd was ever in the
Manchester courtroom before, and
when the crowd surged into the aisles
and filled spaces between seats the
| floor sagged beneath the weight of
| 100 more persons than the building
| 1.a aata Is
examined the building later they
marvelled that the floor did not col
| lapse, and it was Immediately shored
up with heavy timbers.
, The court reconvened at o'clock
this afternoon. but before that hour
the courthouse was filled to the doors.
Eager spectators even clung to the
outside window ledges. As soon as
the Judges entered court, Judge Will
son spoke for them and said the jury
would be excused. Extra precautions
were then taken to see that no witt
| nesses were in the courtroom.
| Attorney Gen. Archibald, address,
ing the court, said he desired to in
troduce a confession made by the re-
sponoent on June 10 at Bennington,
and he called Miss Nellie NJ. Hogan,
| stenographer to State Attorney
| Graves to the witness stand. Miss
Hogan testified that the attorney
general. Deputy Sheriff Shanahan,
the accused Pettbone and herself
were in the jury-room at the county
courthouse on June 16 and that Mr..
Archibald made the inquiries. He
asked: What did you, do?"
II took stenographic notes"
| Does you record contain all that
was said?"
Every word"
SPOKE OF OWN FREE WILL.
Mr.. Jones was on his feet with an
objection and the attorney general
turned and demanded to know what
| his objection was. Mr.. Jones said
| the confession did not show that II
was statement made by the respond :
ent of his own free will whereupon
| the attorney general turned and said
1T will appear whether it was vol
untary or not"
! Judge Wilson asked IL counsel
meant that it was not proper for the
| court to hear the subject matter be-
| fore passing upon it's admissability,
and Mr.. Jones said the State should
be compelled to show, independent of
the contested document, that the
statement was a voluntary one. Then
! Mr.. Archibald read into records the
questions and answers which he
! argued proved that Pettibone was
warned OF his rights and that he made
the statement freely.
DID NOT KNOW HAPPENINGS.
Miss HcIan marked the questions
| and answers which referred to the
| conditions under which the confession
was made and counsel for the de-
| fendant had their first opportunity to
read the statement their client mad e
| to the state officers at Bennington.
Mr.. Jones cross-eXamined Miss Hogan
| and asked II Detective James r.,
| Wood and his superintendent, Edwin
| c. Brown, were not in the States at
torney's office in and around Benning-
ton, and she said she saw Mr.. Wood
in the office but she had work of her
own and did not know what went on
in the office.
well, you know that Mr.. Wood and
Mr.. Brown and Mr. Woods stenog-
rapher have been with Mr. Pettibone
several times. don't you?"
| "Yes"
you know that they were with
him from 12 o'clock until or 6
| o'clock, too, don't your"
mo, ! don't know anything about
It,"
Didn't Mr.. Wood turn him over 70
Mr.. Archibald and say. Here, I've got
| him all fixed for you?"
| mo"
Miss Hogan was non-committal in
her answers to Mr.. Jones's sugges-
tions OF other statements. meetings in
the States attorneys office and hap
| penings at the Jail, and said that she
! didn't know about the occurrences
but had heard of them.
ARGUE ADNIssIBILITy
Mr.. Archibald said that he would
have the entire confession read II
there was any doubt in the court 4
mind, but Judge Wilson said there
was no occasion for IL and he aug