New Britain herald., 1925-03-27
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time since last week in Hartford. Judge droehl started a cross examination of lengthy duration. He asked her how long she had sat i in the courtroom and she said every day since last Monday.
 She said that Chapman's photo graph was shown her in Steubon. vile by her employer. She recog. nized the picture immediately. She first came to Hartford Saturday oi last week.
 She naid she Identified the man in the prisoners pen. and didn't need to see him alone. She said Chapman was an unusual customer and that was why she knew him Judge Groehl here asked Judge ! Jennings to exclude all other wit. nesses 50 that they would not heaI what the others said. The judge answered that he would take the request under consideration but would deny it at this time.
 Miss Bourne denied that she sal in the front seat to get a good view of the defendant.
 | She said that Chapman's eye, were another reason why she re. membered him.
 Saw Chapman With Stolen Car i William B. Allison of VerghoIz O.. a motorman in coal mine al his home, went to the wltnes, stand. In April 1924. he was a bu, man for the steubenville- Cantor Transportation Co.,. On Monday April '. 1924, there was a fire ir the companys garage. He went tc steubenville Monday morning al 12;30 o'clock and stayed until o'clock in the evening.
 On the route that day, near Hib, bits, about 40 miles from Steuben. vile, about 7;15 a. m.. he saw g car parked by the road. He passed 1t and stopped. The hood of the car was up. He went back and the hood of the car went down. Ht went to the back end of the car and met man whom he pointed out ir court as Chapman.
 He asked if there was any trouble and he was told to go along because there was no trouble. He wal positive of the identification. He went back to his bus
 Under cross questioning he said the car was headed towards Canton o. He said 1t was extraordinary tc see a car of that type in that locality.
 About two months ago was the first time he saw photograph oi Chapman. The piercing blue eye, of the man attracted him, he said
 Have you remembered any other man with piercing blue eyes?' Judge Greehl asked,
 Not such eyes as this man has, the witness answered.
 Defense counsel then asked whc showed the witness Chapman's pic ture in steubenville, and the an, swer was Hickey" Asked whaI was on the photograph, he said he didn't notice anything excepting the face. He could not tell if & name was on the bottom Of the picture Groehl then asked Judge Jen. nings to order the photograph pro. duced in court and County Detective Edward Hickey brought 1t out and handedgit to defense counsel. Askedto describe the man stand. ing atstfia hood of the machine ] Ailison said that he could not dc it as ha didp't notice him espe. cially. The man wore a tan over. coat and a light hat. In the real seat of the machine. the witness re- vealed that a third man was seated there. Asked to describe this mar after he admitted he deliberately looked to see who it was, the wit ness said he didn't have the faint, est recollection of what he looked 1 like or what he wore. He said thai the only occurrence on that day that stood out in his mind was the fire in the garage owned by his company.
 Identifies Stolen Machine James w. Brown of Detroit l Mich, a mechanical engineer fol the Ford Motor Co.,, was then called to further identify the stolen ma, chine.
 He was shown a plate with the auto number and asked to identify it. He said that the original number was 1o259 and that it had beer changed to 10S6s.
 The states attorney then asked Brown If a trunk was part of the equipment on this machine and pro, duced the auto trunk found fir shean's Springfield office. The trunk was identified and admitted foI Identification. The court then re. cessed.
 Immediately after the recess Judge Jennings announced that he would deny the motion of Judge Groehl tc exclude witnesses from the court, room. An exception was noted. | Floyd Flatchtman of the Ford Mo. tor Co. was then called to prove that the car found on Church street was the one stolen in Steubenville, o.
 Admits Chapman Had Machine.
 Judge Groehl announced that tho was willing to concede the fact tha the machine had been stolen, the numbers changed, and that 1t wal in the possession of Chapman, bu said that 1t was to be understood that 1t was not to be construed that the defendant had anything to dt with the changing of the numbers or the theft of the machine.
 The witness was then excused a. was l.. s. Man of Springfield who was to prove that the numbers had been changed on the car plate.
 Recalls Chapman as "Tom Miller" The third identification of Chap. man was made by William Hance, oI Wheaton. Delaware county, Ind. u,I,1 eatd f1,.t fba Drisnpar x1-oe +bf