New Britain herald., 1926-11-10
BODIES OF BOTH
 QUICKLY BURIED
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 To keep tho trial moving as fast As possible, 1t had been decided yes- terday that court would be held to- morrow. Justice Charles W. Park CT, who Is presiding. after hearing MT. Simpsons statement. said the jury would be permitted to decide the question at its noon recess.
 Simpson told the court that repre- sentatives of the Legron who had presented the protest to him. con- sidered 1t would be an insult to the American soldiers who died in the great war to hold a court session on the day set aside to honor them.
 Wants Jury at Scene
 Before bringing to the courts at tention the American Legion protest, Simpson had told the judge that he wanted the jury taken to the scene of the staying four years ago of the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Mills.
 Could the jury be taken, there without attracting crowd?" asked Justice Parker.
 "They could If 1t were kept quiet as to when they were going" said Simpson. He said that he was not asking that the jury be taken to the scene today. but that he wanted the court to take the matter under con- sideration.
 Clarence E. Case, of defense counsel, told the court that the topography at the scene of the crimes has changed greatly in the last four years. and presents an ab- solute different situation. He said the defense would not want to pre- sent its argument on the matter be- fore the court reaches decision as to whether the jury shall be taken to the place on a farm outside New Brunswick. The crabapple tree un- der which the couple was found murdered 1t was brought out previ- ously in the trial, has since been cut down and there is extensive real estate development in the vicinity.
 Simpson, in his request for 1n- spection of the crabapple tree area, by the jury, brought out that the jury would have to be accompanied by competent guides.
 Didn't Know of Prints
 George D. Totten, county detective at the time of the killings, recalled for cross examination, said that he did not learn of finger prints having been found on MT. Halls calling card until the card was produced last summer at the hearing in the application for bail of Willie Stevens and Henry Carpenter. a fourth per- son indicted for murder in the kill ings and now awaiting trial.
 Senator Case traced the history of the card in his questioning, first bringing out that when Totten, Sheriff Conklin and others went to the scene each devoted himself to some phase of the survey. as the crowds poured into the lane and overran the Phillips farm. Totten said he was not sure who brought the card and other exhibits from the farm to the Somerset county court house on September 1e, 1922, the day the bodies were found.
 You are clear. however, that sometime on September 16. you re- ceived the card and other exhibits?"
 How long did you retain them? ?'
 Until the following Monday or Tuesday,"
 If you did noa have these arti- cles in your possession, you cannot be certain what was done with them in the way of handling them, how they were handled or that finger prints might not have been made on them by persons touching them? ?"
 Simpson objected. contending that Totten was not fingerprint expert The defense was continuing it's at tack on the validity of the finger print evidence and the court ruled that the question should be an- swered.
 "No," replied Totten.
 Traces the Exhibits
 Where did you take the exhibits on the Monday or Tuesday after the bodies were found?"
 ITO New Brunswick, the two counties had established joint hadquarters in the prosecutors of flee"
 When did you next see the cards and other exhibits?"
 Were all the articles that were brought back to Somerset in prepar- ation for the meeting of the grand jury"
 Were al lthe articles that were considered important brought back?"
 Yes"
 The calling card bearing the fn- ger prints identified as those of Will lie Stevens was produced from the pocket of Inspector Underwood, a members of Simpsons staff.
 Identified by Fly Specks
 T understand your only means of IQSuLll llS llliS ttil olo oiiO VI those found at the place where the bodies lay is by fly specks?" asked Case, as he removed the card from its glass protection and showed it to the detective.
 Yes"
 "Do you know where the card Case found at the bodies is?"
 "No."
 When did you last see this card prior to last summer when it was produced at the preliminary hear ing?"
 When I delivered it to New Brunswick in 1922"
 Do you know if there were any fngerprints on it then?"
 None was visible"
 Case was overruled when he at tempted to get into the record the the witness statement that he had ,o,ar ba,r5 of opv fippprnriptS fl bav