The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-06
SON COULD NOT
 LEARN TO PRAY
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(Continued from Page One.) mission. As it was, the place was packed to the last inch, men and women regardless of color Or social standing fighting for seats.
 In the sheriff's office Mrs. Mott sat with her two children. It is expect ed that Ruth Mott will be placed on the stand later by the state.
 At the opening of court the state recalled Detective Sergeant Frederick E. Derrick for brief period.
 ''At the time you arrested Wade did he show any signs of having re- wise hurt?" was Mir. Cummings ques- tion.
 He did not.''
 He was then excused.
 Elbert O. Wade, father oe the pris- oner. was the first witness called by the defense and testified at 1ength to what he called Elwood's mental in suffi ciency.
 first years of the boys life he saw very little of him from the fact that he was engaged in the milk business and left home at an early hour re turning very late. He said that as a child he advanc- ed slowly at school being not at all like other chilaren of hIs age. He was taken from school at the age of 14 and put to work helping deliver milk.
 He said that he could not do the simplest sums in arithmetic and that he could not do any work on his own responsibility, being absolutely un- trustworthy. He could not tell how much 10 quarts of milk would come to at nine cents a quart he said by way nf illustration. He could not be trusted to much of anything.
 In reply as to his dependabiiIty in dei-ering milk on a. route the witness testified that the boy learned it and went over it much as a faithful horse would go over it after having made the same trip many times Witness said that he had many times remonstrated with Elwood about going to see Mrs. Mott and that he would promise to stay away. But right away she would telephone him and he would go. She had a. bad in f1uence over him and he couldn't seem | to resist her.
 | He said that Elwood didn't know enough to collect the money and turn | it in,
 | < On cross-exa o1ination the states attorney asked him:
 You say that Elwood Wade couldn't collect them oney?"
 Isn't it a fact that he once ran away from Bridgeport with another woman, Mrs. Davis?'
 Well he knew enough to collect l | the woman to Chica go, didn't he?" 'I don't think so-' "He got the money, didn't hep | "Yes, but she was the brains of the deal"
 Wasn't he in this court once on a charge of embezzlement-" ''Yes''
 | Wade concluded his testimony by saying that Flwood had from time to time taken his Cole touring car for the purpose of tIking Mrs. Mott on joy rides.
 the MiddletOwn sanitorium was sworn to Identify a record book from that I institution and to read the record of 1 George H. Lewis, father of Mrs. Eliza Wade, Elwood Wade's mother. The record showed. that Lewis, a veteran of the civil war, had died there of paresis.
 Agnes Louise Fitzpatrick. who said she was Elwood Wade's school teacher, had a lively tilt with the state on crOss-eXamination when she was asked to answer ''yes'' or mo" | as to whether or not E1wood Wade had ever been in the third grade
 She finally said no. She said that 1 he was 9 fairhaired, girlish-looking boy who was quite assive and took | little interest in what was going on about him.. She said it was impos- sible to teach him anything. Dr. Arnold Geseu of Yale Univers- F. Diefend orff, a1ienist for the de- fense. pr. c. c. Godfrey is assist ing Dr. John c. Lynch for the state
 There is a large attendance of phy. sicians in the court room today and \ he rear of the spectators gallery most Of the prominent members of the rum ralnners" society were in evi- 6eDce