New Britain herald., 1928-08-31

Sergeant ]. c. Stadler testified to
his part in the questioning of Weiss.
He acted as interpreter, as did Ser
geant Ellinger, when Weiss express
ed a wish to reply in German. The
witness said, in reply to Mr.. Woods,
that he was present from 6 p. m
Wednesday night until AIS a. m''
Thursday, and nobody struck or
threatened Weiss, nor were any
promises of any kind made to MIN.
.Did you hear anyone swear at
Weiss" Attorney McDohoos"
asked.
Eyes" the sergeant replled.
"Who?" the attorney asked.
sergeant McCue, as he has tesu-
fed" Sergeant Stadler answered.
Sergeant +, ]. O'Mara testified to
his part in the case. He did not see
nyone strike Weiss. nor did ne
hear anyone threaten him.
Chemist Found Cyanide
Milton w. Davenport, chemist
testified that he analyzed samples
of home brew and the liquor con-
tents of the stomachs OF the VIC
tins, finding cyanide. He gave the
ingredients of the poison.
Physicians on Stand
DR.. j. Graham Bruce OF Ne"
Britain General hospital testified
that he used a stomach pump on
stehr and gave him hypodermlc
injection and oxygen, besides apply
ing artificial respiration. He assist
ed in the autopsy which was made
shortly after Stehr's death, ana also
assisted in the autopsy on STEIN.
Questioned by Prosecuting Attorney
Woods as to certain details OF pol
soning symptoms. DIR. Bruce said ne
could not give an opinion, as he was
not an expert witness.
DR.. Vincent +. Mendillo testified
that he and DR.. Bruce were at the
hospital while Stein was dying We'd
nesday noon. They noticed that cy-
anosis was present in the head, neck
and shoulders and in an effort to
relieve the condition they extracted
200 centimeterS of blood from the
arms. Temporary relief resulted
but Stein died without regaining
consciousness.
Tells of Samuel's Threat
Samuel Stein testified that ne
knew John and Samuel Weiss quite
vel land was a schooimate OF the
former many years ago. Samuel
visited at the home of the witness
quite frequently and about a year
ago, after Samuel and John had
been arrested for fighting, Samuel
declared in STEMS home that he
would fix his brother John, who
would die like a dog in the yard
without having a finger laid on blm
by Samuel.
William Buechner, police depart
ment clerk. testified that he was
notary public and took Samuel
Weiss confession at police head
quarters early yesterday morning.
Questioned by Attorney McDonough
as to whether or not Weiss was
nervous, the witness replied that on
the contrary he observed him to be
cool and collected.
Sergeant T. J. Feeney testified
that he was detailed by Sergeant
McAvay to go to 215 Curtis street
Sunday morning and investigate the
Stehr and John Weiss cases. His
testimony was similar to that of the
other officers.
Suspected Alcohol Poisoning
DIR. Waterman Lyon, medical ex-
aminer, testified that he went TO
215 Curtis street on being called by
the police. John Weiss had been
dead 20 minutes or half an hour
when the witness examined him. A
short time later he learned of the
death of John Stehr at the hospi-
tai and performed an autopsy on
the body. He removed the stomach
and turned it over to Mr.. Daven-
port for analysis. DR.. Lyon testified
that he noted a congestion Of the
brain and believed that alcoholic
poisoning might have induced death,
With relation to Stein, he was