The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-14
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 1 He said he could form an opinion of Sullivan's mental condition with out going into his past history and that if he had, the result would not | be changed.
 | Dr Leak said he has been con- nected with the state asylum since l 1922 and accompanied Dr Mall | house on their visit and examination of Sullivan at the county jail. Asked 1 by Mir Lewis whether he had form ed an opinion on Sullivan's sanity, Dr Leak answered, As a result of my examination l came to the con clusion, that the man is sane. Ques- | toned by Attorney Weisman con cerning whether they had ample time to reach that conclusion, he said he had and answered that it was not necessary to have the his- tory of the man to form the opinion. | Attorney Weisman's objections on the admittance of the doctors find . ings were overruled by the court. Attorney Meyers then started his argument for the senate.
 | Attorney Meyers reviewed the case from the time the girl was born. her early bringing up. her residence for several years in Worcester. and her return to Waterbury to live Wllil &hIS Oilh5 III IhGiuNAlAcs IIS went over the whole of Isabelle s testimony concerning the story of her date with Sullivan, the in- cidents in Torkomian's office. the auto ride to Distefano's home. her waking up several times, and of leaving the Distefano home the next morning.
 Tt Is the states claim that all the elements in this case have been proved, Attorney Meyers said. He said be believed the state had proved both counts against Sullivan Identify the Baron.
 MT Meyers then went to Torkom- iian's Identification in the case, call ling attention to the parties" held ir his office, the $2 he gave Sullivan tc buy the drugs, his winking at the mention of the partner, Rogers. claimed that Torkomian was inter ested all the time in the girl. He pointed out the questions Torkomiar asked Sullivan about the girls rela' tives and said that his reason in SC doing was to protect himself should any opposition come from his ac tions. He said no legitimate req estate office allows dancing to bt carried on and that no real estate office has a radio, or jugs of wine He said Torkomian admitted the gir looked perfectly natural when h. saw her that night, and concluded that there was something wrong about that testimony" He said thu reason Torkomian wanted the gir out of the office after Sullivan cam' back from buying cigarettes. was be cause she was sick and not becaus of any business engagements. M Meyers then cited several suprem, 1ant u;o hi foI gfn fA haf accessory must be held as a principal He also cited the Bessie Wakefield case which was tried in superio court here, as an example, pointing out she was held as an accessor, but was held guilty.
 Ridicule Distefano.
 MT Meyers then ridiculed Diste fanos story of his making a ''hero' out of himself when he found the girl in his bed room. He said | Distefano was truthful in saying ht treated her as he would his own sis ter, why did he not notify police when he found her ravished | Attorney Weisman admitted that 1 the girl was truthful in her state. ments in court. Concerning Isabelle. character. he said, "I want to make ! it clear. that she is, in my opinion fine, chaste. pure, girl and that further believe everything she said on the stand was the truth. He saiC 1 it was very embarrassing to brinl out ali he wanted to in defense oi his client without hurting the other accused. He said he honestly be. lieved the girl was not attacked ir lTorkomian's office. He asked whal testimony was to be believed. Re- i ferring to Andrew Della Bella, he said, You observed the states wit ness. Of all the liars ever ex- amined on the stand he is the big gest. don't believe your honor placed much credence in his testi- mony.
 Girl Corroborated
 Continuing he said. "Isabell's tes- timony is corroborated as to the au- tomobile ride from Torkomian's of flee and being placed in Distefano's testimony that the attack on her was made within four or five days from the day she examined the girl Also we have Dr. Jackson's testi- mony. Now as to the drink. The state proved 1t was chioraI hydrate Take Sullivan's testimony that he admitted mixing the drink and hand ing it to the girl. Take Dr. Under hills testimony that it was chloral
 
 that the girl was in the second stage.
 There is only one story, your honor, and that's the truth. This girl has told the truth. When we have three defendants, it is the states duty to hinge the guilt on each. James Sullivan knew he could get the girl out that night by contriving a plan involving the securing a po- sition for her. He admits he bought a drug commonly known as knock out drops He knew when mixing the drink that if he made a mistake, 1t would kill the girl, that's why he refused to let Torkomian mix the drink, feeling that Torkomian did not know enough about it."
 Sullivan Truthful
 Mir. Meyers then called the courts attention to Sullivan's testimony as to the purpose of drugging the girl, stating t was to permit Illicit rela- tions with her. He said Sullivan ad- mitted that in a truthful manner. He said Sullivan was telling the truth