New Britain herald., 1928-01-23
County Detective Hickey ht mates Hartford Veterinary
 Alone Will Be Accused
MYSTERIOUS NEW ANGLE IS TINTED BY DEFENSE

Which Killed Mrs. Gaudet and Wounded Doctor-Defensc Moves
 for Release of Mrs. GuiifOyie. l Hartford, Jan. o3 R-Dr. Harold N. Guilfoyle and Dr. Guilfoyle alone is to be charged with the murder ! of Clare Cavanaugh Gaudet. wife of Maximin J. Gaudet of New Haven. who was shot last Wednesday eve- ming while a guest at the Guilfoyle home. 6s1 Maple avenue.
 ! This is the theory on which the officers of the states attorney is now working in bolstering up it's case against Dr. Guilfoyle, for whom q warrant chafging first de- gree murder has been issued. Wifo Appears EAonesatei l County Detective Edward J. Hickey, who is investigating the case in anticipation of the prosecu- tion of pr. Guilfoyle on the mur- der charge, is satisfied that Mrs. Guilfoyle could not have fired the shots which killed Mrs. Gaudet and seriously wounded Dr. Guilfoyle. l Dr. Guilfoyle's recovery is antici- pated. but it is expected he will lose the sight of one eye.
 Hickey's Statement
 l The elimination of Mrs. Guilfoyle as the person who fired the shots was apparent. County Detective Hickey contends, shortly after tho investigation got under way. All tho evidence at hand tends to show that Mrs. Guilfoyle was in an upstairs room at the time of the shooting, and even If she had been on the landing at the head of the stairway. he believes, it would have been . physical impossibility for her to have fired the shots which found their marks in the manner these shots did. st
 Tho ceiling at the bottom of tho stairway is reported to be low. and shots fired from the floor above could not have lodged in the wall as did those discovered by the in. vesttsatorS. One bullet in the wall is reported to have had a distinctly upward course, and the bullets as located in Mrs. Gaudet's body could not have been fired except from close at hand. MT. Hickey's theory is that Dr. Guilfoyle first shot the woman, then held the pistol close to his own head on the right side and attempted suicide. The course of the bullet in his head is said to support this theory. according to the county detective.
 1 An attempt to compel the police to show cause for the detention of Mrs. Guilfoyle in connection with the murder of Mrs. Gaudet and the shooting of Dr. Guilfoyle was made today by Samuel Rosenthal. associ- ate judge of the city court and counsel for Dr. and Mrs. Guilfoyle. Maintaining that both his clients are protesting their innocence strongly and that the police cannot hold Mrs. Guilfoyle legally as a material wit. ness under the statutes, Judge Rosenthal said that unless the DO. lice produce evidence warranting Mrs. Guilfoyle's arrest. he will move at once to obtain her release by . writ of habeas corpus. He has de- layed action along this line until tho close of a conference with Prosecut- ing Attorney Franz J. Carlson which began shortly before noon.
 Stfll is Mystified
 Judge Rosenthal asserted that the case is still a mystery to himself as we'll as to the police. and that tess timony already obtained by the lat- ter from the doctor and his wife and from MT. and Mrs. A. s. Way of Colonial street who were guests at the Guilfoyle apartment when the shooting occurred have not con- tributed information detrimental either to the doctor or his wife.
 The possibility that another ele. ment not yet introduced may de- velop from his investigation involv- ing sqpe one not yet mentioned in the case was intimated by defense l counsel. but he declined to explain the nature of the new angle for the present. Judge Rosenthal said he intended to engage a ballistic expert to examine the .25 calibre revolver picked up in the hallway by Mrs. Guilfoyle and the bullets found in the body of Mrs. Gaudet and in the wall Of the hall. He asserted that 50 far as he could learn only three shots were fired. two of them having their marks and the third imbed- ding itself in the wall. It is the course of this third bullet as well as of the other two that is expected to play significant part in the case. l Judge Rosenthal intended to in- terview Mrs. Guilfoyle again this afternoon and to obtain permission from the police 10 question Nrs. Way and her husband, who have refused to answer his questions be- cause of orders from the police. i POlicc Order Silensr
 Both Mir. and Mrs. Way are eager to tell me their story" the judge said, and are refusing to talk only because the police won't let them do so."
 Detective Hickey claims that fn- fatuation was the motive of the crime. Whether the infatuation Of the doctor for Mrs. Gaudet was re- turned by the woman has no part in the theory az at present G.