New Britain herald., 1929-09-06
POLICEMAN SAYS
 DYING ADERK0lT ASKED FOR MERCY
CContinued From First rog-)

CConunuod From First roS-) walked toward union headquarters
 Then l heard cries of Shoot them. shoot them and W. II. Me Ginnis Ca dcfendanU shot mc.
 Then shots poured from every part of Union hall There were about 15 or IS shots.
 "The chief fell on the srounI He said, oh, Lord. I'm shot Please don't shoot me any mor", but they kept on shooting"
 Gilbert stood up to show inc jury his right trouscr leg showing where 137 shots entered his body.
 At this juncturo Judge Barnhill stopped the testimony to instruct the jury that the defendants were not on tral for the shooting of Gilbert. On cross examination, Gilbert said Louis Mclaughlin, another defcnd- ant, fired inc second shot
 Arthur Garfield Hays. defense at torney. asked the two defendants named to stand for possible idcntii cation.
 Denies Beating Defendant Gilbert denied beating defendant K. '. Hendricks. but admitted striE- ing him a few days before when officers were breaking up a picket line. He testified no officers were armed with sawed of shotguns In an attempt to impcach Gilbert, the defense got the officer to admit he and A. J. Roach, the other dep .uty wounded in the gun battle. were under indictment in connection with an altercation with a soft drink merchant.
 Gilbert denied that the fancy carved walking stick, which he car lied was taken from the wife Of defendant Clarence Miller.
 The state presented six character Witnesses for Gilbert after he had been dismissed.
 < officer Hoard Takes stand Adam Hoard, 57, another Gas 'tonia officer, testified that tclc- sphone call informed police there was 'trouble at Union headquarters, When the police approached union headquarters, Hoard said, a .man nearby shouted Shoot the --
 "The first shot was fired from in- side the building," Hoard testified. . Then shots came from the side and back of the building.
 "A man ran into tent and a shot came from there. l saw Gil- bert fall"
 Hoard's story from this point was similar to those told by Roach and Gilbert.
 Defense attorneys questioned Hoard closely on his statement that the officers cn rout" 10 union head quarters had stopped to scatter" a crowd of strikers walking up the street.
 "They were shouting and y.llng, he said
 We told them to go lomo." "Didn't they have right 10 walk up the street." defense attorney asked.
 The state objected and WIS sus- tained, the court holding it Was d question of law.
 Hoard laughingly denied he had ,choked 19 year old Sophie Mc,.iu ir dIspcrsInE the cvOWl It, admit ted there Was no disorder on unIcr grounds when The officers arrived.
 Another Victim On stand
 A, J. Roach who with Gilbert WAS wounded in thr cNcluu4, Of shots on the night Of Jun- :. Mf: yesterday pictured in" strikers Mowquug.-.s ,as d blazing outpost with strikers and leaders firing upon 'Ho officers from enlarged Enol ho..s in t.. building.
 His tale was reminiscent Of 'f. early struggles ot tIa West when tnu pioneers fought Tn inc u.l u4. of their hastily constrgnl-I oa1aus
 A large, heavily aaH' w.H Itoarh told how h." Lad "l..I nua t., Uns' volIey of buck shot 'cou 'h. sau- .of strikers and how hr aimed u. pistol at 'h" hulIinl and auJ once. only 10 have 'h, -un s.at .ruv his hand.
 "I saw spGr's Of G.o roau- 'ro. the side of tho bpHu-." Roach ..a- tihod, "Thrn lnt 'n" srooua charge into my tody aui oy,r my heart, l was in tAr uasptaI X days
 Roach admitted ar had aau-.d u an escapad" with alleged bootl,-- gers for which he was indicted on charges Of assault with deadly weapons. He denied, however. that either h" or Gilbert hal pnrtaEru O, Intoxicating liquors on the day ot the riot.
 Widow tO Testify
 Mrs. tdorholt widow ot lh" slain officer, and h'r 21-yrar-od dau-a- ter, both dressed in deep mogru.o- again took lh"ir seats behind 'h. battery of stat" attorneys, only d Jew feet from the defendants.
 Solicitor 'arp"n.rr, chief stat. prosecuting attorney, has informed the court hr sill uao both 10 testify as to the dying statement of rhict 'AderholL
 Dr. MacCona,J. pHssiriaus who at tended Adrrhol' sand the police .chief on his Iyin2 h.I had remark ed:
 q don't Enov why they shot me. I have always u4J 10 keep the epeacc.'